Today is my birthday...I just turned 20.
The countdown begins.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Sunday, October 7, 2007
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.
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.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
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
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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)
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)
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Wow I'm a star
Dear SilentRebel,
Congratulations! You have achieved the "SilverStar".We invite you to learn about your many new PokerStars VIP privileges by visiting http://www.pokerstars.com/vip/silver/
Sincerely,
PokerStars Team
Not too bad. If I keep moving up in levels I should be able to get myself up the VIP levels because I can put in some decent volume.
Congratulations! You have achieved the "SilverStar".We invite you to learn about your many new PokerStars VIP privileges by visiting http://www.pokerstars.com/vip/silver/
Sincerely,
PokerStars Team
Not too bad. If I keep moving up in levels I should be able to get myself up the VIP levels because I can put in some decent volume.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
5k hands revisted...NL style
A few posts ago I put up a screenshot of 5000 hands at .25/.50 limit. Unfortunately since that time I tried to move up to .5/1 limit and just got flat out destroyed and demoralized to the point of not really wanting to play limit in the near future. Since I wasn't playing limit and I can't really just stop playing poker, I tried SNGs again.
SNGs were my bread-and-butter for a long time in poker. Apparently though, I'm not nearly as good at them as I remember being. I lost...a bunch. Just take a look at the downward slope on my sharkscope. It's not pretty.
So going back to cash games, my only real options left were NLHE and PLO. I've played some of both, but it's much easier for me to multi-table NLHE and for the most part that's what I've done. So without further ado, here are some stats:
SNGs were my bread-and-butter for a long time in poker. Apparently though, I'm not nearly as good at them as I remember being. I lost...a bunch. Just take a look at the downward slope on my sharkscope. It's not pretty.
So going back to cash games, my only real options left were NLHE and PLO. I've played some of both, but it's much easier for me to multi-table NLHE and for the most part that's what I've done. So without further ado, here are some stats:
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Really busy
Lately I've just been crazy busy...school has really kicked into full swing for me and I'm taking more units than ever this semester (15) because I'm in a rush to finish up at the junior college and move on for the spring semester. So I'm taking 15 units and then still working 25-30 hours and week. If I need to study for anything I'm completely out of free time. Which means I'm not playing much poker and (obv) not really going to be posting in here. I wish I would post more...I still read everyone's blog fairly often, but just a lack of things to cover here.
The little big of poker I've been playing has been fairly good. I'm still building up the roll on stars...I took a couple shots at moving up in LHE and just got crushed, so I'm not sure what to do about that yet. I'm down like 50BBs over 900 hands, that's getting beaten pretty soundly. I'm running at least a little poorly, but I'm certainly not playing my best there. So I'm back down at my regular levels licking my wounds and recovering the roll right now. Something I have been experimenting with (at the lower levels) is 6-tabling full ring games. I seem to do pretty well at it right now, but we'll see how it all turns out long term. It'd be really cool if I could keep it up though because that would help me build my roll just as quickly even though I'm able to play less.
Here's a hand from some NL that I played recently that just shows me how much I've grown as a poker player since I first began playing:
POKERSTARS GAME #11817526177: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.05/$0.10) - 2007/09/01 - 19:33:11 (ET)
Table 'Sidonia' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: qwertyy66 ($7.75 in chips)
Seat 2: J of Clubs87 ($5.95 in chips)
Seat 3: johanvdvelde ($10 in chips)
Seat 4: Candog98 ($7.70 in chips)
Seat 5: Espacio07 ($6.30 in chips)
Seat 6: nancyoy18 ($8 in chips)
Seat 7: SilentRebel ($29.85 in chips)
Seat 9: Dakota521 ($9.75 in chips)
Espacio07: posts small blind $0.05
nancyoy18: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SilentRebel [Kh Kc]
SilentRebel: raises $0.20 to $0.30
Dakota521: folds
qwertyy66: calls $0.30
J of Clubs87: folds
johanvdvelde: folds
Candog98: folds
Espacio07: calls $0.25
nancyoy18: calls $0.20
*** FLOP *** [8c 8s 5c]
Espacio07: bets $1
nancyoy18: calls $1
SilentRebel: raises $2 to $3
qwertyy66: folds
Espacio07: folds
nancyoy18: raises $4.70 to $7.70 and is all-in
SilentRebel: folds
nancyoy18 collected $7.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $8.20 Rake $0.40
Board [8c 8s 5c]
Seat 1: qwertyy66 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: J of Clubs87 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: johanvdvelde folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Candog98 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Espacio07 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: nancyoy18 (big blind) collected ($7.80)
Seat 7: SilentRebel folded on the Flop
Seat 9: Dakota521 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
The little big of poker I've been playing has been fairly good. I'm still building up the roll on stars...I took a couple shots at moving up in LHE and just got crushed, so I'm not sure what to do about that yet. I'm down like 50BBs over 900 hands, that's getting beaten pretty soundly. I'm running at least a little poorly, but I'm certainly not playing my best there. So I'm back down at my regular levels licking my wounds and recovering the roll right now. Something I have been experimenting with (at the lower levels) is 6-tabling full ring games. I seem to do pretty well at it right now, but we'll see how it all turns out long term. It'd be really cool if I could keep it up though because that would help me build my roll just as quickly even though I'm able to play less.
Here's a hand from some NL that I played recently that just shows me how much I've grown as a poker player since I first began playing:
POKERSTARS GAME #11817526177: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.05/$0.10) - 2007/09/01 - 19:33:11 (ET)
Table 'Sidonia' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: qwertyy66 ($7.75 in chips)
Seat 2: J of Clubs87 ($5.95 in chips)
Seat 3: johanvdvelde ($10 in chips)
Seat 4: Candog98 ($7.70 in chips)
Seat 5: Espacio07 ($6.30 in chips)
Seat 6: nancyoy18 ($8 in chips)
Seat 7: SilentRebel ($29.85 in chips)
Seat 9: Dakota521 ($9.75 in chips)
Espacio07: posts small blind $0.05
nancyoy18: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SilentRebel [Kh Kc]
SilentRebel: raises $0.20 to $0.30
Dakota521: folds
qwertyy66: calls $0.30
J of Clubs87: folds
johanvdvelde: folds
Candog98: folds
Espacio07: calls $0.25
nancyoy18: calls $0.20
*** FLOP *** [8c 8s 5c]
Espacio07: bets $1
nancyoy18: calls $1
SilentRebel: raises $2 to $3
qwertyy66: folds
Espacio07: folds
nancyoy18: raises $4.70 to $7.70 and is all-in
SilentRebel: folds
nancyoy18 collected $7.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $8.20 Rake $0.40
Board [8c 8s 5c]
Seat 1: qwertyy66 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: J of Clubs87 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: johanvdvelde folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Candog98 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Espacio07 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: nancyoy18 (big blind) collected ($7.80)
Seat 7: SilentRebel folded on the Flop
Seat 9: Dakota521 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
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