I played respectably well last night. I won a $22 SNG, the only one I played, and had some mixed success in cash games. I ended the night up about $80, but I managed to give some of that back this morning. I made a couple of foolish plays in a 3-6 game and ended up losing $54. In the Powerplayer bonus race, I am falling back of 8th place and it looks like I'll have to try and hold on to 9th which will be worth about $300.
I didn't do so well on Party last night. I'm free rolling with the $50 they gave me and I've already drawn out over $200 and I have $238 left in there. I built up that roll playing agressively in the 2-4 shorthanded game by playing really agressively and now I've kinda gotten tight again and it has cost me a little. I need to use this roll to experiment with more and to work on different areas of my game.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
A Mixed Bag
Last night was, for sure, an up and down night. I played few hands that I won but I lost more than I won. Two hands I lost really stick out. First, I had 9-9 and called the raise to $6. the flop came with a 9 so I started the raising. One guy kept calling me down. It ended with him having K-K but rivering a straight and taking a big pot from me. Another time I had K-K and a guy flopped a set of 8's on me to beat me out of another big pot.
I played two SNG's. The first was a $22 on Powerplayer. I was going along pretty well when the blinds got to $100-$200. I was in third with about 2,200 chips. I had been roughing up the guy on my left when I had the button and I didn't figure this time to be any different. He was a somewhat weak player and I had raised all in from the button on several occaisons and he quickly folded. I picked up 10-7 of hearts and raised all in. He insta called with AA. Busted out in 5th. Good Game me.
The second SNG was a $33 on Party. I was, again, going along pretty well but the blinds on Party escalate pretty quickly. With $200-$400 blinds, I picked up 10-10. I raise all in and get called by K-Q. The flop comes K-9-Q and turn a Q. Again. Good Game me. Out in 5th again.
However, the best hand of the night came in a 3-6 game. I picked up AA in early position and raise. The guy to my left raises me and another guy in late position caps it. If I'm not mistaken, we capped the flop and turn also. The river had only one bet from each of us, but the AA held up for a $161 pot. YaHOOOOOO!!! That left me on a $26 loser on the day.
I played for about 25 minutes this morning and ended making $76. I won one hand with 9-9 when a guy with A-Q didn't hit his straight. Then I won another big hand when I picked up 6-8 of hearts in the small blind. I called the big blind but the big blind raised so four of us had to call. With $24 in the pot, the flop comes 7h-9H-KC. So now I have the straight flush draw, the flush draw and the straight draw. The flop was the 5C so I had the straight and was now opening the betting. I got a couple of callers. The 7s came on the river and that was a scare card for me, but the straight held up for a big pot.
I'm barely hanging on to $400 in the powerplayer bonus race. There are two guys who are within 400 points of me and I'm not sure I can hold them off unless they don't play very much. Sarah is very tolerant of poker, but she gets a little whinny and fussy if I play too much so I probably won't play as much this week.
I played two SNG's. The first was a $22 on Powerplayer. I was going along pretty well when the blinds got to $100-$200. I was in third with about 2,200 chips. I had been roughing up the guy on my left when I had the button and I didn't figure this time to be any different. He was a somewhat weak player and I had raised all in from the button on several occaisons and he quickly folded. I picked up 10-7 of hearts and raised all in. He insta called with AA. Busted out in 5th. Good Game me.
The second SNG was a $33 on Party. I was, again, going along pretty well but the blinds on Party escalate pretty quickly. With $200-$400 blinds, I picked up 10-10. I raise all in and get called by K-Q. The flop comes K-9-Q and turn a Q. Again. Good Game me. Out in 5th again.
However, the best hand of the night came in a 3-6 game. I picked up AA in early position and raise. The guy to my left raises me and another guy in late position caps it. If I'm not mistaken, we capped the flop and turn also. The river had only one bet from each of us, but the AA held up for a $161 pot. YaHOOOOOO!!! That left me on a $26 loser on the day.
I played for about 25 minutes this morning and ended making $76. I won one hand with 9-9 when a guy with A-Q didn't hit his straight. Then I won another big hand when I picked up 6-8 of hearts in the small blind. I called the big blind but the big blind raised so four of us had to call. With $24 in the pot, the flop comes 7h-9H-KC. So now I have the straight flush draw, the flush draw and the straight draw. The flop was the 5C so I had the straight and was now opening the betting. I got a couple of callers. The 7s came on the river and that was a scare card for me, but the straight held up for a big pot.
I'm barely hanging on to $400 in the powerplayer bonus race. There are two guys who are within 400 points of me and I'm not sure I can hold them off unless they don't play very much. Sarah is very tolerant of poker, but she gets a little whinny and fussy if I play too much so I probably won't play as much this week.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Finally turning around???
The play this past weekend went pretty well. I made a nice profit (finally) and was able to cashout a little to pad the neteller account. I made a nice deep run in a multi table tournament and finished 20th. I busted out on this hand: Blinds 1,000 & 2,000. I pick up 6-5 in the big blind. It's checked around to me. I check. The flop comes 5-5-J. I think "Boy this is my lucky day" cause I'm in about 15th place with 16,000 in chips and hoping to doube up here. I check. The guy in first position raised it a substantial amount. It gets fold to me. I go all in. The guy in first position calls and flips over Q-5 so I'm drawing dead to the three sixes left in the deck. Oh well, GG me. I played the hand about as well as I could I think.
In the cash games, the only really bad beat I took was when my KK went down to a guy who couldn't fold A-J and I don't blame him, I wouldn't have folded A-J in that position either. I had two really good wins. First my JJ floped a set and beat a guys KK for a nice pot. Then on another hand, I pick up 7-7. I call and get reraised so the pot is starting off pretty good for a 2-4 game. The flop comes 4-5-8. I call along with two others. The turn is a 9 and while there is still one guy who continues to bet, I'm getting pot odds (I think) to call. So I call the turn bet, as does one other guy, and the river is the most beautiful six I've ever seen leaving me with the straight and scooping a nice pot. As I recall, the total pot was $63.
I had AA hold up three times for nice pots which hadn't happened in quite a while. I must've been on the down side of variance so long that I forgot what it was like to win.
I'm still chasing down the Powerplayer leaderboad bonus and trying to stay in the top 10.
In the cash games, the only really bad beat I took was when my KK went down to a guy who couldn't fold A-J and I don't blame him, I wouldn't have folded A-J in that position either. I had two really good wins. First my JJ floped a set and beat a guys KK for a nice pot. Then on another hand, I pick up 7-7. I call and get reraised so the pot is starting off pretty good for a 2-4 game. The flop comes 4-5-8. I call along with two others. The turn is a 9 and while there is still one guy who continues to bet, I'm getting pot odds (I think) to call. So I call the turn bet, as does one other guy, and the river is the most beautiful six I've ever seen leaving me with the straight and scooping a nice pot. As I recall, the total pot was $63.
I had AA hold up three times for nice pots which hadn't happened in quite a while. I must've been on the down side of variance so long that I forgot what it was like to win.
I'm still chasing down the Powerplayer leaderboad bonus and trying to stay in the top 10.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
More Poker
While the poker playing hasn't gone as badly the last few days as it had previously, it really hasn't improved either. I finally cleared my Powerplayer bonus which officially puts me in the market for a new site. I don't believe online poker is rigged, but I have taken an enormous number of bad beats lately and while I hate to blame it on the site, when I play on Party Poker the bad beats don't come near as often so I can only conclude that I might need to change sites for a little while. BoDog and FullTilt have nice bonuses so I'm looking at those two, at least until I clear the bonuses.
Also, I'm getting ready to invest in PokerTracker. I don't know if this will help me or not, but I've talked 2 several people and they seem 2 think it will.
One other thing. The dissertation is actaully moving along. I hope the newer parts that I have written will be accepted by my committee without too many changes.
Also, I'm getting ready to invest in PokerTracker. I don't know if this will help me or not, but I've talked 2 several people and they seem 2 think it will.
One other thing. The dissertation is actaully moving along. I hope the newer parts that I have written will be accepted by my committee without too many changes.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Poker Stuff
I created this post so that I could rant a little about my poker playing (or lack thereof) and to be able to comment on other people's blogs. I mostly play on Powerpoker (a pokeroom skin) because it has a really good rakeback structure and a nice monthy bonus for those who play the most.
I haven't done as well lately as I would have liked. I made nearly $3,000 in the months of November and December and then I have managed to give back about 75% of that in the last six weeks. Yesterday was the first real winning day I've had in about a week. I managed to end the day +130.
I mostly play 2-4, 3-6 & 5-10 limit hold'em and NL sit-n-go's.
I've been looking for a new site to play on. The top candidates at this point at Full Tilt and BoDog. Anyone else have any suggestions?
I haven't done as well lately as I would have liked. I made nearly $3,000 in the months of November and December and then I have managed to give back about 75% of that in the last six weeks. Yesterday was the first real winning day I've had in about a week. I managed to end the day +130.
I mostly play 2-4, 3-6 & 5-10 limit hold'em and NL sit-n-go's.
I've been looking for a new site to play on. The top candidates at this point at Full Tilt and BoDog. Anyone else have any suggestions?
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