DIRE LEIF

So yesterday I started with $1, ended up with $11.15 after 211 hands. (1000% increase?)

To prove it, here you go:



I'd put a graph, but I am not sure how to do that yet.

Penny table hi/lo players are typically pretty passive and very bad. For example, check out this premium poker playing:

(Pot is $0.34)
*** FLOP *** [4h Td Kd]
ctoastyme: bets $0.02
TAN3sui: folds
ExitZero: folds
HERO: raises $0.04 to $0.06
ctoastyme: calls $0.04
*** TURN *** [4h Td Kd]
ctoastyme: bets $0.02

First of all, TWO PEOPLE fold to the 2 cent bet in a 34 cent pot? 17:1 on your money?? WOW POT ODDS.

THEN, the guy makes ANOTHER continuation bet of 2 cents? terrible playing. I ended up winning the pot with a set. And thats just one example of the bad playing, believe me there was a lot more.


The first few hands were a bit aggravating. I had to fold many decent hands just because of how little 50 BB is to play with. In other words, I couldnt draw to less than absolute premium hands. For example:

Dealt to HERO [2s Qs As 7s]
*** FLOP *** [Ac 8c Ah] ($0.20 pot, 5 players)
HERO: checks
Clemens22: checks
stormyeyesC: bets $0.20
bayucca: raises $0.20 to $0.40
Rat214: calls $0.40
HERO: folds

Kind of tight fold, but not really. I was 90% sure I was beat. The winner of the hand:

stormyeyesC: shows [4s Kd Ad Kc] (HI: a full house, Aces full of Kings)

WHATAFOLD!!!


Not that I folded every single time I didnt have the nuts. This hand I was positive I was ahead, even on a scary board:

Dealt to HERO[Kc Ah 4s As]
Aziri: calls $0.02
ExitZero: calls $0.02
Adm111: raises $0.10 to $0.12
HERO: raises $0.30 to $0.42
sajebo1: calls $0.40
Aziri: calls $0.40
ExitZero: folds
Adm111: calls $0.30
*** FLOP *** [Jd Jc Kh]
Adm111: bets $0.02
HERO: calls $0.02
sajebo1: folds <-- (WTF MORE 2 CENT BET FOLDS?!?!
Aziri: folds THE POT WAS OVER A DOLLAR!!!)
*** TURN *** [Jd Jc Kh]
Adm111: bets $0.48
HERO: raises $0.68 to $1.16 and is all-in
Adm111: calls $0.68
*** RIVER *** [Jd Jc Kh 5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Adm111: shows [Qd 4d 4h 2s] (HI: two pair, Queens and Jacks)
HERO: shows [Kc Ah 4s As] (HI: two pair, Aces and Jacks)
HERO collected $3.86 from pot

Nice try, but 2 cent bet on flop then large bet on brick turn doesn't spell big hand to me.

That hand was the SECOND biggest hand of the night for me... BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, the biggest hand of the night was RIGHT AFTER it. Adm111 was tilting pretty bad, which I loved, cause he created action. Heres the hand history:

Submitted by : direleif

POKERSTARS GAME #13190818100: OMAHA HI/LO POT LIMIT ($0.01/$0.02) - 2007/11/12 - 02:33:56 (ET)
Table 'Minerva III' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: ExitZero ($7.06 in chips)
Seat 2: Adm111 ($5.43 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero ($3.86 in chips)
Seat 6: BladeHandler ($4.21 in chips)
Seat 7: sajebo1 ($4.58 in chips)
Seat 8: TAN3sui ($4.09 in chips)
Seat 9: Aziri ($3.75 in chips)
Hero : posts small blind $0.01
BladeHandler: posts big blind $0.02

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
sajebo1: folds
TAN3sui: folds
Aziri: calls $0.02
ExitZero: calls $0.02
Adm111: raises $0.09 to $0.11
Hero : calls $0.10
BladeHandler: folds
Aziri: calls $0.09
ExitZero: calls $0.09

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $0.46)

   
Hero : checks
Aziri: bets $0.10
ExitZero: calls $0.10
Adm111: calls $0.10
Hero : raises $0.30 to $0.40
Aziri: calls $0.30
ExitZero: calls $0.30
Adm111: calls $0.30

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $2.06)

   
Hero : bets $1.96
Aziri: calls $1.96
ExitZero: raises $4.59 to $6.55 and is all-in
Adm111: folds
Hero : calls $1.39 and is all-in
Aziri: calls $1.28 and is all-in

River (Pot : $11.89)

   

Showdown
Hero : shows (HI: three of a kind, Queens; LO: 8,5,3,2,A)
ExitZero: mucks hand
Hero collected $0.11 from side pot
Hero collected $0.11 from side pot
Aziri: mucks hand
Hero collected $5.62 from main pot
Hero collected $5.61 from main pot

Summary
Total pot $12 Main pot $11.23. Side pot $0.22. | Rake $0.55
Board  
Seat 1: ExitZero mucked
Seat 2: Adm111 (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 4: Hero (small blind) showed and won ($11.45) with HI: three of a kind, Queens; LO: 8,5,3,2,A
Seat 6: BladeHandler (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: sajebo1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: TAN3sui folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Aziri mucked

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End of day one, $1 turned into $11.15.


OMGIMSOGOODATHILOSOSICK

That's 1115% ROI, which is +EV BTW.

I'll post some hand histories tomorrow.

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Fun fact! I used to have an online bankroll, but in the past month I've transferred over $600 to other players. NO, not by being a fish at poker, but by the "transfer funds" button with cash IRL changing hands etc. etc.

Right now I have in my account, a VOMIT INDUCING $1.


Thats right. 1 USD. Not even a CDN LOONIE (GG economy!)

So the only rational thing to do at this point is to pull a Chris Ferguson and make it a CHALLENGE! Everyone loves challenges.

The goal: turn $1 into $$ONE THOUSAND$$!!

BY THE WAY, the only game I will be playing is Omaha hi/lo, since like Dmitri Nobles and getting it all in behind, that is my specialty.

I've always maintained that penny table hi/lo is the easiest micro stakes game to beat. If you play holdem penny tables, you're bound to be up against some bad players, but when you push with AK, and the donk with 9-2 suited calls you, you aren't really THAT ahead. Hi/lo is different. A lot of the players have NO CLUE how to play hi/lo. As in, people will think they have straights or flushes and call an all in with high card 10. This does happen. Its funny. They usually complain about how pokerstars is rigged.

Here are the rules of my challenge
a) start with $1, if I bust, I can rebuy, but only for $1 (we'll see how many tries it takes)
b) Goal is to get to $1000
c) Can only move up levels when I have 5 buy ins for that level
d) every time arnie says "FREEZE" you have to take a drink

Oh also I will be blogging my progress.

Thats it!

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