Started off in a $2.20 with Crazi~Gerl--a player so fearful and straightforward that she couldn't have a crazy bone in her body.
Against players like these, the win is inevitable but also takes a solid half hour because they won't stop folding. And on my side, I just had to do two things:
(1) Bet every time she checked; and
(2) Fold every time she bet.
And so, 60 boring baby pots later, she limped all-in and was finished.
$11.10.
***
Moved on to play 70ish hands at 2NL 6-handed after that. Despite getting stacked twice, I moved up to $13.38, due in large part to a doofus who felt that the lowest possible flush was a winner on a Kc 8c 8d Ts 3c board. The players who play that low aren't simply bad. They are mildly retarded.
But they still stacked me twice.
***
Lost a buck and change at some $1.20 9-man SNGs, a dime tourney, and a penny tourney. $11.77.
This is going to be the toughest part--getting up out of busto range. I'll put in more time tomorrow. Work took up too much reality today.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Newest Challenge
Took a 3 1/2 month hiatus from the blog. Life and poker got in the way. Want to try a new challenge. Normally, I'd withdraw my roll down to $120 and grind the Deuce up to $1,000 or so. Average time that takes is about 25 days. I read a post on 2p2 about how numerous folks thought that the idea of making $1,000 in a month at the old one-cent/two-cent no limit hold them was as ludicrous as spotting Bigfoot in Bobby's Room. But Benyamine plays in Bobby's Room all the time, and I've made $1k in a month at that level a grand total of five times now.
So anyhoo, here's the new challenge: Cash out everything and see if I can rebuild on FPPs alone. Started yesterday. After the cashout though, I noticed that I only had 217 FPPs to my name. So I logged onto 70 FPPs satellites, quickly busted out of two, and found myself down to 1,200 chips in the third one before doubling up on two consecutive hands. Came down to a heads up match between and some nit goofball. He doubled up on questionable calls twice over 20 hands, but I kept grinding back to about 10k in chips each time.
Final hand looked like this: He raised to 450 with 75/150 blinds or something like that. I call with K3 of clubs. Flop comes T 7 3 with two hearts. He leads out for 1200ish, and something (Jesus?) tells me to instashove, which I do. Horrible, but I was wearing my lucky underwear. He snapcalls with KJ of hearts, two blanks come, and suddenly my roll stands at $11 in tournament dollars.
Not sure what my exact goal is for this challenge, except avoiding busto.
I'm trying to set a pretty good over/under for where my bankroll will be 29 days from now. I think that a pretty good number is $300--althought it is really hard to judge that considering how relatively easy it is once I reach $120 to 24-table the Deuce, play 10k hands, and win $50 per day. The key is hitting $120.
Anyway, last night I played 10 $1.10 turbo double-or-nothing sitngos and won six of them. So now I sit at $12. It'll probably take me two weeks to limp up to my key number.
***
Tonight's Update: Played ten $1.20 9-man SNGs. Did pretty well. It's always a little amazing to relearn how much these players can suck. Despite that, some crazy beats. $15.30 now on Day 2. May play some more, but not likely.
***
End of Day 2: $9.30. Played like crap at multiple $2.20 heads up tables. :)
So anyhoo, here's the new challenge: Cash out everything and see if I can rebuild on FPPs alone. Started yesterday. After the cashout though, I noticed that I only had 217 FPPs to my name. So I logged onto 70 FPPs satellites, quickly busted out of two, and found myself down to 1,200 chips in the third one before doubling up on two consecutive hands. Came down to a heads up match between and some nit goofball. He doubled up on questionable calls twice over 20 hands, but I kept grinding back to about 10k in chips each time.
Final hand looked like this: He raised to 450 with 75/150 blinds or something like that. I call with K3 of clubs. Flop comes T 7 3 with two hearts. He leads out for 1200ish, and something (Jesus?) tells me to instashove, which I do. Horrible, but I was wearing my lucky underwear. He snapcalls with KJ of hearts, two blanks come, and suddenly my roll stands at $11 in tournament dollars.
Not sure what my exact goal is for this challenge, except avoiding busto.
I'm trying to set a pretty good over/under for where my bankroll will be 29 days from now. I think that a pretty good number is $300--althought it is really hard to judge that considering how relatively easy it is once I reach $120 to 24-table the Deuce, play 10k hands, and win $50 per day. The key is hitting $120.
Anyway, last night I played 10 $1.10 turbo double-or-nothing sitngos and won six of them. So now I sit at $12. It'll probably take me two weeks to limp up to my key number.
***
Tonight's Update: Played ten $1.20 9-man SNGs. Did pretty well. It's always a little amazing to relearn how much these players can suck. Despite that, some crazy beats. $15.30 now on Day 2. May play some more, but not likely.
***
End of Day 2: $9.30. Played like crap at multiple $2.20 heads up tables. :)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
One-Tabling 25NL and Raising 95% of My Hands
Played like a maniac at a single table of 25NL recently, testing my theory that the players at this level are (1) decent preflop but (2) absolutely horrible postflop. Raising 95% of my hands, I totally crushed them. I don't run pokertracker, but if I did I would have some really funny hands to show you.
My J9s cracked AA.
My J3s cracked KK.
And then when I got dealt AA or KK, I basically doubled up by a villain calling me down on three streets with king high. I tilted them all. :)
My J9s cracked AA.
My J3s cracked KK.
And then when I got dealt AA or KK, I basically doubled up by a villain calling me down on three streets with king high. I tilted them all. :)
Monday, April 20, 2009
About to Step into 50NL
Been continuing my good run at 25NL, where the games seems easier than it used to. I'm about $50 from having enough of a roll to 24-table 50NL, so that will be happening in the near future. I'll keep you updated.
I had an idea recently for a movie reviewing who has never in his life seen a movie that he likes. So he rips everything. Schindler's List? Crap! Godfather? Trash! Etc. His tagline is something like: I love to watch movies, but I've never seen one that I liked.
Maybe I'll do a few reviews in that style. I don't know whether I should have this character watch only good movies and rip them all, or else watch everything out there, good and bad, and rip it all. Something to dwell on over a beer.
Getting back to 50NL: I did start 24-tabling a mix of 25NL and 50NL during my last session (on Saturday). I ended up getting my money in good twice against 50NL halfstacks and getting sucked out on . . . but isn't running bad the universal rule when you move up? So I just shrugged it off and jumped into a couple tourneys, including $2.20 180-man turbo, which I absolutely steamrolled on my way to first place. That must have been the easiest $108 I've ever won on the Internet.
Maybe I'll try to make those part of my regular rotation. The players in those things are nightmarishly bad. I guess I'd be especially tiltprone going all in with AA and coming in third place to three callers holding 22, Q8s, and A4, but I am sure the good will outweigh the bad.
I had an idea recently for a movie reviewing who has never in his life seen a movie that he likes. So he rips everything. Schindler's List? Crap! Godfather? Trash! Etc. His tagline is something like: I love to watch movies, but I've never seen one that I liked.
Maybe I'll do a few reviews in that style. I don't know whether I should have this character watch only good movies and rip them all, or else watch everything out there, good and bad, and rip it all. Something to dwell on over a beer.
Getting back to 50NL: I did start 24-tabling a mix of 25NL and 50NL during my last session (on Saturday). I ended up getting my money in good twice against 50NL halfstacks and getting sucked out on . . . but isn't running bad the universal rule when you move up? So I just shrugged it off and jumped into a couple tourneys, including $2.20 180-man turbo, which I absolutely steamrolled on my way to first place. That must have been the easiest $108 I've ever won on the Internet.
Maybe I'll try to make those part of my regular rotation. The players in those things are nightmarishly bad. I guess I'd be especially tiltprone going all in with AA and coming in third place to three callers holding 22, Q8s, and A4, but I am sure the good will outweigh the bad.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Earlier Downslide Only a Blip
My 6 1/2 buyin tilty downswing last week has been erased entirely. In 14 days this month, I've had two losing days--one that monstrosity and the other a $7 loser. The other days are consistent 1-4 buyin winners while 24-tabling 25NL for an hour or so in the evenings.
If I keep it up, I will be platinum, which will be nice, since I love to translate those FPPs in Tournament Dollahs.
Here have been my winnings or losses for each day this month so far:
1st: +131.29
2nd: +11.80
3rd: +48.95
4th: +1.20
5th: +5.90
6th: -163.76
7th: -7.46
8th: +70.45
9th: +59.05
10th: +26.45
11th: +91.50
12th: +31.80
13th: +74.77
14th: +54.60
Pretty good results except for the four-day section in bold. Don't know where my mind was. I know I tilted on the 6th, but maybe my mediocre results from the prior two days had some effect and pushed me over the cliff. Then on the 7th, I still had trouble recovering? Or maybe just coincidence. Anyhoo, I hadn't really played much at all over the last several months--an hour here, an hour there--but now that I am committing myself to playing one hour every day--and several hours on weekend days--I'm really noticing how terrible 25NL can be if I approach it with a good plan. +$437.16 so far this month. Can't complain. My bankroll is about $200 from full-ring 50NL. That'll be fun to 24-table :).
If I keep it up, I will be platinum, which will be nice, since I love to translate those FPPs in Tournament Dollahs.
Here have been my winnings or losses for each day this month so far:
1st: +131.29
2nd: +11.80
3rd: +48.95
4th: +1.20
5th: +5.90
6th: -163.76
7th: -7.46
8th: +70.45
9th: +59.05
10th: +26.45
11th: +91.50
12th: +31.80
13th: +74.77
14th: +54.60
Pretty good results except for the four-day section in bold. Don't know where my mind was. I know I tilted on the 6th, but maybe my mediocre results from the prior two days had some effect and pushed me over the cliff. Then on the 7th, I still had trouble recovering? Or maybe just coincidence. Anyhoo, I hadn't really played much at all over the last several months--an hour here, an hour there--but now that I am committing myself to playing one hour every day--and several hours on weekend days--I'm really noticing how terrible 25NL can be if I approach it with a good plan. +$437.16 so far this month. Can't complain. My bankroll is about $200 from full-ring 50NL. That'll be fun to 24-table :).
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Minus 6 1/2 Buyins?
Brutal. So much for my mastery of 25NL. Tilted off a few stacks as well. And so here we have my new Two Buyin Stoploss Rule. Most I can lose is $50 or so. What usually sets me off on monkey tilt is some table moron calling me down with trash and then getting there. Or else having a mediocre hand and call-call-calling me down for his entire stack despite the way I am representing--yet do not have--a monster hand. Oh well. I can't expect donkey players at a donkey level to suddenly play well. And really, it's me who is playing badly. No excuses, I say, after giving you a few excuses. :)
Monday, April 6, 2009
Well So Much for the Heater
I'd been running really hot at 25NL over the past two weeks, but now I've run into about a 5,000 hand break-even stretch. Win a quick two buyins, then lose a quick two buyins by running AA into a set and dumping KK all in to QQ preflop. Shrug. Just keep plugging away I guess.
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