I fear the downturn...

I have been running so well lately that I fear the down turn that is surely coming. The Pokerroom BR was at $400 yesterday. Well, as of this writing it is $465. I managed to make $24 yesterday and I made $41 this morning.

I played in a .50 NL game this morning and the first two hands were JJ and KK. I managed to get half of a guy's stack when I flopped a set of J's and the other half with the K's.

I have 289 points left to clear the $120 bonus.

I'm lining up the br to take advantage of the Mansion Poker bet. I really hope it pans out as I need the money.

On A Heater!!!

I must say I did pretty well yesterday. How well you ask? Well, good enough to make a $100 cashout and still have $400 left in the Pokerroom BR.

For a short time yesterday, I was three-tabling. Two $1 NL games and one .50 NL game. I made $8 on one of the NL games and got out. Then, my JJ got busted on the other $1 NL game and I was down to $17. I wasn't really happy, but I made the right play and got sucked out on. Oh well, I'm battling with my $17 when I pick up AK and raise to $5 I get one caller and the flop comes K high. I go all in hoping 2 pick it up right there but I get raised all in. I call and he flips over K-Q. I double up to $35 and hang around for a while. Then I pick up KK in the SB. There are two raisers in front of me so I raise to $15 to let them know I'm serious. Well, I get two callers. The flop is all low cards, so I go all in for my last $20 and get two callers! I'm certain I'm up against AA. The turn is a J and the river is low. One guy had A-5 and the other had a pair of 8's. Yeah for me!! I tripled up and was sitting with $105. It didn't take me long to book that profit and focus on the .50 NL game. Well, after quite a while, I was able to cash out $68 from the .50 NL game. There weren't any memorable hands, but I played solid and picked me spots.

So after the cash game wins, I played two $7+1 SNG qualifiers. I finished second in both so I still have a ticket to anther that I can use.

I still have about 350 points left to clear the $120 bonus. I should have it done by the weekend.

I am thinking of taking advantage of the Mansion Poker sports book promo. If you haven't heard about it, go to www.pocketfives.com and check it out.

Weak or Solid??

I played pretty well yesterday. I played one $11 SNG and finished third and played one $7+1 qualifier and busted 8th. I also played some cash games and did pretty well. The pokerroom BR, when last we talked, was $369. Well, now it is $415 which includes a short session this morning.

There are only two memorable hands. The first one is this: I pick up K-Q in the BB. There are four limpers. The flop comes K-Q-Q. I was pretty happy about this. I only made about $8 but it was the easiest $8 I've ever made.

The second was this: I picked up Q-7 of hearts in the small blind. I called and the flop came A-J-10, all hearts. I checked and called one bet and then on the turn, I rasied pretty big to chase every one off for about a $10 profit.

Every other hand that I won, I pretty much had the best hand each time and took care of business.

Little has changed...

I don't remember where I left off on Friday, but I think the Pokerroom BR was at $393. Well, as of this writing it is at $369. It may sound like a drop off, and I guess it is, but I dropped $100 on Friday afternoon and spent the rest of the weekend trying to get it back. I have noted to my self that I am down $24 from Friday afternoon, but that total includes 5 $11 SNG that I didn not cash in and several other SNG qualifiers of various limits that I did not cash in either. So I think the cash games went pretty well but the SNG's didn't turn out so well for me.

I did clear about 300 points towards the $120 bonus that is waiting for me.

I played a live home game on Saturday night. I didn't do well mainly due to the fact that I lost a big pot with flush over flush. It happens. I played ok, but I lost.

Not too shabby...

I didn't play too much yesterday, but the results were quite pleasing. I got to play a few hands of .25 NL yesterday at lunch. I was only involved in one hand and it went down like this:

I'm in the small blind and I pick up Q-10 of spades. There are the bet is raised to .50 and called by two people. The flop comes K-10-10. I check and two people bet .50 then a third guy raises to $5. I reraise to $15. Two people fold and the $5 raiser raises me all in. He flips over 8-10 of hearts. The turn and river are blanks and I more than double my $25 investment. Pretty happy with the results.

Then I played a few hands of $1 NL yesterday after work and managed to make about $10. This morning before work I played .50 NL and won $14 on the first hand. I played a few more hands and cashed out a $17 winner.

Hopefully the weekend will bring more good fortune.

I missed a day...

I missed yesterday because work was incredibly busy. That rarely happens, but yesterday was one of those days.

Where to begin. Back on Pokerroom. I got an email from Bonuswhores.com saying that Pokerroom had a reload bonus going but you had to earn 10 points for every $1 in bonus money. That's a little steeper than normal, but I was probably gonna reload anyway. Well, a day later, I get another email from Bonuswhores telling me that people had been reporting that they were getting a bonus from PR that only required 7 points for every $1 in bonus money. I deposited immediately. I deposited $300 and played for quite a while yesterday and this morning and I am happy to report that I cleared 110 points whilst profiting $40. The pokerroom Br is at $340.

I still have $95 on Bodog and I might play there some more. Bodog kinda grew on me and it is by far the loosest site I have ever played on. There is a lot of variance, but if you can take it, it's a pretty good place to play.

Because of the internet or inspite of it???

I haven't been able to play much lately because my internet connection is intermitent at best. I was able to play for a little while this morning and I managed to make $56. That puts the Bodog bankroll at $171. I started in a $1 NL game and doubled up on this hand: I pick up 10-10 on the button. I raise to $6 and get called by the big blind, who is also the biggest stack at the table. The flop comes 10-A-6. He checks, I check. He bets $8, I raise to $28 and he raises me all in. I call and the river was of no help. Yeah!! Double Up.

I then played a few hands of .50 NL and managed to make $6.

Hopefully the internet will be fixed soon and I'll be back to playing more regularly.

I've played better...

I didn't play that much over the weekend as I was out of town. I did play this morning and my AA got cracked by a guy with a huge stack that was trying to give it away. He called me with J-6 and rivered a straight. He wasn't gonna lay it down so there wasn't much I could do. I moved to another table and ended up making back about half of what I lost on the aces.

The bodog Br is at $113. That is -$81 since the start.

playing too much and not playing well...

I've been playing too much, too high and too poorly. I was up against a dude yesterday and I was sure if I was patient, I could make a good score. The guy literally raised every pot and didn't mind calling large raises. I picked up AK and just limped. He raised to $5 so I go all in. He calls with K-2. Two on the flop. GG me. So I rebuy into that game for anther $50. I'm patient and I wait. I pick up KK and the sure enough the guy raises to $5. I go all in. I get two callers. One has JJ the other QQ. Queen on the flop. GG me. So I dropped $100 with the best hand both times. That's just the way it goes sometimes.

Back to Play'en Poker

After spending the better part of two days in another state, I'm back on the poker playing trail. The Bodog bankroll stands at $117 after a $112 cashout from last night. I didn't really do anything spectacular. I doubled up on the first hand of a $1 NL table when I picked up 10-10 and flopped a 10. Another guy with a pair of 6's goes all in. What could I do? I called and won. Up $50 at that point, I proceeded to drop $15 in a .25 NL game and then busted out 4th in a $11 SNG.

The bodog bankroll is at $117 and the total bankroll is at $1117. That is +$74 since I left Pokerroom.

Basically Even

I'm basically even on Bodog at this point. I was up $200 after Saturday, but I managed to give all that back before 8:30 on Sunday morning. I made two donk calls and had two bad beats. All for $50. My AA got cracked by trip 6's and my flopped flush got beaten by a full house. I also thought for some reason that 7-7 was better than 10-10 and that my two pair was better than a flush. So after blowing the $200 profit that put me back to even, I now have $150 on Bodog and I'm hoping to get a little profit out of the deal while waiting on a pokerroom reload bonus.

The internet has been out intermitently and it's driving me crazy. After losing the $200 yesterday, the internet managed to be out the rest of the day. However, when I got out of bed this morning, it was working. Cox has a bunch of morons working for them.

I won't likely be posting tomorrow as I will be out of town.

$100

I deposited $100 into Bodog last night. I played exactly 2 hands and won $10. Add this to the $4.73 I already had in the account and the $10 signup bonus that bodog gives on every deposit and I now have $124 to work with. I won't be redepositing on Bodog. If I lose this $100, I'll be off to another site.

The reason I only played two hands is that the internet hasn't been working.

A Freefall

I managed to take the $42 I had on Bodog and turn it into $76 before turning it back into $4. Don't ask me how, just know that it wasn't hard.

I lost $50 playing $1 NL on this hand.

I flopped two pair and managed to get all my money in against a guy I knew was chasing a straight and damned if he didn't get his straight on the river.

I'm now trying to determine if I should deposit on Bodog or if I should wait on a Pokerroom reload bonus.

The Bodog Sojourn

Last we visited, the Bodog bankroll was at $43. Well, as we visit today, the Bodog bankroll is at $42 after a wild rollercoaster swing yesterday. I started out playing .25 NL and not once, but twice, I flopped a straight and got rivered by a full house. Twice I tell you. It wasn't pretty, but I managed to not go broke either time. The first hand went down like this:

I pick up 7-8 in the big blind and it's checked around to me. I check and the flop comes 5-6-9. I'm pretty excited cause I think I can make some money out of this. I check and the next guy bets $2. I'm thinking he must have trips or a high pair so I just call. The turn is a 9 and the guy fires out $5. I raise him his last $10 and he calls. He flips over K-9 and wouldn't you know it, a 5 hits the river. He rakes a huge pot which should've been mine. I'm pretty sure he wasn't gonna lay down the hand regardless so I really couldn't win.

A few hands later I pick up AA and some guy afte me goes all in for about $12 which is about what I had. I did my obligitory chat box type of "You may suck out on me, but I have to call" and then made the call. He flipped over KK and the AA held up so I was about where I started.

Then a few hands later, I flopped anther straight while holding Q-J in the small blind. The flop was k-10-9. I raised it a hefty bit and got called by a guy holding 10-9 for his last $8. There was a 9 on the river and he raked another pot that should've been mine.

Then I played two $11 SNG's. I busted out 5th in the first one and finished second in the other one for $30 or a $19 profit. When you do the math on all that, it left me with $42. It certainly could've been worse.

I really want to qualify for the Bodog $100,000 tournament they run on Sundays, but the SNG's are 5-handed and cost $24 to enter so I need to build my bankroll a little before I try one of those.

Another Site??

Since we last talked (over four days ago) I've cashed out all my money from Pokerroom. I am not dissatisfied, I'm just waiting on a redeposit bonus before I venture back in. Also, I got an email from Bodog that I had $10 in my account so I downloaded the software and played there last night. I started on the .10 NL tables and turned the $10 into $23. Then I moved to the .25 NL tables and turned the $23 into $43. So I'm gonna see how much I can build this into. I would like to try and qualify for the Bodog $100,000 tournament they have each week. They are constantly running satalites for the tourney so maybe I can get into one.

As for the pokerroom results. I started out with $600 at PR and cashed out $830 so I came out +$230. With a good redeposit bonus, I'll be back in there. My NL game is improving and I'm feeling more comfortable playing higher limits.

Don't Try This At Home...

I didn't play at all last night until about 9:30 and it wasn't a good idea. I had been to Logan's and Jose's and had about five beers so I was feeling no pain. I sat down and jumped into a $1 NL game for $50. The first hand I picked up 9-7 in the big blind. It's only me and one other guy. The flop comes 10-9-7. I checked, he bet $25 and I went all in. He thought for a second and called. He flipped over A-10 and rivered and A for a higher two pair. GG me.

So I was tilting/pissed and moved to another $1 NL game and bought in for $50. I donked that off in about 5 hands. None were memorable except for the bad play on my part.

So I'm down $100 and steaming pretty good. I have no idea what possessed me to jump into a $2 NL game but I did and bought in for $100 bucks. I was making some lose calls and fluctuated from $15 down to $15 up when this hand arose. I picked up J-9 in the big blind. I called a $7 raise from some guy who raised every pot. The flop came 8-10-Q. So I have a really good straight. The guy raised to $25 and I went all in. He called and the straight held up. I had a little over $100 when the hand started so now I'm back to even or maybe even a little on the plus side.

I'm still kinda excited from winning the big hand. The next hand (small blind for me) I picked up 3-6 of clubs. I called the extra .50 and the flop comes 9-K-8, all clubs. I bet out $10 trying to pick it up right there and pad my winnings. But I get called by the guy I had beaten in the previous pot. The turn is a red 2. I'm feeling like I have the best hand so I go all in. He calls for his last $80 with k-8 of spades. The river was no help to him and I won another fatty. I couldn't outta that game fast enough.

So I'm cashing out with $312 all because I was stupid and on tilt and got a lot lucky. I cashed out $125 which I was extremely excited about. All this happened in about 30 minutes. I could hardly believe it.

So the pokerroom BR is at $387 (which is $1 more than yesterday) and that puts me +$272 above my origional investment in Pokerroom.

A blip...

I managed to lose $10 yesterday. It wasn't hard. I played in a $11 SNG and busted out on this hand.

I'm in the small blind. I get dealt AA. The chip leader is to my left. It gets folded to me. I raise the minimum. The guy goes all in. So naturally, I call. He flips over 8-9 of diamonds and, of course, turns a flush. GG Me.

I managed to lose about $20 playing .25 NL but won $15 playing $1 NL. I played longer than I thought I did yesterday as I accumulated over 45 Pokerroom points.

The Pokerroom BR is at $386. That is +$145 from the origional investment.