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The HUSTs have been brutal but after reviewing them I can see that I'm getting in with the best of it too often for it to continue. I'm happy with the way I'm playing them so sooner or later they will turn back around. Its happened before as just before this bad swing I had a full week of positive sessions.
On Wednesday I played on Stars and again caught the worst of it. I bubbled at least 4 times (depending on where the bubble really is, maybe more) but I did escape with a win in one of the 15 45-man games I played. I also scrapped out a 4th in another. Unfortunately I was shut out in all five of the 180-man games.
Last night I went back to UB for some SNGs and had decent results, except HU. I played 11 games and got heads-up in four of them, had the chip-lead and the best hand AIPF at least once in all of those but still managed to lose them all. Still, coupled those with two thirds and it was still a positive night. I'm now fairly solidly in the top 100 for the monthly TLB (like 57th) so I should qualify for the freeroll pretty easily. I might have an outside shot at the weekly if things go right so I'll probably give SNGs one last turn tonight.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Rethinking My Plan Again
The biggest worries I had when I made my plan were these. First was time. I solved that by pretty much just letting myself play without so much structure and its worked out well.
The second concern I had was the HUSTs. Not the actual game play itself, I'm really comfy playing them and I have pretty much all the ranges I need memorized so I can take time to observe any tendencies my opponents may have and adjust. This month as gone OK since I've gotten to this point so its not results I've been worried about... its the grind.
I knew it was a simple game to play but man, it takes too high of a percentage of my time. The payout is nice, I sure generate a good chunk of it and if I actually played more hours per week (like a pro would) then I don't think I'd notice. But right now I feel its taking away too much time that I could be playing other things.
I'm not sure we could call it "boredom". But the game is pretty bland when you play over 100 a night, every night. I like the fact that it is a simple way to make Iron Man on FTP, but I'm really wondering if its worth the time investment in them. If I were playing 50+ hours a week like a "pro" probably would then yeah, I can see it as a small part of the overall plan. But as it stands now I think running as many as I do now just isn't optimal for my time.
What I think I'll do is finish out the month at my current pace. In March, I'll cut back on the HUST play, maybe just enough to qualify for the lowest level of Iron Man (Bronze). Even on the mornings I don't really have "time" I'll have time to do that and if I don't it still won't be a big deal in the evening.
I think this will open up my evenings to be able to get an extra set of SNGs or 180s in on the nights I play. I'll have time for dinner, a walk, homework help, and whatever else I might have to do. Plus the "normal" games are a bit more fun to play. My cashouts might go down a little but I think the bottom line will be better too... and maybe that's more important anyway.
Speaking of normal games, I did get in 12 SNGs on UB last night and came out OK... had a win, three seconds, and two thirds. I thought I made the weekly TLB last week but it ends up I finished 21st by exactly .01 points.... are you kidding me? How did the rounding work out in the math to do that? Uuuughhhhh! LOL
Tonight I'm looking at a session on Stars for the 180s and 45s, I've already played half of the HUSTs set so I should be able to get in a good amount of games in.... which is the idea. I gotta win a 180-man soon... I can feel it.
The second concern I had was the HUSTs. Not the actual game play itself, I'm really comfy playing them and I have pretty much all the ranges I need memorized so I can take time to observe any tendencies my opponents may have and adjust. This month as gone OK since I've gotten to this point so its not results I've been worried about... its the grind.
I knew it was a simple game to play but man, it takes too high of a percentage of my time. The payout is nice, I sure generate a good chunk of it and if I actually played more hours per week (like a pro would) then I don't think I'd notice. But right now I feel its taking away too much time that I could be playing other things.
I'm not sure we could call it "boredom". But the game is pretty bland when you play over 100 a night, every night. I like the fact that it is a simple way to make Iron Man on FTP, but I'm really wondering if its worth the time investment in them. If I were playing 50+ hours a week like a "pro" probably would then yeah, I can see it as a small part of the overall plan. But as it stands now I think running as many as I do now just isn't optimal for my time.
What I think I'll do is finish out the month at my current pace. In March, I'll cut back on the HUST play, maybe just enough to qualify for the lowest level of Iron Man (Bronze). Even on the mornings I don't really have "time" I'll have time to do that and if I don't it still won't be a big deal in the evening.
I think this will open up my evenings to be able to get an extra set of SNGs or 180s in on the nights I play. I'll have time for dinner, a walk, homework help, and whatever else I might have to do. Plus the "normal" games are a bit more fun to play. My cashouts might go down a little but I think the bottom line will be better too... and maybe that's more important anyway.
Speaking of normal games, I did get in 12 SNGs on UB last night and came out OK... had a win, three seconds, and two thirds. I thought I made the weekly TLB last week but it ends up I finished 21st by exactly .01 points.... are you kidding me? How did the rounding work out in the math to do that? Uuuughhhhh! LOL
Tonight I'm looking at a session on Stars for the 180s and 45s, I've already played half of the HUSTs set so I should be able to get in a good amount of games in.... which is the idea. I gotta win a 180-man soon... I can feel it.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Catching Up
Going into the last week of February and it looks like I'm a little behind on a couple volume goals. I still need to get in two strong sets of SNGs on UB and at least two sets of multi-table SNGs on Stars to get to where i wanna be. The good news is I already have that planned. I'm just hoping other stuff doesn't get in the way (like homework help or whatever).
This weekend was a mixed bag. I didn't play much on Saturday but what I did play went well. I found time to play some SNGs on UB since I was in reach for the weekly TLB. Two wins, a second and two thirds out of seven games was enough to earn 20th place, which was the last payout spot on the board. Its only worth $20 but everything counts. I'm now looking to work toward making the top 100 foe the monthly.
Outside of winning the Pokerology freeroll not much else was positive. I had a 5th in a 180-man for a decent score but not much else. Played a good bit on Sunday though and I played well so that is all that matters really.
Tonight I was invited to a home game so I'll be in that, the rest of the week I'll be grinding online.
This weekend was a mixed bag. I didn't play much on Saturday but what I did play went well. I found time to play some SNGs on UB since I was in reach for the weekly TLB. Two wins, a second and two thirds out of seven games was enough to earn 20th place, which was the last payout spot on the board. Its only worth $20 but everything counts. I'm now looking to work toward making the top 100 foe the monthly.
Outside of winning the Pokerology freeroll not much else was positive. I had a 5th in a 180-man for a decent score but not much else. Played a good bit on Sunday though and I played well so that is all that matters really.
Tonight I was invited to a home game so I'll be in that, the rest of the week I'll be grinding online.
Friday, February 19, 2010
The Winning Streak Ends
Last night I had my first losing set of HUSTs in about a week... rats. Still it was a nice run and one that I needed for my own sanity.
I ran short of time again but I did get in six 45-man turbo SNGs on Stars, only cashing in a $6.50 one for $12. The worst finish I had was 17th and I also had a 9th and a 12th in there also. A couple more breaks here and there and we might have done something big... maybe next time.
No HUSTs tonight, probably no poker at all in fact as we are gonna go to Opening Day... of jai-alai! Yep, I'm gonna go make extremely -EV bets on shit I know nothing about and see if I get lucky. Now THAT'S gambling!
I ran short of time again but I did get in six 45-man turbo SNGs on Stars, only cashing in a $6.50 one for $12. The worst finish I had was 17th and I also had a 9th and a 12th in there also. A couple more breaks here and there and we might have done something big... maybe next time.
No HUSTs tonight, probably no poker at all in fact as we are gonna go to Opening Day... of jai-alai! Yep, I'm gonna go make extremely -EV bets on shit I know nothing about and see if I get lucky. Now THAT'S gambling!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Sidetracked
The kid needed homework help tonight so my planned set of 180-man SNGs got moved back to tonight. I managed to get in six SNGs, winning one and taking third in another. The HUSTs went decently as well.
I did have a strange occurance in the SNGs though. I had 5 tables up and I tile them on my laptop screen so none of the tables overlap. On one table I had QQ in the BB and got all-in, lost the hand. No big deal. The little box comes up that I went out in 6th, blah blah ok. I closed that box and found another one. Huh? I wasn't in a hand anywhere else. I go look and see that I had gone all-in on another table too!
Now, I didn't even see what hand I had on that table yet (it was A3c) but as it ends up I shoved over a raise and got looked up by AQ and busted. I was in good shape in this SNG (3rd out of 6 with maybe 2500 chips at 75/150) so I certainly didn't need to make a move. How did this happen? Did I miss the guy's raise and shove on the BB? I was the SB but the BB had about the same stack and I'm sure I wouldn't have shoved blind on blind with that big of stacks. So I'm wondering if UB had a glitch that had me make the same action on multiple tables.
I emailed UB but they found nothing, not that I thought they would. They were still nice enough to credit me half of the buy-in so I have T$11 to use. Still, I wonder what happened here. I'm confident I didn't do it intentionally and I just don't see how I could have accidently either. I guess I'll just be even more careful.
I did have a strange occurance in the SNGs though. I had 5 tables up and I tile them on my laptop screen so none of the tables overlap. On one table I had QQ in the BB and got all-in, lost the hand. No big deal. The little box comes up that I went out in 6th, blah blah ok. I closed that box and found another one. Huh? I wasn't in a hand anywhere else. I go look and see that I had gone all-in on another table too!
Now, I didn't even see what hand I had on that table yet (it was A3c) but as it ends up I shoved over a raise and got looked up by AQ and busted. I was in good shape in this SNG (3rd out of 6 with maybe 2500 chips at 75/150) so I certainly didn't need to make a move. How did this happen? Did I miss the guy's raise and shove on the BB? I was the SB but the BB had about the same stack and I'm sure I wouldn't have shoved blind on blind with that big of stacks. So I'm wondering if UB had a glitch that had me make the same action on multiple tables.
I emailed UB but they found nothing, not that I thought they would. They were still nice enough to credit me half of the buy-in so I have T$11 to use. Still, I wonder what happened here. I'm confident I didn't do it intentionally and I just don't see how I could have accidently either. I guess I'll just be even more careful.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday SNGs
Started the evening off by putting in a good set of HUSTs and also a min-cash in a Super-Turbo Knockout MTT on Full Tilt. After dinner and a walk I sat down to play some SNGs on UB. I was hoping to get in about 15-18 but I only played 11 games.
The results of those games were good, I won two and took third in three others with all the cashes coming in the final seven I played. With that in mind I'll hope to have a good run in the next 13 I play this week so I can make a run at the weekly TLB (which takes your best 20 consecutive results in a given week).
Tonight I plan on playing the 180-man games on Stars and if I'm online in time I may also play the $16.50 turbo on Bodog and even the $2.20 turbo rebuy on FTP... we'll see.
The results of those games were good, I won two and took third in three others with all the cashes coming in the final seven I played. With that in mind I'll hope to have a good run in the next 13 I play this week so I can make a run at the weekly TLB (which takes your best 20 consecutive results in a given week).
Tonight I plan on playing the 180-man games on Stars and if I'm online in time I may also play the $16.50 turbo on Bodog and even the $2.20 turbo rebuy on FTP... we'll see.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Meanwhile....
... the rest of the extended weekend wasn't all bad.
On Friday I shipped two small MTTs. Saturday started off horrible but I took 3rd in the Bodog $35 turbo and 2nd in a $26 turbo knockout 90-man SNG. I had a few other cashes, a 9th in the $33 turbo on Cake being the other 3-figure score. All in all I played 49 games and profited around $250 or so.
Sunday and Monday were much slower, other than that Million all I did was play my HUSTs but both sets were on the plus side.
Tonight I will finally play some SNGs on UB as I really need to pick up the pace there. I'm in the mood for some action there so hopefully things will go well.
In other news, I'm on a 22-game winning streak with my team in NHL 10. I'm a right winger/power forward type so I basically camp in front of the net when I'm not filling the slot on the rush. I also get to try and pin opponents to the glass since I also have a high "checking" rating... its fun when you hurt people on the boards too. :)
On Friday I shipped two small MTTs. Saturday started off horrible but I took 3rd in the Bodog $35 turbo and 2nd in a $26 turbo knockout 90-man SNG. I had a few other cashes, a 9th in the $33 turbo on Cake being the other 3-figure score. All in all I played 49 games and profited around $250 or so.
Sunday and Monday were much slower, other than that Million all I did was play my HUSTs but both sets were on the plus side.
Tonight I will finally play some SNGs on UB as I really need to pick up the pace there. I'm in the mood for some action there so hopefully things will go well.
In other news, I'm on a 22-game winning streak with my team in NHL 10. I'm a right winger/power forward type so I basically camp in front of the net when I'm not filling the slot on the rush. I also get to try and pin opponents to the glass since I also have a high "checking" rating... its fun when you hurt people on the boards too. :)
Sunday, February 14, 2010
That Didn't Take Long
As you may recall, I was to play the Sunday Million today. See exhibit "A" below:
PokerStars Game #39756554374: Tournament #284020010, $200+$15 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (50/100) - 2010/02/14 16:46:29 ET
Table '284020010 473' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: lubor74 (10025 in chips)
Seat 2: mmoermans (6860 in chips)
Seat 3: RyckyRych (9580 in chips)
Seat 4: davyg (9700 in chips)
Seat 5: Marijo03 (8600 in chips)
Seat 6: inhidonks (10600 in chips)
Seat 7: Apt555 (9725 in chips)
Seat 8: eeeooor (10360 in chips)
Seat 9: Qsypal (14550 in chips)
inhidonks: posts small blind 50
Apt555: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyckyRych [8d 8s]
eeeooor: raises 200 to 300
Qsypal: folds
lubor74: folds
mmoermans: folds
RyckyRych: calls 300
davyg: folds
Marijo03: folds
inhidonks: folds
Apt555: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Tc Ts Qh]
Apt555: checks
eeeooor: checks
RyckyRych: checks
*** TURN *** [Tc Ts Qh] [8c]
Apt555: checks
eeeooor: bets 500
RyckyRych: calls 500
Apt555: folds
*** RIVER *** [Tc Ts Qh 8c] [Kc]
eeeooor: bets 1900
RyckyRych: raises 2850 to 4750
eeeooor: raises 4810 to 9560 and is all-in
RyckyRych: calls 4030 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (780) returned to eeeooor
*** SHOW DOWN ***
eeeooor: shows [Kh Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Tens)
RyckyRych: shows [8d 8s] (a full house, Eights full of Tens)eeeooor collected 19510 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19510 | Rake 0
Board [Tc Ts Qh 8c Kc]
Seat 1: lubor74 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: mmoermans folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: RyckyRych showed [8d 8s] and lost with a full house, Eights full of Tens
Seat 4: davyg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Marijo03 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: inhidonks (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Apt555 (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 8: eeeooor showed [Kh Ks] and won (19510) with a full house, Kings full of Tens
Seat 9: Qsypal folded before Flop (didn't bet)
So much for that idea.
PokerStars Game #39756554374: Tournament #284020010, $200+$15 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (50/100) - 2010/02/14 16:46:29 ET
Table '284020010 473' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: lubor74 (10025 in chips)
Seat 2: mmoermans (6860 in chips)
Seat 3: RyckyRych (9580 in chips)
Seat 4: davyg (9700 in chips)
Seat 5: Marijo03 (8600 in chips)
Seat 6: inhidonks (10600 in chips)
Seat 7: Apt555 (9725 in chips)
Seat 8: eeeooor (10360 in chips)
Seat 9: Qsypal (14550 in chips)
inhidonks: posts small blind 50
Apt555: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyckyRych [8d 8s]
eeeooor: raises 200 to 300
Qsypal: folds
lubor74: folds
mmoermans: folds
RyckyRych: calls 300
davyg: folds
Marijo03: folds
inhidonks: folds
Apt555: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Tc Ts Qh]
Apt555: checks
eeeooor: checks
RyckyRych: checks
*** TURN *** [Tc Ts Qh] [8c]
Apt555: checks
eeeooor: bets 500
RyckyRych: calls 500
Apt555: folds
*** RIVER *** [Tc Ts Qh 8c] [Kc]
eeeooor: bets 1900
RyckyRych: raises 2850 to 4750
eeeooor: raises 4810 to 9560 and is all-in
RyckyRych: calls 4030 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (780) returned to eeeooor
*** SHOW DOWN ***
eeeooor: shows [Kh Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Tens)
RyckyRych: shows [8d 8s] (a full house, Eights full of Tens)eeeooor collected 19510 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19510 | Rake 0
Board [Tc Ts Qh 8c Kc]
Seat 1: lubor74 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: mmoermans folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: RyckyRych showed [8d 8s] and lost with a full house, Eights full of Tens
Seat 4: davyg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Marijo03 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: inhidonks (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Apt555 (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 8: eeeooor showed [Kh Ks] and won (19510) with a full house, Kings full of Tens
Seat 9: Qsypal folded before Flop (didn't bet)
So much for that idea.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
The Big Weekend Has Started
Saturday is here, which might just be the biggest day of poker I've played to date, we'll see just how much I get in after we're done.
Yesterday I ended up taking a half-day off from work and I decided to play a few small MTTs while waiting for everyone to get home from school/work. I didn't play a ton but I did do well. I won two, a $5.50 turbo bounty on Carbon that had 42 players and the $5.50 turbo on UB with 53 entrants. Both scores were only about $70 but they were fun games to play. I also took 3rd in a $15 super-turbo 45-man on FTP for $100 and had a min-cash in a $13 turbo on Cake. Not bad for eight games.
The HUSTs were also decent, was up about $30 for the games I played. I'm gonna try to get a few in now before I start entering all the MTTs I wanna play so I'll end this entry right here. I'll try to update how things went tomorrow if I have time before the Sunday Million gets going. Good Luck to everyone playing this weekend!
Yesterday I ended up taking a half-day off from work and I decided to play a few small MTTs while waiting for everyone to get home from school/work. I didn't play a ton but I did do well. I won two, a $5.50 turbo bounty on Carbon that had 42 players and the $5.50 turbo on UB with 53 entrants. Both scores were only about $70 but they were fun games to play. I also took 3rd in a $15 super-turbo 45-man on FTP for $100 and had a min-cash in a $13 turbo on Cake. Not bad for eight games.
The HUSTs were also decent, was up about $30 for the games I played. I'm gonna try to get a few in now before I start entering all the MTTs I wanna play so I'll end this entry right here. I'll try to update how things went tomorrow if I have time before the Sunday Million gets going. Good Luck to everyone playing this weekend!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Something Different
Last night I decided to try something that I've been wanting to do for a while now and that was the super-turbo 45-man SNGs on Full Tilt. I figured I could get in 15-20 of them relatively quickly and I like my push-fold game too. The one thing I forgot to do was run well, I only cashed twice in 20 games. The beats are brutal in those things! People generally call too light (which is good in the long run) but I get tried of losing to their 3-outters after a while. :)
The other half of my session was the 7.25 HUSTs and I was slightly up on those. Still my overall downswing continues for February. Things can change pretty fast in this game and I've seen it first hand several times in just the last few months. However my bankroll is down close to $1000 from the start of the month so I could use a break or two to go my way.
Tonight I really should play my SNGs on UB and in a way I'm kinda looking forward to it, so I probably will. I'll try to get in about 15 or so and maybe we'll do some damage on the TLB at the same time.
The other half of my session was the 7.25 HUSTs and I was slightly up on those. Still my overall downswing continues for February. Things can change pretty fast in this game and I've seen it first hand several times in just the last few months. However my bankroll is down close to $1000 from the start of the month so I could use a break or two to go my way.
Tonight I really should play my SNGs on UB and in a way I'm kinda looking forward to it, so I probably will. I'll try to get in about 15 or so and maybe we'll do some damage on the TLB at the same time.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Some Success in the HUSTs
Finally had a winning session in the HUSTs. I elected to play almost exclusively the 7.25s last night just to get a little more volume game-wise and things went well. I think I'll try doing this the rest of the week just for the hell of it. If I'm feeling frisky I'll start adding the 14.50s and go from there.
Decided to play on Stars last night and only cashed once, but it was a second in a 45-man SNG. Other than that I just never could get real deep in anything. On Bodog I had a decent run in the $16.50 turbo MTT, finishing 11th of 160 for $28.80 there. I had QQ<66 deep in that but had a few hands go my way as well, just couldn't quite get over the hump. At least three times I had help from players making bad folds against me when I was short... then again if they call and I lose its a good fold for me. :)
Tonight I think I'll give Stars another run after I do my HUST set. Thursday is looking like the SNG night on UB and Friday is up in the air. Saturday will be a big volume day and Sunday is The Big One. Hopefully we'll get on a nice positive run leading into all that.
Decided to play on Stars last night and only cashed once, but it was a second in a 45-man SNG. Other than that I just never could get real deep in anything. On Bodog I had a decent run in the $16.50 turbo MTT, finishing 11th of 160 for $28.80 there. I had QQ<66 deep in that but had a few hands go my way as well, just couldn't quite get over the hump. At least three times I had help from players making bad folds against me when I was short... then again if they call and I lose its a good fold for me. :)
Tonight I think I'll give Stars another run after I do my HUST set. Thursday is looking like the SNG night on UB and Friday is up in the air. Saturday will be a big volume day and Sunday is The Big One. Hopefully we'll get on a nice positive run leading into all that.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Home Game Monday
Marc had his home game and I came out slightly ahead by taking 2nd in the first game. Naturally I had to lose HU after being up 2:1 but I had a few breaks to get there in the first place.
Back to the online grind tonight! I'll do my HUSTs and then decide on whether I'll do SNGs on UB or hit the 180-mans on Stars... I'm not sure what I want to do yet. I think I'll do the SNGs on UB and if they go well I'll have to make a run at the TLB again.
Hopefully I'll be able to turn the month around with some solid play and a lot of volume. Last week was pretty brutal results-wise but I seem to come out of it unscathed mentally. I still can't understand how I can run like I do in those HUSTs though... I could use a nice upswing in those no matter how my mind is. We'll see!
Back to the online grind tonight! I'll do my HUSTs and then decide on whether I'll do SNGs on UB or hit the 180-mans on Stars... I'm not sure what I want to do yet. I think I'll do the SNGs on UB and if they go well I'll have to make a run at the TLB again.
Hopefully I'll be able to turn the month around with some solid play and a lot of volume. Last week was pretty brutal results-wise but I seem to come out of it unscathed mentally. I still can't understand how I can run like I do in those HUSTs though... I could use a nice upswing in those no matter how my mind is. We'll see!
Monday, February 8, 2010
The Weekend Is Over
Not a whole lot to report on this weekend. I didn't get to play a full slate on Saturday more due to my own choice, I just wasn't feeling that great so I took it easy. Came close in a couple things but mostly it was just a bunch of almosts and couldabeens.
I played more on Sunday and again got close, I was the true bubble in a 90-man knockout SNG and took 13th in the $2.20 turbo rebuy. I also came close to winning a $5.50 turbo MTT on UB but lost two 70/30s in a row to bust out 4th.
The HUSTs have been absolute murder the last few days too. As some of you know, when I run bad I reeeaaaaaalllllly run bad and when it happens in the HUSTs it just gets magnified. On the plus side, I've yet to have a real solid positive run in these so its hard to compare them to each other since it hasn't happened yet. I've had good days but they always seem to be isolated. I'd really like to finally string three, four, even five days of solid gains together just so I know how it feels.
Tonight is an off day of sorts as Marc is hoping to have a home game put together. If that falls through I'll make it a SNG night instead. After tonight I'll be starting to pick up the volume for sure. This weekend is going to be big with multiple freerolls for FTP's Iron Man and One-A-Day, UB's Diamond TLB, and then the rakeback ones too. Of course, Sunday is the biggie... can't forget that.
Hopefully we'll build some positive momentum up leading into all that, I could use it.
I played more on Sunday and again got close, I was the true bubble in a 90-man knockout SNG and took 13th in the $2.20 turbo rebuy. I also came close to winning a $5.50 turbo MTT on UB but lost two 70/30s in a row to bust out 4th.
The HUSTs have been absolute murder the last few days too. As some of you know, when I run bad I reeeaaaaaalllllly run bad and when it happens in the HUSTs it just gets magnified. On the plus side, I've yet to have a real solid positive run in these so its hard to compare them to each other since it hasn't happened yet. I've had good days but they always seem to be isolated. I'd really like to finally string three, four, even five days of solid gains together just so I know how it feels.
Tonight is an off day of sorts as Marc is hoping to have a home game put together. If that falls through I'll make it a SNG night instead. After tonight I'll be starting to pick up the volume for sure. This weekend is going to be big with multiple freerolls for FTP's Iron Man and One-A-Day, UB's Diamond TLB, and then the rakeback ones too. Of course, Sunday is the biggie... can't forget that.
Hopefully we'll build some positive momentum up leading into all that, I could use it.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Thursday SNGs
Pretty blah day results-wise, took a very small loss in the HUSTs and took a small hit over ten SNGs on UB tonight. Generally I just got dealt shit but the hands I did get were easy to play. I managed one win and one second and I did so with suckout after suckout (77>99, A6>AT, J9 flopping a straight vs. A7) but I had my fair share on the other end also, obviously.
I'll do my HUST session tonight then dive into more 180s on Stars I think. Tomorrow morning we are supposed to go back to the Science Center for some frog exhibit my wife wants to go to, should be interesting enough. If all goes as planned the rest of the day and night will be full of MTT fun!
I'll do my HUST session tonight then dive into more 180s on Stars I think. Tomorrow morning we are supposed to go back to the Science Center for some frog exhibit my wife wants to go to, should be interesting enough. If all goes as planned the rest of the day and night will be full of MTT fun!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Thanks again!
Thanks for everyone's thoughts on that last hand. After looking at what others have said and doing a little math on my own I'm sure this was a mistake. I'm now thinking TT/AK is what I'd need to go with here and when I do I just need to shove.
Anyway, last night was much more straightforward and overall profitable. The HUSTs went well and I also took 4th and 10th out of ten of the 180-man SNGs. I'll win one of those damn things yet.
Anyway, last night was much more straightforward and overall profitable. The HUSTs went well and I also took 4th and 10th out of ten of the 180-man SNGs. I'll win one of those damn things yet.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Another Hand
The first one was fun, so let's try another! Middle stages of a 180-man SNG on Stars last night. The limper seems to be bad but able to fold when beat, the raiser is a Supernova, has shown to be solid and for all I know is a grinder of these games. First, the hand:
PokerStars Game #39095419453: Tournament #238607351, $11+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2010/02/01 21:03:18 ET
Table '238607351 9' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Amzngguy (5692 in chips)
Seat 2: 00hondacbr (5878 in chips)
Seat 4: gaston117 (840 in chips)
Seat 5: Sobizzle21 (10285 in chips)
Seat 6: MisterTroll (1891 in chips)
Seat 7: someonelse (1287 in chips)
Seat 8: RyckyRych (2935 in chips)
Seat 9: Tricker39 (6707 in chips)
Amzngguy: posts the ante 25
00hondacbr: posts the ante 25
gaston117: posts the ante 25
Sobizzle21: posts the ante 25
MisterTroll: posts the ante 25
someonelse: posts the ante 25
RyckyRych: posts the ante 25
Tricker39: posts the ante 25
RyckyRych: posts small blind 125
Tricker39: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyckyRych [8h 8d]
Amzngguy: calls 250
00hondacbr: folds
gaston117: folds
Sobizzle21: raises 750 to 1000
MisterTroll: folds
someonelse: folds
RyckyRych: calls 875
Tricker39: folds
Amzngguy: calls 750
*** FLOP *** [2s 3h Ad]
RyckyRych: bets 1910 and is all-in
My thought process and questions about it are these. First, is 88 strong enough to play in this spot (a hijack raise over a limper)? Now, assuming it is and I'm correct in going with this hand I felt that if I shoved Sobizzle would surely call with the pot odds he were getting, but it would cause the limper to fold.
I decided my best line would be to try and generate some fold equity by trying to stop and go the raiser, thinking that there would be a good chance the limper would fold to a 4x raise and a call... that didn't happen. When the ace hit the flop I wasn't sure if it were good or bad (I really feared the limper had an ace-rag he couldn't let go) but it might still be a good scare card for me as well. So I followed through with my plan and shoved the flop.
You'll see no results here as we don't give a shit about that, I'm more concerned about the thought process here. My main questions are: is 88 strong enough to commit with here and, if so, would simply shoving preflop be a better line?
PokerStars Game #39095419453: Tournament #238607351, $11+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2010/02/01 21:03:18 ET
Table '238607351 9' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Amzngguy (5692 in chips)
Seat 2: 00hondacbr (5878 in chips)
Seat 4: gaston117 (840 in chips)
Seat 5: Sobizzle21 (10285 in chips)
Seat 6: MisterTroll (1891 in chips)
Seat 7: someonelse (1287 in chips)
Seat 8: RyckyRych (2935 in chips)
Seat 9: Tricker39 (6707 in chips)
Amzngguy: posts the ante 25
00hondacbr: posts the ante 25
gaston117: posts the ante 25
Sobizzle21: posts the ante 25
MisterTroll: posts the ante 25
someonelse: posts the ante 25
RyckyRych: posts the ante 25
Tricker39: posts the ante 25
RyckyRych: posts small blind 125
Tricker39: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RyckyRych [8h 8d]
Amzngguy: calls 250
00hondacbr: folds
gaston117: folds
Sobizzle21: raises 750 to 1000
MisterTroll: folds
someonelse: folds
RyckyRych: calls 875
Tricker39: folds
Amzngguy: calls 750
*** FLOP *** [2s 3h Ad]
RyckyRych: bets 1910 and is all-in
My thought process and questions about it are these. First, is 88 strong enough to play in this spot (a hijack raise over a limper)? Now, assuming it is and I'm correct in going with this hand I felt that if I shoved Sobizzle would surely call with the pot odds he were getting, but it would cause the limper to fold.
I decided my best line would be to try and generate some fold equity by trying to stop and go the raiser, thinking that there would be a good chance the limper would fold to a 4x raise and a call... that didn't happen. When the ace hit the flop I wasn't sure if it were good or bad (I really feared the limper had an ace-rag he couldn't let go) but it might still be a good scare card for me as well. So I followed through with my plan and shoved the flop.
You'll see no results here as we don't give a shit about that, I'm more concerned about the thought process here. My main questions are: is 88 strong enough to commit with here and, if so, would simply shoving preflop be a better line?
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