And here we go

Played a smallish session today, just over 1k hands. I did plan on playing another session this afternoon, however, I ended up taking a nice 5 hour nap instead and it was glorious. For some reason today I felt like playing a donkament so I checked out the tourney tab and didn't see anything I liked. I ended up just playing a $4.40 while I played 4 tables of 6 max. The tourney went well and I was in good shape when this hand came up with 14 left.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/357283

Atleast I didn't bust here I guess. Always nice to run well at the end of these tourneys though and go into the FT with a decent stack. Luckily for me I didn't have to worry about the FT. Got back up to just over 5M when the blinds were 500/1000/100 with 10 players left and I picked up 99 UTG. Obviously I shoved and wouldn't you know it the sb had 10's and I did not improve. Glad I wasted 2 hours of my life to lose a 70/30 and then with 10 left a setup. Made a smooth $4 in profit, at this rate I'll be ballin like Elky in no time.

The cash game went a lot better today then last nights session. I looked over PT and also over the comments on the hands I posted and hopefully filled those leaks on a more permant level. So thank you for the comments the are appreciated. I did have a couple hands I wanted to discuss today. Both I think are real straight forward.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/357538

I had just sat at this table and no one knows I'm playing real laggy yet, my database didn't have anything on any of these players when I sat down so they don't know me and I don't know them. That being said I think this is a preflop fold. As weak tight as that sounds I just can't imagine what I'm ahead of here other then A/K. I mean if he's going to 4bet A/K OOP wouldn't he just shove it so he doesn't have to worry about post flop decisions? And his 4 bet is for value and for some reason I decided to play it real fast and look him up. Anyway once I make the call preflop I think the hand is standard, but pre flop this is a fold. Everyone agree?

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/357222

I've been at the table awhile and I have been playing real aggressive. Opening a lot of pots, 3 betting in position standard stuff. Here I got a real weak bet into the pot so I decided to raise and see that if he had it plus if a 4 hits I'm getting his stack unless he's so strong that he hit a set but whatever I'll pay that off here. Turn is standard and I just didn't see how he could have 2 hearts here so river was a snap call. Anyway it's more of a raising the flop thing with 1 acting behind me. Is it really worth putting in this raise vs a weak bet? I have seen a few people who like to bet real weak to induce a raise then repop over the top and with once acting behind me is it really a +ev move? If I get called I'm beat but I am also going to be in position so I can control the pot size a lot better assuming it gets folded behind. Thoughts on my line please.

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Ok here are a variety of hands, finished the day down a buyin which sucks because I spewed real bad in some spots and I know I can play better. There were some tough beats in there but that's going to happen. Ok so some hands I want to discuss.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/356842

I've been real active at the table so him 3 betting here is no suprize. OOP I don't know if I like the call, mistake #1. Ok as played once I get to the turn my thoughts are I could be C/C the flop with really any king here or an FD and just repecting the 3 bet. Check check turn, and I lead 1/2 pot trying to rep the king and look like a solid value bet on the river. Anyway results oriented or not I'm sure this hand is butchered that was my process please call me an idiot.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/356886

Pretty standard pre flop, once he leads in I'm thinking Q/Q K/K A/A and A/K. I shove repping the A ran into aces, my thoughts are even if I'm up againsted Q/Q A/A I still have 8 live outs. Also if he has K/Kc which has me dead in the water a shove here should push him off it since he's only getting 2:1. Really the only hand that I'm dead against is K/Kc or A/Kc so I thought a push is ok here based on that thought process. Discuss, tear me a new one, probably spewy but I do think I have FE here.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/356902

I'm playing 33/24/4 here so a lot of aggression and when I hit resistance I wasn't 2 barreling very often which is why I C/R the turn. I had him on K/J K/Q A/K so assuming the river didnt pair the board or throw paint out there I was putting in a sizable river bet. Since I hadn't been firing a lot of two barrels I think max value here is C/R. Thoughts anyone?

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/356909

The villian was an utter maniac running 56/34/8 over 120 hands or so. I was really inclined to call, think this is a +ev fold based on how aggressive he had been. I don't see A/A K/K shoving here there's not value in it. Q/Q J/J maybe to get A/K out but I was really thinking he had A/K or a mid pocket. Thoughts?

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Couple hands from today that I'm not real sure about, this one I feel like a monkey trying to fuck a basketball. I was playing 21/18 at the time, I didn't like being stuck in the middle, however, I have no idea how to play this hand post flop with the over out there and someone acting behind me. My thoughts on it were play it small and try to get to showdown.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/mytlnet/myhand.php?view=item&id=356025

I question whether this is a +ev call long term the villian is running 59/26 over 250ish hands.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/mytlnet/myhand.php?view=item&id=356037

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Had a question about a hand
http://www.liquidpoker.net/mytlnet/myhand.php?view=item&id=355140
I had 3 bet this villian 3 times in the last 2 orbits. Got 2 callers this time with a real hand, I was running 30/30 and cbetting 100% of flops. Do you like the openning bet or think this is a C/R situation?

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Double post.

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Ok triple post wtf.

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Transferred from Stars to FTP for the rakeback and we'll see how fast that adds up. Def took some time off to clear my head and take a step back to look over my play. I def was not running good however there was some spew in there and based the bigger pots I lost there were some that could have been avoided. Sometimes you just need to take a step back a way from the table and look over things. I'l

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Well lets see cooler after cooler after cooler followed by sick beat after sick beat after sick beat.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/mytlnet/myhand.php?view=item&id=350833
http://www.liquidpoker.net/mytlnet/myhand.php?view=item&id=350814
http://www.liquidpoker.net/mytlnet/myhand.php?view=item&id=350658
Someone said raise preflop here, my thoughts are why am I going to raise small pair OOP at a FR 25nl table. Anyway I think the hand just played out how it plays out, does anyone raise here pre OOP?

http://www.liquidpoker.net/mytlnet/myhand.php?view=item&id=350292
http://www.liquidpoker.net/mytlnet/myhand.php?view=item&id=350608

Yeah it was a great day, toss in some random tilt spew for fun and I lost around 4 buyins today. The one thing I can say is I haven't chased losses and that is definetly a change. I'm just starting to play mass hands so I havent run into a sick run like this before and frankly it's just so so sick.

Bankroll:433.12

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Well today didn't go so hot, played pretty well for the most part, small bit of tilt at the end so I left to play some 4 $4.40's. Ring was just setup after set up, set under set, ran k's into a's 2 times in 3 orbits on one table. Ran A's into A/K all in pre K flop K turn sweet, A's into 2's 2 flop oh well that's cards. Tourneys didn't have me running any better, below are 3 hands from tournies since they went so well.

Submitted by : Cooperstown

PokerStars Game #14254845895: Tournament #72344380, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/01/01 - 18:56:16 (ET)
Table '72344380 11' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Duffa (2620 in chips)
Seat 2: Steinjo007 (735 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (1915 in chips)
Seat 4: grabbaggie (1020 in chips)
Seat 5: srt8up (2280 in chips)
Seat 6: malviktheman (735 in chips)
Seat 7: set o nuts (2385 in chips)
Seat 8: blackmar55 (575 in chips)
Seat 9: dakat69 (2385 in chips)
blackmar55: posts small blind 15
dakat69: posts big blind 30

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
Duffa: folds
Steinjo007: folds
Hero : raises 60 to 90
grabbaggie: raises 60 to 150
srt8up: folds
malviktheman: folds
set o nuts: folds
blackmar55: calls 135
dakat69: folds
Hero : raises 270 to 420
grabbaggie: raises 600 to 1020 and is all-in
blackmar55: calls 425 and is all-in
Hero : calls 600

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $2,645.00)



Turn(Odds) (Pot : $2,645.00)



River (Pot : $2,645.00)



Showdown
Hero : shows (two pair, Aces and Deuces)
grabbaggie: shows (a full house, Kings full of Deuces)
grabbaggie collected 890 from side pot
blackmar55: shows (two pair, Kings and Tens)
Hero said, "jesus"
grabbaggie collected 1755 from main pot

Summary
Total pot 2645 Main pot 1755. Side pot 890. | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Duffa folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Steinjo007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Hero showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Deuces
Seat 4: grabbaggie showed and won (2645) with a full house, Kings full of Deuces
Seat 5: srt8up folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: malviktheman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: set o nuts (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: blackmar55 (small blind) showed and lost with two pair, Kings and Tens
Seat 9: dakat69 (big blind) folded before Flop

PokerStars Game #14256646409: Tournament #72346209, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/01/01 - 20:18:52 (ET)
Table '72346209 13' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: MJC6AM (6634 in chips)
Seat 3: WazaAa86 (14210 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (5240 in chips)
Seat 5: Tendo1976 (9460 in chips)
Seat 6: freongas (4900 in chips)
Seat 7: dthimesch (3850 in chips)
Seat 8: cruzyn (9267 in chips)
Seat 9: ThePayne04 (2865 in chips)
dthimesch: posts small blind 100
cruzyn: posts big blind 200

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
ThePayne04: folds
MJC6AM: folds
WazaAa86: folds
Hero : raises 400 to 600
Tendo1976: folds
freongas: folds
dthimesch: folds
cruzyn: calls 400

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $1,300.00)


cruzyn: checks
Hero : bets 800
cruzyn: calls 800

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $2,900.00)


cruzyn: checks
Hero : checks

River (Pot : $2,900.00)


cruzyn: checks
Hero : checks

Showdown
cruzyn: shows (a flush, Queen high)
Hero : shows (a flush, Queen high)
cruzyn collected 1450 from pot
Hero collected 1450 from pot

Summary
Total pot 2900 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 2: MJC6AM folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: WazaAa86 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Hero showed and won (1450) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 5: Tendo1976 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: freongas (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: dthimesch (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: cruzyn (big blind) showed and won (1450) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 9: ThePayne04 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #14254845895: Tournament #72344380, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/01/01 - 18:56:16 (ET)
Table '72344380 11' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Duffa (2620 in chips)
Seat 2: Steinjo007 (735 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (1915 in chips)
Seat 4: grabbaggie (1020 in chips)
Seat 5: srt8up (2280 in chips)
Seat 6: malviktheman (735 in chips)
Seat 7: set o nuts (2385 in chips)
Seat 8: blackmar55 (575 in chips)
Seat 9: dakat69 (2385 in chips)
blackmar55: posts small blind 15
dakat69: posts big blind 30

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
Duffa: folds
Steinjo007: folds
Hero : raises 60 to 90
grabbaggie: raises 60 to 150
srt8up: folds
malviktheman: folds
set o nuts: folds
blackmar55: calls 135
dakat69: folds
Hero : raises 270 to 420
grabbaggie: raises 600 to 1020 and is all-in
blackmar55: calls 425 and is all-in
Hero : calls 600

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $2,645.00)



Turn(Odds) (Pot : $2,645.00)



River (Pot : $2,645.00)



Showdown
Hero : shows (two pair, Aces and Deuces)
grabbaggie: shows (a full house, Kings full of Deuces)
grabbaggie collected 890 from side pot
blackmar55: shows (two pair, Kings and Tens)
Hero said, "jesus"
grabbaggie collected 1755 from main pot

Summary
Total pot 2645 Main pot 1755. Side pot 890. | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: Duffa folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Steinjo007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Hero showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Deuces
Seat 4: grabbaggie showed and won (2645) with a full house, Kings full of Deuces
Seat 5: srt8up folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: malviktheman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: set o nuts (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: blackmar55 (small blind) showed and lost with two pair, Kings and Tens
Seat 9: dakat69 (big blind) folded before Flop


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Played a bit today, I've been 12 tabling 25nl FR for a lot of success so I'm keeping at it. Played like 2.5k hands and won roughly 5 buyins. Ran kinda bad for a little while but hit anice 2 outer for a 2 buyin pot KK vs AA all in pre and K spiked. Hopefully I keep having these good days and I move up to 50nl real soon.

Why not add some goals for 2008 as well.

1) Keep roll growing and maintain good bankroll management so I can comortably be playing 2/4 by years end. We'll see how this goals turns out.

2) Get my ass in gear with my workouts, I plan on starting this week. Got a few closed tryouts coming up and I gotta be in awesome shape for them. Hoping to get my velo up so I'm consistently 87-88mph so here's hoping.

3) I wanna travel some more possibly get to southeast asia or australia. I'll be going to Europe for a week in March so that will also be fun.

4) Move to CO and work at a ski resort for the winter so I can ski everyday, this of course means I'm not assuming to be baller playing 2/4 so I won't need a job out there.

Bankroll:$631.52

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