I can't count the number of times people say "sry" to me after a sick beat today. Sick sick sick..
I just tired of it.. twice I had top 2 and got ran over by sets.
Had aces, guy called my all-in me with treys thinking I was stealing (he later explained) and then he hit triple trey at river.
Flop 2 full of 6. Guy called my all-in with 44 and hit 4 in the river.
I had a deep run in a micro NLHE tourney 171 entrants was about 14th, called raised from SB with A6. Flop came A6xh. He called my all-in with AQhh and turn h river h. Another near-missed final table FFS!
Hear enough? My sickest beat was board 789TJ. I had Q. Raised him on river, he re-raised me all-in, I called and mucked in shocked when he turn over KQ.
Above were not all only those I remembered sickly, rant rant rant. Fucking day at the interview and tables.
Cash games was up about 2 buy-ins during 700+ hands, and was down so much after I reach 800+ and stopped when my tourney got knocked out.
As much as I love this game, sometimes I just wish to say..
FUCK POKER.
Showing posts with label Cash Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cash Games. Show all posts
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Aces Cracked & Deep Ran Tourney
Quite happy with my recent results in SNGs. There is finally some uptrend in my equity for tournaments. As for cash games, it is still break even. Reason I been cash gaming side by side tourneys is because of the VPP I need to meet. I am still 300vpp away from SilverStar status for the month.
I been pretty lucky with 45-men and 18-men SNG turbo currently having a very decent ROI. In the 45 SNG my closest though was only 3rd, for twice. But good enough to give me good ROI for 7 games. As for 18-men, 7 games, I had once first, twice in the runner-up and once in the 3rd.
Will be going for an interview on Thursday, I hope that I will land on the job and when I do, I can continue to slowly build my bankroll here playing tourneys probably.. if time permits.
Below is one of the hands extracted from my cash games. I think I over-did it, but if he had it, I would've been doomed. But based on my preflop play, I assumed he thought that I had aces or ace-king. I couldn't put myself to check on the turn I don't noe why, but instead to represent it (wasn't on tilt). I think he probably had kings or queens. A relief he folded.
Below is one of my super weak play. I think I was too overwhelmed multi-tabling till I only min-raised preflop with aces. Bring a cock handed guy into the flop and letting him hit doubs. I wouldn't have fold it till the river, but it would probably have cost less. Didn't tilt after that hand because it was absolutely mistake play. I am more prone to injustice tilt, or entitlement tilt.
I seemed to have aces cracked almost every session sigh. But above was a very bad play which should have been avoided. Things like AA getting cracked by kings or 4 pairs would've tilted me hard (injustice tilt).
Anyway I play two 1.5k and 1k guaranteed tourneys in stars this afternoon and cashing both. Min-cashed one of them and the other one I made it to 14th out of 770 entrants.. my deepest run.
I was so hoping to get into my first ever regular tourney final table but I flung it. My chips was about 10th or 11th placing, all folded to me on the button, I shove-steal with JQo, big blind snap called me with aces.
I been pretty lucky with 45-men and 18-men SNG turbo currently having a very decent ROI. In the 45 SNG my closest though was only 3rd, for twice. But good enough to give me good ROI for 7 games. As for 18-men, 7 games, I had once first, twice in the runner-up and once in the 3rd.
Will be going for an interview on Thursday, I hope that I will land on the job and when I do, I can continue to slowly build my bankroll here playing tourneys probably.. if time permits.
Below is one of the hands extracted from my cash games. I think I over-did it, but if he had it, I would've been doomed. But based on my preflop play, I assumed he thought that I had aces or ace-king. I couldn't put myself to check on the turn I don't noe why, but instead to represent it (wasn't on tilt). I think he probably had kings or queens. A relief he folded.
Below is one of my super weak play. I think I was too overwhelmed multi-tabling till I only min-raised preflop with aces. Bring a cock handed guy into the flop and letting him hit doubs. I wouldn't have fold it till the river, but it would probably have cost less. Didn't tilt after that hand because it was absolutely mistake play. I am more prone to injustice tilt, or entitlement tilt.
I seemed to have aces cracked almost every session sigh. But above was a very bad play which should have been avoided. Things like AA getting cracked by kings or 4 pairs would've tilted me hard (injustice tilt).
Anyway I play two 1.5k and 1k guaranteed tourneys in stars this afternoon and cashing both. Min-cashed one of them and the other one I made it to 14th out of 770 entrants.. my deepest run.
I was so hoping to get into my first ever regular tourney final table but I flung it. My chips was about 10th or 11th placing, all folded to me on the button, I shove-steal with JQo, big blind snap called me with aces.
An ass move I supposed. But I see myself with a little gradual improvements.
Morale fell as I closed my cash games and back to Diablo 3.
On to the next one.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
River Day
Started the day with a beat, 3 betting BB at the SB, and I knew he had kings the way he tried to set me up with 4 bet. I pushed with aces and he snap called. I had an ace of diamond, the flop came Kxx ddd. I can't seem to avoid the fate of getting sucked out by 2-3 outer every single session. Unfortunately, no diamond came any more. He shipped my whole stack when I was barely 5 hands fresh at the table.
Oh no I didn't smashed my mouse, I'd been telling myself its part of poker since I experience it EVERY session. Anyway, at that particular table I continued to get sucked out in between the next 50 hands and I just found myself down about 2 full buy-ins.
God always reward patience as I did not tilt and spew my stack, my vengeance are always rewarded when I keep my patience and play my usual after a beat. Against the same opponent who cracked my aces with cowboys, I later rivered him AJhh against his JJ with a flush, which I think it tilted him because he'd 3-bet me for the next few hands.
I net my cash game positive later when I won a super cooler on a river. Gotta love the river today.
Thats the one thing I scared about slow playing your nuts, I meant your nut holdings.. not your below.
I four-tabled with two other sit & gos. Got knocked out easily in the big $3.30 and 9-sng. Later cashed out runner-up followed by winning the 6-max sng. I held onto the 45-sng and cashed out 3rd, one of my best. I felt like I was playing in the zone these few days. But 4 table is currently the max for me. Not intending to add anymore tables though, am very comfortable with my recent play.
Been just focusing on the turbos for my recent sngs. Reason being time constraint, as well as getting into more flips. I know generally people say that regular speed are the ones for the skillful? Becuz of the slow blinds rendering people to play more post-flops. As for turbo, before you're in for another orbit, you've found yourself short stacked and ready to gamble. Thats why I consider myself lucky in current month's sngs - firstime positive for tourneys.
Great to end my birthday on the green side.
Good luck at the tables!
Oh no I didn't smashed my mouse, I'd been telling myself its part of poker since I experience it EVERY session. Anyway, at that particular table I continued to get sucked out in between the next 50 hands and I just found myself down about 2 full buy-ins.
God always reward patience as I did not tilt and spew my stack, my vengeance are always rewarded when I keep my patience and play my usual after a beat. Against the same opponent who cracked my aces with cowboys, I later rivered him AJhh against his JJ with a flush, which I think it tilted him because he'd 3-bet me for the next few hands.
I net my cash game positive later when I won a super cooler on a river. Gotta love the river today.
Thats the one thing I scared about slow playing your nuts, I meant your nut holdings.. not your below.
I four-tabled with two other sit & gos. Got knocked out easily in the big $3.30 and 9-sng. Later cashed out runner-up followed by winning the 6-max sng. I held onto the 45-sng and cashed out 3rd, one of my best. I felt like I was playing in the zone these few days. But 4 table is currently the max for me. Not intending to add anymore tables though, am very comfortable with my recent play.
Been just focusing on the turbos for my recent sngs. Reason being time constraint, as well as getting into more flips. I know generally people say that regular speed are the ones for the skillful? Becuz of the slow blinds rendering people to play more post-flops. As for turbo, before you're in for another orbit, you've found yourself short stacked and ready to gamble. Thats why I consider myself lucky in current month's sngs - firstime positive for tourneys.
Great to end my birthday on the green side.
Good luck at the tables!
Monday, May 7, 2012
Worst Fold
I always wondered if I'll encounter such a hand, and I did today. He re-raised me almost the whole of his stack at the river but he simply folded when I wanted that 60cent more of his stack.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Power of Position - When All Elements Fit
I think he put me on a flush draw or weak queen, and think I was pulling an all-in bluff on the river. Usually wouldn't pay-off that much when first to act post-flop.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Short Updates
Been a while from updates. Just gonna do a short one becuz im currently sitting down at starbucks using iPad safari to do the updates, kinda pain.
Anyway after last week I took a break from poker n trading until wednesday. I came back n grinded some cash games n was doin okay. Didnt play that much though, booked a win.Yesterday was not so ok after someone floated the flop n hit his trips on turn. Then revenge tilt kicks in as I 4bet all in him with AK only to find him turning over aces, yikes.
Today was smooth. I would say today is the day I was playing almost in the zone. I sat to full ring table nw instead for slower actions. I also multi tabled along with some sit n gos n tourneys. I was up in cash games, went over to play zoom ar 10nl, was up almost one buy in, only to have dealt aces thrice on my last ten hands, two cracked n one no one called. I admit the second aces that was cracked was die to my itchy ass slow play. Oh well.
Play total 7 tourneys and none cashed, except my last tourney where I got first. Headsup was about 3k+ vs 9k+.
Almost there to be maintain my silverstar, 150 vpps more to go!
Anyway after last week I took a break from poker n trading until wednesday. I came back n grinded some cash games n was doin okay. Didnt play that much though, booked a win.Yesterday was not so ok after someone floated the flop n hit his trips on turn. Then revenge tilt kicks in as I 4bet all in him with AK only to find him turning over aces, yikes.
Today was smooth. I would say today is the day I was playing almost in the zone. I sat to full ring table nw instead for slower actions. I also multi tabled along with some sit n gos n tourneys. I was up in cash games, went over to play zoom ar 10nl, was up almost one buy in, only to have dealt aces thrice on my last ten hands, two cracked n one no one called. I admit the second aces that was cracked was die to my itchy ass slow play. Oh well.
Play total 7 tourneys and none cashed, except my last tourney where I got first. Headsup was about 3k+ vs 9k+.
Almost there to be maintain my silverstar, 150 vpps more to go!
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Taking A Different Route
Barely remember the winnings day in February. Seems like I spend every single day in frustration. I've forgotten all about the mental game either and still experiencing massive injustice tilt. Having a winning hand and getting called down by fishes and get outdrawn with 3 outer etc. I still get frustrated with these, I think I need to re-read the mental game of poker.
It is different trading the market, market is unpredictable, you control your risk by risk management and discipline. Poker is similar in the sense that you need discipline (not like tilt and spew stacks in cash games), you need to calculate risk, pot odds, and your position and then your opponents. But there are donks (including myself?) who call you down with anything and win you, but there is no such thing in the market.
Trading the forex market for two years and slowly learning my personality. No one winning trader's strategy works for some one else with a completely different personality. No scalping in the market for me I know myself. Now I realize I am also living in the edge playing cash games.
In trading, when I lost I go tilt and I enter tons of trades trying to win it back. In cash games, I gamble pre-flop/flop on tilt. Very very dangerous.
It is different trading the market, market is unpredictable, you control your risk by risk management and discipline. Poker is similar in the sense that you need discipline (not like tilt and spew stacks in cash games), you need to calculate risk, pot odds, and your position and then your opponents. But there are donks (including myself?) who call you down with anything and win you, but there is no such thing in the market.
Trading the forex market for two years and slowly learning my personality. No one winning trader's strategy works for some one else with a completely different personality. No scalping in the market for me I know myself. Now I realize I am also living in the edge playing cash games.
In trading, when I lost I go tilt and I enter tons of trades trying to win it back. In cash games, I gamble pre-flop/flop on tilt. Very very dangerous.
And the next moment, I shall find my bankroll torn down like hell. And I realize my highest net winning days never exceed highest loss days. Anyway, I think cash games are not for me. So I am at the same time working my SNG from micro-stakes, one to two tabling as when there are beats, I would not lose more than the SNG buy-in and I can't simply re-register another tourney out of anger. But Heads-up SNG I can, the registration and waiting is fast, so HU-SNG another NO NO for me.
SNG does not mean it is easier, there are many difference way to play, strategies to adopt which are different from cash games. Not that it is easier for cash game, but it is a safer alternative for my personality. So I work start working from the bottom and then move up using the default bankroll management (50 buy-ins).
Which means, I may have to give up my SilverStar status from next month. This month is halfway there. And I think I can do it. It would be a pity though, unless I am able to multi-table like the sharks in these STT SNGs. But bankroll is always more important than the VIP status, not as if I'm a supernova. Anyway, if I am able to grind lovely profits some day, VIP status wouldn't have been a problem by then.
Enough of rantings and we'll see how it goes. Good luck guys! (Stop looking for me at the tables and win my money~)
Friday, April 6, 2012
Y U NO FOLD?
I have finally port my hand histories (for past 2weeks) from the PokerTracker in my gf's laptop into my main iMac database. During March I was actually about how much I lost in the last two weeks, meaning break-even before I went to grind using her laptop. The thing I noticed was this, most major drawdown days were trying to move up stakes. My bankroll is still healthy now, but could have look more cool if I had stick to my usual stakes.
Anyway, I been doing well with my STT Sit N' Go. Only cashed out 3rd once in the normal speed $7, out of 3 games. Then I tried $7 Turbo two-tabling and cashed out first for both back to back, so happy. What are the chance of me doing that ! Then I had a game last night $3.50 taking first place too. Earlier I 3-tabling my usual 6-max cash game stakes at the same time two-tabling $3.50 STT SNG, lol. I felt I could use some screen space moving from her 13" MacBook to my 21.5" iMac. Both cashed out 3rd which I thought I could do better if I wasn't occupied with the cash game tables. I am still weak multi-tabler.
Talking about cash game, I was down a little. But it could have been a green day if not for the pot I encountered very start of the session. After that pot, I grind my way back but still down a bit. Here is the hand:
PokerStars - $0.16 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com
BB: $10.40
UTG: $16.00
Hero (MP): $18.68
CO: $17.77
BTN: $3.60
SB: $10.70
SB posts SB $0.08, BB posts BB $0.16
Pre Flop: ($0.24) Hero has Ac Ah
fold, Hero raises to $0.48, CO calls $0.48, fold, SB calls $0.40, fold
Flop: ($1.60, 3 players) 2d 3s 7c
SB checks, Hero bets $0.80, CO raises to $2.36, fold, Hero calls $1.56
Turn: ($6.32, 2 players) Qc
Hero checks, CO bets $4.83, Hero calls $4.83
River: ($15.98, 2 players) 6c
Hero checks, CO bets $10.10 and is all-in, Hero calls $10.10
CO shows 7h 7d (Three of a Kind, Sevens) (Pre 20%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows Ac Ah (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 80%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
CO wins $34.68
I think any of you would have folded on the turn at least? I have already put him on a set since flop on the dry board. If an high card came on turn and he doesn't slow down he must have had it. Indeed, a Q drop on the turn and he snap raised, as if no threat at all. The only possible hand I could have beat was KK.
But Black....
Anyway, I been doing well with my STT Sit N' Go. Only cashed out 3rd once in the normal speed $7, out of 3 games. Then I tried $7 Turbo two-tabling and cashed out first for both back to back, so happy. What are the chance of me doing that ! Then I had a game last night $3.50 taking first place too. Earlier I 3-tabling my usual 6-max cash game stakes at the same time two-tabling $3.50 STT SNG, lol. I felt I could use some screen space moving from her 13" MacBook to my 21.5" iMac. Both cashed out 3rd which I thought I could do better if I wasn't occupied with the cash game tables. I am still weak multi-tabler.
Talking about cash game, I was down a little. But it could have been a green day if not for the pot I encountered very start of the session. After that pot, I grind my way back but still down a bit. Here is the hand:
PokerStars - $0.16 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com
BB: $10.40
UTG: $16.00
Hero (MP): $18.68
CO: $17.77
BTN: $3.60
SB: $10.70
SB posts SB $0.08, BB posts BB $0.16
Pre Flop: ($0.24) Hero has Ac Ah
fold, Hero raises to $0.48, CO calls $0.48, fold, SB calls $0.40, fold
Flop: ($1.60, 3 players) 2d 3s 7c
SB checks, Hero bets $0.80, CO raises to $2.36, fold, Hero calls $1.56
Turn: ($6.32, 2 players) Qc
Hero checks, CO bets $4.83, Hero calls $4.83
River: ($15.98, 2 players) 6c
Hero checks, CO bets $10.10 and is all-in, Hero calls $10.10
CO shows 7h 7d (Three of a Kind, Sevens) (Pre 20%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows Ac Ah (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 80%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
CO wins $34.68
I think any of you would have folded on the turn at least? I have already put him on a set since flop on the dry board. If an high card came on turn and he doesn't slow down he must have had it. Indeed, a Q drop on the turn and he snap raised, as if no threat at all. The only possible hand I could have beat was KK.
But Black....
Monday, April 2, 2012
Bad Pot Odds I Called
Yesterday I won my Sit & Go's key hand with JJ. Today in cash game, I lost all my JJ. Started the day (as always), drawing down big time, and then fought my way back, up about 1 buy-in close to 800 hands and then I stopped. About 70 over VPP and I think that is good enough to maintain my silverstar for the month since I am not going for the gold star.
Started the day about 60 hands and had my AK < KJ pre-flop all-in, followed by the hand below.. which I think it is a very, very bad call by me. He checked twice, both on the turn and river, and then re-raised me all-in (since I had overpaid), I called, and he showed the quads.
PokerStars - $0.16 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com
CO: $16.00
Hero (BTN): $18.63
SB: $34.70
BB: $14.82
UTG: $15.51
SB posts SB $0.08, BB posts BB $0.16
Pre Flop: ($0.24) Hero has Jh Jd
fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.48, SB calls $0.40, fold
Flop: ($1.12, 2 players) 2d 4s 6c
SB bets $0.16, Hero raises to $0.64, SB raises to $2.72, Hero calls $2.08 <--- obv set here..
Turn: ($6.56, 2 players) 4h
SB checks, Hero checks
River: ($6.56, 2 players) 9s
SB checks, Hero bets $3.12, SB raises to $17.92, Hero calls $12.31 and is all-in
SB shows 4d 4c (Four of a Kind, Fours) (Pre 19%, Flop 90%, Turn 100%)
Hero shows Jh Jd (Two Pair, Jacks and Fours) (Pre 81%, Flop 10%, Turn 0%)
SB wins $35.92
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I studied those marked for review hands and notice the hand below, I studied and found out it was a bad call. To experience player this should be an easy calculation, but I'm fascinated at learning this, I guess my fundamentals are still weak... partly the reason I called on the flop.
PokerStars - $0.16 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com
Hero (BB): $15.04
UTG: $15.37
MP: $18.39
CO: $36.27
BTN: $30.95
SB: $4.66
SB posts SB $0.08, Hero posts BB $0.16
Pre Flop: ($0.24) Hero has Ts Jc
fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $0.40, Hero raises to $0.96, SB calls $0.56
Flop: ($1.92, 2 players) 8s 9h 5h
SB bets $3.70 and is all-in, Hero calls $3.70
Turn: ($9.32, 2 players) 4c
River: ($9.32, 2 players) 4d
SB shows Kc 9s (Two Pair, Nines and Fours) (Pre 57%, Flop 50%, Turn 68%)
Hero shows Ts Jc (One Pair, Fours) (Pre 43%, Flop 50%, Turn 32%)
SB wins $8.90
Well, I knew I had 14 outs to beat him before I call.. but I overlooked the part where my pot odds was only about 1.5:1. Meaning? After some research and calculation, 14 outs has roughly 50% chance to win (with two more cards to come). You can do this by 14 x 4 = 56% (for two cards to come), or 14 x 2 = 28% (for one card to come). So if I were to call this pot in the long run, my chance of winning is half, but the pot odds given to me whenever I need to call to win this hand is only less than half (about 40%).
It takes me quite a bit to digest this but it is really exciting, learning an additional insights to these information. I think I need to practice on these calculation more and get it into my head.
Started the day about 60 hands and had my AK < KJ pre-flop all-in, followed by the hand below.. which I think it is a very, very bad call by me. He checked twice, both on the turn and river, and then re-raised me all-in (since I had overpaid), I called, and he showed the quads.
PokerStars - $0.16 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com
CO: $16.00
Hero (BTN): $18.63
SB: $34.70
BB: $14.82
UTG: $15.51
SB posts SB $0.08, BB posts BB $0.16
Pre Flop: ($0.24) Hero has Jh Jd
fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.48, SB calls $0.40, fold
Flop: ($1.12, 2 players) 2d 4s 6c
SB bets $0.16, Hero raises to $0.64, SB raises to $2.72, Hero calls $2.08 <--- obv set here..
Turn: ($6.56, 2 players) 4h
SB checks, Hero checks
River: ($6.56, 2 players) 9s
SB checks, Hero bets $3.12, SB raises to $17.92, Hero calls $12.31 and is all-in
SB shows 4d 4c (Four of a Kind, Fours) (Pre 19%, Flop 90%, Turn 100%)
Hero shows Jh Jd (Two Pair, Jacks and Fours) (Pre 81%, Flop 10%, Turn 0%)
SB wins $35.92
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I studied those marked for review hands and notice the hand below, I studied and found out it was a bad call. To experience player this should be an easy calculation, but I'm fascinated at learning this, I guess my fundamentals are still weak... partly the reason I called on the flop.
PokerStars - $0.16 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com
Hero (BB): $15.04
UTG: $15.37
MP: $18.39
CO: $36.27
BTN: $30.95
SB: $4.66
SB posts SB $0.08, Hero posts BB $0.16
Pre Flop: ($0.24) Hero has Ts Jc
fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $0.40, Hero raises to $0.96, SB calls $0.56
Flop: ($1.92, 2 players) 8s 9h 5h
SB bets $3.70 and is all-in, Hero calls $3.70
Turn: ($9.32, 2 players) 4c
River: ($9.32, 2 players) 4d
SB shows Kc 9s (Two Pair, Nines and Fours) (Pre 57%, Flop 50%, Turn 68%)
Hero shows Ts Jc (One Pair, Fours) (Pre 43%, Flop 50%, Turn 32%)
SB wins $8.90
Well, I knew I had 14 outs to beat him before I call.. but I overlooked the part where my pot odds was only about 1.5:1. Meaning? After some research and calculation, 14 outs has roughly 50% chance to win (with two more cards to come). You can do this by 14 x 4 = 56% (for two cards to come), or 14 x 2 = 28% (for one card to come). So if I were to call this pot in the long run, my chance of winning is half, but the pot odds given to me whenever I need to call to win this hand is only less than half (about 40%).
It takes me quite a bit to digest this but it is really exciting, learning an additional insights to these information. I think I need to practice on these calculation more and get it into my head.
March Review & PokerStars April 1st Special
I logged in stars today and saw there was a new section in the store April 1st Special. I went in to look and there were four items, quite unique, and admittedly, I thought they were real! Then I saw the last part of the description, that if you purchase you will receive a certain amount of cash.... plus the item? I thought. Too good to be true.
So I went on to google the forum and found a thread in 2+2 forum where it was something that was going on since 2 years back? The items were actually fake and you could just en-cash your FPP (only for SilverStar and above). The rates are good, 1fpp to 0.016cents, which means it is equal to Supernova's cash reward rate, the best. I went on to purchase all of them, took up a huge portion of my FPP, but it was a good boost to my bankroll. Nice move by stars I would say.
I had a good session on the last day of March, where I hit 3 nuts and my all-in were called by my opponents. One was hitting a full-house on the river, opponent hit flush on turn but was giving me free cards by betting only 1 bb. Board was super wet, I think we both put one another one a straight.
2nd was hitting a straight at turn, top pair guy also gave me a free card by not betting the flop.
3rd was another full house where opponent hit his trips in the river (my full house was made in the river too).
Above were all 0.08/0.16 6-max stakes.
This month is my 1st red month of the year. I could not get the exact amount of my loss because past two weeks I have using gf's laptop (where I use a fresh new PokerTracker installed), and I haven't got the chance to manually import my hands in this machine to my main one at home. But I would say I am down about slightly more than 100usd in cash games. Things wouldn't be that awful if I hadn't tried moving up to the 0.10/0.25 6-max stakes, where there are more floating on the flop and then 3-betting on turn, 3-bet c-bet etc.
I move up and got beaten badly there. I think my running good in February made me overconfidence and thought I could go up, but I think I need more time and experience to be ascertain that I could maintain there. I went up stake, crushed, moved down and build my roll, went up, crushed, came down and build my roll - basically what I have been doing this month.
I guess I will stick to my current stake, at the same time also learning the 9 Sit & Go, which I have been doing moderately well. Earlier had two games, one cashing out third, the other first, which I am happy.
Before that, I was playing SilverStar satellite match (130fpp) for VIP monthly $100k free roll, where I got knocked out with KK vs AQ vs 99.
If you played more than 5 MicroMillion events you get a free roll ticket earlier today for a $50k guaranteed tourney. Omg, got knocked out with AQ vs A4. We both slow play on a AAx flop but he hit the 4 on the damn river.
Both tourney played less than 20 minutes.
Ok my plan for April..
..look for a job.
For cash game I would stay at the stakes, maintain my SilverStar and then hit my first $50 stellar.
I will focus too, on my 9 Sit & Go, and then hope it helps in some of my MTTs.
Hope to bring my bankroll to the next level.
So I went on to google the forum and found a thread in 2+2 forum where it was something that was going on since 2 years back? The items were actually fake and you could just en-cash your FPP (only for SilverStar and above). The rates are good, 1fpp to 0.016cents, which means it is equal to Supernova's cash reward rate, the best. I went on to purchase all of them, took up a huge portion of my FPP, but it was a good boost to my bankroll. Nice move by stars I would say.
I had a good session on the last day of March, where I hit 3 nuts and my all-in were called by my opponents. One was hitting a full-house on the river, opponent hit flush on turn but was giving me free cards by betting only 1 bb. Board was super wet, I think we both put one another one a straight.
2nd was hitting a straight at turn, top pair guy also gave me a free card by not betting the flop.
3rd was another full house where opponent hit his trips in the river (my full house was made in the river too).
Above were all 0.08/0.16 6-max stakes.
This month is my 1st red month of the year. I could not get the exact amount of my loss because past two weeks I have using gf's laptop (where I use a fresh new PokerTracker installed), and I haven't got the chance to manually import my hands in this machine to my main one at home. But I would say I am down about slightly more than 100usd in cash games. Things wouldn't be that awful if I hadn't tried moving up to the 0.10/0.25 6-max stakes, where there are more floating on the flop and then 3-betting on turn, 3-bet c-bet etc.
I move up and got beaten badly there. I think my running good in February made me overconfidence and thought I could go up, but I think I need more time and experience to be ascertain that I could maintain there. I went up stake, crushed, moved down and build my roll, went up, crushed, came down and build my roll - basically what I have been doing this month.
I guess I will stick to my current stake, at the same time also learning the 9 Sit & Go, which I have been doing moderately well. Earlier had two games, one cashing out third, the other first, which I am happy.
Before that, I was playing SilverStar satellite match (130fpp) for VIP monthly $100k free roll, where I got knocked out with KK vs AQ vs 99.
If you played more than 5 MicroMillion events you get a free roll ticket earlier today for a $50k guaranteed tourney. Omg, got knocked out with AQ vs A4. We both slow play on a AAx flop but he hit the 4 on the damn river.
Both tourney played less than 20 minutes.
Ok my plan for April..
..look for a job.
For cash game I would stay at the stakes, maintain my SilverStar and then hit my first $50 stellar.
I will focus too, on my 9 Sit & Go, and then hope it helps in some of my MTTs.
Hope to bring my bankroll to the next level.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Sit & Gos
I am currently about 780 vpp towards GoldStar, I am surprised at the rate I have grind this month, must be due to the 0.10/0.25 6-max cash games I have mixed in between the month. But I decided not to pursue the GoldStar because although this is faster for my vpp, my bankroll hurt a lot in this stake this month. And I have currently moved back down to 0.08/0.16 6-max, where I am recouping my losses slowly.
I am aiming for the silver money clip in stars' vip store but it never seem to be in stock. It must be the cheap price and very beautiful design and everyone grab it.
I am waiting for it. I have now enough fpp to exchange for cash rewards (silverstar level) but I think I will wait, unless I busto. Hoping if there are any promotions like last year August (10x faster vpp) and I can reach higher level, and by then have enough fpp to exchange for GoldStar cash rewards, which is at a little better rate. My cousin who's a supernova just claimed the 4000usd cash reward two months back and I'm drooling.
As for my tourneys, same old thing, no results. I decided to focus now starting with STT (Single Table Tourney) Sit & Go, and work on it. Tourneys and cash games are different. A lot of poker players have dreams about winning big events (eg. WSOP Main Event).
Something like that.
Of course not so big for me, but thats one of the dream I wish to achieve in my poker career, winning a tourney. The feeling is different from cash games where you grind n grind n grind. The furthest I can picture myself if I am a cash game grinder would be like Joey Knish in the poker film Rounders. Real good, I like his character both in Rounders & Transformers. But in Rounders, he is a conservative grinder who grind his money to feed his family, pay his rent, and (I assume) bankroll management that would not allow him to go broke. What more can you ask for?
I am aiming for the silver money clip in stars' vip store but it never seem to be in stock. It must be the cheap price and very beautiful design and everyone grab it.
I am waiting for it. I have now enough fpp to exchange for cash rewards (silverstar level) but I think I will wait, unless I busto. Hoping if there are any promotions like last year August (10x faster vpp) and I can reach higher level, and by then have enough fpp to exchange for GoldStar cash rewards, which is at a little better rate. My cousin who's a supernova just claimed the 4000usd cash reward two months back and I'm drooling.
As for my tourneys, same old thing, no results. I decided to focus now starting with STT (Single Table Tourney) Sit & Go, and work on it. Tourneys and cash games are different. A lot of poker players have dreams about winning big events (eg. WSOP Main Event).
Something like that.
Of course not so big for me, but thats one of the dream I wish to achieve in my poker career, winning a tourney. The feeling is different from cash games where you grind n grind n grind. The furthest I can picture myself if I am a cash game grinder would be like Joey Knish in the poker film Rounders. Real good, I like his character both in Rounders & Transformers. But in Rounders, he is a conservative grinder who grind his money to feed his family, pay his rent, and (I assume) bankroll management that would not allow him to go broke. What more can you ask for?
So I started my Sit & Go practice at the $3.50 micro stakes. Yesterday I cashed out 3rd, which I thought I had a shot. This morning I busto another one at 6th, the table was super tight. Except one guy who played every single hand and was busto first, expectedly. Then I was short stacked and all-in my remainingg 8bb UTG with KJ, SB reraised all-in with AK, BB called with KQ. How the hell to win against such dominated hands? Lol.
I took a break and fired up another session and try again. I only single table because I want to focus on it, I need to start from the fundamentals. This table has a more different dynamics. More aggression and actions. So I was almost knocked out until I went chiplead in last 5. Maintained my position until last two, where I had about 6k+ vs 7k+. The guy saw a lot of flop and I thought he would have been one of the first to get knocked out but we heads-up. Ups and downs until he called one of the key flop of the match.
I had 99 3-bet him who has 54. Flop came A A 4 and he lead the bet and I insta-shoved. He tanked and called and I scooped the pot. I think his situation is kinda tough because flopping two aces reduce the chance of opponent hitting it. The only hands that could beat him is an overpair. I may have called in his position.
And so.. I took down first! Can't remember the lastime I did and I am going to continue work on it.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Bad Variance & Good Variance
Let's talk abt my tournament first because they are nothing much to talk about. Started the day busting $2.20 the Big and $2.20 in micro millions and then proceed to $11 time game. Got lucky and cashed out $34 after two flips last two hands. I also tried the $11 knockout turbo and was knocked out in the first round, sigh! Thats about it.
AA vs JJ (Bust)
I'm beginning my cash games with a rant. I maintain my stakes at $0.10/$0.25, just try in for one more time. I started the day early with an AA vs JJ, we went all-in pre but his cards weren't turn over until the showdown (you can choose this in the setting). When I saw kings came my jaw drop I knew that was it, but it was the J in the turn that made him a set. 2 outs to suck me out and he did, full buy-in gone.
KK vs AA (Bust)
Later I was dealt KK, and this time round I went in pre against an AA. Of course I lost, how can I get so lucky than the other guy who suck me out? <-- typically thoughts when tilt. Another full buy-in gone.
AA vs 88 (Bust)
Third time I was dealt AA again. This time I three betted a passive guy who seldom bet after flop, you heard me seldom+after the flop. He called. Flop came QQ8, he shoved. I was uh? I put him on kings when I called him, did I put him on kings or did I wished he had kings..? He turn over 88 and took all my money.
After 3 such encounters in less than 500 hands who do you think still can play on? No matter how I loved and respected the mental game of poker and how it did helped my game, time and time again these beats still get to my head. And then I had my fair share of good variance.......
AT vs QQ
I think I was somehow tilted or maybe I am not that good at multi-tabling, I called this guy's raise, who was taunting the other guy at the table, 3 of us are in the hand, because the other guy accused him of a bluff and he said nextime you call. Flop came T52. He just shoved, a serious over bet. The other guy folded and I would fold if I was thinking properly but I mis-clicked a call. I think I thought it was just a standard raise and damn I instantly felt doomed. Turn came another T and I sucked out, surprisingly I wasn't bad mouthed.
66 vs 44
Called a raise and flop J64. Turn 3 and river 7, almost couldn't get paid because of the stupid board. I called his raise on flop and then lead the bet on turn, he re-raise me and I 4-bet him because I was out of position and wanted to lead the river bet. I shoved on river bet and he called. One of my biggest pot.
JQ vs AJ
Flop KT7 and he was raising like 1bb and I was like getting free cards. Turn A and he raised standard bet I flat called. River 4 and I lead the bet about half pot sized because I didn't think he had any cards that would re-raised me so hoping for a call, but he re-raised a pot size and I shoved and get called. I had the nut straight and there was no flush or paired on the board.
66 vs A?
Flop a quads, I think guy hits an on the river and bets. I re-raised too high and he didn't call.
33 vs A9
Same guy. I think this time he thought for so long and called me in the river with nut flush, not easy to lay down against a guy who shoved at u on river the second time. I think easier to see if I copy n paste below from poker-tracker..
PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com
UTG: $25.25
CO: $25.00
BTN: $24.76
SB: $37.27
Hero (BB): $51.07
SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has 3c 3d
fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.75, fold, Hero calls $0.50
Flop: ($1.60, 2 players) Ks Js 3s
Hero checks, BTN bets $0.75, Hero calls $0.75
Turn: ($3.10, 2 players) 2s
Hero checks, BTN checks
River: ($3.10, 2 players) 2d
Hero bets $1.50, BTN raises to $6.00, Hero raises to $21.75, BTN calls $15.75
Hero shows 3c 3d (Full House, Threes full of Twos) (Pre 53%, Flop 72%, Turn 23%)
BTN mucks As 9c (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 47%, Flop 28%, Turn 77%)
Hero wins $44.60
So I ended the day with about +2.5 buy-ins surprisingly. So tiring mentally and I needed a break, read some blogs and poker video in youtube. I am basically unemployed now and grinding everyday. Staying at my gf house in the meantime and I so much free time to do whatever I want. Today I will just focus on cash games, and good luck to me. Talking about video I came across a few Daniel Negreanu's video which I'm truly amazed.. this is one. Enjoy!
AA vs JJ (Bust)
I'm beginning my cash games with a rant. I maintain my stakes at $0.10/$0.25, just try in for one more time. I started the day early with an AA vs JJ, we went all-in pre but his cards weren't turn over until the showdown (you can choose this in the setting). When I saw kings came my jaw drop I knew that was it, but it was the J in the turn that made him a set. 2 outs to suck me out and he did, full buy-in gone.
KK vs AA (Bust)
Later I was dealt KK, and this time round I went in pre against an AA. Of course I lost, how can I get so lucky than the other guy who suck me out? <-- typically thoughts when tilt. Another full buy-in gone.
AA vs 88 (Bust)
Third time I was dealt AA again. This time I three betted a passive guy who seldom bet after flop, you heard me seldom+after the flop. He called. Flop came QQ8, he shoved. I was uh? I put him on kings when I called him, did I put him on kings or did I wished he had kings..? He turn over 88 and took all my money.
After 3 such encounters in less than 500 hands who do you think still can play on? No matter how I loved and respected the mental game of poker and how it did helped my game, time and time again these beats still get to my head. And then I had my fair share of good variance.......
AT vs QQ
I think I was somehow tilted or maybe I am not that good at multi-tabling, I called this guy's raise, who was taunting the other guy at the table, 3 of us are in the hand, because the other guy accused him of a bluff and he said nextime you call. Flop came T52. He just shoved, a serious over bet. The other guy folded and I would fold if I was thinking properly but I mis-clicked a call. I think I thought it was just a standard raise and damn I instantly felt doomed. Turn came another T and I sucked out, surprisingly I wasn't bad mouthed.
66 vs 44
Called a raise and flop J64. Turn 3 and river 7, almost couldn't get paid because of the stupid board. I called his raise on flop and then lead the bet on turn, he re-raise me and I 4-bet him because I was out of position and wanted to lead the river bet. I shoved on river bet and he called. One of my biggest pot.
JQ vs AJ
Flop KT7 and he was raising like 1bb and I was like getting free cards. Turn A and he raised standard bet I flat called. River 4 and I lead the bet about half pot sized because I didn't think he had any cards that would re-raised me so hoping for a call, but he re-raised a pot size and I shoved and get called. I had the nut straight and there was no flush or paired on the board.
66 vs A?
Flop a quads, I think guy hits an on the river and bets. I re-raised too high and he didn't call.
33 vs A9
Same guy. I think this time he thought for so long and called me in the river with nut flush, not easy to lay down against a guy who shoved at u on river the second time. I think easier to see if I copy n paste below from poker-tracker..
PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com
UTG: $25.25
CO: $25.00
BTN: $24.76
SB: $37.27
Hero (BB): $51.07
SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has 3c 3d
fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.75, fold, Hero calls $0.50
Flop: ($1.60, 2 players) Ks Js 3s
Hero checks, BTN bets $0.75, Hero calls $0.75
Turn: ($3.10, 2 players) 2s
Hero checks, BTN checks
River: ($3.10, 2 players) 2d
Hero bets $1.50, BTN raises to $6.00, Hero raises to $21.75, BTN calls $15.75
Hero shows 3c 3d (Full House, Threes full of Twos) (Pre 53%, Flop 72%, Turn 23%)
BTN mucks As 9c (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 47%, Flop 28%, Turn 77%)
Hero wins $44.60
So I ended the day with about +2.5 buy-ins surprisingly. So tiring mentally and I needed a break, read some blogs and poker video in youtube. I am basically unemployed now and grinding everyday. Staying at my gf house in the meantime and I so much free time to do whatever I want. Today I will just focus on cash games, and good luck to me. Talking about video I came across a few Daniel Negreanu's video which I'm truly amazed.. this is one. Enjoy!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
-4 Buy-ins
Today I woke up early to play the 9am $2.20 NLHE MicroMillion tourneys, no result after 2 hrs plus. Alongside with other micro tourneys no result. I proceed to my usual 0.08/0.16 6-max grind and encountered two big coolers. Happy that I grinded my way back before lunch and was up one buy-in.
Resume my grind session and was thinking about testing the 0.10/0.25 6-max stakes but my equity was straight downslope. Merely 500 hands I am down 4 buy ins. So heart pain omfg. March was good as I grinded my way back up and this shit, in just one day, pull me all the way back down. I am not sure whats wrong as I always face this problem whenever I want to try going up stake. Maybe I play too much hands? Maybe post-flop is not as good? I don't know.
One of those days.
Resume my grind session and was thinking about testing the 0.10/0.25 6-max stakes but my equity was straight downslope. Merely 500 hands I am down 4 buy ins. So heart pain omfg. March was good as I grinded my way back up and this shit, in just one day, pull me all the way back down. I am not sure whats wrong as I always face this problem whenever I want to try going up stake. Maybe I play too much hands? Maybe post-flop is not as good? I don't know.
One of those days.
Monday, March 19, 2012
MicroMillions Updates & Tourneys
Been focusing on tournaments and sit & gos past few days. Cash game grinding has been little, but still running +ev. Micro Millions in stars have started and I am playing 'em around the clock. My first tourney was registered $0.11, but not played and was out as there were some personal issues going on in my life right now. Basically I have moved out of the house and staying with my gf and using her Macbook for my daily grinds. Thankfully everything works perfect, my poker tracker has been imported (can't live without it), my HUD display profile and lastly, my steam account gaming lol!
My first four micro millions tourneys were bust out, until this morning I woke up at 5am to play the $5.50 knockout turbo pro special, where you get $50 for knocking out a stars pro. I didn't even sat with any throughout my entire tournament, registered with my free fix (by depositing $30 in stars), knocked out 4 guys and cash out minimum, well about $6.50. My greatest tourney always is cashing out minimum. I never ever got into final tables in tourneys.
Alongside micro millions, I also registered other tourneys, micro 6-max, 90 knockout SNG, $5.50 turbo etc. I did better than my micro millions. I got to 5th place in the micro 90 SNG knockout, which I was pretty happy. When we were down to 5 I had like 3 big blinds, guy from Brazil called me out and say "seriously? with 3 bb? for goodness sake". I went up to double up to about 7 bb, and then dealt AA vs KJ, thought I could verbally screw back the guy because my chips would hv more than him if I won this hand. Board open QT9 giving him a nut straight on the flop and gg.
Earlier I tried some of the Timed tourneys ($1.10 survive for 30 minutes, tourney ends there and you collect prize based on chip count), $3.30 for 15 minutes and not bad. Some quick buck if you survive but you won't go to those final tables and cash big like regular tournaments. I only played two pocket aces in the $3.30 timed tourney and cashed out $11.
Think its time to read up more on tournament plays to improve my game, if there are books anyone could recommend on tourneys would appreciate :) becuz..
My first four micro millions tourneys were bust out, until this morning I woke up at 5am to play the $5.50 knockout turbo pro special, where you get $50 for knocking out a stars pro. I didn't even sat with any throughout my entire tournament, registered with my free fix (by depositing $30 in stars), knocked out 4 guys and cash out minimum, well about $6.50. My greatest tourney always is cashing out minimum. I never ever got into final tables in tourneys.
Alongside micro millions, I also registered other tourneys, micro 6-max, 90 knockout SNG, $5.50 turbo etc. I did better than my micro millions. I got to 5th place in the micro 90 SNG knockout, which I was pretty happy. When we were down to 5 I had like 3 big blinds, guy from Brazil called me out and say "seriously? with 3 bb? for goodness sake". I went up to double up to about 7 bb, and then dealt AA vs KJ, thought I could verbally screw back the guy because my chips would hv more than him if I won this hand. Board open QT9 giving him a nut straight on the flop and gg.
Earlier I tried some of the Timed tourneys ($1.10 survive for 30 minutes, tourney ends there and you collect prize based on chip count), $3.30 for 15 minutes and not bad. Some quick buck if you survive but you won't go to those final tables and cash big like regular tournaments. I only played two pocket aces in the $3.30 timed tourney and cashed out $11.
Think its time to read up more on tournament plays to improve my game, if there are books anyone could recommend on tourneys would appreciate :) becuz..
Friday, March 16, 2012
Recouping March Losses
Past few days been running good in cash games. Closing up to recoup my month's loss. Pray that I hang in there! Screenshot is my March graph cash game.Been reviewing after-session in PokerTracker on my game leak and admittedly there are some big (not very huge) pots were all loose-call by me and giving a lot of money away.
Like trading, I need to tighten up my discipline in the hands/position I play.
Next half of the month I will do my best in the Micro Millions, although I suck more in tourneys, I will still try my best and see how it goes.
Good luck and have a nice weekend!
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
11, 13 & 14 March Updates
I have been trying my best to recoup my losses for the month and doing good. Although I find that the game is beginning to get tougher. The new cash games 0.08/0.16 are beginning to have infiltrations of short-stackers. Not that they are the main problems, but there are also more regulars during the timing I play. It is as if your multi-tabling four tables against the same opponent, all with a tight-aggressive approach.
Anyway its real good to net positive today and I was playing a 1,794 entrants $2.20 NL HE turbo tourney. Out $58 with no significant money prize, I was so hoping to get to the final table in such big tournament at least once. But a crippling AJ < AK hands spells my end.
Tonight midnight will be the start of micro million tournaments. I have deposited a $30 in stars for a ticket to any $5.50 micro million tournaments. Play at least 5 and you will receive a ticket to a free roll in early March. Hope to really see some results for this time!
Good luck!
Anyway its real good to net positive today and I was playing a 1,794 entrants $2.20 NL HE turbo tourney. Out $58 with no significant money prize, I was so hoping to get to the final table in such big tournament at least once. But a crippling AJ < AK hands spells my end.
Tonight midnight will be the start of micro million tournaments. I have deposited a $30 in stars for a ticket to any $5.50 micro million tournaments. Play at least 5 and you will receive a ticket to a free roll in early March. Hope to really see some results for this time!
Good luck!
Friday, March 9, 2012
7-9 March Updates
Up about only 1 buy-in for the past 3 days.. duh. But it's been good to net positive or break-even on days, basically the past 3 days started similarly, down about 3-4 buy-ins for the first 500 hands and then break-even or net positive. Remember the quads? I got two more within these 3 days, what a bankroll buster. It happened so frequently and similarly, dealt JJ / KK / AA , board open up 3 similar card for them to hit quads. I can't simply fold my nut full.
I maintained my SilverStar status this month, hit my 4th stellar today, and deposited another $30 for the free $5.50 ticket to any of the MicroMillion event. I am considering about playing the main event for MicroMillion, but then it starts at 3:30am in Singapore, worst than Sunday Storm !!
These few days I met a lot of assholes at the table, especially today when there was one guy (don't want to mention nationality due to sensitivity, as players there always stereotype nationality), whom I did a normal C-Bet on a flop K K 5, and was scolded. He then went about bad mouth other players on the table who won him at showdown.
Yesterday there was one guy sitting to my right. Whenever everyone folded to him when I am the BB, he would raised 3bb to steal or whatever, I would call it a steal because he did it like a robot EVERY SINGLE time. Usually SB who tries to steal (I do, on a high fold-to-big-blind stats player), I would do a triple re-raise, even if they call or fold, they would think twice about doing it again, but this anal didn't care. At every steal, he would call and then bet thrice the pot size on flop. Admittedly, my stack was reduced trying to defend my blind, and I was pretty annoyed.
Then came my chance, same thing I was dealt 68, he attempted steal once again with T9. Flop came T97, lol friggin' nuts. He did exactly the same thing by raising, I re-raised him min-size and then he 4bet me and called my shoved. Lucky he didn't suck out with any T or 9. That was sweet.
I been sitting daily for about 3-4 hours grinding to about 1000+ hands and I felt tired. I do not think I can go more than 4 tables at the moment, so my plan is to grind my way up and then increase the stakes, for any chance of progress.
I should be scouring for jobs tomorrow and take a break. Been a tiring week.
I maintained my SilverStar status this month, hit my 4th stellar today, and deposited another $30 for the free $5.50 ticket to any of the MicroMillion event. I am considering about playing the main event for MicroMillion, but then it starts at 3:30am in Singapore, worst than Sunday Storm !!
These few days I met a lot of assholes at the table, especially today when there was one guy (don't want to mention nationality due to sensitivity, as players there always stereotype nationality), whom I did a normal C-Bet on a flop K K 5, and was scolded. He then went about bad mouth other players on the table who won him at showdown.
Yesterday there was one guy sitting to my right. Whenever everyone folded to him when I am the BB, he would raised 3bb to steal or whatever, I would call it a steal because he did it like a robot EVERY SINGLE time. Usually SB who tries to steal (I do, on a high fold-to-big-blind stats player), I would do a triple re-raise, even if they call or fold, they would think twice about doing it again, but this anal didn't care. At every steal, he would call and then bet thrice the pot size on flop. Admittedly, my stack was reduced trying to defend my blind, and I was pretty annoyed.
Then came my chance, same thing I was dealt 68, he attempted steal once again with T9. Flop came T97, lol friggin' nuts. He did exactly the same thing by raising, I re-raised him min-size and then he 4bet me and called my shoved. Lucky he didn't suck out with any T or 9. That was sweet.
I been sitting daily for about 3-4 hours grinding to about 1000+ hands and I felt tired. I do not think I can go more than 4 tables at the moment, so my plan is to grind my way up and then increase the stakes, for any chance of progress.
I should be scouring for jobs tomorrow and take a break. Been a tiring week.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
45 SNG Micros - 1st
Did some changes on my blog's Label, doesn't make sense with 'Black' and 'Poker' as labels anymore.
Today's cash games session went a little short, just close to 500 hands. First reason, want to bag some profit after so many days of beats to regain confidence. Secondly, I wanted to focus on some micro SNG I was in, wanted to give myself a little practice before the PokerStars Micro Millions mid this month. I am also reading up on Daniel Negreanu's Power Hold'em Strategy on Small Ball, hoping I could catch a bit.
So I bag about $45usd going back down to 0.08/0.16 6-max. Peak of my account was 600usd, after the beats the lowers I got was about $360, I would aim for $500 before trying back up to 0.10/0.25 in respect of bankroll management rule. 20 buy-ins right? ($25 x 20 = 500) And I read up, some says it doesn't mean you multi-table you have to multiply your bankroll (eg. 25 x 20 x 4) 4 tabling in my case. Some forum posters simply mentioned that multi-tabling means instead of 1 hour 100 hands for eg, it means 1 hour for 400 hands.
I sat for about 3 SNG this afternoon. Got first for a 6-max $1.50 SNG, first for a 45-man $1 SNG, and out earlier in $1.50 90-man knockout SNG..
Haven't have such a result for ages. It is micro though, but thats what I do when I can't beat higher games. I come back down and try boost some confidence and if I lose I will just stick around this stake as why move up when I can't beat it here?
For the 45-men SNG, I didn't expect that result though. I did not enter a single hand in my first table at all as the table was 3-betting etc. preflop, and I didn't had any decent cards. So I just waited patiently for something.
Up till heads-up, my chip was about 1:3 of the other guy. I am comfortable with heads-up because I been grinding it last year for a while, due to tilt (out of) control I stopped. I think the key hand would have been my raise with K4 and he called. Flop came K Q 4 and I checked it to him. He moves in with A 9 and I insta-called.
That's about it today. Good luck and will post more updates for the week!
Today's cash games session went a little short, just close to 500 hands. First reason, want to bag some profit after so many days of beats to regain confidence. Secondly, I wanted to focus on some micro SNG I was in, wanted to give myself a little practice before the PokerStars Micro Millions mid this month. I am also reading up on Daniel Negreanu's Power Hold'em Strategy on Small Ball, hoping I could catch a bit.
So I bag about $45usd going back down to 0.08/0.16 6-max. Peak of my account was 600usd, after the beats the lowers I got was about $360, I would aim for $500 before trying back up to 0.10/0.25 in respect of bankroll management rule. 20 buy-ins right? ($25 x 20 = 500) And I read up, some says it doesn't mean you multi-table you have to multiply your bankroll (eg. 25 x 20 x 4) 4 tabling in my case. Some forum posters simply mentioned that multi-tabling means instead of 1 hour 100 hands for eg, it means 1 hour for 400 hands.
I sat for about 3 SNG this afternoon. Got first for a 6-max $1.50 SNG, first for a 45-man $1 SNG, and out earlier in $1.50 90-man knockout SNG..
Haven't have such a result for ages. It is micro though, but thats what I do when I can't beat higher games. I come back down and try boost some confidence and if I lose I will just stick around this stake as why move up when I can't beat it here?
For the 45-men SNG, I didn't expect that result though. I did not enter a single hand in my first table at all as the table was 3-betting etc. preflop, and I didn't had any decent cards. So I just waited patiently for something.
Up till heads-up, my chip was about 1:3 of the other guy. I am comfortable with heads-up because I been grinding it last year for a while, due to tilt (out of) control I stopped. I think the key hand would have been my raise with K4 and he called. Flop came K Q 4 and I checked it to him. He moves in with A 9 and I insta-called.
That's about it today. Good luck and will post more updates for the week!
Monday, March 5, 2012
Quads Quads Quads
After the blood bath day, the follow day was fine, up about $38usd. Yesterday grinded another 1,000 hands. I was winning about 980 hands but for the sake of reaching that 1,000 hands (sounds dumb), I lose two big pot to two dumb calling station and ended the day -$14usd.
I had QQ vs 78. He hit a mid pair 8 on the flop and called my shoved and hit 7 on the river. Later in the hand he still showed one of his bluff to me and tell me 'thanks' after I folded. It is due to these immature idiots that some times poker can be annoying. But you still will see couple of nice guys too.
Today's session was sick too. Earlier in the session (less than 20 hands 4-tabing, back to 0.08/0.16 6-max), I was dealt KK, board had 3 aces, I thought I had the nuts, and he turned over QQ. Following, I hit another straight on the turn on the other table and lost to full house. sick sick sick sick sick.. both less than 50 hands. 3 full house vs quads in less than a week. I need some serious exorcist to dispel the curse cast on me.
Downed about -$40usd today and went to eat my lunch. Came back to continue grind and had a lucky 99 full of kings > 3 full of kings. He had it on the flop (3, K, K). I called his check-raise on the flop and we checked the turn. The thing about slow-playing your monster is this, sometimes you want your opponent with weak hand to catch up so that they will call your higher raise, but sometimes they hit a monster hand and you'd be grabbing your hair (up there not down there, I don't know u). So end the day about -$25usd.
These streak of losses these few days made me forgot about the glorious month I had on February. Sometimes I don't even dare to raise a monster hand because even quads are here to put me down (thrice in a week).
5th day into the month and I'm left with 135vpp to maintain my SilverStar vip. Massive grind ever in my life. I am considering exchanging my fpp points for $50usd instant cash although I know the value of fpp sucks for this rate, but at least it is risk-less. I will keep it till close to end of the year before decide.
I had QQ vs 78. He hit a mid pair 8 on the flop and called my shoved and hit 7 on the river. Later in the hand he still showed one of his bluff to me and tell me 'thanks' after I folded. It is due to these immature idiots that some times poker can be annoying. But you still will see couple of nice guys too.
Today's session was sick too. Earlier in the session (less than 20 hands 4-tabing, back to 0.08/0.16 6-max), I was dealt KK, board had 3 aces, I thought I had the nuts, and he turned over QQ. Following, I hit another straight on the turn on the other table and lost to full house. sick sick sick sick sick.. both less than 50 hands. 3 full house vs quads in less than a week. I need some serious exorcist to dispel the curse cast on me.
Downed about -$40usd today and went to eat my lunch. Came back to continue grind and had a lucky 99 full of kings > 3 full of kings. He had it on the flop (3, K, K). I called his check-raise on the flop and we checked the turn. The thing about slow-playing your monster is this, sometimes you want your opponent with weak hand to catch up so that they will call your higher raise, but sometimes they hit a monster hand and you'd be grabbing your hair (up there not down there, I don't know u). So end the day about -$25usd.
These streak of losses these few days made me forgot about the glorious month I had on February. Sometimes I don't even dare to raise a monster hand because even quads are here to put me down (thrice in a week).
5th day into the month and I'm left with 135vpp to maintain my SilverStar vip. Massive grind ever in my life. I am considering exchanging my fpp points for $50usd instant cash although I know the value of fpp sucks for this rate, but at least it is risk-less. I will keep it till close to end of the year before decide.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Vengeance is Sweet
Today I proceeded up stakes to 0.10/0.25 6-max cash games. I started off 2-tabling as a warm up. But soon add up to 3 tables. The dynamics are completely different in this stake, although it is still micro. I could say I am a regular in the 0.08/0.16 because this blinds cash games were only started in stars since 1st Feb 2012 and I have been playing fully a month. And I supposed the people who play at that stakes are either 0.05/0.10 trying to move up (like me), or people who were losing in 0.10/0.25.
In the 0.10/0.25 stake today I played, you get frequently 3-betted. I encountered one who defended his BB like defend his wife from other guys. I did attempt one or two steal but I had to push him too when I had a hand. I open raised him from SB, he 3-bet and I 4-bet and he calls. Flop are all clubs. I had an ace club so I just pushed my stack in for a gamble. He folded then and I was happy enough.
Another thing about defending BB I supposed, is to 3-bet like him whenever someone you notice keep trying to steal your BB. You need to do it at least once to show him/her who's his daddy, so he may back off. Once today I 3-bet the SB with 72. Flop came 7 as mid pair. I called his raise again in flop. He then check-raised me on turn when a 2 came. Check down river and I took down the pot with 72.
In this stake, I barely had any chance of checking from BB, or successfully do a limp (although I seldom limp). There was a China maniac who simply 3-bet from all directions. His VP$IP was close to 50. I did called his 3-bet once to test with KT. Flop came 33T. He had a 3. I called him down to the river and lost a big one. That really pushed me to the edge, ultimate tilt. I almost spew my stacks the next several hands but luckily it rained outside and I had to keep the clothes in the yard, that gave me some time to cool down my head.
Today was sucky because I had my Kings ran into runner-straight, and Aces rain into runner-runner flush. A huge one for the aces. My worst pot was shoving bottom two-pair on flop in a 3 way hand and got called down by the same China maniac who had double-ended straight draw and flush draw, he hit in the river.
Revenge tilt is one thing I felt today on this China Maniac. Injustice tilt (kings and aces cracked). But luckily soon I hit a hand again with this China Maniac. I raised from UTG 3BB and he 3-bet again from SB for about 14BB. WHat a friggin' ass hole. I called and flopped the nut flush. Managed trap him by letting this maniac do the betting and had my vengeance doubling up. Hand history replay below.
It is pretty lucky for me to end the day positive with such an intensive session when I was drawn down huge earlier in the session. It is my goal instead of expectation to win this session. Yeah the difference (quoted from Jared Tendler), goal is something you seek to achieve. Expectation is more strict so you get more tilted if you don't meet your expectation. My goal today was to survive 0.10/0.25 and I did. I hope to do it tomorrow and the rest of this month.
Good luck to me and you at the tables!
In the 0.10/0.25 stake today I played, you get frequently 3-betted. I encountered one who defended his BB like defend his wife from other guys. I did attempt one or two steal but I had to push him too when I had a hand. I open raised him from SB, he 3-bet and I 4-bet and he calls. Flop are all clubs. I had an ace club so I just pushed my stack in for a gamble. He folded then and I was happy enough.
Another thing about defending BB I supposed, is to 3-bet like him whenever someone you notice keep trying to steal your BB. You need to do it at least once to show him/her who's his daddy, so he may back off. Once today I 3-bet the SB with 72. Flop came 7 as mid pair. I called his raise again in flop. He then check-raised me on turn when a 2 came. Check down river and I took down the pot with 72.
In this stake, I barely had any chance of checking from BB, or successfully do a limp (although I seldom limp). There was a China maniac who simply 3-bet from all directions. His VP$IP was close to 50. I did called his 3-bet once to test with KT. Flop came 33T. He had a 3. I called him down to the river and lost a big one. That really pushed me to the edge, ultimate tilt. I almost spew my stacks the next several hands but luckily it rained outside and I had to keep the clothes in the yard, that gave me some time to cool down my head.
Today was sucky because I had my Kings ran into runner-straight, and Aces rain into runner-runner flush. A huge one for the aces. My worst pot was shoving bottom two-pair on flop in a 3 way hand and got called down by the same China maniac who had double-ended straight draw and flush draw, he hit in the river.
Revenge tilt is one thing I felt today on this China Maniac. Injustice tilt (kings and aces cracked). But luckily soon I hit a hand again with this China Maniac. I raised from UTG 3BB and he 3-bet again from SB for about 14BB. WHat a friggin' ass hole. I called and flopped the nut flush. Managed trap him by letting this maniac do the betting and had my vengeance doubling up. Hand history replay below.
It is pretty lucky for me to end the day positive with such an intensive session when I was drawn down huge earlier in the session. It is my goal instead of expectation to win this session. Yeah the difference (quoted from Jared Tendler), goal is something you seek to achieve. Expectation is more strict so you get more tilted if you don't meet your expectation. My goal today was to survive 0.10/0.25 and I did. I hope to do it tomorrow and the rest of this month.
Good luck to me and you at the tables!
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