Deuce Seven Offsuit

Free Holdem Manager License

2009-12-31T02:00:00.001+08:00

I earned my free holdem manager license today from www.rakeaway.com. It was really really easy to earn, there is no minimum deposit requirement, and a very very low rake requirement. I only played 2k hands or so on NL20 at CDPoker to earn it. Do visit them at www.rakeaway.com to get yours!

$50 free bankroll + free poker training

2009-12-31T02:00:00.000+08:00

I got my initial $50 bankroll from www.pokerstrategy.com, and i have made many times that amount by using the strategy guides provided by them. You can also get your own $50 bankroll too! Just sign up at www.pokerstrategy.com. Make sure that you mention elhh82 referred you!

Just moved past $800

2009-08-26T13:24:00.002+08:00

Went away for a one week vacation in Vietnam after my last post. Played quite a lot of poker since i came back. Here's my graph since then and after that some highlights.

- Moved part of my roll to Full Tilt to clear the bonus. Cleared $200 worth of bonuses there.
- Went on a massive downswing when clearing the bonus, as you can see from the graph.
- Overall it was still quite profitable after bonuses and rakeback.
- Am now playing NL50 on Stars, and clearing the $600 first deposit bonus.
- Just moved past $800 today after clearing $40 of the $600 bonus.

My target is to hit $5000 by the end of the year. $10,000 would be nice, but i would need to put in a lot more time if i were to try to get there.

7 August 09 - I Am A Luckbox

2009-08-07T09:34:00.002+08:00

So another profitable day. I am running quite a lot above the EV line this past few days. I fear the consequences. Something nasty must surely becoming.

Will be going away to Vietnam for a week starting tomorrow. w00t!

Here are some stats for my play so far:
Hands: 58996
Profit: $281.83
Win Rate: 2.16 bb/100

My Results Since I've Restarted

2009-08-06T04:13:00.003+08:00

So i started playing again sometime in late June. The excitement of the WSOP 2009 got to me, and i decided to put in $150 into Everest again. Including bonuses earned, my bankroll is now up to ~$500. Not quite as profitable as last time as i was playing a lot of tables and grinding the lower limits.

Here is the graph for June/July and August so far.

I Am Back!

2009-08-06T04:07:00.002+08:00

So i am back playing poker! Will probably not post daily updates, but maybe weekly updates from now on.

I have started playing again since late June. Will update my July results in the next post! Just a teaser, it was a nice profitable month!

So what have i been up to lately you might ask? Here are some updates:

I haven't finished writing my thesis yet, but i have done my work completion seminar. Which means i won't be doing new research anymore, just have to do the writing up. I have to send it in by October.
I am now working freelance for http://www.pokerstrategy.com. If you go there you will see my name (elhh82) on news postings.

That's all for now. Look out for my next post to see my July results!

Calling it quits for now, see you again soon!

2008-12-18T15:01:00.003+08:00

After 40k hands, i'm gonna take a break from poker and concentrate on my studies again. I will be finishing up my work and submitting my thesis in the next few months, after that i will be back with a vengeance!

It's been fun while it lasted, see you soon!

Session Review - 17 December 2008

2008-12-18T14:57:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $1231.38
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: $8.36
Hands Played: 2059
Time Spent: 276 minutes
Tables: 9

What a suck-outy night! Look at my EV$ and my real profit.. damn fish!

Session Review - 16 December 2008

2008-12-17T15:20:00.003+08:00

Bankroll: $1216.52
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: $30.09
Hands Played: 1931
Time Spent: 252 minutes
Tables: 9

Went card dead after about 1000 hands or so. Only managed a ~6.5 VPIP/PFR.

Session Review - 15 December 2008

2008-12-16T12:02:00.001+08:00

Bankroll: $1176.43
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: $58.22
Hands Played: 1206
Time Spent: 184 minutes
Tables: 9

Went card dead towards the end of the session. Made a few bad moves too

Session Review - 14 December 2008

2008-12-15T11:24:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $1108.21
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: -$3.14
Hands Played: 1190
Time Spent: 172 minutes
Tables: 9

What a night of suckouts. I thought i played some good poker, but i just couldn't get profitable.

Session Review - 11 December 2008

2008-12-12T15:45:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $1101.35
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: -$27.80
Hands Played: 1599
Time Spent: 212 minutes
Tables: 9

Swingy night, started off badly and was never able to recover. Cards also went really dead towards the end of the session.

Session Review - 10 December 2008

2008-12-11T03:11:00.001+08:00

Bankroll: $1117.75
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: $60.96
Hands Played: 575
Time Spent: 88 minutes
Tables: 9

I'm a luck box! :)

Session Review - 9 December 2008

2008-12-10T02:11:00.001+08:00

Bankroll: $1052.99
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: $53.77
Hands Played: 602
Time Spent: 88 minutes
Tables: 9

Started the night really well, and was catching many cards. But halfway through, the cards went dead. Decided the quit while i was still way ahead.

Session Review - 8 December 2008

2008-12-09T19:48:00.003+08:00

Bankroll: $993.52
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: -$23.50
Hands Played: 790
Time Spent: 108 minutes
Tables: 9

Very swingy night, and pretty card dead too. Got QQ v KK, KK v AA, AQ (top pair Q on flop) vs AA. Dropped below 1k, and hopefully i can bounce back ASAP.

Session Review - 5 December 2008 ($1000 milestone)

2008-12-06T03:30:00.003+08:00

Bankroll: $1012.02
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: $43.24
Hands Played: 999
Time Spent: 156 minutes
Tables: 9

$1000 breached! Booyah!

Session Review - 4 December 2008

2008-12-05T16:32:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $963.78
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: $63.20
Hands Played: 180
Time Spent: 32.1 minutes
Tables: 9

Nice day that went just according to plan, didn't play for long as wasn't feeling too well tho.

Session Review - 3 December 2008

2008-12-04T02:52:00.004+08:00

Bankroll: $900.58
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: -$46.17
Hands Played: 842
Time Spent: 132 minutes
Tables: 9

Crazy wild night with big swings up and down. Lesson for the night, don't play AA overstacked! (ok just kidding, but i lost 3 hands in that situation tonight) See:
http://weaktight.com/555517
http://weaktight.com/555440
http://weaktight.com/555430

Session Review - 2 December 2008

2008-12-03T11:13:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $934
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: $15.13
Hands Played: 427
Time Spent: 62.2 minutes
Tables: 9

November 2008 - Monthly Chart and Results

2008-11-29T04:21:00.003+08:00

Final Bankroll: $919.37
Limits Played: NL25 SSS, NL50 SSS, NL10 BSS (very few hands)
Winnings: $294.63
Hands Played: 17375
Time Spent: 3844 minutes
$/hr: 4.6
bb/100: 3.7

Session Review - 28 November 2008

2008-11-29T04:12:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $919.37
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: $106.79
Hands Played: 437
Time Spent: 91.4 minutes
Tables: 6

Best day in a long long while. 0 suckouts and the donks kept sending me money! The graph is just so beautiful!

Session Review - 27 November 2008

2008-11-28T05:24:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $803.58
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: -$9.34
Hands Played: 864
Time Spent: 200 minutes
Tables: 6

Swingy day, managed to complete my target of 3000 everest points, just need to play a bit more this month to claim the maximum rakeback for the month from everest.

Session Review - 26 November 2008

2008-11-27T03:43:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $812.92
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: $37.93
Hands Played: 656
Time Spent: 136 minutes
Tables: 6

Recovered some of my losses from yesterday. Just one interesting hand for today, i got trapped by villain who flat called AKo and slowplayed his set after the flop.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG	Hero	($16.55)
UTG+1	Sasha69.	($26.95)
MP1	RNVP-SPEEDY	($36.45)
MP2	serengeti80	($50.00)
MP3	bilnuifnf	($6.25)
CO	Korpisoturi3	($68.45)
BTN	LE--OUF	($8.45)
SB	Levioc	($13.25)
BB	Dart-seller	($24.45)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 9 players) Hero is UTG

Hero raises to $2, 4 folds, Korpisoturi3 calls $2, 3 folds

Flop: ($4.75, 2 players)
Hero bets $3, Korpisoturi3 calls $3

Turn: ($10.75, 2 players)
Hero checks, Korpisoturi3 checks

River: ($10.75, 2 players)
Hero checks, Korpisoturi3 bets $10.75, Hero raises to $11.55, Korpisoturi3 calls $0.80

Final Pot: $33.85
Hero shows:
Korpisoturi3 shows:

Korpisoturi3 wins $32.20 ( won +$15.65 )
Hero lost -$16.55

Session Review - 25 November 2008

2008-11-26T08:37:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $774.99
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: -$65.17
Hands Played: 431
Time Spent: 132 minutes
Tables: 6

Bad night! Ended up at the losing end of many coinflips and the losing end of drawing hands. When i was drawing, i always miss while when i was ahead with a pair, villain will catch.

Session Review - 24 November 2008

2008-11-25T17:26:00.003+08:00

Bankroll: $835.16
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: $29.95
Hands Played: 313
Time Spent: 64.3 minutes
Tables: 6

Lots of suckouts for me tonight! Me being on the winning side of course.

Session Review - 23 November 2008

2008-11-24T11:45:00.003+08:00

Bankroll: $805.71
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: $32.45
Hands Played: 320
Time Spent: 80 minutes
Tables: 4

800 dollars! w00t!

Session Review - 22 November 2008

2008-11-23T02:29:00.003+08:00

Bankroll: $773.26
Limit: NL50 SSS
Winnings: $35.57
Hands Played: 475
Time Spent: 132 minutes
Tables: 4

Slow night, pretty card dead towards the end, but nice winnings nonetheless.

Session Review - 21 November 2008

2008-11-22T03:28:00.004+08:00

Bankroll: $737.69
Limit: NL25/50 SSS
Winnings: $35.47
Hands Played: 1006
Time Spent: 192 minutes
Tables: 6

Its interesting to see in the graphs that i actually made more money without a showdown than with it. First full session playing NL50 and its pretty much more of the same. Fish everywhere but its probably coz this is the weekend. Heres two hands i played against a fish. Got unlucky once and got really lucky the other time. He was playing so loose raising with everything thing that if it was just me and him head up, i will call him with any ace. I will also of course bet any flop if he doesn't bet first considering his fold to cbet was so high.

Hand 1
$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG	RaZa69	($21.75)
UTG+1	egomontana	($9.50)
MP1	Taxijens	($9.25)
MP2	PEEZINAJAR	($32.80)
MP3	schatzeli	($37.75)
CO	csokislaci	($5.43)
BTN	guddimon	($10.55)
SB	mylove123	($19.50)
BB	Hero	($12.71)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 9 players) Hero is BB

4 folds, schatzeli raises to $1.75 ($36.00), 3 folds, Hero calls $1.25 ($10.96)

Flop: ($3.75, 2 players)
Hero bets $2.50 ($8.46), schatzeli raises to $11.25 ($24.75), Hero calls $8.46 ($0.00)

Turn: ($25.96, 2 players)

River: ($25.96, 2 players)

Final Pot: $25.96
schatzeli shows:
Hero shows:

schatzeli wins $0.29 ( lost -$12.71 )
Hero wins $24.42 ( won +$11.71 )

Hand 2
$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
7 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG	PEEZINAJAR	($34.05)
UTG+1	schatzeli	($26.55)
MP	csokislaci	($3.50)
CO	guddimon	($9.75)
BTN	Hero	($8.50)
SB	RaZa69	($22.00)
BB	egomontana	($10.25)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 7 players) Hero is BTN

1 fold, schatzeli raises to $1.75 ($24.80), 2 folds, Hero raises to $8.50 ($0.00), 2 folds, schatzeli calls $6.75 ($18.05)

Flop: ($17.75, 2 players)

Turn: ($17.75, 2 players)

River: ($17.75, 2 players)

Final Pot: $17.75
schatzeli shows:
Hero shows:

schatzeli wins $16.90 ( won +$8.40 )
Hero lost -$8.50

Session Review - 20 November 2008

2008-11-21T10:41:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $524.45
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $-2.23
Hands Played: 1037
Time Spent: 185.5 minutes
Tables: 6

Had an ok session considering how many suckouts i got. If you look at the graph, towards the end of the session, i kept putting myself all in while i was ahead, but kept losing to worst hands. Runner runner flush, runner runner straight, you name it, i met it. I guess this makes up for my good luck the day before.

Session Review - 19 November 2008

2008-11-20T02:29:00.001+08:00

Bankroll: $524.45
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $76.02
Hands Played: 1132
Time Spent: 232 minutes
Tables: 6

Had a really good night today. Total bankroll is close to $700 now. Hopefully $1000 will be hit soon!

Session Review - 18 November 2008

2008-11-19T17:19:00.004+08:00

Site: Everest Poker
Bankroll: $443.78
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $-25
Hands Played: 382
Time Spent: 64 minutes
Tables: 6

Actually lost more than the graph or the stats show. Lost the last hand that wasn't tracked by Holdem Manager

Session Review - 17 November 2008

2008-11-18T22:12:00.002+08:00

Site: Everest Poker
Bankroll: $474.93
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $-7.05
Hands Played: 380
Time Spent: 73.1 minutes
Tables: 6

Site: CD Poker
Bankroll: $174.81
Limit: NL20 SSS
Winnings: $-23.11
Hands Played: 725
Time Spent: 124 minutes
Tables: 9

Session Review - 13 November 2008 - 1

2008-11-14T03:26:00.003+08:00

Site: CD Poker
Bankroll: $198.02
Limit: NL20 SSS
Winnings: $47.68
Hands Played: 1316
Time Spent: 248 minutes
Tables: 9

Lots of fish in CD Poker (Ipoker)! Awesome!! The bonus however is ridiculously hard to clear on this limit. I'll probably quit cd site once i clear the requirements to get the software.

Session Review - 13 November 2008 - 1

2008-11-14T02:05:00.004+08:00

Bankroll: $481.98
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $27.10
Hands Played: 169
Time Spent: 116 minutes
Tables: 2

Played a bit of big stack poker and doubled up, which is how i got the big win. I also cashed in my summit points for $25. I'm moving to CD Poker for a bit to try to earn some software.

Session Review - 12 November 2008

2008-11-14T01:04:00.003+08:00

Bankroll: $42x.xx
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: -$41.68
Hands Played: 1816
Time Spent: 360 minutes
Tables: 6

Had a pretty nasty night.. don't feel like talking about it.

Session Review - 11 November 2008

2008-11-12T14:40:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $451.06
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $16.49
Hands Played: 671
Time Spent: 164 minutes
Tables: 6

An OK day. My total bankroll is now over $600, yipeee!

Session Review - 10 November 2008

2008-11-11T17:47:00.001+08:00

Bankroll: $427.22
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $21.05
Hands Played: 487
Time Spent: 116 minutes
Tables: 6

Had a decent short session. Withdrew $150 to try to get the free Holdem Manager license from CDPoker.

Session Review - 9 November 2008

2008-11-10T05:35:00.001+08:00

Bankroll: $556.73
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $42.05
Hands Played: 1288
Time Spent: 236 minutes
Tables: 6

Good day today. Hopefully this keeps up

Session Review - 8 November 2008

2008-11-09T05:04:00.001+08:00

Bankroll: $505.77
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $-28.2
Hands Played: 972
Time Spent: 204 minutes
Tables: 6

And the bad run continues. Getting stuck at around $500 for so long is no fun at all. On another note, yesterday was slightly better, i played about 120 hands and made about $10 but most of the hands weren't tracked, so i'll just skip posting them.

Session Review - 6 November 2008

2008-11-07T11:23:00.001+08:00

Bankroll: $516.87
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $5.60
Hands Played: 810
Time Spent: 173.2 minutes
Tables: 6

Day started off well, then went card dead for a while. Quite once thing started going sour.

Session Review - 5 November 2008 - 2

2008-11-06T14:43:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $502.90
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $-25.16
Hands Played: 1061
Time Spent: 224 minutes
Tables: 6

The day of suckouts continues, another bad session. Hopefully the downswing will stop by tonight.

Session Review - 5 November 2008

2008-11-05T15:42:00.004+08:00

Bankroll: $516.32
Limit: NL10 BSS / NL25 SSS
Winnings: $-25.95
Hands Played: 414
Time Spent: 124 minutes
Tables: 6

Tried out some BSS play at a lower limit and was hit by suckout after suckout. AHHHH! Sample hands below:

Hand 1
$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG		($5.38)
UTG+1		($4.15)
MP1		($8.93)
MP2		($1.10)
MP3		($6.34)
CO		($9.87)
Hero		($4.91)
SB		($18.21)
BB		($14.23)

Pre-flop: ($0.15, 9 players) Hero is BTN

UTG calls $0.10, 1 fold, MP1 raises to $0.35, 2 folds, CO calls $0.35, Hero raises to $1.50, 2 folds, UTG calls $1.40, MP1 folds, CO folds

Flop: ($3.85, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.20, UTG raises to $3.88, Hero calls $2.21

Turn: ($11.14, 2 players)

River: ($11.14, 2 players)

Final Pot: $11.14
Hero shows:
UTG shows:

UTG wins $10.61 ( won +$5.23 )
Hero lost -$4.91
MP1 lost -$0.35
CO lost -$0.35

Hand 2
$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG		($5.99)
UTG+1		($9.07)
Hero		($11.20)
MP2		($17.86)
MP3		($15.07)
CO		($9.85)
BTN		($10.16)
SB		($4.05)
BB		($1.10)

Pre-flop: ($0.15, 9 players) Hero is MP1

1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, 4 folds, SB calls $0.05, BB checks

Flop: ($0.40, 4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $0.20, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+1 raises to $2, Hero calls $1.80

Turn: ($4.40, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $6.97, Hero raises to $9.10

River: ($20.47, 2 players)

Final Pot: $20.47
Hero shows:
UTG+1 shows:

Hero wins $2.13 ( lost -$9.07 )
UTG+1 wins $17.43 ( won +$8.36 )
SB lost -$0.10
BB lost -$0.10

Hand 3
$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG		($14.23)
UTG+1		($5.38)
MP1		($4.15)
MP2		($8.93)
MP3		($1.10)
CO		($6.34)
BTN		($5.14)
Hero		($10.05)
BB		($18.31)

Pre-flop: ($0.15, 9 players) Hero is SB

6 folds, BTN calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.05, BB checks

Flop: ($0.30, 3 players)
Hero bets $0.20, BB folds, BTN raises to $0.90, Hero raises to $3, BTN raises to $5.04, Hero calls $2.04

Turn: ($10.38, 2 players)

River: ($10.38, 2 players)

Final Pot: $10.38
Hero shows:
BTN shows:

BTN wins $9.87 ( won +$4.73 )
Hero lost -$5.14
BB lost -$0.10

Session Review - 4 November 2008

2008-11-05T11:08:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $541.05
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $20.16
Hands Played: 858
Time Spent: 168 minutes
Tables: 6

Session started really well, was up almost $40, but then met a donk who kept calling preflop and hitting with trash. Took 2 hits from him and decided to get out as i was tilting somewhat.

Session Review - 3 November 2008

2008-11-04T04:43:00.006+08:00

Bankroll: $509.99
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $35.18
Hands Played: 1295
Time Spent: 264 minutes
Tables: 6

Session started poorly, was more than $25 down, but i rebounded and ended up with a nice profit. Together with the bonus, i've broken $500 for the first time. Time to start preparing myself to move up to NL50 in a week or two, if things go to plan.

Sample Hand:

$0.15/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG		($3.95)
Hero		($4.70)
UTG+2		($5.00)
MP1		($5.60)
MP2		($4.95)
MP3		($24.45)
CO		($40.90)
BTN		($26.95)
SB		($13.85)
BB		($35.50)

Pre-flop: ($0.40, 10 players) Hero is UTG+1

UTG calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1.25, 8 folds, UTG calls $1

Flop: ($2.90, 2 players)
UTG bets $2.70, Hero raises to $3.45

Turn: ($9.05, 2 players)

River: ($9.05, 2 players)

Final Pot: $9.05
UTG shows:
Hero shows:

UTG wins $7.90 ( won +$3.95 )
Hero wins $0.75 ( lost -$3.95 )

I think the call here with about 13-15 outs (25%) to be drawn twice is probably good.

October 2008 - Monthly Chart and Results

2008-11-03T15:28:00.002+08:00

Final Bankroll: $459.42
Limits Played: NL10 SSS, NL25 SSS
Winnings: $204.31
Hands Played: 10228
Time Spent: 2772 minutes
$/hr: 4.42
bb/100: 8.54

Session Review - 30 October 2008

2008-11-03T13:47:00.001+08:00

Bankroll: $459.42
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $5.00
Hands Played: 1569
Time Spent: 307.3 minutes
Tables: 6/5

An really swingy session, where i went up down up down but finally managed to end the session just 1 buyin up for the day.

Session Review - 29 October 2008

2008-10-30T16:12:00.005+08:00

Bankroll: $437.43
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $15.62
Hands Played: 1136
Time Spent: 252 minutes
Tables: 6/5

I was almost $30 up at one point, had a patch where i played badly and went down to $5 before recovering a little towards the end. Here are some notable hands:

Hand 1:

villain had pfr of 19 in ep after 22 hands

$0.15/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG		($27.62)
UTG+1		($6.35)
MP1		($4.93)
MP2		($7.65)
CO		($24.60)
BTN		($9.85)
Hero		($5.55)
BB		($10.95)

Pre-flop: ($0.40, 8 players) Hero is SB

1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.50 ($5.85), 4 folds, Hero raises to $2.15 ($3.25), 1 fold, UTG+1 calls $1.65 ($4.20)

Flop: ($4.55, 2 players)
Hero bets $3.40 ($0.00), UTG+1 calls $3.40 ($0.80)

Turn: ($11.35, 2 players)

River: ($11.35, 2 players)

Final Pot: $11.35
Hero shows:
UTG+1 shows:

Hero wins $10.80 ( won +$5.25 )
UTG+1 lost -$5.55

Probably should not have played my ATo in this spot as it only has a very very slight edge even against the opponent like the one i faced here. (1-2%) I also do not quite have enough of a sample size to properly evaluate his play.

Hand 2:

villain had pfr of 43 at CO after 7 hands

$0.15/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG	Komodo2	($9.20)
UTG+1	jaymontana1	($23.60)
MP1	dutchmaniac	($8.90)
MP2	5t1gm4t3	($32.75)
CO	tetsu0218	($25.20)
BTN	Hero	($5.25)
SB	hant@teru	($23.98)
BB	psychodad100	($33.60)

Pre-flop: ($0.40, 8 players) Hero is BTN

4 folds, tetsu0218 raises to $0.90, Hero raises to $5.25, 2 folds, tetsu0218 calls $4.35

Flop: ($10.90, 2 players)

Turn: ($10.90, 2 players)

River: ($10.90, 2 players)

Final Pot: $10.90
Hero shows:
tetsu0218 shows:

Hero wins $10.40 ( won +$5.15 )
tetsu0218 lost -$5.25

Another situation where i played looser than normal. I clearly did not have enough of a read on the opponent given the number of hands for the stats.

Hand 3:

$0.15/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG		($10.82)
UTG+1		($17.05)
MP1		($18.65)
MP2		($7.80)
MP3		($20.15)
CO		($26.66)
BTN		($30.90)
SB		($25.00)
Hero		($4.75)

Pre-flop: ($0.40, 9 players) Hero is BB

2 folds, MP1 calls $0.25 ($18.40), 2 folds, CO calls $0.25 ($26.41), 1 fold, SB calls $0.10 ($24.75), Hero checks ($4.50)

Flop: ($1, 4 players)
SB checks ($24.75), Hero bets $0.65 ($3.85), MP1 calls $0.65 ($17.75), CO calls $0.65 ($25.76), SB calls $0.65 ($24.10)

Turn: ($3.60, 4 players)
SB checks ($24.10), Hero bets $3.85 ($0.00), MP1 calls $3.85 ($13.90), 1 fold, SB calls $3.85 ($20.25)

River: ($15.15, 3 players)
SB checks ($20.25), MP1 bets $4.50 ($9.40), SB folds ($20.25)

Final Pot: $19.65
Hero shows:
MP1 shows:

Hero wins $14.40 ( won +$9.65 )
MP1 wins $4.50 ( lost -$4.75 )
SB lost -$4.75
CO lost -$0.90

Hit bottom 2 after a free play on the button. Preflop bet should have been bigger in this spot to pot build / protect. I was thinking about my turn play if i should bet or check here, but according the hand reviewers at PokerStrategy (link on the side bar), i will have to bet again on the turn here as another protection bet. So my line was correct.

Session Review - 28 October 2008

2008-10-29T12:19:00.002+08:00

Bankroll: $411.12
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $5.70
Hands Played: 812
Time Spent: 177.6 minutes
Tables: 6

This session started with big suckout, i played A9 as a steal, and got called by a donkey with J2. Flop came with both J and 9, i bet out and got reraised. I should've folded but instead called all-in. After that, i played badly and was almost 8 stacks down at one point. However, i doubled up 3 times in 5 hands on the same table and was back to almost even. Here are those 3 hands.

Hand 1:

$0.15/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG		($25.00)
UTG+1		($34.70)
CO		($24.20)
BTN		($12.55)
SB		($19.80)
Hero		($5.40)

Pre-flop: ($0.40, 6 players) Hero is BB

3 folds, BTN calls $0.25, SB raises to $1, Hero raises to $5.40, BTN calls $5.15, SB folds

Flop: ($11.80, 2 players)

Turn: ($11.80, 2 players)

River: ($11.80, 2 players)

Final Pot: $11.80
BTN shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $11.25 ( won +$5.85 )
BTN lost -$5.40
SB lost -$1.00

I think the BU thought i was restealing against the SB without a hand so he called me down. He shows K2 off which was a really bizzard play. Immediately after that, i pick up Kings.

Hand 2:

$0.15/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG	dikkiedik186	($34.70)
UTG+1	zween487	($24.20)
CO	baracko	($7.15)
BTN	Carolina88	($18.80)
SB	Hero	($11.25)
BB	Joker208	($25.00)

Pre-flop: ($0.40, 6 players) Hero is SB

dikkiedik186 calls $0.25, 1 fold, baracko raises to $1.15, 1 fold, Hero raises to $11.25, 1 fold, dikkiedik186 folds, baracko calls $6

Flop: ($18.90, 2 players)

Turn: ($18.90, 2 players)

River: ($18.90, 2 players)

Final Pot: $18.90
baracko shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $18.20 ( won +$6.95 )
baracko lost -$7.15
dikkiedik186 lost -$0.25

At this point i sensed that the CO (same player from earlier) was steaming and somewhat on tilt. He raised and i tried to take advantage of his mood by just pushing all in, knowing that i'm about 50% - 50% for a call here. He most probably doesn't have a monster hand here as well, as he would've just pushed all in with a monster hand. He calls and turns out he has AJ. No A hits the board and i take the rest of his stack. A few hands later i picked up AKo on the cutoff.

Hand 3:

$0.15/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG		($23.95)
UTG+1		($20.00)
MP1		($18.80)
MP2		($17.75)
Hero		($18.20)
BTN		($24.60)
SB		($8.65)
BB		($34.45)

[UTG+1 posted $0.25]
Pre-flop: ($0.65, 8 players) Hero is CO

1 fold, UTG+1 checks, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.15, BTN calls $1.15, 1 fold, BB calls $0.90, UTG+1 calls $0.90

Flop: ($4.75, 4 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 bets $2, Hero raises to $6, 1 fold, BB folds, UTG+1 calls $4

Turn: ($16.75, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $2, Hero raises to $11.05, UTG+1 calls $9.05

River: ($38.85, 2 players)

Final Pot: $38.85
UTG+1 shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $36.95 ( won +$18.75 )
UTG+1 lost -$18.20
BTN lost -$1.15
BB lost -$1.15

The play was check to be with a posted at UTG+1. I make the standard pot sized raise with my good cards. Button, BB and UTG+1 call me down. I hit a K with 2 diamonds on the board. UTG+1 bets out under 1/2 pot size, and i reraise him 3 times his raise. He calls, and i'm suspecting a flush draw at this point. Maybe even with top pair but worse kicker, either that or he had AK just like me. Flop comes hitting no one. He bets another $2, this time a severe underbet into the almost $17 pot. I pushed all in with my remaining $11, giving him abut 1:3 to call, he need 1:4 (9 outs / 37 non-outs) to call profitably with a flush draw, but does so anyway. He shows 3d8d, ridiculous hand to play. I was praying for a non diamond, and no diamond came on the river. I won the pot and hit almost break even for the session.

This was a really wild session for me, i was affected by a string of 3-4 beats i had early in the session and played a bit too loosely pushing all in with QK in mid position. I got lucky later on and managed to make a small profit to end the session. If my bankroll numbers don't addup, it's because im earning bonuses from my poker room.

Session Review - 27 October 2008

2008-10-28T17:43:00.012+08:00

Bankroll: $396.64
Limit: NL25 SSS
Winnings: $23.85
Hands Played: 401
Time Spent: 85.2 minutes
Tables: 5

Some Notable Hands:

Hand1:
$0.15/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG		($9.35)
UTG+1		($36.95)
MP1		($6.75)
Hero		($4.95)
MP3		($9.45)
CO		($45.60)
BTN		($24.35)
SB		($24.00)
BB		($24.35)

Pre-flop: ($0.40, 9 players) Hero is MP2

UTG calls $0.25 ($9.10), UTG+1 raises to $1.15 ($35.80), 1 fold, Hero calls $1.15 ($3.80), MP3 calls $1.15 ($8.30), 3 folds, BB calls $0.90 ($23.20), UTG calls $0.90 ($8.20)

Flop: ($5.90, 5 players)
BB checks ($23.20), UTG checks ($8.20), UTG+1 checks ($35.80), Hero bets $3.80 ($0.00), MP3 calls $3.80 ($4.50), BB folds ($23.20), UTG folds ($8.20), UTG+1 folds ($35.80)

Turn: ($13.50, 2 players)

River: ($13.50, 2 players)

Final Pot: $13.50
Hero shows:
MP3 shows:

MP3 wins $12.85 ( won +$7.90 )
Hero lost -$4.95
BB lost -$1.15
UTG lost -$1.15
UTG+1 lost -$1.15

I played this hand differently from the standard line recommended by the SSS charts. I think if i had reraised (pushed all in) preflop, all villains might have folded. I did this because i was unsure about the raiser as he had pretty solid stats and raise at UTG+1. As played, i hit a nice card postflop with a rainbow board and non connected board. My top pair top kicker can only be behind aces or kings at the moment. So the push here was easy. Being checked to by the guys before me also made the decision easier. If it is a trap, so be it. The result turned out to be a suckout for MP3. Oh well, thats poker!

Hand 2:
$0.15/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG	tapi_bernar	($24.20)
UTG+1	thenightmare	($23.35)
UTG+2	syls	($10.20)
MP1	vomvau	($30.15)
MP2	slbueno	($5.30)
MP3	Joker208	($28.45)
CO	Hero	($4.60)
BTN	dunsancho	($7.35)
SB	Winx-team	($23.75)
BB	cristo71	($26.70)

Pre-flop: ($0.40, 10 players) Hero is CO

6 folds, Hero raises to $1, dunsancho calls $1, 1 fold, cristo71 calls $0.75

Flop: ($3.15, 3 players)
cristo71 checks, Hero bets $3.60, dunsancho calls $3.60, cristo71 calls $3.60

Turn: ($13.95, 3 players)
cristo71 checks, dunsancho bets $2.75, cristo71 folds

River: ($16.70, 2 players)

Final Pot: $16.70
Hero shows:
dunsancho shows:

dunsancho wins $16.05 ( won +$8.70 )
Hero lost -$4.60
cristo71 lost -$4.60

I played this hand badly, i was sort of on tilt after the suckout on the previous hand (this came immediately after on another table). I pushed after the flop and got 2 caller. I knew i was beat at this point.

Overall this was a pretty good session again. I'm continuing my upswing and hopefully will hit my next target of $500 soon!

First Post!

2008-10-28T17:28:00.000+08:00

I will be posting review of my online poker sessions here, and maybe some other notable information that is worth posting. This should be a good place to keep track of my poker career.

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