What a disappointing day

I managed to play over 1400 hands today...that's not a typo, I played a ton in between my obligations today. I was playing anywhere from 4-9 tables at any given time. Unfortunately, I ran pretty bad. I didn't have any cooler hands (against a reasonable sized stack), but I just kept missing flops in key spots and bleeding chips that way.

I don't remember flopping a set all day and if I did, I didn't get any action on it. I lost tons of all-ins to people with 20-25BB stacks. I was in on the good side of a race every time except once when I ran JJ into AA, again it was only for 25BBs. Whenever I got to the river in a hand, I almost never had the best of it. It was just one of those days that nothing really went right, even though I can't find anything that I did wrong (that's really obvious).

I eventually ended up due to just playing forever and managing to have TPTK hold against a flush draw for a monster pot. Of course when I mention "up" here, I mean that I was up...but running at only 20% of my normal winrate. I suppose that my winrate may have been inflated before though, it could be closer to where it's supposed to be now. I just know that if I play at least 4 tables I'm making more than I do working an hour at my job still, so that's special.

I'm just still cruising at $25NL until I can get my roll up to a point where taking shots at $50NL isn't going to kill me...from what I've noticed so far at that level, the play isn't much better - they're just a whole lot nittier. I'll adjust when the time comes.






At least after playing so many hands I was able to rack up the VPPs.

I'm a terrible updater

I've been behind on updating this primarily because I haven't played much recently and when I did I tilted like freaking crazy. Seriously...the worst tilt I've had in some time. It was actually a pretty pathetic moment for me. So I had to stop playing for a while to refocus myself. I've done that and I'll get a real update in here soon tracking some progress.

WBCOOP

1337 started and I get to knock out Astin.


PokerStars Game #12626029782: Tournament #63028692, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (150/300) - 2007/10/14 - 15:56:50 (ET)
Table '63028692 87' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: EuRock (17075 in chips)
Seat 2: BlackStar255 (9805 in chips)
Seat 3: cadmunkey (15400 in chips)
Seat 4: unoturbo (10450 in chips)
Seat 5: Critterer (26450 in chips)
Seat 6: xvegtx (43175 in chips)
Seat 7: Astin (5200 in chips)
Seat 8: United113 (9921 in chips)
Seat 9: SilentRebel (24300 in chips)
SilentRebel: posts small blind 150
EuRock: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SilentRebel [Tc Th]
BlackStar255: folds
cadmunkey: folds
unoturbo: folds
Critterer: folds
xvegtx: folds
Astin: raises 900 to 1200
United113: calls 1200
SilentRebel: raises 3300 to 4500
EuRock has timed out
EuRock: folds
EuRock is sitting out
Astin: raises 700 to 5200 and is all-in
United113: folds
SilentRebel: calls 700
*** FLOP *** [Td Kc 7h]
*** TURN *** [Td Kc 7h] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Td Kc 7h 8d] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SilentRebel: shows [Tc Th] (three of a kind, Tens)
Astin: shows [Ac Ks] (a pair of Kings)
SilentRebel collected 11900 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11900 Rake 0
Board [Td Kc 7h 8d 9s]
Seat 1: EuRock (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: BlackStar255 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: cadmunkey folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: unoturbo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Critterer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: xvegtx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Astin showed [Ac Ks] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 8: United113 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 9: SilentRebel (small blind) showed [Tc Th] and won (11900) with three of a kind, Tens

I'm in the top 40 after the first break. Updates to follow.



Lost a huge pot here


PokerStars Game #12626486557: Tournament #63028692, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level V (200/400) - 2007/10/14 - 16:20:22 (ET)
Table '63028692 87' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: EuRock (34513 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: BlackStar255 (16127 in chips)
Seat 3: cadmunkey (8672 in chips)
Seat 4: unoturbo (7256 in chips)
Seat 5: Critterer (25850 in chips)
Seat 6: xvegtx (41375 in chips)
Seat 7: DcInTheBluff (6350 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: United113 (12642 in chips)
Seat 9: SilentRebel (27679 in chips)
SilentRebel: posts small blind 200
EuRock: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SilentRebel [Qc Qh]
BlackStar255: folds
cadmunkey: calls 400
unoturbo: folds
Critterer: raises 800 to 1200
xvegtx: calls 1200
DcInTheBluff: folds
United113: folds
SilentRebel: raises 3600 to 4800
EuRock: folds
cadmunkey: folds
Critterer: calls 3600
xvegtx: folds
*** FLOP *** [4c Td 7s]
SilentRebel: bets 7200
Critterer: raises 13850 to 21050 and is all-in
SilentRebel: calls 13850
*** TURN *** [4c Td 7s] [9d]
Critterer said, "oopz"
*** RIVER *** [4c Td 7s 9d] [Ac]
SilentRebel said, "lol"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SilentRebel: shows [Qc Qh] (a pair of Queens)
Critterer: shows [8s 6s] (a straight, Six to Ten)
Critterer collected 53700 from pot
DcInTheBluff has returned
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 53700 Rake 0
Board [4c Td 7s 9d Ac]
Seat 1: EuRock (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: BlackStar255 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: cadmunkey folded before Flop
Seat 4: unoturbo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Critterer showed [8s 6s] and won (53700) with a straight, Six to Ten
Seat 6: xvegtx folded before Flop
Seat 7: DcInTheBluff folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: United113 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: SilentRebel (small blind) showed [Qc Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens


Then got back into it with this hand.


PokerStars Game #12626537973: Tournament #63028692, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (300/600) - 2007/10/14 - 16:22:59 (ET)
Table '63028692 87' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: EuRock (33913 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: BlackStar255 (15527 in chips)
Seat 3: cadmunkey (7672 in chips)
Seat 4: unoturbo (6856 in chips)
Seat 5: Critterer (54300 in chips)
Seat 6: xvegtx (38346 in chips)
Seat 7: DcInTheBluff (5950 in chips)
Seat 8: United113 (12642 in chips)
Seat 9: SilentRebel (5258 in chips)
unoturbo: posts small blind 300
Critterer: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SilentRebel [As Ad]
xvegtx: folds
DcInTheBluff: folds
United113: raises 1800 to 2400
SilentRebel: raises 2858 to 5258 and is all-in
EuRock: folds
BlackStar255: folds
cadmunkey: folds
unoturbo: folds
Critterer: folds
United113: calls 2858
*** FLOP *** [4s Jh 2d]
United113 said, "lol"
*** TURN *** [4s Jh 2d] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [4s Jh 2d 9d] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
United113: shows [8c 8h] (a pair of Eights)
SilentRebel: shows [As Ad] (a pair of Aces)
SilentRebel collected 11416 from pot
SilentRebel said, "i rock lol"
Critterer said, "karma"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11416 Rake 0
Board [4s Jh 2d 9d 7c]
Seat 1: EuRock folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: BlackStar255 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: cadmunkey (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: unoturbo (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Critterer (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: xvegtx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: DcInTheBluff folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: United113 showed [8c 8h] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 9: SilentRebel showed [As Ad] and won (11416) with a pair of Aces


67soooted let me down...oh and irongirl was at the table.


PokerStars Game #12627105112: Tournament #63028692, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (400/800) - 2007/10/14 - 16:52:54 (ET)
Table '63028692 87' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: EuRock (30113 in chips)
Seat 2: BlackStar255 (40903 in chips)
Seat 3: fjflb (7756 in chips)
Seat 4: sijht.nl (25920 in chips)
Seat 5: Critterer (63582 in chips)
Seat 6: xvegtx (60902 in chips)
Seat 7: irongirl01 (12950 in chips)
Seat 8: United113 (16108 in chips)
Seat 9: SilentRebel (12016 in chips)
EuRock: posts the ante 50
BlackStar255: posts the ante 50
fjflb: posts the ante 50
sijht.nl: posts the ante 50
Critterer: posts the ante 50
xvegtx: posts the ante 50
irongirl01: posts the ante 50
United113: posts the ante 50
SilentRebel: posts the ante 50
EuRock: posts small blind 400
BlackStar255: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SilentRebel [7s 6s]
fjflb: folds
sijht.nl: folds
Critterer: folds
xvegtx: folds
irongirl01: folds
United113: folds
SilentRebel: raises 1600 to 2400
Critterer said, "where do u blog what site"
EuRock: raises 8000 to 10400
BlackStar255: folds
SilentRebel said, "i have my favorite hand..."
SilentRebel: raises 1566 to 11966 and is all-in
EuRock: calls 1566
*** FLOP *** [Tc Jd Jc]
*** TURN *** [Tc Jd Jc] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Jd Jc Ks] [Td]
SilentRebel said, "lame"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
EuRock: shows [Qd Qs] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
SilentRebel: shows [7s 6s] (two pair, Jacks and Tens)
EuRock collected 25182 from pot
Critterer said, ":("
irongirl01 said, "gg"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 25182 Rake 0
Board [Tc Jd Jc Ks Td]
Seat 1: EuRock (small blind) showed [Qd Qs] and won (25182) with two pair, Queens and Jacks
Seat 2: BlackStar255 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: fjflb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: sijht.nl folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Critterer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: xvegtx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: irongirl01 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: United113 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: SilentRebel (button) showed [7s 6s] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Tens

My birthday

Today is my birthday...I just turned 20.


The countdown begins.

Taking shots and missing

I played a bunch more poker this weekend (starting to become a theme for me). Twice this weekend I tried to take shots at higher limits to jumpstart the bankroll a little bit, without great results.

On Saturday I played in the $25k guarantee on PokerStars, which is a $50/5 buy-in. I wish I had more to write about that, but I busted unceremoniously on the last hand before the 1st break when I had incorrectly read my opponent as weaker than he was. Right after the tournament though I had a really nice session 6-tabling $25NL and won back my buy-in and more.

Then today I took a shot playing some $50NL and just got bitchslapped back into the lower limits. I dropped about a buy-in and a half, but I just played like total shit and don't even really want to talk about it that much. I let myself play scared poker for most of the session and then suddenly decided to make a really big move into aces...it was a real special moment for me. So again I fired up 6 tables of $25NL and tried to grind back what I lost. I ran a little worse than expectation, so I couldn't quite get it all back...but I was able to negate some of the damage.

Now to the more exciting part of my post, I now have about 7k hands of $25NL/PL and I've just been doing really well. I'm running at 27.81BBs/100 hands. That's just awesome for me. I really wanted to be over 20BBs/100 hands once I hit the 5k hand mark, and I've just destroyed that number. For most of the time I've been playing 4-6 tables as well. I do seem to play a little better if I'm only playing 4 tables, but I don't seem to be dropping off much when I have 6 of them up. I have no idea how some people play 10+ tables at a time...that's still beyond me. Basically all multi-tabling is giving me a better hourly rate than what I'm paid at my job...which is just as exciting as it is frustrating. Now lets take a look at a graph:



I've also been trying to work on my limit Omaha hi/lo game...If anyone can help me with that, please let me know. I've been working really hard at it and it's getting upsetting that the results just aren't there yet.

Should be fun

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!

This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.

Registration code: 9861424

Been playing a ton...

I've put in about 1200 hands in the last 2 days. That's exceptional for me as far as volume is concerned. I've also put up a great winrate over those hands...I'll post my stats again after I hit 5k hands (or maybe more...I'm unsure) here at the $25NL/PL level.

I ended up playing a lot of PLHE when I was trying to make silverstar because the $25 tables just had bigger avg. pots and that's what I needed. What I found out about those tables is that they're SOOOO much softer than the NL tables at the same level...and it's not like most of the NL tables are the toughest games in town. There are just less high-volume, set-mining multi-tablers. The table's have a higher avg. pot and a higher avg. players per pot. That just equates to an easier table. A good buddy of mine from 67suited (majingohan28) used to 12 table those games and now I totally understand why. If only they had high speed tables I'd play them more often. I really hate only seeing 40-60 hands an hour at those tables, even though I normally 4 table. When I can see 20-30 more hands per hour at a high speed table that can be almost 100 extra hands an hour I'm seeing. I'm not sure the greater winrate would justify that decision just yet.

I am going to try to hit GoldStar on PokerStars this month and get myself the $285 bonus that I can buy with FPPs at that point. Though even with how much I'm playing I think I'll need to build the roll into an amount that would allow me to play $50NL before this really becomes feasible. I might be able to cut it close this month just playing $25NL though...we'll see as it gets closer.


I'll finish here with a fun hand I played yesterday (file this under good table selection):

POKERSTARS GAME #12379871779: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/10/01 - 16:18:49 (ET)
Table 'Lina' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: xTJaxx ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 2: 120282 ($41.65 in chips)
Seat 3: SilentRebel ($24.75 in chips)
Seat 4: Terenos ($24 in chips)
Seat 5: AlphaMale626 ($79.75 in chips)
Seat 8: MojstrMiha ($9.50 in chips)
Seat 9: jeffreymb ($48 in chips)
120282: posts small blind $0.10
SilentRebel said, "if he didn't call you, i woulda had you"
SilentRebel: posts big blind $0.25
aqbaq: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SilentRebel [Kc Kd]
AlphaMale626 said, "i dont care"
SilentRebel said, "lol"
Terenos: folds
AlphaMale626: raises $16.25 to $16.50
MojstrMiha: folds
jeffreymb: folds
xTJaxx: folds
120282: folds
SilentRebel: raises $8.25 to $24.75 and is all-in
AlphaMale626: calls $8.25
*** FLOP *** [Ks Ts 9d]
*** TURN *** [Ks Ts 9d] [As]
*** RIVER *** [Ks Ts 9d As] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SilentRebel: shows [Kc Kd] (three of a kind, Kings)
AlphaMale626: mucks hand
SilentRebel collected $47.15 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $49.60 Rake $2.45
Board [Ks Ts 9d As 2d]
Seat 1: xTJaxx (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: 120282 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: SilentRebel (big blind) showed [Kc Kd] and won ($47.15) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 4: Terenos folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: AlphaMale626 mucked [2h Jh]
Seat 8: MojstrMiha folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: jeffreymb folded before Flop (didn't bet)