WBCOOP, also
JerseyMuscle, Oct 03 2007
That is all.
September
JerseyMuscle, Sep 30 2007
So I only played 12k hands this month, but I was starting school, and I'm taking 6 classes, so there was some adjustment time. My goal for October is 25k hands, and to move up into NL5 full-time.
For some reason, ImageShack hasn't been working for me all day, so no pictures, but general information:
NL5: 2,703 hands at 18.94/10.36/1.42 3.54 PTBB/100 hands $9.58 profit
NL2: 9,570 hands at 18.99/9.37/1.32 14.09 PTBB/100 hands $53.93 profit
Overall: $63.51 profit from cash, $30 loss from donkaments, 150FPPs earned (small bonus at 450)
Bankroll: $71.91
Class is fun
JerseyMuscle, Sep 18 2007
So I had a small 600-hand session today between classes. Started out a little shaky (QQ < KQ, then QQ < 77, then QQ < KT) but in the end it turned out okay. Caught a ridiculous string of cards, and managed to get people to call me. Graph (I hope):
And graph (I hope) of September so far:
And finally some stats for both of them:
And now 1 more class, then live game tonight up at TCNJ. Perhaps a small session tonight. I don't know. I don't know if there'll be time.
Turning Stone trip
JerseyMuscle, Sep 10 2007
So four of my friends (who are not 21) and myself made a trip up to Turning Stone this weekend. Now we've been trying to get up there for at least 6 months, but there's always a schedule conflict or someone doesn't have the money, but we finally made it up there.
So we got up there on Friday night, and two of my friends go to play 100max (blinds 1/2 there) and two of them play 200max (blinds also 1/2). I decided to sit at a 200max table with the full $200 and just play real tight. I think I raised 4 hands in 2+ hours and limped maybe 1 or 2 more. I raised 88 to $10, after not playing anything for 30 mins, and instantly there was 4 people in the pot with me. Flop JQK, time to GTFO. Raised AA twice; first time took down the blinds, second time got 1 caller. Flop came AK3, and I bet out and he insta-folds TT. Oh well. Last hand I raised was JJ; made it $17 from the button after 2 limpers. 1 caller from the BB. Flop comes 247, he checks, and I bet out $25 into a ~$38 pot, and he calls. He checks the T on the turn, and I shove my last ~$65 in there and he calls with QQ. Oops. In hindsight, I could have checked the turn behind, but how often to people take that line with QQ+?
So after that I decided I'd get some food. I run so bad at Keno, so now I'm down a little more. I didn't really want to play too much anymore, but with nothing else to do I decided I'd go donk around at 100max for awhile before the tournament the next day. In summary, this table was ridiculous. Anytime I played right and waited for hands, I'd get terrible flops and check-raised on decent flops. Frustrating. Any time I played terribly, I'd make back all the money I had just lost. I don't really remember the details of this table, but I know I played on it from 2AM to 6AM, then went upstairs to sleep.
Tournament started at 11AM on Saturday, so naturally I wake up at 10:45 and have to rush down to make the tournament. 105 people started the tournament. I'm seated with mainly 30-50 year-olds and one guy who looks to be in his mid-twenties. Tournament structure at TS sucks; 3500 in chips to start (and thats after the 500 extra chips for $5 dealer-tip) with blinds at 25/50 to start. 20 minute levels. Ew. I decided I should probably be a little more aggro than usual, just because of the structure. First hand I get 66 from mid-position, and pop it to 300 after two limpers. Flop 679 and I take it down with a C-Bet. A few hands later I get AA, and a raise in front of me to 200. I make it 800 and he calls. Flop KQ4, he checks, I bet, he folds. Cool. In the SB a few hands later I have AQs. Here's the hand where I busto, and I wanna see if there's anyway I can get away with it, other than PF.
1 limper from seat 4. Seat 5 makes it 300. Seat 7 calls 300. I call 275 from seat 1. BB and limper both fold.
--- *As an aside, I thought about raising here, but OOP and with 2 guys behind I didn't want to be chasing AK or something, and instead of folding, I decided I'd just call and see if I could hit 2-pair+ or a flush draw or something.*
Flop comes AcQh2c. I check, hoping to draw out a C-bet from the original raiser, or hope he has AK. He does bet, 300 into the 1000 pot. Seat 7 flats his call. I check-raise to 1100. Seat 5 shoves all-in for ~2200 total. Seat 7 shoves all-in for ~3200 total.
So now here I am with top-two and flush and straight-draw board. I'm almost positive that seat 5 has AK or AJ, so I'm not too worried about him. I had a lot of trouble trying to put Seat 7 on a hand. I figured his range to be 22, a decent-sized A, KQ, Kx Clubs, or something like that. It's real hard to put him on something like AA-QQ because he didn't raise pre-flop or post-flop on the first go around, plus it'd have to be the case 2 queens. I decide to call since the only thing I can really put him on that beats me is 22. Is this a pretty good analysis of the situation?
Anyway, Seat 5 turns over AK like I thought, and Seat 7 flips QQ for trips. Oh well, I'm pretty sure I'm going broke there almost every time. I brick the turn and river. I'm out a few hands later when A7 loses to K5. 103rd place FTL.
So I went to get some more food, ran bad some more at Keno while everyone else was at least breaking even. I came back later that day and got on the list for some $4/$8 Limit Omaha 8/b. When we finally got a table started, it was myself and 9 people over the age of 50. if you've never played limit with old people, it's not something I'd recommend. They hate raises pre-flop on on the flop, and they call everything. Plus this was Omaha, so more suck-outs please. I decided to play real tight, which seemed to be working at first. Then I'd play just a high hand like AKJT and it'd be all low cards. Then I'd play A23x suited and it'd be all high cards. Then I'd flop straights and big flush draws, only to see paired boards or other flushes hit on the turn and river. Ended up losing a little over $100 there.
At one point I took a break from Omaha and played some $10min blackjack, where I dropped $100 in a little over 20 minutes.I picked the dealer with the Andre Johnson jersey, and he just rocked me, much like he rocked the Chiefs on Sunday.
By then I was pretty much done playing, but I got real bored sitting around for 5+ hours,and then it was decided we were staying another night. Sweet. And I'm out of monies. So I get staked for a $30+6 SNG. I was sitting in 2nd place for most of it, just picking up blinds and sometimes betting out from the BB when I hit. Then I got KK. Blinds were 50/100, and UTG+1 min-raised. I raised to 800 from her left. She calls. Flop comes Axx and she insta-pushes. Guess I fold. She shows AJo. Sweet. Next hand blinds were up to 100/200. She open-shoves from UTG, and I call all-in with AKs. Immediately I knew I made a bad call. She flips AA, GG 7th place.
So that was my trip to TS. Now I'm gonna go back to grinding micro-stakes. Later.
I run bad apparently
JerseyMuscle, Sep 06 2007
So I deposited $50 to ePassporte a few weeks ago, and finally it cleared (~2 weeks later) so I decided I would deposit it on Stars and grind some NL2. Turns out I run bad there. In a 1.6k session over 2 days I'm down. I've made my share of bad plays (where 1 c-bet turns into 2nd and 3rd bullets on the turn and river), but the ridiculous string of beats and coolers is kind of frustrating. I'm not one to tilt and complain, but I htink I just needed to rant a little bit. Several examples, so that I may reference them later:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/266637 Shouldn't be playing KJo anyway, but meh.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/266636
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/266635 Figured I'd raise because of the donk bet on the flop, maybe chase out a FD. Some good that did.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/266634 Oops, cooler.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/266633 In his defense, they were suited.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/266629
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/266628 Saved the best for last.
Anyway, I understand that downswings and suckouts and coolers are part of the game, but it's a little frustrating when you feel like you can't even beat NL2.
Small sample size though, life and grinding will go on.
lol poker.
JerseyMuscle, Aug 25 2007
So I'm that guy that's been lurking around here for a few months or so, not really contributing much(as evidenced by the post count and lack of hands). But recently I decided that I should probably be trying to get better at poker, and this is the best site to help do that. So thus, I may be posting here every once and awhile.
The name is Bill, and I've been "playing" poker for about 4 or 5 years now. I've only been real serious about playing good poker recently, within the past year or so. I thought I was good, but in reality I was (and probably still am) pretty terrible. My first online experience came through UltimateBet, where a friend and I would deposit something stupid like $50, turn it into $800+, and cash out over one weekend. Ah, the memories. Finally I decided that I'd put some of my own money online and play by myself to see how I did. I would drop another $50 on PartyPoker and turn that into $500-600+ over a week or so. When PartyPoker shut down (what a terrible day that was) we moved over to FullTilt, where we've been for awhile now.
About a year or so ago, I decided I wanted to improve my game, and started reading all of the typical books. Honestly, I don't know how much they really helped. I've found that the books can only prepare you for so much, and that playing more hands was the way to go. So I started playing on FT, with no regard to bankroll management or what to play and lost a good sum of money (though not much compared to most of you guys). About then is when I started coming to this site, and has helped a lot. Reading hand histories, people asking what to do in certain situations, etc has helped me "play" hundreds if not thousands of hands without the risk of losing any money.
And so here I am. I feel like my game has increased dramatically from the olden days of hit and running Ultimate Bet. So,with my new found information I'm ready to start playing for real. I'll be depositing a couple hundred dollars somewhere and starting to grind while I'm away at school. I'm going to try and update this as often as possible, so the viewers at home can watch my progress (hopefully).
Here is what I've done so far on a small stake from a friend of mine:
Man NL10 is incredibly frustrating on FT.
So, will Bill be able to make it past the ridiculousness that is NL10? Will he be able to avoid going broke with flush and straight draws? Will he be able to play within his roll? Will he update his blog ever? Stick around and find out.
See you at the tables.
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