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rhino9907 United States. Jan 02 2008 12:46. Posts 0 | | |
Hi everyone, this is my first blog post. I've been reading and lurking on LP for probably a year or so now after seeing someone with an LP avatar on stars. I have been playing online poker for going on 4 years now, I first began playing my first year of lawschool on the playmoney tables at stars. Before long I deposited $50 bucks and got started. I ended up losing all that, and more, I think around like $200 in the next year or so. I basically just donked around at low NL games and SNGs with a few MTTs mixed in. I read some books, played quite a bit in small homegames, but basically sucked at poker, although, like most poker players, thought I was real good.
After a couple of years of being a donkey, I began to realize that I was one, and decided to really focus on my game. I deposited another $50 onto stars and began the grind. I basically played break even for over a year, getting my $50 up to $300 or so before losing most of it back and just had a big rollercoaster for a long time. Eventually, about 4 months ago, I went completely busto for the first time in two years online. I lost all my money on stars, full tilt and cake poker, which was all like $300 combined. I decided then that I was done with online poker as I was on a horrible run of cards that just felt like I could never win even when I got it in 90% to win. So I gave it up for a couple of months.
Eventually, I got bored and re-downloaded and began with some play money and freerolls on stars. I then realized that maybe I had some rakeback money on Cake that I didnt get before going busto, so I downloaded it and checked it out, and sure enough, $3.30 from rakeback like 3 months before. So, I took my $3.30 and hit the .04/.08 fix limit tables. I ground it up to like $5 and decided to try a $1 30 person SNG. I ended up winning that for like 12 bucks or something and went to a 4NL table. I caught a great run of cards there and ended up building up to around $50 again. I then started playing 4 tables of 4NL and mixing in a few MTTs as well. One night I registered for the $2K guaranteed tournament, even though it was $5 to play and I only had about $40 in my account. I ended up running super hot, and took 2nd in that for like $300! Now I was really back in the game, and really began grinding.
I moved up to 10NL playing 4 tables at all times, and also kept with some MTTs on the side too. I was winning at 10NL, and then satellited into the $50k guaranteed through a $5 satellite. I played the 50k and cashed in that for another $165. I was now on a roll and had over $500, probably the most I've ever had playing online poker. I then moved to 20NL and was still running good and playing some of the best poker I've ever played. I felt like everything just sort of clicked. I began posting some hands on 2+2 and some other forums and getting advice and felt that my game was really starting to take shape. That basically brings us to now. I'm still playing 20NL on cake and throwing in some MTTs also. Most recently, last week I again satted into the 50k guarantee (two tickets in two trys!) and again cashed in that for 50th place for $235. Another big bankroll booster! However, I got screwed cause I had AA when the site went down and they ended up cancelling the hand after I got someone all in with KQ. Cake did end up doing the right thing and refunding my entry fee as well for a nice score of almost $350 total since I had satted in.
I've also setup an epassporte account and transferred some of my roll from cake to stars, although they have still been hating me, and on my first day back I lost with AA 9 times! So I am sticking to cake for the time being, but still playing some MTTs on stars just looking for a big score. Eventually, I plan to move the majority of my roll to a site where I can use Pokertracker and all that good stuff as I realize tracking my results is very important for continuing to improve and move up, but for now, the games on Cake are just too good to pass up!
So, I guess I started this blog just to keep up with my own progress, keep myself focused and try to keep myself off tilt. I do tend to post a lot of bad beat hands and what not on some forums I frequent, so I will try and keep from doing that too much in this blog, although I feel posting them and getting them out there keeps me from tilting over them, so there may be some posted here as well.
Anyway...thats my poker story. I still continue to play in some home games now and again, and also hit up the casinos some as well. I have been running really badly live though, so havent been playing much lately, but you can expect some live updates as well. So that's that for my poker career. Hopefully I will keep this updated so everyone can following along as I continue to move up the ladder.
My goals for 2008 are pretty much as follows:
-Continue to grind and move up stakes. I hope to be at 50NL within the next 3-4 months.
-Play at least 10k hands per month. This probably doesnt seem like much to most people, but with a full time job that keeps me busy enough, it's quite a few for me. Hopefully I can do more, but this is the minimum I'd like to play.
-Continue to post hand histories and get advice so that I can plug the leaks in my game. I know I have several, and the guys on 2+2 really gave me good advice and helped me to plug a lot so far. I haven't been very good about continuing to post on there the past couple months though, so I want to get back to that.
-Get a large enough bankroll to spread it around to several sites without feeling like I am spreading it too thin, so that I can get pokertracker and really analyze my play and my progress.
-Win an MTT...I have never actually taken one down, in spite of several deep runs, so I want to do that sometime in the next few months as well. I know it will happen if I keep going deep like I have been lately.
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PoorUser  United States. Jan 02 2008 13:13. Posts 7471 | | |
sick battle
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