So I had a good month at the cash tables, mostly playing $200NL and some $400. I hope this will really help me get in the grinding mindset. It was good to play a lot of hands and really get familiar with playing mostly cash games again. It will really help me prepare for November where I will be mostly grinding cash games. I did not however have a good month in tournaments.. I had that 15th place finish in the UB 200K, where I definitely should have final tabled it. I also dropped about $2500 playing live tournaments. There was a big $1500 tournament and a smaller $600 one over at the MJII, which I did not cash in.
My goals for November are to play 20K hands of $400NL and take a few shots at $600NL, all while makeing $15K. I would also like to win a big sunday tournament.
October results
played ~13,500 hands of $1/$2 NL
played ~4,500 hands of $2/$4 NL
and an insignificant number of hands at various other levels.
Overall
20,939 hands
+ $5,794.95
MTT play
online
-$765
I did not include my live MTT's here, so this is only my total online play for October
+5,029.95
October 15th
Having a bad month so far. I really want to post a winning month after my big win, I think its critical to my success. A big problem is not getting in enough hands of cash. And also, I feel I should still be learning more and trying to improve my game.
On the 7th (sunday) I took 15th in the UB 200K guaranteed, which was really dissapointing. I had a top 5 stack for most of the tourney, riding it all the way to the final 3 tables. I then lost a coinflip which would have given me the chip l ead, however it was a hand that DID NOT cripple me. So I still had plenty of chips as the final 2 tables came up. I think I got a little impatient and missplayed a hand which busted me. It was a good learning experience, but it just shows me that I am still fairly inexperienced when it comes to closing out on tournaments.
I was doing well in cash games, but then I had one HORRIBLE day where I lost 5 buy-ins, which basically whiped out all my profit for the month. I have been running insanely bad on full tilt. It is getting to be a joke. My won $ at showdown for that day was about 32%, which is reallllllllly bad.
Im going to try and set a goal to play 1K hands a day untill I go out of town this weekend. So that should be about 5K hands, not too crazy, but should still be challenging only playing only 4-6 tables.
I'll leave you with a hand that I just played today, to show how horrrible I run.
Full Tilt Poker, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
http://www.legopoker.com/hh
BB: $119.65
UTG: $213
MP: $259.10
Hero (CO): $688
BTN: $123.80
SB: $117.40
Pre-Flop: Qc Jc dealt to Hero (CO)
UTG folds, MP raises to $6, Hero calls $6, BTN folds, SB calls $5, BB calls $4
Flop: ($24) 8c Ts 9s (4 Players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP bets $22, Hero raises to $82, SB folds, BB raises to $113.65 and is All-In, MP raises to $253.10 and is All-In, Hero calls $171.10
Turn: ($643.85) 8d (3 Players - 1 is All-In)
River: ($643.85) 6h (3 Players - 1 is All-In)
Results: $643.85 Pot ($3 Rake)
BB showed 8h 8s (four of a kind, Eights) and WON $361.95 (+$242.30 NET)
MP showed Th Tc (a full house, Tens full of Eights) and WON $278.90 (+$19.80 NET)
Hero showed Qc Jc (a straight, Queen high) and LOST (-$259.10 NET)
On the 7th (sunday) I took 15th in the UB 200K guaranteed, which was really dissapointing. I had a top 5 stack for most of the tourney, riding it all the way to the final 3 tables. I then lost a coinflip which would have given me the chip l ead, however it was a hand that DID NOT cripple me. So I still had plenty of chips as the final 2 tables came up. I think I got a little impatient and missplayed a hand which busted me. It was a good learning experience, but it just shows me that I am still fairly inexperienced when it comes to closing out on tournaments.
I was doing well in cash games, but then I had one HORRIBLE day where I lost 5 buy-ins, which basically whiped out all my profit for the month. I have been running insanely bad on full tilt. It is getting to be a joke. My won $ at showdown for that day was about 32%, which is reallllllllly bad.
Im going to try and set a goal to play 1K hands a day untill I go out of town this weekend. So that should be about 5K hands, not too crazy, but should still be challenging only playing only 4-6 tables.
I'll leave you with a hand that I just played today, to show how horrrible I run.
Full Tilt Poker, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
http://www.legopoker.com/hh
BB: $119.65
UTG: $213
MP: $259.10
Hero (CO): $688
BTN: $123.80
SB: $117.40
Pre-Flop: Qc Jc dealt to Hero (CO)
UTG folds, MP raises to $6, Hero calls $6, BTN folds, SB calls $5, BB calls $4
Flop: ($24) 8c Ts 9s (4 Players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP bets $22, Hero raises to $82, SB folds, BB raises to $113.65 and is All-In, MP raises to $253.10 and is All-In, Hero calls $171.10
Turn: ($643.85) 8d (3 Players - 1 is All-In)
River: ($643.85) 6h (3 Players - 1 is All-In)
Results: $643.85 Pot ($3 Rake)
BB showed 8h 8s (four of a kind, Eights) and WON $361.95 (+$242.30 NET)
MP showed Th Tc (a full house, Tens full of Eights) and WON $278.90 (+$19.80 NET)
Hero showed Qc Jc (a straight, Queen high) and LOST (-$259.10 NET)
Pokerstars World Blogger Championship
Not sure why it is not posting correctly, but will go ahead and put it up anyway.
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: 7420611
October 1st
I think I forgot to mention in that I got a new laptop this month. Its a Dell Vostro 1500, and it kinda rocks. Its really nice playing poker in diffecent locations insted of always at my desk.
I had a solid winrate for the cashgames, but nowhere NEAR enough hands. I should be playing that many hands on a weekly basis. I didn't make any final tables in my MTT's, and only made the final 2 tables once. I think the results are kinda skewed this month because I bought in directly to the $2,600 wcoop M.E., and did not cash in it. However it was still a losing month for me overall, which really should just not happen. I should have put in a lot more hands at cash games, and probably should not have played the M.E.. However the WCOOP is only once a year, and there was a 1.3 million first prize in it, so I find it acceptable.
Anyways, here are my end of month stats for September.
8,240 hands of NL cash, mostly $1/$2 NL
+ $2,746
37 MTT's.
- $3,872
Total
- $1,126
I had a solid winrate for the cashgames, but nowhere NEAR enough hands. I should be playing that many hands on a weekly basis. I didn't make any final tables in my MTT's, and only made the final 2 tables once. I think the results are kinda skewed this month because I bought in directly to the $2,600 wcoop M.E., and did not cash in it. However it was still a losing month for me overall, which really should just not happen. I should have put in a lot more hands at cash games, and probably should not have played the M.E.. However the WCOOP is only once a year, and there was a 1.3 million first prize in it, so I find it acceptable.
Anyways, here are my end of month stats for September.
8,240 hands of NL cash, mostly $1/$2 NL
+ $2,746
37 MTT's.
- $3,872
Total
- $1,126
September 30th
So it was kinda a lazy month for me. I didn't play that many hands of cash, but I did play quite a few tournaments. Today was the $2600 WCOOP main event, which I played, as well as all the other major sunday tourneys on the net. If not for the WCOOP M.E., which I did not cash in, It probably would have been a decent day for me, as I cashed in a bunch of the tourneys.
I did not however have any major scores, although I came close in a few. I busted like 60th in the UB 200K, took like 54th in the sunday mulligan on FTP when my AT could not beat KT. The donk called a huge push with KTo, and rivered a 3 outer on me. I also bubbled out of the $500 2nd chance on Pokerstars when some guy limped KK from EP, I checked 85o from the BB. Blinds were really big at this point. Flop came down 8 5 x, giving me 2 pair, I CR the limper with half my stack, and he still pushes. River is a king of course, making my 2 pair no gooooood.
In other news the eye surgery went well, very awkward surgery, not painfull though very disorientating. 2 weeks later, and my eyes are itching a lot, and sometimes its a little hazzy and uncomfortable, but it dosen't seem to be anything major. The dr. said it can take up to 6 months to fully heal and see perfectly.
I did not however have any major scores, although I came close in a few. I busted like 60th in the UB 200K, took like 54th in the sunday mulligan on FTP when my AT could not beat KT. The donk called a huge push with KTo, and rivered a 3 outer on me. I also bubbled out of the $500 2nd chance on Pokerstars when some guy limped KK from EP, I checked 85o from the BB. Blinds were really big at this point. Flop came down 8 5 x, giving me 2 pair, I CR the limper with half my stack, and he still pushes. River is a king of course, making my 2 pair no gooooood.
In other news the eye surgery went well, very awkward surgery, not painfull though very disorientating. 2 weeks later, and my eyes are itching a lot, and sometimes its a little hazzy and uncomfortable, but it dosen't seem to be anything major. The dr. said it can take up to 6 months to fully heal and see perfectly.
September 20th
So far i've been preddy lazy this month with my play overall. I don't think I have played that many hands of cash games, but I have played quite a bit of tournaments. The WCOOP is going on over at pokerstars this month, but I really haven't been playing that many of the events. Each event (at least all the NLHE ones) are taking about 20+ hours to complete. While the structure of the tournaments is great, there is really no solid breaks during these tournaments. So sitting in front of my monitor for 20+ hours is just not all that appealing to me. I really think they should make a lot of the bigger events 2 day ones. 20 hours is just way too long of a time.
In other news, I am getting LASIK surgery on my eyes this weekend. I have been wanting to do this for a long time, and I can now finally afford to do so. Im kinda scard about having lasers on my eyes, but I think the risk will be worth the reward in the end.
In other news, I am getting LASIK surgery on my eyes this weekend. I have been wanting to do this for a long time, and I can now finally afford to do so. Im kinda scard about having lasers on my eyes, but I think the risk will be worth the reward in the end.
September 1st
So augest was my best poker month ever, thanks to one single MTT win. How sad... Other than the big win, It was a rather medicore month. I played a lot of hands of $100NL and really did not win all that much.
Poker goals for this coming month are to play a lot of hands at $200 NL. And I would also like to qualify for some bigger live tournaments such as the Aruba poker classic. I will also be playing more online MTT's.
So far with my winnings I really have not done much. I bought some new cloths, and Im eying a nice jetski. However I don't know yet if I will actually buy it. I am also getting a new laptop, although I really don't need one. I will probably give it to my mom and let her use it the majority of the time.
augest stats:
Cash
29,665 hands
+$618.35
MTT
+$47,003.48
Poker goals for this coming month are to play a lot of hands at $200 NL. And I would also like to qualify for some bigger live tournaments such as the Aruba poker classic. I will also be playing more online MTT's.
So far with my winnings I really have not done much. I bought some new cloths, and Im eying a nice jetski. However I don't know yet if I will actually buy it. I am also getting a new laptop, although I really don't need one. I will probably give it to my mom and let her use it the majority of the time.
augest stats:
Cash
29,665 hands
+$618.35
MTT
+$47,003.48
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