As much as I'd like to believe that I am just a fantastic poker player, I cannot deny that the last month (or two) has been a bit of a sick heater for me.
Since mid February (the low point after the highs of Oct-Nov), I have nearly quintupled the bankroll. Since the end of March, I have more than tripled the bankroll. The last week has been pretty flat though, due to some rollercoasters.
The newly solidified bankroll puts me in a pretty good position to play up to 5/10 fairly comfortably. I have done so on Cake, Pacific and Eurolinx (Euros) and been fairly successful at all three. I also took the documented shots at 10/20, which netted a slight positive result despite the sick cooler at the first shot. I don't think I can stomach the swings of 10/20 Euros HU just yet. But I will probably continue to look at the 10/20 6max games when it runs and jump in when it looks tasty.
The month began with a bankroll of $5133, from which I took dividends of approximately $310. The month has finished with a bankroll of $7910, which is a net profit of $3123 (and another new record). This win comprised approximately $460 in rakeback, $350 in rake races, $110 of the RedStar signup bonus, a $300 tournament prize (4th $5 R&A). The remainder of nearly $1900 was made up of cash table wins at mainly 3/6 and 5/10. I'll take a pretty sizable dividend out of that and take my wife out for a really nice night out.
Holdem manager is due to add the ability to import Cake HHs very soon. I am looking forward to this, as I'd really like to be able to track my progress on RedStar. Once I have that, I will post some hand stats for the last couple of months.
I also have every intention of going back to playing some NL. The thing is the fish at FL have been everywhere recently, and at quite high stakes. Also I have been rake racing (which is way faster at the FL limits I play compared to 50 or 100NL).
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Comeback!
johnoda (villain from yesterday) found me and sat two to my right on an already fishy 10/20 table. Bottom line: I managed to win back all of yesterday's loss (but not before getting sucked out by a rivered flush and a runner-runner gutshot straight).
It was a risky move to sit at 10/20 again, but it was too juicy to resist. The result is that my bankroll has been on a bender: down $500, up $700 today, and up and down like a yoyo over the past four or five days.
I'll have to sit down and decide if I really want to keep taking shots at 10/20.
It was a risky move to sit at 10/20 again, but it was too juicy to resist. The result is that my bankroll has been on a bender: down $500, up $700 today, and up and down like a yoyo over the past four or five days.
I'll have to sit down and decide if I really want to keep taking shots at 10/20.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Shot taking FAIL
An error of judgment, or just a cooler?
I found a fish I knew from 5/10 kicking around at higher stakes. He was sitting three handed on a 25/50 table, which was way out of my bankroll. But a little later I saw him playing 10/20 heads up. After a string of bad beats, he busted the other guy, and I decided to sit down.
This was a big call. It's the highest stakes I have played, and obviously playing heads up means a lot more action. I put 400 Euro on the table, which is a lot of money for me. I was feeling confident though, since I have been on a big heater for weeks if not months, and won a fair chunk playing 2/4 and 3/6 earlier in the night.
The bottom line is that 20 big bets lasted me a grand total of 53 hands. The first hand told the story really, with my KK getting killed by a 5 high runner-runner flush.
I actually didn't take the loss too badly. I think I have succeeded in psychologically separating my poker money from my "real" money. 400 Euro is over 700 Aussie dollars, and I would probably be apoplectic if I lost that much by smashing up the car or something like that.
I found a fish I knew from 5/10 kicking around at higher stakes. He was sitting three handed on a 25/50 table, which was way out of my bankroll. But a little later I saw him playing 10/20 heads up. After a string of bad beats, he busted the other guy, and I decided to sit down.
This was a big call. It's the highest stakes I have played, and obviously playing heads up means a lot more action. I put 400 Euro on the table, which is a lot of money for me. I was feeling confident though, since I have been on a big heater for weeks if not months, and won a fair chunk playing 2/4 and 3/6 earlier in the night.
The bottom line is that 20 big bets lasted me a grand total of 53 hands. The first hand told the story really, with my KK getting killed by a 5 high runner-runner flush.
I actually didn't take the loss too badly. I think I have succeeded in psychologically separating my poker money from my "real" money. 400 Euro is over 700 Aussie dollars, and I would probably be apoplectic if I lost that much by smashing up the car or something like that.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Having a whale of a time at 5/10
I noticed a EUR5/10 table running on Eurolinx, and watched a few rounds.
This caught my attention:
Yes, that's right folks, he checks AA in the BB in a multi-way limped pot, then check-calls two streets, and THEN raises when the board has paired. Awesome. The best part is that his stats are like 96/60, and he clearly only checks the nuts here.
Needless to say, I jumped on that list. Unfortunately, I had to wait ages before a spot came up. When it did, it started poorly but eventually turned around:
Postscript:
I'm back on the table. The uberfish left and came back. He's now on my left, with a 62/10 on his left, and a 70/17 on my right. The 47/21 on his right is a nit by comparison. One proper TAG opposite, and we have a 58/25 table. Wow.
PPS:
Finished the session with QQ vs AK on a AQx flop. That was nice. 45BB on a 5/10 table is quite a lot :-D
This caught my attention:
Yes, that's right folks, he checks AA in the BB in a multi-way limped pot, then check-calls two streets, and THEN raises when the board has paired. Awesome. The best part is that his stats are like 96/60, and he clearly only checks the nuts here.
Needless to say, I jumped on that list. Unfortunately, I had to wait ages before a spot came up. When it did, it started poorly but eventually turned around:
Postscript:
I'm back on the table. The uberfish left and came back. He's now on my left, with a 62/10 on his left, and a 70/17 on my right. The 47/21 on his right is a nit by comparison. One proper TAG opposite, and we have a 58/25 table. Wow.
PPS:
Finished the session with QQ vs AK on a AQx flop. That was nice. 45BB on a 5/10 table is quite a lot :-D
Monday, May 18, 2009
First cooler in a while
I had my first tough session in some time last night. I played a EUR5/10 and 3/6 table on Eurolinx, and a 3/6 on Cake. I ended up just under $200 down, which wasn't too bad considering I was probably down closer to $400 at one stage.
It wasn't one of those bad beat after bad beat sessions, but just one where it seemed like my good hands were never paid off (AA wins the blinds) while my marginal hands were pounded, and my draws seldom came in.
I'm glad I stuck with it, as I ended up getting paid off by a 20/5 nitfish on my left on the EUR3/6 table. My pocket aces were capped preflop. Flop came king high, and I just called his threebet fearing KK a little bit. Turn was an A for top set and we capped up both the turn and river. Fish turned up AK for the most abysmally played top two in the face of my pretty obvious AA or KK. Nice result for a >130 Euro pot.
It wasn't one of those bad beat after bad beat sessions, but just one where it seemed like my good hands were never paid off (AA wins the blinds) while my marginal hands were pounded, and my draws seldom came in.
I'm glad I stuck with it, as I ended up getting paid off by a 20/5 nitfish on my left on the EUR3/6 table. My pocket aces were capped preflop. Flop came king high, and I just called his threebet fearing KK a little bit. Turn was an A for top set and we capped up both the turn and river. Fish turned up AK for the most abysmally played top two in the face of my pretty obvious AA or KK. Nice result for a >130 Euro pot.
Friday, May 15, 2009
More tournaments and a cracker of a bad beat..
I played a few more tourneys last night. Bubbled in a PokerStars 180 player $10 SNG.
In a $10 R&A on Eurolinx, I was doing pretty nicely in the mid stages (about double average) until this happened:
Holding pocket fives, I flopped a set on a nine high flop (raised pre with one caller). Villain calls my modest flop and turn bets, and then donks all-in on the river which paired the nine. I go to snap call, and.....
Misclick the fold button.
Gnargh. Argle. Faark.
The third tournament was a $5 R&A ($3k guarantee) on cake. I did pretty well and was in or around the chiplead going into the final table. Four handed I was one of two huge stacks (the player on my right was chipleader). And then this:
Hand#18664F7D06001993 - Tournament Table 22 T5209350 -- Table 25 -- $1,200/$6,000/$12,000 NL Hold'em -- 2009/05/16 - 00:40:12
Seat 4: Filo*** ($257,616 in chips)
Seat 6: sava*** ($486,600 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero ($442,108 in chips) DEALER
Seat 10: sill*** ($162,176 in chips)
Filossoff posts ante of 1,200
savat24 posts ante of 1,200
Hero posts ante of 1,200
sillynagger posts ante of 1,200
Filo***: posts small blind 6,000
sava***: posts big blind 12,000
Dealt to Hero [8s,8c]
Hero: raises to 32,000
sill***: folds
Filo***: folds
sava***: calls 20,000
*** FLOP *** [6c,Qd,8d]
sava***: bets 37,400
Hero: calls 37,400
*** TURN *** [2d]
sava***: bets 74,800
Hero: raises to 200,600
sava***: calls 125,800
*** RIVER *** [ 3d ]
sava***: bets 12,000
Hero: calls 12,000
***SHOW DOWN***
sava***: shows [7d 6s] (Flush, Queen high)
Hero: mucks
sava***: wins 574,800 with Flush, Queen high
Hero: mucks [ 8s, 8c ] (ThreeOfAKind)
OMFG you've got to be kidding me. 76o on the flop, bottom pair on the flop, bottom pair plus awful FD on the turn. After that I busted out in 4th for $300. But it could have been 1st for $850. Would have been huge chipleader if my set had held up.
I probably should have raised a bit more on the turn but really...
As an aside, cash games are also going reasonably well right now. I have had some more successful tilts at 5/10, and 2/4 and 3/6 are also going pretty well.
In a $10 R&A on Eurolinx, I was doing pretty nicely in the mid stages (about double average) until this happened:
Holding pocket fives, I flopped a set on a nine high flop (raised pre with one caller). Villain calls my modest flop and turn bets, and then donks all-in on the river which paired the nine. I go to snap call, and.....
Misclick the fold button.
Gnargh. Argle. Faark.
The third tournament was a $5 R&A ($3k guarantee) on cake. I did pretty well and was in or around the chiplead going into the final table. Four handed I was one of two huge stacks (the player on my right was chipleader). And then this:
Hand#18664F7D06001993 - Tournament Table 22 T5209350 -- Table 25 -- $1,200/$6,000/$12,000 NL Hold'em -- 2009/05/16 - 00:40:12
Seat 4: Filo*** ($257,616 in chips)
Seat 6: sava*** ($486,600 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero ($442,108 in chips) DEALER
Seat 10: sill*** ($162,176 in chips)
Filossoff posts ante of 1,200
savat24 posts ante of 1,200
Hero posts ante of 1,200
sillynagger posts ante of 1,200
Filo***: posts small blind 6,000
sava***: posts big blind 12,000
Dealt to Hero [8s,8c]
Hero: raises to 32,000
sill***: folds
Filo***: folds
sava***: calls 20,000
*** FLOP *** [6c,Qd,8d]
sava***: bets 37,400
Hero: calls 37,400
*** TURN *** [2d]
sava***: bets 74,800
Hero: raises to 200,600
sava***: calls 125,800
*** RIVER *** [ 3d ]
sava***: bets 12,000
Hero: calls 12,000
***SHOW DOWN***
sava***: shows [7d 6s] (Flush, Queen high)
Hero: mucks
sava***: wins 574,800 with Flush, Queen high
Hero: mucks [ 8s, 8c ] (ThreeOfAKind)
OMFG you've got to be kidding me. 76o on the flop, bottom pair on the flop, bottom pair plus awful FD on the turn. After that I busted out in 4th for $300. But it could have been 1st for $850. Would have been huge chipleader if my set had held up.
I probably should have raised a bit more on the turn but really...
As an aside, cash games are also going reasonably well right now. I have had some more successful tilts at 5/10, and 2/4 and 3/6 are also going pretty well.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
I guess this was the wrong time to take a shot at the 5/10 table
(Euros btw) But it was fishy, and I couldn't resist:
But on the plus side:
But on the plus side:
- I didn't lose as much as I might have
- I didn't tilt
- I didn't chase the loss after the fish on my right left
- I managed to (almost) break even on the session, even after dumping 15BB on a 2/4
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Sometimes it's good to have the fish on your left
Sometimes it can be handy to have the passive calling fish on your left.
For these hands, both the players on my left were huge fish calling almost any action preflop with any two cards, and paying off with marginal hands postflop. This gives you a great opportunity to play drawing hands like small pairs and suited aces from early position.
Sitting UTG+1 and UTG (consecutive hands), I would nearly always dump 66 and A3s at a FR table. Here, limping gave the opportunity to create a big family pot.
Note there is a bit of a glitch in the replay, as I was UTG+1 and UTG not UTG+2 and UTG+1. Also Ron was BB in the second hand.
The first hand didn't work so well when fish #2 folded, and we ended up three ways. On the eight high diamond flop I figured my hand was worth a value bet, but unfortunately my gin on the turn was not paid off.
Hand two worked almost perfectly, with my two fish coming along for the ride and a late position raiser. The TP+FD flop was perfect, and I bet for value. The turn bet is probably a mistake since I am almost certainly still drawing.
I made a few more good pots against alli after these. I made "isolation" raises, which he would call and the rest of the table fold. He then calls two Cbets and my Q high junk holds up :)
For these hands, both the players on my left were huge fish calling almost any action preflop with any two cards, and paying off with marginal hands postflop. This gives you a great opportunity to play drawing hands like small pairs and suited aces from early position.
Sitting UTG+1 and UTG (consecutive hands), I would nearly always dump 66 and A3s at a FR table. Here, limping gave the opportunity to create a big family pot.
Note there is a bit of a glitch in the replay, as I was UTG+1 and UTG not UTG+2 and UTG+1. Also Ron was BB in the second hand.
The first hand didn't work so well when fish #2 folded, and we ended up three ways. On the eight high diamond flop I figured my hand was worth a value bet, but unfortunately my gin on the turn was not paid off.
Hand two worked almost perfectly, with my two fish coming along for the ride and a late position raiser. The TP+FD flop was perfect, and I bet for value. The turn bet is probably a mistake since I am almost certainly still drawing.
I made a few more good pots against alli after these. I made "isolation" raises, which he would call and the rest of the table fold. He then calls two Cbets and my Q high junk holds up :)
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