Been a full month, ever since Diablo took our soulstones. I have the lowest volume during June since the start of 2012 and had even lost my silver star vip. I had some awful bleeding in cash games mid month and decided to really stick to my plan to play SNG/tourneys with what is left for me after I withdrew majority of my bankroll out.
I want to take the left over amount seriously and play about 2-3 tables at a time and learn to know what I am doing instead of multi-tabling for volumes and going auto-pilot. Not that it is not good, but I am not that good at it yet. Seems that I still have to take things slowly, and seriously.
Had a good few SNGs, today won a turbo knockout first, knocking out 4 others. Lost two other MTTs and that was it for the day.
There's a Micro Million 2 on PokerStars coming up next week and I'm looking forward to it. Keep my results posted.
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
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.
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.
Friday, February 24, 2012
2000 Hands Today Net +ve
Two sessions today. Each about 1000 hands, 4-tabling 0.08/0.16 in PokerStars. First session up about +50usd, but second session got A LOT of cooler, massive 3-betting from all direction. -30usd second session and today sum up to about +20usd.
Been on streak this month, although it could have been even better when some beats made me a little loose. But I have to say my worst games are getting better. If I am able to maintain my streak for the rest of the month, I am probably thinking about moving up stakes to 0.10/0.25, or am I rushing?
This month is the highest grind I ever had in stars, currently at about 1,500 vpp this month, where previously I couldn't even hit a silverstar. x1.5 multiplier of fpp rocks for now. Talking about fpp, my girlfriend bought a MacBook Pro, we were browsing around for laptop bags but apple products are way too expensive, though they are classy and we love. Happen that I was browsing stars VIP store and ordered this laptop bag that has been shipped. :)
For about 1,200 fpp. I think it is still way cheaper than retail prices. I also saw a PokerStars money clip which I love it, but currently out of stock. Too bad.
My cash game graph:
Extracted from my PokerTracker.
Closing up to my overall profit. Happy weekend people!
Friday, February 17, 2012
My Best Day In PokerStars
It is amazing for the first 1.5 years of my poker career I been losing 8 out of 10 days and now I am running hot. When you grind for VPP & FPP at the same time earning profits, it feels real good. Because it used to be moving in opposite direction. I'm not say it won't in future but I'm happy right now. Feeling good, running good, builds my confidence and game. Today up another US$73 in cash games 3-tabling 0.08/0.16.
Entered a re-buy tourney and I was above average stack. Entrants was about 512 and I was knocked out at 154 when I 4-bet shoved KK to a semi-loosed guy who thought for a while...... and called me with QQ. Turn came a Q and I found myself face-palm and taking deep breaths. Luckily it didn't affect my cash games (playing simultaneously) like it would have used to (thanks to Mental Game of Poker), and I continue to grind.
Gonna go out for a while and maintain balance lifestyle (shopping lol). Been in front of the computer for so many hours already. Have a great weekend people!
Black.
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