Wow, I was gonna make a stupid post about how live poker has been boring me lately and how I'd rather stay home and play 4-tables than drive half an hour to play 30 hands of poker... Turns out I just finished a short session of 150 hands on Stars and boom!...won $21 just like that!
I've been killing it on Stars lately (brag alert!) and I am up $40+ in less than 300 hands on that site. Coupled with my Full Tilt winnings from this month, I am up $81 for June, woot!
This almost makes me wanna stop playing until July 1st rolls around :D
A few hands for you:
I was hoping for a fold and I was able to suck out on the river.
I think it's the right move given my fold equity and 50/50 is what I was hoping for.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4398869
That sucked hard! I am just happy I didn't reraise him all-in.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4398870
The biggest pot I played tonight.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4398872
Lol, what a hero call. I had 2 seconds left before I finally clicked "Call".
I just relied on his click-tell (he instabet after my river check) and it just looked like a please-please-fold-to-me-pretty-please bet.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4398873
Laters!!
ronee
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
A good start to the month
So far June has been really great as far as Hold'em goes.
In 1000+ hands I've banked just about $50 which hopefully keeps going.
I've been playing more on Full Tilt recently and it's been treating me good.
Some of the hands:
He left without a word right after, can't blame him. I knew he had a big pair, but still don't know if I would have been able to fold on the coming river bet.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366908
Lost to a good friend here. I'll get him back next time around XD
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366913
Mmmmmmmkay, thanks!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366919
Just me at my tilting best...I'm just kicking myself over this dumb move.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366922
"I have a bad feeling about this". I really did...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366925
Well, that sucked!!!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366928
A winning flop for once :D
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366932
A lucky river for me and all is good.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366936
ronee
In 1000+ hands I've banked just about $50 which hopefully keeps going.
I've been playing more on Full Tilt recently and it's been treating me good.
Some of the hands:
He left without a word right after, can't blame him. I knew he had a big pair, but still don't know if I would have been able to fold on the coming river bet.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366908
Lost to a good friend here. I'll get him back next time around XD
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366913
Mmmmmmmkay, thanks!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366919
Just me at my tilting best...I'm just kicking myself over this dumb move.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366922
"I have a bad feeling about this". I really did...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366925
Well, that sucked!!!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366928
A winning flop for once :D
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366932
A lucky river for me and all is good.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4366936
ronee
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Ban me from Pot-Limit Omaha!
I love PLO, the game is great, the action is awesome and shoving with multiple draws is something Hold'em can't offer.
Too bad I suck at this game....
I had a session of 3 NLHE tables and one 1 PLO tonight
The NLHE was 0.10c/0.25c and PLO was 0.5c/0.10c.
Would you believe me if I told you I was stupid enough to lose $24 on PLO and win the same amount on NLHE? Which all adds up to a break-even session $^#^%^$#%&^&
Please, someone ban me from this awesome game!
ronee
Too bad I suck at this game....
I had a session of 3 NLHE tables and one 1 PLO tonight
The NLHE was 0.10c/0.25c and PLO was 0.5c/0.10c.
Would you believe me if I told you I was stupid enough to lose $24 on PLO and win the same amount on NLHE? Which all adds up to a break-even session $^#^%^$#%&^&
Please, someone ban me from this awesome game!
ronee
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
A good session
Recently I've been trying to get back into playing PLO (I know...) and I've been experiencing playing 3 tables of NL and one of PLO at one time.
This last session I played kind of mirrors my overall results, in about 100 hands, I lost $6 at PLO and won $13 at NL.
To the big hands:
This hand played itself. Was afraid he turned the straight but he took a while before calling so it was obvious I was good.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4227496
I guess he's trying to make some kind of Jedi call...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4227499
Was that a good move? Even for a short-stacker like me at PLO?
My guess was that it was a good spot to double up, but I don't know better.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4227503
ronee
This last session I played kind of mirrors my overall results, in about 100 hands, I lost $6 at PLO and won $13 at NL.
To the big hands:
This hand played itself. Was afraid he turned the straight but he took a while before calling so it was obvious I was good.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4227496
I guess he's trying to make some kind of Jedi call...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4227499
Was that a good move? Even for a short-stacker like me at PLO?
My guess was that it was a good spot to double up, but I don't know better.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4227503
ronee
Friday, May 1, 2009
Month recap
Hey there
Not much online poker those past two weeks for me, lots of stuff going on and work ouf course.
I was able to play a lot at the beginning of April and racked up 1300 hands in short order but didn't put in another session after that, which all added up to a small profit.
Luckily I ended with a small bang after I finished 1st twice in our live SNGs this past week, which makes me feel good about my play.
I have been experimenting with a more loose/aggressive play recently and it's been working quite well I gotta say. Not that my former style wasn't working or anything, but being a tight player is just plain boring. Right now I tend to raise more from any position with a much wider range of hands and just try to outplay after the flop and make the right calls.
Hopefully the next post won't be as boring and I'll have a few HHs for you ;)
ronee
Not much online poker those past two weeks for me, lots of stuff going on and work ouf course.
I was able to play a lot at the beginning of April and racked up 1300 hands in short order but didn't put in another session after that, which all added up to a small profit.
Luckily I ended with a small bang after I finished 1st twice in our live SNGs this past week, which makes me feel good about my play.
I have been experimenting with a more loose/aggressive play recently and it's been working quite well I gotta say. Not that my former style wasn't working or anything, but being a tight player is just plain boring. Right now I tend to raise more from any position with a much wider range of hands and just try to outplay after the flop and make the right calls.
Hopefully the next post won't be as boring and I'll have a few HHs for you ;)
ronee
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
The worst poker night of my life
April 1st is over, but it still feels like the joke is on me, as I am running absolutely horrible.
So far this month, I am about even online but still feel like I should be up a bundle more, if I didn't have Aces cracked or QQ getting called AIPF vs Jh5h (for his whole $5 stack!) and the dude hitting a backdoor flush.
But tonight really tops it all because I have a really sick feeling to my stomach.
In a live SNG with $10 BI, I was the clear chip leader with 7 left and kept doubling up the short stacks with gems like these.
AA vs K8, board reads 64523
99 vs 22, he rivers a 2
KQ vs K8, he turns a flush
AK vs KQ vs 99, the board is rags
What can I do seriously? Even with that last double up, I think I was even or ahead in all of them, so there is not much I can do anymore.
After all this, the shorter stack (which I doubled 3 times) was the runaway chip leader as I left shortly after busting, a meaningless A3 vs AT which fizzled...against that same guy obviously.
Even through all this, I think I got respect from everybody at the table since they all acknowled I was just running bad.
It just sucks to lose.
ronee
So far this month, I am about even online but still feel like I should be up a bundle more, if I didn't have Aces cracked or QQ getting called AIPF vs Jh5h (for his whole $5 stack!) and the dude hitting a backdoor flush.
But tonight really tops it all because I have a really sick feeling to my stomach.
In a live SNG with $10 BI, I was the clear chip leader with 7 left and kept doubling up the short stacks with gems like these.
AA vs K8, board reads 64523
99 vs 22, he rivers a 2
KQ vs K8, he turns a flush
AK vs KQ vs 99, the board is rags
What can I do seriously? Even with that last double up, I think I was even or ahead in all of them, so there is not much I can do anymore.
After all this, the shorter stack (which I doubled 3 times) was the runaway chip leader as I left shortly after busting, a meaningless A3 vs AT which fizzled...against that same guy obviously.
Even through all this, I think I got respect from everybody at the table since they all acknowled I was just running bad.
It just sucks to lose.
ronee
Friday, April 3, 2009
Volume is the *key*
I've been running bad the past month.
After a great start to the year, I am barely even in live games (I don't keep track but whatever, this is about right).
I then proceeded to lose most of my winnings playing on Full Tilt and some more at PLO.
Obviously I still suck at Omaha and take full responsability for playing when I don't even have any sort of edge.
One thing I realized though in poker is, volume is the key to everything.
You might be 2% better than your opponent, still, you won't be making money after one night of play.
I have seen so much shit the past few weeks, like K6 pushing on the river of a KK6-T-rag board only to get called by KT. What about last night with JT committing all his money on the turn when the board read KQ9-Q-K and his opponent calling with Q-rag.
So for a change, I decided to 6-table tonight. Although my connection barely held up and I got disconnected temporarily twice, I was able to put in 250 hands in about an hour.
Guess what, I had AA twice in the first 10 mins, and they got cracked twice, preflop by JJ and on the flop by a straight draw.
I lost $12 very very quickly and I was starting to feel depressed and thinking 'this is just not my day', but still I stuck with it and I am glad I did.
Luckily when you play multiple tables, you just don't have time to feel sorry for yourself and think about your mistakes (which is what hand histories are for, but I don't bother to be honest). So I just kept my head in the game and kept grinding, grinding, kept reloading, busting and being busted.
At that time, I didn't even know what my bankroll was exactly and probably didn't want to know the result from this disastrous session.
I loaded Poker Tracker anyways, imported the 259 hands,... the sessions read this:
-$9.35
-$0.05
-$2.95
+$5.90
+$4.70
+$2.10
In the end, I came out a +$0.35 winner, ridicoulous. But still a lot better than if I were just 2-tabling, don't you think?
If you don't multi-table, you're just losing money.
ronee
After a great start to the year, I am barely even in live games (I don't keep track but whatever, this is about right).
I then proceeded to lose most of my winnings playing on Full Tilt and some more at PLO.
Obviously I still suck at Omaha and take full responsability for playing when I don't even have any sort of edge.
One thing I realized though in poker is, volume is the key to everything.
You might be 2% better than your opponent, still, you won't be making money after one night of play.
I have seen so much shit the past few weeks, like K6 pushing on the river of a KK6-T-rag board only to get called by KT. What about last night with JT committing all his money on the turn when the board read KQ9-Q-K and his opponent calling with Q-rag.
So for a change, I decided to 6-table tonight. Although my connection barely held up and I got disconnected temporarily twice, I was able to put in 250 hands in about an hour.
Guess what, I had AA twice in the first 10 mins, and they got cracked twice, preflop by JJ and on the flop by a straight draw.
I lost $12 very very quickly and I was starting to feel depressed and thinking 'this is just not my day', but still I stuck with it and I am glad I did.
Luckily when you play multiple tables, you just don't have time to feel sorry for yourself and think about your mistakes (which is what hand histories are for, but I don't bother to be honest). So I just kept my head in the game and kept grinding, grinding, kept reloading, busting and being busted.
At that time, I didn't even know what my bankroll was exactly and probably didn't want to know the result from this disastrous session.
I loaded Poker Tracker anyways, imported the 259 hands,... the sessions read this:
-$9.35
-$0.05
-$2.95
+$5.90
+$4.70
+$2.10
In the end, I came out a +$0.35 winner, ridicoulous. But still a lot better than if I were just 2-tabling, don't you think?
If you don't multi-table, you're just losing money.
ronee
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