Doing well but not playing nearly enough hands :/. This could all definitely be variance. The start of the month is NL10 and then NL25. Playing 23/20 at 25 and 26/23 at NL10.
Feel like I've gotten unlucky in showdown pots but also bluffing into the nuts on occasion. Also been a little bit autopiloty from time to time.
I need to play more hands though definitely. 9k hands is not enough
I know this is stupid to be mad about but this 4 tabling couple of hour session was so fucking lame. Gonna take a break and come back but damn I really wanted to play 5000 hands today ugh.
The bigger suckout hands...
Submitted by : vasoline73
Full Tilt Poker Game #24895750502: Table Soak (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:39:43 ET - 2010/10/21
Seat 1: bchoosiers1963 ($25)
Seat 2: Iiverson01 ($62.31)
Seat 3: Ale-Khan83 ($39.32)
Seat 4: jackgck ($27.80)
Seat 5: thigie ($13.81)
Seat 6: magnus-awesome1 ($25)
magnus-awesome1 posts the small blind of $0.10
bchoosiers1963 posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #5
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to jackgck
Iiverson01 raises to $0.85
Ale-Khan83 folds
jackgck has 15 seconds left to act
jackgck calls $0.85
thigie folds
magnus-awesome1 folds
magnus-awesome1 adds $0.10
bchoosiers1963 folds
bchoosiers1963 adds $0.25
Ale-Khan83 has been disconnected
Iiverson01 bets $1.50
Ale-Khan83 has reconnected
jackgck has 15 seconds left to act
Ale-Khan83 has been disconnected
Ale-Khan83 has reconnected
jackgck raises to $6
Iiverson01 has 15 seconds left to act
Iiverson01 raises to $20.05
thigie has been disconnected
jackgck raises to $26.95, and is all in
thigie has reconnected
Iiverson01 calls $6.90
jackgck shows
Iiverson01 shows
jackgck shows three of a kind, Nines
Iiverson01 shows three of a kind, Aces
Iiverson01 wins the pot ($53.16) with three of a kind, Aces
Summary Total pot $55.95 | Rake $2.79
Board:
Seat 1: bchoosiers1963 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Iiverson01 showed and won ($53.16) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 3: Ale-Khan83 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: jackgck showed and lost with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 5: thigie (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: magnus-awesome1 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Submitted by : vasoline73
Full Tilt Poker Game #24894583526: Table Coakley (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:47:28 ET - 2010/10/21
Seat 1: jackgck ($26.90)
Seat 2: pabloketero ($29.53)
Seat 3: Stork E ($25.35)
Seat 4: maycholiss ($25.25)
Seat 5: OMGwhysomuch ($35.07)
Seat 6: iakamber ($37.99)
iakamber posts the small blind of $0.10
jackgck posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #5
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to jackgck
pabloketero folds
Stork E folds
maycholiss folds
OMGwhysomuch raises to $0.75
iakamber folds
jackgck raises to $3
OMGwhysomuch has 15 seconds left to act
OMGwhysomuch has requested TIME
OMGwhysomuch calls $2.25
jackgck bets $4
OMGwhysomuch has 15 seconds left to act
OMGwhysomuch has requested TIME
OMGwhysomuch raises to $9
jackgck raises to $23.90, and is all in
OMGwhysomuch calls $14.90
jackgck shows
OMGwhysomuch shows
jackgck shows a straight, Jack high
OMGwhysomuch shows a straight, Queen high
OMGwhysomuch wins the pot ($51.21) with a straight, Queen high
Summary Total pot $53.90 | Rake $2.69
Board:
Seat 1: jackgck (big blind) showed and lost with a straight, Jack high
Seat 2: pabloketero didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Stork E didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: maycholiss didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: OMGwhysomuch (button) showed and won ($51.21) with a straight, Queen high
Seat 6: iakamber (small blind) folded before the Flop
Submitted by : vasoline73
Full Tilt Poker Game #24892447189: Table Pump (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:18:35 ET - 2010/10/21
Seat 1: MasterofCardz ($26.40)
Seat 2: pelator ($9.87)
Seat 3: Kidao16 ($8.84)
Seat 4: jackgck ($25)
Seat 5: tilden_ua ($25.96)
Seat 6: Maniac1501 ($20.60)
Kidao16 posts the small blind of $0.10
jackgck posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #2
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to jackgck
tilden_ua folds
Maniac1501 folds
MasterofCardz raises to $0.75
pelator folds
Kidao16 folds
jackgck calls $0.50
jackgck bets $1.20
MasterofCardz has 15 seconds left to act
MasterofCardz has requested TIME
MasterofCardz raises to $3.75
jackgck has 15 seconds left to act
jackgck raises to $9
MasterofCardz has 15 seconds left to act
MasterofCardz has requested TIME
MasterofCardz calls $5.25
jackgck has 15 seconds left to act
jackgck bets $15.25, and is all in
MasterofCardz has 15 seconds left to act
MasterofCardz calls $15.25
jackgck shows
MasterofCardz shows
River (Pot : $50.10)
jackgck shows three of a kind, Tens
MasterofCardz shows a full house, Tens full of Jacks
MasterofCardz wins the pot ($47.60) with a full house, Tens full of Jacks
Summary Total pot $50.10 | Rake $2.50
Board:
Seat 1: MasterofCardz showed and won ($47.60) with a full house, Tens full of Jacks
Seat 2: pelator (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Kidao16 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: jackgck (big blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 5: tilden_ua didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Maniac1501 didn't bet (folded)
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It's just annoying to think that if I had won one of those hands my session would be a lot better.
Does anyone live near the San Fernando valley (Southern California) who would wanna possibly meet up and talk about hands/coach? I'm starting to play NL25 and I feel like I have no idea how to review my play to see if I'm even learning. I don't know what I should be focused on/leaks/etc. Or if I'm even a decent player.
None of my friends play poker so I have no one to talk to about hands/sessions/etc.
I dunno >.<.
NL25 for me so far.. . All rush.
And my month
BR currently at 714$ after hitting a high of $915 earlier today .
So, I'm turning 21 tomorrow (the 20th) and going to Vegas on the 24th and I was wondering...
I have 700$ on FTP and want to know if anyone trustworthy can meet up with me somewhere in Vegas and we can transfer FTP$ for actual cash. Not sure if this is a common kind of transfer or how it would be done... (meet up with a laptop and transfer then you hand me cash? I go to your place to transfer... then you give me cash...? uhhhhhhhhhhh I dunno.) Ideally I could meet you at the end of the weekend, give you cash (hopefully I have more than what I started the weekend with ^^) and get a transfer back on FTP.
If no one can do it, it's not a huge deal.
Anyways, I'll be blogging about my NL10 results at the end of the month sometime, so yeah ^^. Feel like I'm learning a lot.
I wanna start this blog by saying thank you to anyone who has commented on my hand histories, blog, or who railed me in MiniFTOPS event 1. I really appreciate it, it helps me become a better player, and I feel more "part of the community." You guys have really helped me out.
Anyways, to the updates...
I am starting to move up to NL10 rush. My bankroll now sits at 510$ and I feel good about my chances to succeed at the new limit. At NL10 I have noticed more 3betting blind v button which for someone who steals all the time is a little frustrating, but I am working on
a.) looking at stats before I steal (thinking twice before stealing from 11% 3bet)
b.) stealing with hands that at least have some equity post flop
My NL5 results are as such...
I feel like the limit is pretty much beaten for now. Maybe I'll have to go back, and honestly part of me wants to stay there because I feel very comfortable grinding it, but with 50 buyins for NL10, I need to push myself and move up.
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The second part of this update is about miniFTOPS Event #1! I made a deep run (came in 153rd) and made 173$, which is pretty gay compared to how much I could have made, but not a bad score for a NL5 grinder. Obviously I had luck when I needed it, but I also feel like up until the last 30 minutes of the tournament I was playing very solid.
Last year I played event #10 and was making a deep run until this hand so in my mind I've had success in these big MTTs. Granted it's only two of them, but I've also had a deepish run in the Super Stack $6000 guarantee. I feel like I preform best with a super stack as opposed to a normal 1500 starting stack.
Looking at my sharkscope, it's pretty obvious I have concentration issues but I've been learning a lot about stealing and restealing and yesterday I felt very comfortable playing around the bubble. . Regardless, it was exciting for me to have a run at a decent payout. Also, playing with Scott Fischman was fun too. Lucky he was on my right, and lucky he wasn't too active.
The one thing I did do that was a big BIG BIG mistake was invite my friends over to rail me. They were such faggots. Individually I'm sure they all would have been serious, but they came to rail me and ended up just being annoying and not helpful. Granted they don't really play poker, but it still sucked. Definitely helped me lose my concentration and drive near the end of the tournament. Next time I will try harder, learn from my mistakes, and hopefully do a better job. As of now I'm thinking about what other event to play...
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Anyways, that's it for now. Does anyone have any advice for NL10 rush? Nl10 in general? Poker in general? lol. I've been trying to study a lot.
Running about 11BI below EV (net expected run is 160 ) and it's only 15000 hands since my downswing blog but I honestly feel like my play has improved so yeah ^^. Will try to play until 230-250$ and take a NL10 shot.
The last 5000 hands have been frustrating because it seems like I am just breaking even while my EV has been steadily moving up. Guess it's better than losing though ^^.
Trying to let the red line fall more has been helping me alot.
Last few days
Month
EV + SDW/NSDW stuff
Anyways, I wouldn't have improved without LP so thanks guys.
So today's session went a lot better thanks I'm sure partially to luck (thanks JSquids haha), but also no doubt because I applied the advice Steal City, SpasticInk, Almebeast and Carthac gave me. Thanks a lot guys. I really really appreciate advice.
I tried to stop pushing borderline edges and reads post flop when it was unlikely I was gonna get a fold, I tried to stop double barreling when a scare card hit the turn, less fancy 3bets from the blinds, etc etc.
In addition I started opening way more when folded to me in the SB and a bit more when it was folded to me on the button. I probably was pushing it a little bit since I was raising some trashy hands on the button/sb but it seemed to work as most of the time I got folds (I wasn't raising trash in sb against any 50/8 BB's or anything either.) This helped my red line from completely tanking while letting me push my blue line up.
It also helps that I ran with my EV.
Graphs/Stats below.
and these were my stats from the last session for comparison.
I opened alot more IP, cut my AF in half, 3bet a little bit less, and doubled my att to steal. Hopefully I can keep running good and improving. Any advice or comments always appreciated. Again thanks guys.
Recently I've been 4 tabling NL5 trying to build a roll and today I had pretty much the worst, longest, gayest session of my life.
I kept telling myself it would turn around but obviously, it didn't and I just feel exhausted.
It looks fucking horrible and even the EV line is in the negative but I feel like it doesn't even cover how bad I felt like I ran today. Even if the EV line covered it all I am running 10 buyins below EV. But that's not the case. I just could not catch a break and seemed to be running into monsters I thought they couldn't really have due to preflop/flop actions when I had second or third nut type hands. Or I would 3bet pre, get called OOP, half pot flop, half pot turn setting up for a river shove, and then have the fish river two pair for his A7 or some bs. Add this to consistently losing flips and 70/30's and it just sucked today.
It's even worse because I kept taking little breaks to relax and keep my cool and I was telling myself to just play solid and that downswings happen. I was pretty non tilted, at least in the monkey tilt department. Even now I feel pretty calm about it but fuckkkkkkk.. the graph just looks awful and I'm wondering if a winning player can even run this bad at NL5. :/.
Anyways, this is my month(ish) so far...
Stats
Anyone have any advice? Kill myself? Hahaha. Does this just happen sometimes? 10,000 hands isn't impossible for a swing like this, but I know the bigger your winrate the less likely this stuff happens... :/. Ok well I'm going to bed.
Sigh. I just ended my session running 6 buy ins below EV sitting to the left of some of the biggest fishes ever. Felt like nothing was working and I just tilted near the end of the session because of it, so obviously I decided to stop.
Like this punk trying to give me a full buy in with K high... + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : vasoline73
Full Tilt Poker Game #17695381115: Table Loretta (6 max) - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:20:03 ET - 2010/01/18
Seat 1: ZonZa ($23.20)
Seat 2: jackgck ($11.07)
Seat 3: reedorweep ($9.86)
Seat 4: fcb910961 ($13.58)
Seat 5: kozikoa ($11.86)
Seat 6: okerhai ($3.85)
kozikoa posts the small blind of $0.05
okerhai posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #4
ZonZa checks
jackgck bets $1
ZonZa raises to $2
jackgck has 15 seconds left to act
jackgck raises to $10.57, and is all in
ZonZa calls $8.57
jackgck shows
ZonZa shows
jackgck shows a pair of Nines
ZonZa shows a pair of Kings
ZonZa wins the pot ($20.81) with a pair of Kings
jackgck adds $10
Summary Total pot $22.29 | Rake $1.48
Board:
Seat 1: ZonZa showed and won ($20.81) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: jackgck showed and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 3: reedorweep didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: fcb910961 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: kozikoa (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: okerhai (big blind) folded before the Flop
I thought he'd stack with any 6x there and apparently he's cool stacking with worse. :/
Regardless of this session, the month has been pretty good. I should be putting in more hands, but I've also been working so sometimes it's hard to grind when I know I'll just be playing my C game tired instead of resting and playing better later.
My bankroll is at 310 (it was 360 earlier ) and I'll start taking occasional NL25 shots around 475-500. For right now I'm gonna exercise, take a break and then come back in like 45 min to grind some NL5 to get my confidence back. I know that soon I'll need to hire a coach or get a strong player to sweat me because I feel unconfident in my game... I'm trying to play ABC but also think creatively at the same time... but there's clearly spots where I'm not playing optimally and I know I'm not thinking about every hand correctly. Honestly I kind of feel like I've just been running good recently.. which is why I know I need a coach or strong winning player to sweat me.
Anyways, here's the graphs...
Today's session NL10:
Around hand 1600 I was all "sweet I'm coming back!" :/
. Regardless, it was exciting for me to have a run at a decent payout. Also, playing with Scott Fischman was fun too. Lucky he was on my right, and lucky he wasn't too active. 
