I have played a fair bit over the last 2 weeks with varying success. Here's how the main sessions went...
Session 1
- no big hands but ended up $22.03 on Sun Poker in half an hour. Good start.
Session 2
- I played for an hour and a half on Party and this was the main hand. I was playing really shit and I don't know why. Ended down $22.33.
- I limp AKo UTG. UTG+1 and the button limps, and the blinds call/check. The flop is K-9-2. It's checked to me and I bet $1. UTG+1 folds and the button raises to $3. The blinds fold. As it wasn't raised pre-flop, I have no idea where I am and I could easily be ahead or behind. I decide to raise to $6.25 and fold to a re-raise. The button calls - now what? The turn is an 8 and I am stupid and push all-in. The button insta-calls with 99. -$24.90
After this I decided that I couldn't handle the slowness of full tables, even when I multi-table, and so I tested out 6-max tables again...
Session 3
- an awful half an hour on Party. Ended down $37.72
- The button min-raises and I call inthe SB with 4h2h. The BB folds. The flop is 3d-5h-6d. Nice. I check and the button checks. Damn. The turn is a harmless 10s and I bet $1, thinking the button will probably fold. He min-raises to $2. Nice. I re-raise to $6 and he re-re-min-raises to $10. I push for $25.40 and he calls, with 55. The river is a harmful 10. -$25.90
- I raise 6h5h to 75 UTG and the BB min-raises me to $1.25. He has been doing this quite a lot, so it definitely didn't mean much. I call. The flop is a nice 10h-5d-2h. He bets 75c and I make it $3.75. He calls. The turn is a delightful 4h. He checks and I put him all-in for $12. he calls with 9h7h. -$14.70
Session 4
- only a quick 15min session but managed to win $26.20. Key hand...
- UTG, who is pretty loose, makes it $1 and I make it $4 with AA in the cut-off. UTG calls. The flop is 3-3-5. UTG checks and I decide to give a free card and also check. Thr turn is another $3. UTG now bets $3, and I put him on an overpair and just call. The river is a 4 and UTG bets $12. I only have $19.55 left. I figure that he may well have 44 or 55, but I doubt he would bet the 3 so strongly. I think that if I push he would almost have to call with any pocket pair, and so I push and he calls with 54s. +$24.25
Session 5
- another quick session, about half an hour, with a positive result. +$14.22. Key hand...
- UTG raises to $1, the button calls and I can't fold the nuts in the SB and so call with 7c6c. The BB folds. The flop is J-8-5. I check, UTG checks and the button bets 50c. I call, as does UTG. The turn is a 3. We check to the button again, who bets $1. I am feeling lucky and call. The river is the 9. I check, the button bets $2 and I make it $8. He calls with 88. +$11.15
Session 6
- I play for an hour and win $6.68, with 2 key hands...
- It is folded to the SB who makes it $5. I have QQ in the BB and make it $5. He calls. The flop is J high. He checks, I push for $19 and he calls with AJ. I turn a Q to end the hand. +$22.10
- I have Q10o in the Sb and 4 of us see a flop of 2-10-10. I check to the limper who bets $1.75. The button calls. If the button folds then I am fairly sure I am ahead and would raise, but this confuses me and I call. The turn is a 4. We check to the button who bets $3. We both call. The river is a 7. We check to the button. He bets $7 and I call. He shows 22. -$12
Session 7
- an awful session! I play for an hour and lose $37.95. I really didn't play well but also got a little unlucky.
- I get QQ UTG and make it $1.25. The cut-off makes it $2.25 and the SB calls. I make it $5.50 and they both call. The flop is K-10-9. I bet $9 and just the cut-off calls. It doesn't look good, but I know he is very lose. The turn is a 4, and I think that if I push I am only getting called by a better hand, and so I check. He bets $4.25, and it looks like a bluff and so I put him all-in for $4 more. He calls with AQ and the river is a J. -$22.70
I now decided to quit cash games and become a STT master. As I hadn't played STTs in ages, I played 4 low stakes ones. I played 4 and came 2nd in 2, winning a measly $6.
But I had to earn of a bonus on Party, so I had toplay more cash...
Session 8
- Played for an hour and a half and won $25. Pretty please.
- Started with an annoying hand. The SB limps to my BB and I raise to 75c with AdQd. He calls. The flop is an almost perfect A-10d-2d. He checks, I bet $1 and he calls. The turn is a 7. He checks, I bet $2 and he calls. The river is another 7. He bets $3.25 and I call. He had Jd7d. -$7
- I raise AK in MP to $1 and get I caller. The flop is A-4-5. I bet $2 and he calls. Thr turn is a 9, and I bet $4 and he calls. The river is a 7, and I value bet $5 and he calls with 76s (poor lad). +$11.40
- I get Js10s in the BB. The button limps and the SB makes it $1. We both call. The flop is 3s-4s-5. The SB bets $1.25 and we both call. The turn is a K. The SB bets $2.50 and we both call. The river is 7s. The SB bets $5.75 and I put him all-in for $15. The button calls his last 8c and the SB calls. The button shows A2 and the SB shows 55. +$22.18
- There are 2 limpers and I call in the Sb with A9. The flop is A-Kc-9c. I bet $1 and a limper calls. The turn is a 2. I bet $2.75 and the limper calls. The river is a 4. I push for $11 and he calls with Ac4c. Ideal river. +$13.30
Session 9
- only played for 45 minutes and won $20.42, mainly because people are stupid.
- there are 2 limpers and I call in the SB with Ah-J. The flop is Jh-8h-5h. I bet 75c and the button calls. The turn is 3h. Nice. I check, the button bets $1 and I raise to $5. He should fold, but he doesn't. The river is 4d. I push for $16.25 and he calls with Kh7c. +$20.75
So now I will stick to 6-max until I earn off the bonus, and then play more 6-max but also quite a few STTs.
Cash
Hours = 122.75
Profit = -$137.51
Tourneys
Hours = 25.5
Profit = 20.44
A Game
Hours = 19
Profit = $17.35
Bankroll = $859
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Feeling good
I have been feeling a lot more positive, and I actually expect to win when I start a session. However, it doesn't help when the first session runs like this...
Session 1
- I am on the button with AA. UTG makes it $3.25 (BB = 25c!). MP then makes it $6.25. Almost ideal. I push for $24.50. The both call. UTG shows QQ and MP shows KK. The flop is J-2-2. The turn is an 8. And the river is a K! Nice start. -$24.50
- I am in MP with 22 and it is folded to me. I make it 75c. The button min-raises to $1.25, the SB calls and I gladly call. The flop is 7-7-2. The SB bets $2.25. I put him on an overpair. The button only has $1.75 left, so I call as I want him in. He calls. The turn is a 3. SB checks and I bet $3. He calls. The river is a J. He could have JJ, but he checks and so it's unlikely. I put him all-in for $15 and he calls with JJ. Nice. -$21.75
- I raise AA in MP to $1 and the blinds call. The flop is J-8-7, they check to me and I bet $2. The SB min-raises and the BB calls. I must be tilting after the other 2 hands, because I make the worst decision and just call. The turn is a 10. He bets $4 and now I know I am definitely tilting because I push. He thinks for ages and calls with 77. -$18.10
However, I still felt positive, and later sessions went a bit better...
- UTG makes it $1. He is fairly tight and so he is probably only raising a very strong hand. I call in the SB with QQ. The flop comes A-Q-7. I hope he has AK or AQ and I bet $1.50. He calls. The turn is a 9, I bet $4 and he calls. The river is a K. I push for $15 and he calls with AK. +$19.80
- I raise wiith QdJd in MP and just the SB calls. The flop is Q-8-3. He bets $3 into me and only has $7.45 left. This is a very marginal decision, and I think I usually fold, but instead I put him all-in. He calls with Q9 and doesn't hit. +$10.60
I have also started playing on Sun Poker. I like it but there are never enough tables running. The maximum I have seen is 5 10-seater $25NL tables running, but they usually break down quickly. As I like to 4-table, it's not ideal. However, the majority of players are extremely passive and there is a lot of limping, so I should be able to make money here. Also I have found that the bonus is hard to work off. I have played quite a few hours there and only earnt 18% of the monthly bonus so far. Here are a few hands...
- I raise to 75c in MP with 33. The BB calls. The flop is Ah-10h-4h. He checks, and I consider cont. betting but just check. The turn is 3d. He checks and now I think I have the best hand, and so bet $1.50. He calls. The river is 8d. He checks and I am now sure I am head, and so I value bet $4, and he immediately pushes for $15. It is odd if he checked a flush on the river, and although it's unlikely he has anything else, I just can't fold. He shows Kh-7h. -$15.90
- I get 44 UTG and limp. A very loose MP player makes it $1, and I call. The flop is Ah-4-8h. I bet $1, hoping he will raise with an A, but he just calls. The turn is 9h. I bet $3 and he calls. The river is Ad. I now have a full house. I put him on an A, but does he have a FH? I bet $8, prepared to call an all-in from this player, but he just calls and shows 10h-3h. Nice river! +$12.10
I have also just been paid $20.52 in rakeback on FTP.
Cash
Hours = 104
Profit = $150.89
Tourney
Hours = 22
Profit = $169.94
A Game
Hours = 19
Profit = $17.35
Bankroll = $842
Session 1
- I am on the button with AA. UTG makes it $3.25 (BB = 25c!). MP then makes it $6.25. Almost ideal. I push for $24.50. The both call. UTG shows QQ and MP shows KK. The flop is J-2-2. The turn is an 8. And the river is a K! Nice start. -$24.50
- I am in MP with 22 and it is folded to me. I make it 75c. The button min-raises to $1.25, the SB calls and I gladly call. The flop is 7-7-2. The SB bets $2.25. I put him on an overpair. The button only has $1.75 left, so I call as I want him in. He calls. The turn is a 3. SB checks and I bet $3. He calls. The river is a J. He could have JJ, but he checks and so it's unlikely. I put him all-in for $15 and he calls with JJ. Nice. -$21.75
- I raise AA in MP to $1 and the blinds call. The flop is J-8-7, they check to me and I bet $2. The SB min-raises and the BB calls. I must be tilting after the other 2 hands, because I make the worst decision and just call. The turn is a 10. He bets $4 and now I know I am definitely tilting because I push. He thinks for ages and calls with 77. -$18.10
However, I still felt positive, and later sessions went a bit better...
- UTG makes it $1. He is fairly tight and so he is probably only raising a very strong hand. I call in the SB with QQ. The flop comes A-Q-7. I hope he has AK or AQ and I bet $1.50. He calls. The turn is a 9, I bet $4 and he calls. The river is a K. I push for $15 and he calls with AK. +$19.80
- I raise wiith QdJd in MP and just the SB calls. The flop is Q-8-3. He bets $3 into me and only has $7.45 left. This is a very marginal decision, and I think I usually fold, but instead I put him all-in. He calls with Q9 and doesn't hit. +$10.60
I have also started playing on Sun Poker. I like it but there are never enough tables running. The maximum I have seen is 5 10-seater $25NL tables running, but they usually break down quickly. As I like to 4-table, it's not ideal. However, the majority of players are extremely passive and there is a lot of limping, so I should be able to make money here. Also I have found that the bonus is hard to work off. I have played quite a few hours there and only earnt 18% of the monthly bonus so far. Here are a few hands...
- I raise to 75c in MP with 33. The BB calls. The flop is Ah-10h-4h. He checks, and I consider cont. betting but just check. The turn is 3d. He checks and now I think I have the best hand, and so bet $1.50. He calls. The river is 8d. He checks and I am now sure I am head, and so I value bet $4, and he immediately pushes for $15. It is odd if he checked a flush on the river, and although it's unlikely he has anything else, I just can't fold. He shows Kh-7h. -$15.90
- I get 44 UTG and limp. A very loose MP player makes it $1, and I call. The flop is Ah-4-8h. I bet $1, hoping he will raise with an A, but he just calls. The turn is 9h. I bet $3 and he calls. The river is Ad. I now have a full house. I put him on an A, but does he have a FH? I bet $8, prepared to call an all-in from this player, but he just calls and shows 10h-3h. Nice river! +$12.10
I have also just been paid $20.52 in rakeback on FTP.
Cash
Hours = 104
Profit = $150.89
Tourney
Hours = 22
Profit = $169.94
A Game
Hours = 19
Profit = $17.35
Bankroll = $842
Monday, May 07, 2007
Time for a catch-up
AFter my last post I have been doing very badly. I broke fairly even for a few days with nothing exciting happening, and then I went on holiday to France for 10 days. I didn't have much time to play there, but still had time to squeeze in a few sessions, and they were awful! However, May is a new month and I am convinced it is going to be a good one! I signed up to EmpirePoker to get a $25 bonus and I am also signing up to a crypto site to get rakeback and a bonus. Aswell as this I have earnt another $20 of bonus at FTP to keep the accounts looking remotely respectable. Because I had such a bad month, i have now dropped down to playing $10NL but will soon be moving back up.
Cash
Hours = 92.75
Profit = -$150.38
Tourney
Hours = 22
Profit = $169.94
A Game
Hours = 19
Profit = $17.35
Bankroll = $829
Cash
Hours = 92.75
Profit = -$150.38
Tourney
Hours = 22
Profit = $169.94
A Game
Hours = 19
Profit = $17.35
Bankroll = $829
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