Confessions of a Donk

After last Sunday's run, things have gotten a little shakey. After ending last Sunday $300 up, I worked through the week running that up to $465, only to run that down to about $200 by this afternoon's event. Playing stupid and donking off my chips one sng after another. since it's father's day, I'm going to step away from the computer for a while after the LP tourney. I'll try to come back fresh for one or two more sngs tonight, but right now I feel like I don't know what I am doing. If you've seen me playing, you know what I mean.

Busted out of the weekly by PastoroVic, who seems on a roll, lucking out left and right (his KK against my 77), lol.

Trying one more two-table turbo before I go, though I dropped down to $6.50 rather than another $16.
finished in fourth, barely in the money. Better than nothing, but still not really playing well.

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Playing sit n go donkey tournaments as I usually do has yet to make me rich. Go figure. Usually you find me playing $6.50 turbo two-tables. I played in $16 2-tables when my bankroll was bigger, but donking out in ten or fifteen minutes @ $16 a pop cuts into the roll pretty heavily. But today was different. I haven't played a $16 in a while, so today I thought I would give it a shot. Glad I did, because I won it! And to keep me occupied until the sunday weekly, I played another. That one I came in 2nd! I felt like I was on some kind of roll, but the next one found me out in 10th place. Not to be deterred, I got back on the horse again, and once again I rode it to the end and won! How long could this ride last? The next tourney I donked out of in 11th, and started thinking it was time to call it a day, but I still had the jones to play, so one more time I plunked down my $16 and got in the fight, and won for the third time today! Six tourneys at 16 (-96), three firsts and a second (+405) for a net of $309, which represents my best single day of online poker. HEE HAW

My run in the Sunday weekly was cut short by suckout after suckout. I think it's rigged. I would like to thank Blunt smokr and Chobo for donating their stacks to my cause.



Today was probably my best single day playing online poker

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Your input is appreciated.

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so I come to the end of the week with a whimper, busting out of a half-dozen SnGs in a row leading up to Sunday's LP tournaments. I was able to win my first match in the HU tourney, but up against Roald in my second match I don't think I stood a chance. He played pocket fours well and took most of my stack on one hand.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/179248

In the Weekly, I faired no better. I had little to play with and finally busted out. I'm falling behind in ladder points too, dropping to sixth.

I seem to lose back on the weekend all I have gained during the week (often and then some). Just more fish during the week? I dunno I must be the fish

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Followed up Monday's up day with another up day Tuesday. If I seem excited about coming out twenty bucks ahead, it's because I'm used to losing twenty bucks instead. Four $6 sng's, two cashes, both thirds. Made a couple dollars at the fishing hole too. I think I'm on a roll.

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Monday was an up day for me. Got up at 5 am and got in a two-table sng with a $6 buy in and quickly donked out. But I had time before work to try again, so I got in another. I played well, got good cards, and sucked out when I needed to enough to build a nice chip lead. But it was getting near time to go to work and I hadn't even gotten dressed yet. So I sat out with five of us remaining and a huge chip lead and got ready for work. Before long I hear the sound of me being blinded off in heads up play, so I came running back to the table to find my opponent with a 3/1 chip lead. It takes just six hands to come back and win. Not a big win, but it still feels good. After work, I finished 3rd in another, and managed to come away a little ahead.

It's 5:20 am right now and I'm in another sng, so I better get back to it. Wish me luck lol

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Not a great tourney for me today. Cards sucked. Game is rigged. The whole world is against me. I got all in with a/10 spades, against fives and queen high. Flop hit the queen and another five, and so ends my tourney. Looks like I retained my spot on the ladder though. RaSZi wasn't there to pull further away. Really only vltava pulled away a bit. I'm going to have to cash next week.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/175136

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How I started

I started playing real money games on pokerstars November 7th of '05. I had felt I was doing well enough at play money games and that this pokerstars thing would be a breeze. So I made a deposit of $50 (big money!) and entered a five-table $10 + 1 sitngo. Much to my chagrin, I donked out in 30th place. Undeterred, I immediately entered a three table, with similar results. Now I was concerned. I had donked away half my bankroll in just over two hours. I took a deep breath, and entered another five table. This time, the results would be favorable, as I took down the tourney (ps tourney #14820307) and $139 for first place. Third time's the charm! Kick ass, I'm going to be rich. Win a couple of these a day and retire from my day job. I knew poker would be easy! WRONG
The road from here would not be so rosey.

Where I've been

Over the next year I searched for my niche, a level where I could find consistant succes, but so far this has eluded me. I won some but I busted out even more. Donking out of 11 dollar tournaments got too expensive, so I moved down to lower buy-ins. But the players at that level don't know when they are supposed to fold, so bluffing is hard and suckouts frequent. Still hard to win. And mistakes, boy I make them a lot. Calling when I know I'm beat, playing weak hands weak, not maximizing big hands, stuff like that.

Where I'm at

I play a lot of 2 table turbo sng tournaments at various buy-in levels. According to sharkscope, I lose about a dollar a game on average. I think I need to get away from these tournaments, because my cash percentage isn't good and I just give money away. You might find me early in the AM (west coast) at ring tables, usually at .02/.05 tables. I call this 'still fishing'. Just wait for premium hands and get paid off every time. Slow grind to make any money though.

Where I'm going

I hope to improve my game enough to get in the black. Dreams of becoming the next Moneymaker have faded, but I still think I am a decent player. I have little live table experience, but I am planning to play at least one bracelet event at the WSOP this year (most likely event #27 on June 16th). I expect to get creamed, but it will be a fun experience for me anyway. If I cash, I'll play another event. In the mean time, I like pokerstars, and the crowd at Liquidpoker.net have turned out to be fun to play with. I have been watching some of you play, and am in awe.

I'll be trying to build my rep by knocking you guys off! So beware haha.

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Welcome - I discovered LP last November, quite by accident. I found a link to a hand posted here that I was involved in. I actually had won the hand, but I was sitting with no money at the table and didn't win much. I guess that was his point with the post. What I found in LP was a lot of brash talking poker players, some deep discussion of mathematical theory, blah, blah , blah. And so I set out to show them up! So I play in the Sunday tourney and try my best to win. To date I haven't won, but I have finished second twice, and I'm hanging on to my spot on the ladder. I suck really. Need some coaching I think. I may be on the verge of greatness, though, so watch out. See you on Sunday!

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