I haven't updated in a few days, mainly because I haven't been playing at all. My confidence was at an all-time low, and I felt I couldn't win even if I played 4nl. I didn't think it was +ev at all to play with that kind of mindset.
It's been nice to take a break, and I feel like my mind is clearing out again and my confidence is returning. Will probably start playing again Sunday or Monday, and will definitely update when I do.
GL Everyone
Friday, September 23, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Grind-a-thon tonight
Played a bit more 4nl and dropped another buy-in. Not really any big hands, just losing NSD winnings.
Decided i'm going to try to put in a 5-6 hour session tonight. The games are just ridiculously softer at that time, and I really want to work on making my money back. Not sure which stakes i'll be playing (a 25nl tilt session is very possible at this point :) ) but the plan is to get in some serious volume.
Hit me up on skype/2+2 if anyone wants to join the madness.
Also found this pic on 2+2 which made me lol.
Decided i'm going to try to put in a 5-6 hour session tonight. The games are just ridiculously softer at that time, and I really want to work on making my money back. Not sure which stakes i'll be playing (a 25nl tilt session is very possible at this point :) ) but the plan is to get in some serious volume.
Hit me up on skype/2+2 if anyone wants to join the madness.
Also found this pic on 2+2 which made me lol.
FML
Decided to stick to my plan of playing 30 minutes of 4nl to warm up before playing 10nl. Played 372 hands and lost 4 1/2 buy-ins. It was pretty annoying to constantly get coolered, but as strange as it sounds, it actually made me feel better about 10nl. If I can drop almost 5 buy-ins in 400 hands at a stake i know i'm a winner at, then I should really man up and forget about my 10nl downswing.
Not really anything else I can say about today, here's the coolers/graph.
EDIT: Back on the grind now, will post updated graph when i'm done
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, September 19, 01:56:45 ET 2011
Table Santiago (40777304) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( $7.25 USD ) - VPIP: 24, PFR: 18, 3B: 4, AF: 2.3, Hands: 440
Seat 2: Player2 ( $4.04 USD ) - VPIP: 32, PFR: 19, 3B: 3, AF: 2.1, Hands: 15370
Seat 3: Player3 ( $4.00 USD ) - VPIP: 13, PFR: 10, 3B: 3, AF: 3.1, Hands: 17070
Seat 4: Player4 ( $3.92 USD ) - VPIP: 18, PFR: 11, 3B: 2, AF: 1.6, Hands: 551
Seat 5: Player5 ( $4.54 USD ) - VPIP: 30, PFR: 22, 3B: 5, AF: 6.0, Hands: 54
Seat 6: Hero ( $4.16 USD )
Player1 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
Player2 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Tc Th ]
Player3 folds
Player4 folds
Player5 raises [$0.12 USD]
Hero raises [$0.36 USD]
Player1 folds
Player2 folds
Player5 calls [$0.24 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, Kh, 2c ]
Player5 checks
Hero bets [$0.48 USD]
Player5 calls [$0.48 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Td ]
Player5 checks
Hero bets [$1.45 USD]
Player5 raises [$3.02 USD]
Hero calls [$1.57 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
Player5 bets [$0.68 USD]
Hero calls [$0.30 USD]
Player5 shows [Kc, Kd ]
Hero shows [Tc, Th ]
Player5 wins $0.38 USD
Player5 wins $7.97 USD from main pot
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, September 19, 02:02:23 ET 2011
Table Santiago (40777304) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( $7.07 USD ) - VPIP: 24, PFR: 18, 3B: 4, AF: 2.3, Hands: 440
Seat 2: Player2 ( $4.00 USD ) - VPIP: 32, PFR: 19, 3B: 3, AF: 2.1, Hands: 15370
Seat 3: Player3 ( $4.06 USD ) - VPIP: 13, PFR: 10, 3B: 3, AF: 3.1, Hands: 17070
Seat 4: Player4 ( $4.77 USD ) - VPIP: 18, PFR: 11, 3B: 2, AF: 1.6, Hands: 551
Seat 5: Player5 ( $8.41 USD ) - VPIP: 30, PFR: 22, 3B: 5, AF: 6.0, Hands: 54
Seat 6: Hero ( $4.00 USD )
Player1 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
Player2 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ah Kd ]
Player3 raises [$0.14 USD]
Player4 calls [$0.14 USD]
Player5 calls [$0.14 USD]
Hero raises [$0.80 USD]
Player1 folds
Player2 raises [$3.96 USD]
Player3 folds
Player4 folds
Player5 folds
Hero calls [$3.20 USD]
Player2 shows [Jd, Jc ]
Hero shows [Ah, Kd ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8h, 8c, 6s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 9d ]
Player2 wins $8.02 USD from main pot
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, September 19, 02:05:35 ET 2011
Table Santiago (40770873) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( $4.69 USD ) - VPIP: 31, PFR: 3, 3B: 1, AF: 2.4, Hands: 198
Seat 2: Player2 ( $4.00 USD ) - VPIP: 13, PFR: 10, 3B: 3, AF: 3.1, Hands: 17070
Seat 3: Hero ( $4.00 USD )
Seat 4: Player4 ( $4.57 USD ) - VPIP: 22, PFR: 13, 3B: 3, AF: 2.3, Hands: 13543
Seat 5: Player5 ( $1.58 USD ) - VPIP: 39, PFR: 24, 3B: 6, AF: 1.3, Hands: 949
Seat 6: Player6 ( $6.54 USD ) - VPIP: 43, PFR: 17, 3B: 4, AF: 1.4, Hands: 28482
Player4 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
Player5 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ks Kh ]
Player6 calls [$0.04 USD]
Player1 calls [$0.04 USD]
Player2 folds
Hero raises [$0.20 USD]
Player4 folds
Player5 folds
Player6 calls [$0.16 USD]
Player1 raises [$0.98 USD]
Hero calls [$0.82 USD] (UTG was a massive whale, figured flatting was the best option to keep him in)
Player6 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, Ts, Qs ]
Player1 bets [$3.67 USD]
Hero calls [$2.98 USD]
Player1 shows [Ah, Ac ]
Hero shows [Ks, Kh ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qh ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2h ]
Player1 wins $0.69 USD
Player1 wins $7.85 USD from main pot
Not really anything else I can say about today, here's the coolers/graph.
EDIT: Back on the grind now, will post updated graph when i'm done
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, September 19, 01:56:45 ET 2011
Table Santiago (40777304) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( $7.25 USD ) - VPIP: 24, PFR: 18, 3B: 4, AF: 2.3, Hands: 440
Seat 2: Player2 ( $4.04 USD ) - VPIP: 32, PFR: 19, 3B: 3, AF: 2.1, Hands: 15370
Seat 3: Player3 ( $4.00 USD ) - VPIP: 13, PFR: 10, 3B: 3, AF: 3.1, Hands: 17070
Seat 4: Player4 ( $3.92 USD ) - VPIP: 18, PFR: 11, 3B: 2, AF: 1.6, Hands: 551
Seat 5: Player5 ( $4.54 USD ) - VPIP: 30, PFR: 22, 3B: 5, AF: 6.0, Hands: 54
Seat 6: Hero ( $4.16 USD )
Player1 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
Player2 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Tc Th ]
Player3 folds
Player4 folds
Player5 raises [$0.12 USD]
Hero raises [$0.36 USD]
Player1 folds
Player2 folds
Player5 calls [$0.24 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, Kh, 2c ]
Player5 checks
Hero bets [$0.48 USD]
Player5 calls [$0.48 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Td ]
Player5 checks
Hero bets [$1.45 USD]
Player5 raises [$3.02 USD]
Hero calls [$1.57 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
Player5 bets [$0.68 USD]
Hero calls [$0.30 USD]
Player5 shows [Kc, Kd ]
Hero shows [Tc, Th ]
Player5 wins $0.38 USD
Player5 wins $7.97 USD from main pot
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, September 19, 02:02:23 ET 2011
Table Santiago (40777304) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( $7.07 USD ) - VPIP: 24, PFR: 18, 3B: 4, AF: 2.3, Hands: 440
Seat 2: Player2 ( $4.00 USD ) - VPIP: 32, PFR: 19, 3B: 3, AF: 2.1, Hands: 15370
Seat 3: Player3 ( $4.06 USD ) - VPIP: 13, PFR: 10, 3B: 3, AF: 3.1, Hands: 17070
Seat 4: Player4 ( $4.77 USD ) - VPIP: 18, PFR: 11, 3B: 2, AF: 1.6, Hands: 551
Seat 5: Player5 ( $8.41 USD ) - VPIP: 30, PFR: 22, 3B: 5, AF: 6.0, Hands: 54
Seat 6: Hero ( $4.00 USD )
Player1 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
Player2 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ah Kd ]
Player3 raises [$0.14 USD]
Player4 calls [$0.14 USD]
Player5 calls [$0.14 USD]
Hero raises [$0.80 USD]
Player1 folds
Player2 raises [$3.96 USD]
Player3 folds
Player4 folds
Player5 folds
Hero calls [$3.20 USD]
Player2 shows [Jd, Jc ]
Hero shows [Ah, Kd ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8h, 8c, 6s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 9d ]
Player2 wins $8.02 USD from main pot
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, September 19, 02:05:35 ET 2011
Table Santiago (40770873) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( $4.69 USD ) - VPIP: 31, PFR: 3, 3B: 1, AF: 2.4, Hands: 198
Seat 2: Player2 ( $4.00 USD ) - VPIP: 13, PFR: 10, 3B: 3, AF: 3.1, Hands: 17070
Seat 3: Hero ( $4.00 USD )
Seat 4: Player4 ( $4.57 USD ) - VPIP: 22, PFR: 13, 3B: 3, AF: 2.3, Hands: 13543
Seat 5: Player5 ( $1.58 USD ) - VPIP: 39, PFR: 24, 3B: 6, AF: 1.3, Hands: 949
Seat 6: Player6 ( $6.54 USD ) - VPIP: 43, PFR: 17, 3B: 4, AF: 1.4, Hands: 28482
Player4 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
Player5 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ks Kh ]
Player6 calls [$0.04 USD]
Player1 calls [$0.04 USD]
Player2 folds
Hero raises [$0.20 USD]
Player4 folds
Player5 folds
Player6 calls [$0.16 USD]
Player1 raises [$0.98 USD]
Hero calls [$0.82 USD] (UTG was a massive whale, figured flatting was the best option to keep him in)
Player6 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, Ts, Qs ]
Player1 bets [$3.67 USD]
Hero calls [$2.98 USD]
Player1 shows [Ah, Ac ]
Hero shows [Ks, Kh ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qh ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2h ]
Player1 wins $0.69 USD
Player1 wins $7.85 USD from main pot
I guess the following hand is a little questionable, but the villian is the same whale from the last hand. 45/18 and here are his ptr stats:
| $0.02/$0.04 NLH SH | 138,256 | $-1,420 | -12.84 |
Somehow he ends up owning me everytime though, according to hem i'm down $18 against him in ~600 pots.
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (Merge)
$4.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, September 19, 02:07:04 ET 2011
Table Santiago (40770873) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( $8.54 USD ) - VPIP: 31, PFR: 3, 3B: 1, AF: 2.4, Hands: 198
Seat 2: Player2 ( $4.00 USD ) - VPIP: 13, PFR: 10, 3B: 3, AF: 3.1, Hands: 17070
Seat 3: Hero ( $4.17 USD )
Seat 4: Player4 ( $4.43 USD ) - VPIP: 22, PFR: 13, 3B: 3, AF: 2.3, Hands: 13543
Seat 5: Player5 ( $1.52 USD ) - VPIP: 39, PFR: 24, 3B: 6, AF: 1.3, Hands: 949
Seat 6: Player6 ( $6.30 USD ) - VPIP: 43, PFR: 17, 3B: 4, AF: 1.4, Hands: 28482
Player6 posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
Player1 posts big blind [$0.04 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Kd Qc ]
Player2 folds
Hero raises [$0.14 USD]
Player4 folds
Player5 folds
Player6 calls [$0.12 USD]
Player1 calls [$0.10 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kc, 7d, 9c ]
Player6 checks
Player1 checks
Hero bets [$0.32 USD]
Player6 calls [$0.32 USD]
Player1 folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
Player6 checks
Hero bets [$0.74 USD]
Player6 calls [$0.74 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 3s ]
Player6 checks
Hero bets [$2.97 USD]
Player6 calls [$2.97 USD]
Hero shows [Kd, Qc ]
Player6 shows [Th, Jh ]
Player6 wins $8.06 USD from main pot
ALL 4nl, FML
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Signs of hope
Finally had a decent session at 10nl yesterday. I was actually pretty life-tilted about how things have been going so far. It's strange that even when you can easily see you're running bad, how much confidence you can lose. With my confidence so low, I didn't really want to play 10nl, and didn't even really want to bring myself to play 4nl.
However, somehow I managed to open up Merge and load some 4nl. Played for about an hour, made a little over a buy-in and took a cigarette break. The whole time I was outside smoking, I was just debating with myself wheter I should just keep grinding 4nl or load 10nl instead. I was still feeling pretty down about poker, and told myself "I finally had a winning session today (at 4nl lol) but I know if I play 10nl i'm just going to lose a few buy-ins and regret the decision". I'm not the most optimistic person in the world, but it's pretty unusual for me to be this down about poker. I know i'm not great, but can't remember being this depressed about sngs at any point.
Either way, I finally decided that if the 10nl lobby looked good, I would play that. Went back inside and saw that the 10nl games looked very juicy, so it was time to call my bluff and play. It ended up being a great decision. Loaded up a bunch of tables and all the table averages ended up being 30/x at least. Even saw one table that something like 43/9 which is insane for Merge. I can't even remember ever seeing a 4nl table like that before. So I guess saturday's are my new grind time. I didn't play many hands as I should have, since I got a call from some friends to hang out. Even though I was running well and the games were soft, I still thought a break from poker would be the most +ev decision.
I also think playing a bit of 4nl before my 10nl sessions might be a good idea. With sng's I never needed to do anything like that since everything was so automatic. However, with cash I sometimes need a bit of time to warm up and get in the zone. It was also helpful to play 4nl first and get into that "I don't care about results, i'm just going to play my game" mindset, then bring that mindset to 10nl. I guess it's sort of like stretching before serious exercise. So I might start with 4nl for 30-45 minutes from now on, then switch to 10nl for the rest of the day.
Also played a bit of 4plo last night. Started off losing a bit, but then ran pretty good at the end. I don't have the plo version of hem so i'm not sure what my exact results were, but i'm 90% sure I was within $1 of breaking even.
4nl/10nl from yesterday:
However, somehow I managed to open up Merge and load some 4nl. Played for about an hour, made a little over a buy-in and took a cigarette break. The whole time I was outside smoking, I was just debating with myself wheter I should just keep grinding 4nl or load 10nl instead. I was still feeling pretty down about poker, and told myself "I finally had a winning session today (at 4nl lol) but I know if I play 10nl i'm just going to lose a few buy-ins and regret the decision". I'm not the most optimistic person in the world, but it's pretty unusual for me to be this down about poker. I know i'm not great, but can't remember being this depressed about sngs at any point.
Either way, I finally decided that if the 10nl lobby looked good, I would play that. Went back inside and saw that the 10nl games looked very juicy, so it was time to call my bluff and play. It ended up being a great decision. Loaded up a bunch of tables and all the table averages ended up being 30/x at least. Even saw one table that something like 43/9 which is insane for Merge. I can't even remember ever seeing a 4nl table like that before. So I guess saturday's are my new grind time. I didn't play many hands as I should have, since I got a call from some friends to hang out. Even though I was running well and the games were soft, I still thought a break from poker would be the most +ev decision.
I also think playing a bit of 4nl before my 10nl sessions might be a good idea. With sng's I never needed to do anything like that since everything was so automatic. However, with cash I sometimes need a bit of time to warm up and get in the zone. It was also helpful to play 4nl first and get into that "I don't care about results, i'm just going to play my game" mindset, then bring that mindset to 10nl. I guess it's sort of like stretching before serious exercise. So I might start with 4nl for 30-45 minutes from now on, then switch to 10nl for the rest of the day.
Also played a bit of 4plo last night. Started off losing a bit, but then ran pretty good at the end. I don't have the plo version of hem so i'm not sure what my exact results were, but i'm 90% sure I was within $1 of breaking even.
4nl/10nl from yesterday:
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Computer Issues
I'm writing this from my laptop because for some reason the keyboard on my desktop won't work today. I turned it on and tried to enter my password but the keys wouldn't do anything. After restarting a few times and having the same problem, I got frustrated and hit a bunch of keys and noticed some of them worked. The "delete" key was typing something (not sure what since all I saw were "*") and other keys were actually deleting.
Hopefully it's an issue with my keyboard and not the computer itself. One of my friends is going to stop by in a couple hours with his keyboard, so i'll hopefully be able to figure out what the problem is. I would just play on my laptop but I don't even have HEM installed there, and don't really want to deal with it today. A break from poker is probably what I need anyway. Maybe i'll just take a couple hours to watch some videos and try to figure out why i'm getting crushed so badly at 10nl.
Hopefully it's an issue with my keyboard and not the computer itself. One of my friends is going to stop by in a couple hours with his keyboard, so i'll hopefully be able to figure out what the problem is. I would just play on my laptop but I don't even have HEM installed there, and don't really want to deal with it today. A break from poker is probably what I need anyway. Maybe i'll just take a couple hours to watch some videos and try to figure out why i'm getting crushed so badly at 10nl.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Royal Flush Bonus FTW
I have only played about 300 hands of 10nl so far today, but I had to report on the epicness that just happened. I've hit royal flushes in sng's/mtt's in the past on Stars/Tilt which wern't really a big deal. However, since I started playing cash on Merge, I was aware they had a promotion where if you hit a royal at a cash table, you would get a 100 bb bonus by sending in the hh. So far in my ~140k hands on Merge I had yet to hit one.
Well, as fate would have it, today was my day. A loose opener raised utg and i flatted from the button with AdJd. I was already fist-pumping when the flop came down QdTdKc. Flopping the nuts with a royal flush draw is always nice. The raiser led and I flatted. The turn came the Kd completeing my royal flush and a I shit a brick when he checked. Really didn't know what to do since I wanted to get paid from my royal. Sounds dumb that after so much poker experience I would freeze up in a spot where I had the nuts, but i'm sure a lot of you can understand the feeling of "I better not fuck this up" lol.
Since I already knew I had the $10 bonus locked up, I figured betting was the best idea so I bet about 2/3 pot and he called. River was the 9h which turned out to be the gin card for me. The villian led out for ~$3, i shipped, he called. He ended up having JJ for a rivered straight. I don't think he could have played that hand worse. Not only is his turn call pretty terrible, but his river call is never good after I ship. I'm not complaining though, I hope to see him again :)
I guess I would have been happy even if he had folded the turn since I would have gotten the $10 bonus either way (the only terms of the promotion are that you must win the hand after hitting your royal lol). However, to be able to also stack the guy is pretty fortunate imo. Going to take a break for an hour or so, then get back to the grind. Hope everyone's running as good as me today :)
HH/graph so far for today:
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (Merge)
$10.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, September 16, 04:25:27 ET 2011
Table Lima (40645870) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( $10.88 USD ) - VPIP: 28, PFR: 22, 3B: 7, AF: 3.1, Hands: 2763
Seat 2: Player2 ( $11.33 USD ) - VPIP: 19, PFR: 14, 3B: 4, AF: 2.6, Hands: 34350
Seat 3: Hero ( $12.29 USD )
Seat 4: Player4 ( $10.00 USD ) - VPIP: 20, PFR: 17, 3B: 7, AF: 3.0, Hands: 15909
Seat 5: Player5 ( $19.38 USD ) - VPIP: 39, PFR: 5, 3B: 2, AF: 1.2, Hands: 879
Seat 6: Player6 ( $9.85 USD ) - VPIP: 32, PFR: 25, 3B: 13, AF: 2.5, Hands: 485
Player4 posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Player5 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Jd Ad ]
Player6 raises [$0.30 USD]
Player1 folds
Player2 folds
Hero calls [$0.30 USD]
Player4 folds
Player5 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qd, Td, Kc ]
Player6 bets [$0.50 USD]
Hero calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
Player6 checks
Hero bets [$1.00 USD]
Player6 calls [$1.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
Player6 bets [$2.81 USD]
Hero raises [$8.58 USD]
Player6 calls [$5.24 USD]
Hero shows [Jd, Ad ]
Player6 shows [Jh, Jc ]
Hero wins $18.86 USD from main pot
Hero wins $0.53 USD
Well, as fate would have it, today was my day. A loose opener raised utg and i flatted from the button with AdJd. I was already fist-pumping when the flop came down QdTdKc. Flopping the nuts with a royal flush draw is always nice. The raiser led and I flatted. The turn came the Kd completeing my royal flush and a I shit a brick when he checked. Really didn't know what to do since I wanted to get paid from my royal. Sounds dumb that after so much poker experience I would freeze up in a spot where I had the nuts, but i'm sure a lot of you can understand the feeling of "I better not fuck this up" lol.
Since I already knew I had the $10 bonus locked up, I figured betting was the best idea so I bet about 2/3 pot and he called. River was the 9h which turned out to be the gin card for me. The villian led out for ~$3, i shipped, he called. He ended up having JJ for a rivered straight. I don't think he could have played that hand worse. Not only is his turn call pretty terrible, but his river call is never good after I ship. I'm not complaining though, I hope to see him again :)
I guess I would have been happy even if he had folded the turn since I would have gotten the $10 bonus either way (the only terms of the promotion are that you must win the hand after hitting your royal lol). However, to be able to also stack the guy is pretty fortunate imo. Going to take a break for an hour or so, then get back to the grind. Hope everyone's running as good as me today :)
HH/graph so far for today:
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (Merge)
$10.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, September 16, 04:25:27 ET 2011
Table Lima (40645870) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( $10.88 USD ) - VPIP: 28, PFR: 22, 3B: 7, AF: 3.1, Hands: 2763
Seat 2: Player2 ( $11.33 USD ) - VPIP: 19, PFR: 14, 3B: 4, AF: 2.6, Hands: 34350
Seat 3: Hero ( $12.29 USD )
Seat 4: Player4 ( $10.00 USD ) - VPIP: 20, PFR: 17, 3B: 7, AF: 3.0, Hands: 15909
Seat 5: Player5 ( $19.38 USD ) - VPIP: 39, PFR: 5, 3B: 2, AF: 1.2, Hands: 879
Seat 6: Player6 ( $9.85 USD ) - VPIP: 32, PFR: 25, 3B: 13, AF: 2.5, Hands: 485
Player4 posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Player5 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Jd Ad ]
Player6 raises [$0.30 USD]
Player1 folds
Player2 folds
Hero calls [$0.30 USD]
Player4 folds
Player5 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qd, Td, Kc ]
Player6 bets [$0.50 USD]
Hero calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
Player6 checks
Hero bets [$1.00 USD]
Player6 calls [$1.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
Player6 bets [$2.81 USD]
Hero raises [$8.58 USD]
Player6 calls [$5.24 USD]
Hero shows [Jd, Ad ]
Player6 shows [Jh, Jc ]
Hero wins $18.86 USD from main pot
Hero wins $0.53 USD
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Variance gets its revenge
After running good yesterday, I ran 4 buy-ins below ev today, which puts me 1 buy-in below between yesterday and today. Was pretty happy with how I played but just kept getting sucked out on. kk<ak aipf, aq<a8 on aax, and a bunch of others. Oh well, nothing I can do but try again tomorrow, there has to be a heater around the corner.
Also, 4plo went pretty good last night. I could only get 3 decent 6-max tables running, so I ended up starting a new one. I ran good for once and a massive fish sat down. The action was so good I ended up closing out the other tables. After stacking him 3 times in ~10 minutes (he was buying in for $3.50 lol) I was worried he would leave. I started chatting to him in the chat box and saying the fishiest stuff I could think of to make him think I was just running good. I guess it convinced him, because everytime someone tried to join the table he would sit out and type "HU please". I ended up playing him for about 200 hands until I got sick of playing. So without warning, I just randomly closed out of the table without saying a word. Probably a bad idea, since he would most likely want to play again in the future, but I didn't want him to guilt trip me into staying if I told him I was leaving. Ended up making about $10 from him which is decent for 1 tabling 4plo, especially since I was watching tv and drinking at the same time
Graph from today (not including plo)
Also, 4plo went pretty good last night. I could only get 3 decent 6-max tables running, so I ended up starting a new one. I ran good for once and a massive fish sat down. The action was so good I ended up closing out the other tables. After stacking him 3 times in ~10 minutes (he was buying in for $3.50 lol) I was worried he would leave. I started chatting to him in the chat box and saying the fishiest stuff I could think of to make him think I was just running good. I guess it convinced him, because everytime someone tried to join the table he would sit out and type "HU please". I ended up playing him for about 200 hands until I got sick of playing. So without warning, I just randomly closed out of the table without saying a word. Probably a bad idea, since he would most likely want to play again in the future, but I didn't want him to guilt trip me into staying if I told him I was leaving. Ended up making about $10 from him which is decent for 1 tabling 4plo, especially since I was watching tv and drinking at the same time
Graph from today (not including plo)
Yesterday and today (not including plo)
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
[?] winning 10nl player
Played ~3k hands of 10nl today and made $6.64 in actual profit. Wouldn't be the end of the world if it wern't for the fact that I ran 3 buy-ins above ev. I think a lot of that came from winning a bunch of flips aipf, not that I was necessairly getting it in bad, but's it's still a little worrysome. I also made $7 in rakeback, and won a $11 satty ticket for playing 3k hands on Wednesday, so in total I made about $24 in equity.
I'm not going to lie and say i've made a 100% transition to 10nl so far. I did notice a few little things where I was adjusting poorly today. For example, at 4nl my standard c-bet "bluff" size was just over half pot. A common example would be where I was betting .16 into a .30 pot on the flop, which is a 53% pot-sized bet. I noticed today that I was betting .50 into a .75 pot on the flop as my standard bet. That is a 66% pot-sized bet which is a massive leak compared to 4nl since i'm giving up most of the time when they call, unless I decide it's a good barrel spot. I guess I just found it easier to slide the bet bar a few notches rather than keep it consistent with 4nl. The bottom line however, is that i've started to pick up on these things and have commited to adjusting.
Another leak I noticed is I couldn't fold in 3 bet pots when I hit the flop at all. Often I was leading the turn against a reg for $3-$4 with $3-$4 behind, with tptk hands. The reg would ship over my bet and I would think "I know I have to be beat, but ZMOG I only have to call $3-$4 to win $20." Staring down a $20 pot is actually quite enticing compared to playing 4nl, but I need to remember to think of it in terms of bbs. At 4nl I would be snap folding these spots, so I need to start doing the same at 10nl. Just because i've already commited $6 doesn't mean I have to call off the last $4, and when they ship, they usually have it.
Anyway, I plan to put in a similar grind tomorrow. I've also drank a few beers, so it's time for some 4plo :). Will post if I have any interesting hands.
Here's the graph from today:
I'm not going to lie and say i've made a 100% transition to 10nl so far. I did notice a few little things where I was adjusting poorly today. For example, at 4nl my standard c-bet "bluff" size was just over half pot. A common example would be where I was betting .16 into a .30 pot on the flop, which is a 53% pot-sized bet. I noticed today that I was betting .50 into a .75 pot on the flop as my standard bet. That is a 66% pot-sized bet which is a massive leak compared to 4nl since i'm giving up most of the time when they call, unless I decide it's a good barrel spot. I guess I just found it easier to slide the bet bar a few notches rather than keep it consistent with 4nl. The bottom line however, is that i've started to pick up on these things and have commited to adjusting.
Another leak I noticed is I couldn't fold in 3 bet pots when I hit the flop at all. Often I was leading the turn against a reg for $3-$4 with $3-$4 behind, with tptk hands. The reg would ship over my bet and I would think "I know I have to be beat, but ZMOG I only have to call $3-$4 to win $20." Staring down a $20 pot is actually quite enticing compared to playing 4nl, but I need to remember to think of it in terms of bbs. At 4nl I would be snap folding these spots, so I need to start doing the same at 10nl. Just because i've already commited $6 doesn't mean I have to call off the last $4, and when they ship, they usually have it.
Anyway, I plan to put in a similar grind tomorrow. I've also drank a few beers, so it's time for some 4plo :). Will post if I have any interesting hands.
Here's the graph from today:
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
First Update: Bleeding Money
Started the day with some 4nl, since the waitlist's were ridiculous at 10nl (4-5 waiters on every table). I figured I would just play some 4nl for an hour or so, until things cleared out at 10nl. I pretty much expected to print money, now that i'm a 10nl reg lol, but varience wouldn't oblige. Ran pretty bad and dropped 3 buy-ins in about 500 hands.
So I took a break for a couple hours, then decided to load up some 10nl. Unfortunately my session was very similar to my 4nl session earlier. Played about 500 hands, and dropped 3.5 buy-ins (3 buy-ins below ev). I'm sure it was just variance again kk<aq on qxx river A obviously. AA<kq aipf, obviously he hit quads, and a few other coolers. It's a little unnerving to run badly so soon after moving up, but I try to remind myself it's just variance (easier said than done).
Now i'm on a 6 buy-in downswing at 10nl, and i'm also now in the negative overall, but i'm going to just ignore it and keep grinding. I had multiple 15 buy-in downswings at 4nl, and expect to have even larger ones at 10nl. I guess it's just frustrating because I want to prove to myself so badly that I can win at 10nl, so I was hoping to crush right away, and do the downswing thing later :). I guess i'll have to wait for now and remember to MDFR (Make decisions, fuck results) as Jennifear used to say.
Transition to cash
For those who might not know me, I am formerly a SNG/MTT player mainly on Pokerstars. After Black Friday I was forced to move to the Merge network. Unfortunately it's impossible to get in any decent volume with SNG's/MTT's there, so I've been forced to transition to cash.
I was definitely not a baller before Black Friday, but i'm pretty happy with my past results. My only regrets were that I didn't move up in stakes more aggressively. I was finally starting to win at a nice rate in the $6 45's right before Black Friday, and I obviously wish I had moved up sooner. I'm hoping to not make the same mistake again, and hope to move up through the cash stakes relatively quickly (inb4 my 100k 4nl graph lol).
Here are my SNG/MTT graphs for Stars/Tilt
MTT:
I was definitely not a baller before Black Friday, but i'm pretty happy with my past results. My only regrets were that I didn't move up in stakes more aggressively. I was finally starting to win at a nice rate in the $6 45's right before Black Friday, and I obviously wish I had moved up sooner. I'm hoping to not make the same mistake again, and hope to move up through the cash stakes relatively quickly (inb4 my 100k 4nl graph lol).
Here are my SNG/MTT graphs for Stars/Tilt
MTT:
SNG:
Transition to Cash:
So I just hit my 100k hand at 4nl 6 max on Merge. The first 40k hands were a little wild, but I've made a lot of improvements since then. It was really helpful to learn that tptk wasn't the nuts like in SNG's/MTT's. Cash has actually been a lot more enjoyable than I expected, but everyday I still wish I was loading up a set of 45's instead of cash tables. Maybe i'm secretly a gambling addict, but I enjoyed the excitement of going all in every other hand, and flipping for tiny edges. In cash I feel like i'm just doing the same thing over and over. Blinds never change, there's no clear end point or any sense of accomplishment, like when you win a MTT.
There are obviously pro's and con's to both games, and i've learned to deal with the fact that it might be a very long time before I can grind SNG's again. Luckily I can load up a set of MTT's now and then when I feel like gambling, but it doesn't make sense to do full time.
I've decided to leave 4nl behind for now, and have begun at 10nl. 4nl just really isn't worth my time, so I plan to stick with 10nl until I go busto or until i've proven I can beat those stakes. The only time I will play 4nl is if there are a sick amount of regs playing 10nl, or if I don't feel I can play my "A-Game" but still want to play some poker.
If I can win at a somewhat similar rate at 10nl, I figure I should have the roll for 25nl after ~50k hands, but that's only if I haven't overestimated my edge. So far it doesn't seem any different from 4nl, but i've only played about 5k hands, so maybe i've just run good for once, and have been playing at the right times.
Here is my 4nl graph:
I'm a little dissapointed with my winrate, but I was transitioning from a new game, so it took me a while to fully adjust. Also, directly after Black Friday, Merge was pretty reg infested. The other regs playing 4nl probably wern't too baller, but considering I was new to cash, it certainly didn't help.
10nl graph:
Obviously, nothing special so far, but I wanted to bring everyone up to speed about where i' at right now.
I plan to update this blog with my results everyday, win or lose. I don't want to be one of those guys who only update after a massive heater. I'm hoping that by posting my bad days it will help me deal with the swings. So prepare yourself for the madness that will follow in the blog :)
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