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As I’ve been warned, I’ve got to be careful playing at 10NL when I’m totally bankrolled for it (well, bankrolled as in my account has $X – it’s not like I can’t ever redeposit *again* – I’m a nickels & dimes gambling degen!).

Today’s session bought that home to me. I had one hand that I misplayed, and it bit me badly.

$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
5 players

Stacks:
UTG ($12.05)
Hero (CO) ($15.00)
BTN ($9.70)
SB ($14.10)
BB ($7.60)

Pre-flop: ($0.15, 5 players) Hero is CO Q Q
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.30, 1 fold, SB raises to $1.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.20

Flop: J 8 J ($3.10, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: 7 ($3.10, 2 players)
SB bets $1.30, Hero raises to $3.90, SB calls $2.60

River: 4 ($10.90, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero goes all-in $9.60, SB goes all-in $8.70

Final Pot: $28.30
SB shows: K K
Hero shows: Q Q

SB wins $26.95 ( won +$12.85 )
Hero wins $0.90 ( lost -$14.10 )

Why didn’t I just check it back on the river? There’s nothing that would call a river bet which I beat, and which would 3bet preflop. Mind you, I was getting a lot of weird 3betting (although not from this player) – lots of people were considering any Ax was good enough to 3bet with. Maybe A8 in this spot would call?

So, lost one and a half buy-ins with that hand, and then struggled to recoup the loss. Didn’t get many big hands – no boats, only 2 flushes of which only one paid off.

So it ended up like this;

If I’d checked back that river, I’d be $13 in the black and feeling pretty pleased that I could make that out of such a dry session – pretty much all of the recouping was due to my non-showdown winnings. Instead I’m no better off (other than the education). Could be worse I guess…

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More FPP’s

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Second day at risking my bankroll playing 10NL. After today’s session I have only 6 buy-ins for 10NL, which is a big bankroll no-no, so I am feeling a bit apprehensive. Also today I only made 8 FPP, which is less than yesterday for some reason, and still a long way off the 500 I need to get the bonus. Turns out the bonus expires in August, so that’s plenty of time so I don’t have to worry too much. Not as good as Full Tilt which gave out the bonus in $5 blocks though…

But here’s the good news;

At this rate who cares about the bonus!

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Probably Not Sensible, But…

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

After thinking that playing Don SNG’s to build FPPs looked way too boring (need to get 500 points, and a $1 SNG = 1 fpp, so yawn!!!), I decided to play cash games to get the points.

Then I thought I might as well go back to 10NL. Dumb move possibly, but today went ok-ish, until the very last hand

I was just about to close the last window, and suddenly I was dealt QQ. I was 3bet preflop, and the flop came up with not a lot. I shoved after the villains 1/2 pot raise, thinking to myself ‘I just know this is going to be KK or AA’. Of course it was KK, and I went from $6 up to $4 down

Still, I felt comfortable enough. Play was fairly straightforward, and not too stressful. Made about 16FPP in the session, so that’s 30 sessions to get my bonus. Hmmm, I wonder if I can actually do that before it expires? (I think it expires, doesn’t it?)

ps Hi to bankroll mark – just found your comment at the bottom of a pile of spam comments! Rescued and approved…

Losing hands were;

$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
6 players

Stacks:
UTG ($17.75)
UTG+1 ($9.65)
CO ($4.40)
BTN ($12.60)
SB ($11.20)
Hero (BB) ($12.00)

Pre-flop: ($0.15, 6 players) Hero is BB A K
2 folds, CO raises to $0.30, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.20, CO calls $0.90

Flop: T 3 9 ($2.45, 2 players)
Hero bets $1.70, CO goes all-in $3.20, Hero calls $1.50

Turn: 3 ($8.85, 2 players)

River: T ($8.85, 2 players)

Final Pot: $8.85
CO shows: 8 T
Hero shows: A K

CO wins $8.45 ( won +$4.05 )
Hero lost -$4.40

$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
5 players

Stacks:
UTG ($10.00)
CO ($3.95)
BTN ($13.60)
SB ($11.85)
Hero (BB) ($10.00)

Pre-flop: ($0.15, 5 players) Hero is BB T J
2 folds, BTN raises to $0.40, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.30

Flop: T K K ($0.85, 2 players)
Hero bets $0.40, BTN calls $0.40

Turn: T ($1.65, 2 players)
Hero bets $1.50, BTN raises to $4.60, Hero calls $3.10

River: J ($10.85, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $5, Hero goes all-in $4.60

Final Pot: $20.05
BTN shows: K T
Hero shows: T J

BTN wins $19.50 ( won +$9.10 )
Hero lost -$10

$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
5 players

Stacks:
UTG ($22.00)
Hero (CO) ($11.25)
BTN ($17.45)
SB ($9.55)
BB ($5.85)

Pre-flop: ($0.15, 5 players) Hero is CO Q Q
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.40, BTN raises to $1.40, 2 folds, Hero calls $1

Flop: J 5 5 ($2.95, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $2.20, Hero goes all-in $9.85, BTN calls $7.65

Turn: J ($22.65, 2 players)

River: 4 ($22.65, 2 players)

Final Pot: $22.65
Hero shows: Q Q
BTN shows: K K

BTN wins $21.55 ( won +$10.30 )
Hero lost -$11.25

Posted in Bad Days, Bonuses, NL10 | Comments Off

PokerStars, I’ve Been Missing Out

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

I found out that I opened a Pokerstars account more than a year ago – it was when I was first trying out online poker, and I knew nothing about sign-up bonuses, rakeback etc. I just signed up to see what their table layout looked like. I moved on and then started playing on pkr.com (good grief! one table only, laptop would nearly have a heart attack trying to run it – moved on to Full Tilt once I realised that you didn’t need all those graphics).

Since PS has more tournaments running I pulled all my money out of Titan and deposited on Stars (tournaments are where I go when I run bad – I don’t go there to win, but at least the loss is up front there).

I went to the 0.02/0.05 tables and couldn’t believe the difference. Plenty to choose from (expected that), and not one under 30% hands played – most were 40-60%! On Titan 4NL you struggle to get on to a table, and majority are < 30% hands played.

Once I was on a couple of tables it confirmed that I was back in beginner land – lots of limping and calling with rubbish, no 3betting. Completely and utterly different.

So of course the session went well, almost too easily;

I say too easily, because over confidence always makes a fuckup (not the first big loss, that was my K high flush beat by A high). Somewhere on that chart is a little drop where I had 2 pair beat by a flush, and my river bet was the dumbest move ever, here’s the hand;

$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem
6 players

Stacks:
UTG ($5.71)
UTG+1 ($3.84)
CO ($5.00)
BTN ($1.32)
SB ($9.14)
Hero (BB) ($13.25)

Pre-flop: ($0.07, 6 players) Hero is BB Q K
3 folds, BTN calls $0.05, 1 fold, Hero checks

Flop: 4 2 Q ($0.12, 2 players)
Hero bets $0.10, BTN calls $0.10

Turn: 5 ($0.32, 2 players)
Hero bets $0.35, BTN calls $0.35

River: K ($1.02, 2 players)
Hero bets $1, BTN goes all-in $0.82

Final Pot: $2.66
Hero shows: Q K
BTN shows: 4 A

Hero wins $0.18 ( lost -$1.32 )
BTN wins $2.56 ( won +$1.24 )

The only hand that would call that bet on the river is a flush. All hands that aren’t a flush would fold.

If I’d checked though, he’d have bet. Would I fold? Possibly if he went all in, but he only had $1 left, so I’m sure he would have pushed.

Posted in Bonuses, Full Tilt, Good Days, NL5, PokerStars, RakeBack | 8 Comments »

Back On Track

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Ok, I’m good again. Moving up is supposed to be tough, but how embarassing that I lost my head going from 2NL to 4NL

Here’s today chart – solid headed play, back on track thankfully…

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Fall Back, Regroup, Try Again

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

I’m glad I posted those hands yesterday – I knew what I was doing was bad, but needed a slap in the face to bring myself round.

Today I played properly – folding poor hands and playing good hands aggressively. That being said I had an AA hand crushed because I paused on the turn. He probably wouldn’t have folded QQ anyway;

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem
6 players

Stacks:
UTG ($4.31)
UTG+1 ($4.14)
Hero (CO) ($5.01)
BTN ($6.58)
SB ($4.07)
BB ($1.36)

Pre-flop: ($0.06, 6 players) Hero is CO A A
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.12, Hero raises to $0.36, 3 folds, UTG+1 calls $0.24

Flop: J 3 6 ($0.78, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $0.68, Hero raises to $2, UTG+1 calls $1.32

Turn: 3 ($4.78, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks

River: Q ($4.78, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $1.19, Hero calls $1.19

Final Pot: $6.81
UTG+1 shows: Q Q
Hero shows: A A

UTG+1 wins $6.81 ( won +$3.26 )
Hero lost -$3.55

So, finally came out in the black and feel happy with that;

The other loss was also a bit cruel – I had hit my set on the flop (22′s I think), the board paired with aces and I built the pot up to a bit bet on the river (which was a J). The villain called and had AJ

Posted in Good Days, NL4 | 1 Comment »

All My Recent Losing Hands

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

If you can see a common theme running through it (like stupidity for example, bluffing on river too much is probably another) let me know;

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem
5 players

Stacks:
UTG ($4.94)
CO ($4.12)
BTN ($2.81)
SB ($4.96)
Hero (BB) ($6.86)

Pre-flop: ($0.06, 5 players) Hero is BB 9 A
UTG calls $0.04, 3 folds, Hero checks

Flop: 4 J Q ($0.10, 2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.05, Hero calls $0.05

Turn: 3 ($0.20, 2 players)
Hero bets $0.10, UTG raises to $0.30, Hero calls $0.20

River: 8 ($0.80, 2 players)
Hero bets $0.80, UTG calls $0.80

Final Pot: $2.28
Hero shows: 9 A
UTG shows: A A

UTG wins $2.28 ( won +$1.09 )
Hero lost -$1.19

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem
6 players

Stacks:
UTG ($2.83)
Hero (UTG+1) ($5.38)
CO ($6.23)
BTN ($4.96)
SB ($1.13)
BB ($6.65)

Pre-flop: ($0.06, 6 players) Hero is UTG+1 A J
UTG calls $0.04, Hero raises to $0.18, 3 folds, BB calls $0.14, UTG calls $0.14

Flop: 4 Q 4 ($0.56, 3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $0.56, BB folds, UTG calls $0.56

Turn: Q ($1.68, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.68, UTG goes all-in $2.09, Hero calls $0.41

River: 6 ($5.86, 2 players)

Final Pot: $5.57
UTG shows: 9 A
Hero shows: A J

UTG wins $5.57 ( won +$2.74 )
BB lost -$0.18
Hero lost -$2.83

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem
6 players

Stacks:
UTG ($3.97)
UTG+1 ($5.66)
CO ($3.10)
BTN ($5.39)
SB ($4.69)
Hero (BB) ($5.10)

Pre-flop: ($0.06, 6 players) Hero is BB 7 7
4 folds, SB raises to $0.16, Hero calls $0.12

Flop: 2 Q 9 ($0.34, 2 players)
SB bets $0.32, Hero calls $0.32

Turn: 4 ($0.98, 2 players)
SB bets $0.80, Hero raises to $3.36, SB goes all-in $3.41, Hero calls $0.85

River: J ($9.40, 2 players)

Final Pot: $8.92
SB shows: Q J
Hero shows: 7 7

SB wins $8.92 ( won +$4.23 )
Hero lost -$4.69

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem
5 players

Stacks:
Hero (UTG) ($4.92)
CO ($4.21)
BTN ($5.58)
SB ($5.82)
BB ($8.92)

Pre-flop: ($0.06, 5 players) Hero is UTG Q J
Hero raises to $0.14, 2 folds, SB raises to $0.48, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.34

Flop: 6 K T ($1.02, 2 players)
SB bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

Turn: Q ($2.02, 2 players)
SB bets $1, Hero goes all-in $3.94, SB calls $2.94

River: 4 ($9.90, 2 players)

Final Pot: $9.39
Hero shows: Q J
SB shows: Q A

SB wins $9.39 ( won +$4.47 )
Hero lost -$4.92

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem
5 players

Stacks:
UTG ($2.81)
CO ($4.94)
Hero (BTN) ($5.65)
SB ($6.05)
BB ($4.12)

Pre-flop: ($0.06, 5 players) Hero is BTN Q A
1 fold, CO raises to $0.16, Hero raises to $0.54, 2 folds, CO raises to $1.68, Hero calls $1.14

Flop: Q 7 3 ($3.58, 2 players)
CO bets $2, Hero goes all-in $3.97, CO goes all-in $1.26

Turn: J ($10.81, 2 players)

River: T ($10.81, 2 players)

Final Pot: $10.16
CO shows: K K
Hero shows: Q A

CO wins $9.45 ( won +$4.51 )
Hero wins $0.71 ( lost -$4.94 )

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem
6 players

Stacks:
Hero (UTG) ($5.35)
UTG+1 ($8.79)
CO ($1.49)
BTN ($5.70)
SB ($5.26)
BB ($4.88)

Pre-flop: ($0.06, 6 players) Hero is UTG A J
Hero raises to $0.14, UTG+1 raises to $0.48, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.34

Flop: T 5 2 ($1.02, 2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $0.80, Hero calls $0.80

Turn: 4 ($2.62, 2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $2.20, Hero folds

Final Pot: $4.69

UTG+1 wins $4.69 ( won +$1.21 )
Hero lost -$1.28

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem
6 players

Stacks:
UTG ($1.49)
UTG+1 ($5.70)
CO ($5.24)
BTN ($4.82)
Hero (SB) ($5.00)
BB ($10.00)

Pre-flop: ($0.06, 6 players) Hero is SB Q K
4 folds, Hero raises to $0.12, BB calls $0.08

Flop: 3 8 K ($0.26, 2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $0.12, Hero calls $0.12

Turn: 9 ($0.50, 2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $0.48, Hero calls $0.48

River: 7 ($1.46, 2 players)
Hero bets $0.72, BB calls $0.72

Final Pot: $2.74
Hero shows: Q K
BB shows: 9 8

BB wins $2.74 ( won +$1.30 )
Hero lost -$1.44

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem
6 players

Stacks:
Hero (UTG) ($6.47)
UTG+1 ($4.01)
CO ($4.80)
BTN ($9.82)
SB ($1.36)
BB ($5.80)

Pre-flop: ($0.06, 6 players) Hero is UTG Q K
Hero raises to $0.14, UTG+1 calls $0.14, 3 folds, BB calls $0.10

Flop: 6 3 6 ($0.44, 3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.44, UTG+1 calls $0.44, BB calls $0.44

Turn: A ($1.76, 3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks

River: K ($1.76, 3 players)
BB bets $0.88, Hero calls $0.88, UTG+1 raises to $2.80, BB calls $1.92, Hero calls $1.92

Final Pot: $9.66
BB shows: 6 J
Hero shows: Q K
UTG+1 shows: 3 3

UTG+1 wins $9.66 ( won +$6.28 )
BB lost -$3.38
Hero lost -$3.38

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem
6 players

Stacks:
UTG ($1.71)
UTG+1 ($8.20)
CO ($9.73)
BTN ($5.16)
Hero (SB) ($5.59)
BB ($4.20)

Pre-flop: ($0.06, 6 players) Hero is SB 9 9
4 folds, Hero raises to $0.12, BB calls $0.08

Flop: 9 K 8 ($0.26, 2 players)
Hero bets $0.20, BB raises to $0.60, Hero calls $0.40

Turn: K ($1.46, 2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $0.32, Hero raises to $0.64, BB raises to $1.04, Hero calls $0.40

River: 8 ($3.86, 2 players)
Hero bets $3.83, BB goes all-in $2.44

Final Pot: $9.37
Hero shows: 9 9
BB shows: 8 K

Hero wins $1.39 ( lost -$4.20 )
BB wins $7.98 ( won +$3.78 )

#10

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem
5 players

Stacks:
Hero (UTG) ($4.94)
CO ($0.97)
BTN ($5.32)
SB ($11.04)
BB ($4.88)

Pre-flop: ($0.06, 5 players) Hero is UTG Q J
Hero raises to $0.14, 2 folds, SB calls $0.12, 1 fold

Flop: A A 3 ($0.32, 2 players)
SB bets $0.32, Hero raises to $1.28, SB calls $0.96

Turn: 7 ($2.88, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: 4 ($2.88, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.88, SB calls $2.88

Final Pot: $8.21
SB shows: 6 A
Hero shows: Q J

SB wins $8.21 ( won +$3.91 )
Hero lost -$4.30

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