My february numbers

So february is over and the total tally is pretty good, even for a micro-stakes grinder like me :D

I didn't put in as many hands as I wanted (1k+ seems about right) but so far I made maybe $25 in NLHE cash online, $8 in HORSE online, and about $30 in live SNG/cash.
Obviously I am due for a downfall but the later the better hehe.

My graph below represents my NLHE online cash results for the month and I absolutely like the shape of it.


ronee

I get rivered twice,...and still win!

I was invited to a cash game thursday night, some of the people there I had never seen before, including one girl.
The game was a 0.05/0.10 NLHE game with a buy-in anywhere from $5 to $20.
I figured 100xBB would do the trick and would allow a lot of play so that's why I bought in for $10 and also did the other 7 players.

The VERY FIRST HAND of play was quite a shocker to say the least.

- I raised in MP with KcQc and everyone seems to think I'm getting overly aggressive already lol.
- The player next to me calls and everyone folds
- The flop is a MAGICAL 6c8cAc so I bet PRAYING he has an Ace or a club, he calls.
- The turn is a 6 which pairs the board. I kind of hate but I still bet about half the pot and he calls fast.
- River is a Fucking Ace! And I absolutely PUKE because I know for sure he has an Ace at this point so I check.
- To my surprise he checked also and showed AJ for the nuts....weird.

The hand of the night happened maybe during the second orbit of play.

- Lots of limpers and I decide to see a flop for cheap with 34o and we are maybe 6 players in.
- Flop is 256 rainbow which of course gives me the nuts.
- EP bets half the pot, I raise and get 3 callers, included the EP raiser.
- Turn is the Ac which puts a second club on board and EP again bets big, maybe $2.
- I decide to wait no longer and push. Most likely in this loose game, most drawers and TPTK-holders would call to see the river; thus my push wouldn't be such +EV on the river.
- MP agonizes for a long time (so do I) and finally calls.
- LP thinks also but tells me he can't possibly fold and calls.
- EP resigns himself and folds.
- I show the nuts, MP shows Qc8c and LP shows Ac3c which is awesome for me. EP reveals he had 78 later.
- The river is a harmless King and I am sitting with a stack of $40 in front of me.

Honestly in that hand I don't think MP should have called, but maybe LP because he definitely had odds at this point.
I find that a lot of new players attach too much value to their hand and don't seem to worry about what the opponent might be holding.
This is probably good for me because in honesty, this is the kind of game you want to be sitting in, with people chasing every card.
But if they hit (cf next hand) that just sucks for me.

I honestly considered quitting at this point but I just decided it wouldn't be fair to everyone to bolt with $40 after just a half hour of play (or less).
Plus the two players I busted decided to rebuy for $5.
The only other big hand I had after that was....a crueler.

- KK in early position I raise and get a caller.
- Flop is 349 I bet $2, she calls.
- Turn is a 6 I bet $2 she calls.
- River was a crushing 7 and she checks. I am not sure what to do there but I put her on AT-AJ and decide well, she might think I was bluffing all the way and decide to call a bluff with Ace high.
So I bet (idiot! you're only gonna get called by a hand that can beat you!) $2 and she just flat calls (ORLY) with A5 for the straight.

My stack did take a big hit after that hand, and I didn't have much to play with either.
I tried to limp in with gapped connectors or suited cards and didn't hit much for the rest of the night. Plus a couple of short stackers were starting to shove it.
We finally ended the game at 10:15pm and I was the big winner with a $31 stack, which.....is kind of disappointing lool.

Dang, if only I had left.

ronee

Full Tilt's got something against me...or not.

There was a time when I really used to think that FTP had some kind of 'action hands' RNG or some shit like that. Everytime you'd see huge hands against each other, like just now I saw AA vs KK preflop in a cash game and everytime I'd be on the losing end of things.

Well, today I just played 2 tables for a few hands and the ones below reflect my session as I basically came out slightly positive, which is a small consolation prize.

Don't think I could have folded on the river either way.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3907909

No other way to play that hand and it worked out for me :D. I'm surprised he didn't slow down on the river to be honest. (Methinks FTP has action switch!)
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3907917

I'm also up a little more on Stars since last time, maybe a buy-in or so. That amounts to about 1k hands for the month which is still not a lot I know but I plan on playing more.

Regards,

ronee

So far so good!

A good start to the month so far. I have only put up 680 hands up to now but I am only beginning.
I've played a mix of FL/NL, HORSE cash and I've been winning in all of them, which makes me feel good.

As far as Hold'em (the only thing PokerTracker handles) I am running at 11bb/100 which I am told is a good winning rate so I'm pretty satisfied with that.
Up $12 and I'm not even including my HORSE winnings which may total $8 or so.

Well I could have been up a lot more if not for those stupid hands :P

A cooler:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3897718

I'd take this one any day of the week and I'm gonna hit one of those days:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3897734

ronee

Look who's baaacckkk!!!

Hey there, it's been a while!

I'm not sure anybody actually reads this but I'll just keep doing this for my own good.
Talking about my own play might be therapeutic who knows?

Anyways I haven't been playing a lot lately. I started a new job and it has me waking up early and coming home late almost everyday. So far I like it a lot, and it's a far cry from my former job where I did nothing all day except play poker lol. So because of that, not so much poker, not enough sports (I can barely make it to badminton now) and I completely gave up the gym.
Like I said, work is taxing but I also have lots of stuff going on at home that keep me away from the tables. Add to that that my girlfriend wants my week-ends to be centered around her and it's hard to play cards haha (not that I'm complaining).

So I started to get the itch to play again and started making the same mistakes I used to.
I still suck at PLO that's for sure and tried to take a shot at 0.10/0.25 for a few giggles and lost about $40. Honestly I don't think my play was bad, but I just didn't get luck when I needed it.
For example I had an open-ended flush draw on the flop and he shoves/calls with two pairs. The rivers gives me a flush but he also gets a full house.
Or I have 88xx and flop is 78Q. Turn is another 7 and I check/call the whole way to trap him. I check/shove the river and he instacalls with QQxx. I was really hoping for 78xx or something but what else could you do?

That taught me that I have no bankroll management whatsoever and this is something that is going to change from now on. I devised some idiotic Excel sheet that will tell me which levels I can play depending on my bankroll. The rules for now:

- Buy into cash games with 60xBB (shortstacking no more)
- 25 BIs needed to play a cash game of NL and 50 BIs for PLO
- NO MORE PLO until I read some books and articles.
- Multitabling will be important. Because if you don't multitable in online poker, you're just losing money.
- 45 BIs needed for SNGs
- 100 BIs needed for MTTs

For now I will start with 0.05/0.10 cash games on either PS or FT, whichever.
I plan on sticking to that plan and see what comes out of it, hopefully something good.

On a side note, I've been doing pretty good in live games with finishes of 3rd, 2nd, 2nd, 1st and....6th LOL. Being card-dead ain't fun.

Until next time...

ronee