I end February fully rolled for and taking shots at 25nl. Watch out, Blah234, Im coming! :) Not bad for starting the year with 1/2 a roll for 10nl.
Tired of posting graphs, but I played 22.5k of 10nl @ 8bb/100
8k hands of 25nl @ 6bb/100 including the massive tilt monkey session.
50nl By the end of march, and it should be smooth sailing to the midstakes by the end of the year. Tilt/emotional control is still the biggest challenge.
53 days ago, I started the year with a meager 100$ in my stars account. Around this time I had been noticing that alot of fish were playing the 20-50bb games, so I decided, against the advice of the forums, to 12 table 10nl 20-50bb games. Due to some bad numbers from FPPpro.com, I thought I would be able to make platinum, but quickly discovered this wasnt the case. Anyway, I played these games almost exclusively. Towards the beginning of February, I started mixing in some 25nl tables, and cut back to playing 4-6 tables. I shipped a buddy some $$, but 25 hours ago I had run it up to about $625 in my stars account. I really wanted to get to 30bi for 25nl ($750), but I thought it would be cool to 2 table while watching the latest episode of GC's thin red grind.
Graph up until 25 hours ago:
So, I have one of those nights where nothing works. Every bluff gets called, every valuebet is a bit too thin, etc, imo.
Thats ok, lets go back to what works. Fire up 7 tables of 10nl and crush some donkeys...
WTF - FML -WTF? Go big or go home. Lets play some 100nl. Yes, chasing losses FTW....
Dont try this at home kids.
Interesting hands:
CO is a donkey who ran it up from like 30$ up to 175 or so. I took a chunk out of him in the hand before this:
Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1195050
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter
CO: $137.30
Hero (BTN): $123.30
SB: $96.65
BB: $111.85
UTG: $70.25
MP: $110.15
Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with A
K
2 folds, CO raises to $4, Hero raises to $12, 2 folds, CO calls $8
Flop: ($25.50) J
K
3(2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $18.15, CO calls $18.15
Turn: ($61.80) 2(2 players)
CO bets $10, Hero raises to $93.15 all in, CO calls $83.15
River: ($248.10) T(2 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $248.10
CO shows Q K (a pair of Kings)
Hero shows A K (a pair of Kings - Ace kicker)
Hero wins $245.10
(Rake: $3.00)
Took the rest of his stack a couple of hands later.
I proceed to call down in a spot where the villain was pretty polarized despite being at the bottom of my range. Next I thought I had a bet sizing tell on a guy and try to barrel a guy off what I presume was the nuts.
Thats ok, just run good when it counts:
Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1195056
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter
BB: $100.00
UTG: $35.00
MP: $85.50
CO: $40.30
BTN: $100.40
Hero (SB): $100.00
Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with 8 9
3 folds, BTN raises to $2, Hero calls $1.50, BB raises to $7, 1 fold, Hero calls $5
Flop: ($16.00) 6 9 8(2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $9, Hero calls $9
Turn: ($34.00) 9(2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $24, Hero raises to $84 all in, BB calls $60 all in
River: ($202.00) 6(2 players - 2 are all in)
Final Pot: $202.00
BB shows A 5 (a flush, Ace high)
Hero shows 8 9 (a full house, Nines full of Eights)
Hero wins $199.00
(Rake: $3.00)
~32k hands in, 2.65bb/100, and 1/2 way to my January goal of ~60k hands hoping for a 2bb/100 win rate + rakeback to move up.
Looks like the shorts won, but the longs are coming back in and consolidating.
