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I completed my HUST session and was able to keep up the momentum from this morning. I finished in the black in both of the BIs for about a $90 total profit. Let's hope I can keep trending up in those.
Tonight I played 12 of the 180-mans and eight 45s and ended up down in both for a total of $140 or so. Made a FT in a 180 (8th for $51.48) and had two min-cashes (12th and 13th for $23.76 each). I got skunked in the 45-man games however, the closest I got to a cash was 11th (7 pay in case you don't already know). I'm really good at running into KK I guess.
Took around three hours to play them all, again better than I expected. I have to admit that I really do enjoy the play in these games. I can't wait to see how I feel when I catch a few timely breaks along to way and win something. I'm also about halfway to Silver Star status as well, a nice little perk for all the volume I'm putting in now. Hopefully I'll get there soon enough to be able to play in the freerolls they have every week.
Speaking of freerolls, this Saturday I get to play the Bronze Iron man freeroll. I think it has around 1300 runners... I wonder how many of them will actually show up. I'm looking forward to it in any case.
Tomorrow is a planned off day as most Wednesdays will be, however I might still run my HUST set since it doesn't take that much of my time in the morning. Most likely I'll be firing up my XBox and playing some hockey or CoD/MW2 with the kid. If I don't post tomorrow I'll catch up with you on Thursday.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Monday Update
Been a little busy with getting back to work (inventory) and haven't had time otherwise to get to the blog until now.
Monday's HUSTs were disappointing. I did OK in the 7.25s but got killed in the 14.50s, can't recall exactly how much I was down ($128?). I did manage to almost break even on the day with a good set of SNGs on UB. Played 16 games and won three of them with three seconds and a third added on. I may play another set on SNGs later in the week if I feel I have a shot at the weekly TLB.
This morning the HUSTs went better as I was up in both BIs this time. I'll play a few more when I get home since I ran a little short of time this morning, hopefully I'll be able to build on the morning session. I'll let you know the final tally when I complete the set.
Tonight I think I'll be hitting the 45 and 180-man games on Stars. Here's to hoping that our results this session will be better than Sunday's results.
Monday's HUSTs were disappointing. I did OK in the 7.25s but got killed in the 14.50s, can't recall exactly how much I was down ($128?). I did manage to almost break even on the day with a good set of SNGs on UB. Played 16 games and won three of them with three seconds and a third added on. I may play another set on SNGs later in the week if I feel I have a shot at the weekly TLB.
This morning the HUSTs went better as I was up in both BIs this time. I'll play a few more when I get home since I ran a little short of time this morning, hopefully I'll be able to build on the morning session. I'll let you know the final tally when I complete the set.
Tonight I think I'll be hitting the 45 and 180-man games on Stars. Here's to hoping that our results this session will be better than Sunday's results.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Sunday at Poker Stars
My first Sunday playing on Stars was ugly, I got killed today. I did go deep in the $7.50 turbo MTT but ran into a few monsters at went out 25th for around $33. The rest of my gaes were all 180-man SNGs. I played 20 of them but cashed only once, a 9th for $33.66 in a $12 game. I played mostly the $12s but did try a $36 one but it didn't do much. I played well again so that's what matters most. I'm learning who the regulars are and I've also confirmed that a lot of people that play in thse things are awful... I hope their luck doesn't hold up though. :)
In any event, my goal of increased volume was achieved and it was a lot easier and more fun than I thought it would be. I've already paid myself a cashout for about $168 now and that was just for a weekend worth of play. We'll see how much we get next Sunday with a full week of volume under my belt.
Tomorrow I'll be on UB playing the $22 SNGs from about 7:30 to 10:30pm or so. I'll be interested to see how many I can get in.
In any event, my goal of increased volume was achieved and it was a lot easier and more fun than I thought it would be. I've already paid myself a cashout for about $168 now and that was just for a weekend worth of play. We'll see how much we get next Sunday with a full week of volume under my belt.
Tomorrow I'll be on UB playing the $22 SNGs from about 7:30 to 10:30pm or so. I'll be interested to see how many I can get in.
Saturday MTTs 1/2/10
Its late but I'll post while I'm still here. Didn't do as well as I hoped, down about $250 or so for the day but I did win the $16.50 turbo on UB for around $168, so the first victory of the year is notched. Took 2nd in a couple very small games also but for the most part nothing really big happened.
Played my HUSTs after I was done and got murdered for the tune of another $146.75 in the hole (47-64). When I run bad, I run really bad. :)
I felt I played very well all night. I honestly can't think of one spot that I really want to say "I wish I could have that over again" and that is the goal each and every time I play. Maybe next time the cards go my way also.
Well, guess I'll try to go to bed. When I wake up we'll go after it again by playing more of the Stars 45 and 180-man SNGs and perhaps a few select MTTs. The guys at www.pokerology.com are having a game as well so I'll be sure to give that a whirl as well. Until then, poof.
Played my HUSTs after I was done and got murdered for the tune of another $146.75 in the hole (47-64). When I run bad, I run really bad. :)
I felt I played very well all night. I honestly can't think of one spot that I really want to say "I wish I could have that over again" and that is the goal each and every time I play. Maybe next time the cards go my way also.
Well, guess I'll try to go to bed. When I wake up we'll go after it again by playing more of the Stars 45 and 180-man SNGs and perhaps a few select MTTs. The guys at www.pokerology.com are having a game as well so I'll be sure to give that a whirl as well. Until then, poof.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Early Morning HUSTs
Played my heads-up games since I was still awake and turned in a good set, up $29.50 (57-49) this time. I stopped a little short of where I will usually play since I know I'll make up the rest of the points I need for Iron Man by playing tournaments Saturday.
I also threw in a few Step SNGs on Absolute, I had some tickets for a few games that I hadn't played yet. If I'm gonna run bad at all, I'd rather do it here. It wasn't terrible but I did lose more than I won. I only have one ticket and a nickel (yes, $.05) to show for it. I probably "lost" like $1.50 equivilent so its not game breaking. :)
Anyway, guess I'll go to bed. Got a lot of playing to do tomorrow (err, I mean today, oh whatever). :)
I also threw in a few Step SNGs on Absolute, I had some tickets for a few games that I hadn't played yet. If I'm gonna run bad at all, I'd rather do it here. It wasn't terrible but I did lose more than I won. I only have one ticket and a nickel (yes, $.05) to show for it. I probably "lost" like $1.50 equivilent so its not game breaking. :)
Anyway, guess I'll go to bed. Got a lot of playing to do tomorrow (err, I mean today, oh whatever). :)
Friday, January 1, 2010
First Day on the Grind
Well, for the most part anyway.
I decided to play the multi-table SNGs on Stars, all at the $12 level since they were filling fast enough. I played for a shade over 3 hours this afternoon and got into 17 games: eight 180-man, eight 45-man, and one 90-man that took forever to fill. I was mostly 5-tabling since I kept waiting for that 90-man to come in as my #6 but it never really happened. I had 6 up for a short time and had no problems keeping up... in fact I found it easier to do than the 9-man SNGs.
I lost the 90-man eventually but overall I fared well. I cashed in two of the 45-man games, taking 3rd in one for $77 and fourth in another for $55. Only hit once in the 180s, but that was good for $158.40 and a fourth place finish. I ended up shoving BvB with T4... and the BB woke up with KK, yay me. In any case, I finally have my first 3-digit cash on Stars. I'm glad to get that out of the way early, LOL.
For the set I was up $86.40 and for the day (so far) we're $141.40 to the good. I'm not sure if I'll get to play some more later or not (likely not) but I might get a few more in later this evening. I'll let you know how it goes.
I decided to play the multi-table SNGs on Stars, all at the $12 level since they were filling fast enough. I played for a shade over 3 hours this afternoon and got into 17 games: eight 180-man, eight 45-man, and one 90-man that took forever to fill. I was mostly 5-tabling since I kept waiting for that 90-man to come in as my #6 but it never really happened. I had 6 up for a short time and had no problems keeping up... in fact I found it easier to do than the 9-man SNGs.
I lost the 90-man eventually but overall I fared well. I cashed in two of the 45-man games, taking 3rd in one for $77 and fourth in another for $55. Only hit once in the 180s, but that was good for $158.40 and a fourth place finish. I ended up shoving BvB with T4... and the BB woke up with KK, yay me. In any case, I finally have my first 3-digit cash on Stars. I'm glad to get that out of the way early, LOL.
For the set I was up $86.40 and for the day (so far) we're $141.40 to the good. I'm not sure if I'll get to play some more later or not (likely not) but I might get a few more in later this evening. I'll let you know how it goes.
Happy New 2010 and all that stuff
First off, lets all have a great 2010, shall we? Now that we've all agreed on that point we can get on with it.
Played my first full session of HUSTs early this morning while chatting with Stu and it was a good start: $55 profit (64-52), all in $7.25 games. Took a little less than an hour to complete. The best thing was I had more fun doing it than I guessed I would... that's a good sign.
Not sure just how much I'll end up playing today. I'll get in a few hours at worst but I originally thought I might do a full MTT session. However, Maggie (my wife to those uninitiated) might have plans for me later on so I might keep it to a normal length session. Anyway, I've got Saturday coming up tomorrow so I'll get in plenty of MTTs then.
Played my first full session of HUSTs early this morning while chatting with Stu and it was a good start: $55 profit (64-52), all in $7.25 games. Took a little less than an hour to complete. The best thing was I had more fun doing it than I guessed I would... that's a good sign.
Not sure just how much I'll end up playing today. I'll get in a few hours at worst but I originally thought I might do a full MTT session. However, Maggie (my wife to those uninitiated) might have plans for me later on so I might keep it to a normal length session. Anyway, I've got Saturday coming up tomorrow so I'll get in plenty of MTTs then.
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