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I haven't been posting for the last few days but I also haven't been playing that much. I've been going out a lot though (need to do sth about it). I had one funny situation that happened to me yesterday. So it was 5am and I was coming back from a party and I just finished eating my kebab. I turned into my street and this woman (28-30yrs old) ask me for some change so I have here like £0,50 or so (pretty balla, huh?) and after that she asked me to write down her phone number. I was looking at her and asked what for and she just pulled her shirt up and showed me her (small and ugly) tits. So I obv started laughing and she said "Just £10 for a blowjob". So I started laughing even more and finally said no thanks. She didn't give up and grabbed my dick and at this moment I started getting pretty pissed off. So I grabbed her hand and told her to fuck off. She took the bag I had with me (inside was my drink for the morning when I wake up thirsty as hell) and threw it away somewhere and continued holding my arm. Finally I made her let me go and after hearing some nice comments she disappeared.

Coming back to poker.. So I've started playing on a new site (prima network) because of a good bonus (which will probably turn out to be shit or they won't pay the money) and I've been running even worse than before.

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1701/14oe0.jpg

I had like gazillion beats and I've been missing flops all the time and everyone was calling/raising me. And when I'd hit a big hand everyone was folding. Not much I can do but I also think that I'm playing worse than before my 3 month break. I was planning on playing really huge amounts of poker during the next 2-3 months but I think this is pointless if I'm playing bad. That being said I'm going to focus more on analyzing my game, stats and hands from PT, posting hand histories, browsing forums, watching vids on CR and talking about poker with others. Tommorow I'm going to spend most of my day doing what I've said above. I think I've spent the last month playing too much without an attempt to find and work on some major leaks I probably have. I definitely need to study the game more. I'd like to get in touch with some other players who are at nl100-nl400 (or have been playing there recently) and don't mind talking strategy or talking about some specific hands from time to time. I'm also looking for any kind of advice. My MSN is pawelceb@hotmail.co.uk so feel free to text me. If you don't have MSN then send me your email on nickname on other communicator (through PM) and I'll set a new account there. I think that everything I mentioned above should let me improve my game and help me make some progress (I've been stuck at nl100 for a long time). I'm also thinkin about getting some coaching but I have no idea about the best deals available so I'm looking for advice in this area as well. I think that's it for now and I hope my next blog entry will be much more optimistic.


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Alright, so I've now played 10k hands of 10NL and I've made all of $10.00. My first 2-3 sessions were winners and I was up $50.00. Then I took a break for midterms and now I'm playing a bunch on my reading week. I'm making this blog because I need some advice. I'm having trouble beating the 6-max 10NL loose tables (40%+ players to the flop every hand).

I'm just wondering from those of you who have moved through this stake and crushed it while multi-tabling did to do so. What type of strategies and plays you used on a frequent basis. I find I'm having my raised called PF no matter what size it is. Suck-outs have also been somewhat of a problem and the most challenging thing has been placing opponents on a hand because tons of times is just flat out random.

So from those of you who CRUSH absolutely DEMOLISH NL10 on stars, what'd you do to get yourself through it quickly? It's a beatable game I can feel that much, I'm just having trouble finding a method that is successful on a 4/5 session basis or so.


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Took a small stab at the game and see how it plays compated to 3/6NL. At 3/6NL people decided to just repop me every hand they played with me which did nothing but increase their varience. I played a few of the regulars heads up - CaptainZeebo, TheCleaner, and these two random fish. Besides TheCleaner, I don't think anyone has even close to an edge over me and I will gladly play them HU. The regulars on this stake seem to play lower varience styles than that of 3/6NL (which is better for my style) - I think 3/6NL is the most aggresive preflop game on PS . I just wanted to get a couple of hands and anylize the play a little. I will do that today, and starting tomorrow I will play longer sessions (3k+)


http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9348/510by1.jpg

That is all for now.


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still grinding strong i guess except not as well as when i started on NL10. Today started really piss poor on FR (-3 buyins) so i decided to go back to my old love of 6 max for the day to just chill out. So i opened up 6 tables of 6 max and got shit on some more but all turned out farely well because i was able to be up 1 buy in total for the day in cash games. started the day with 330 went down to 300 and then back to 340. Also, while playing the 6 6 max tables i opened up a 180 man donkament. I proceeded to luckbox my way to the final table and ended up in 6th place have a pretty avg stack throughout. I got busted in a race where utg limped then the sb raised a lot from the sb like 5x the BB. I had AK spades in the sb. I time banked then finally pushed because if i won that race i guaranteed myself a 100 buck win. I pushed from the sb my remaining stack and the SB called with JJ. I was unimproved. Idk whether his call was correct but gg him. Total in my roll right now is 370 with the 6th place finish, so i'm happy i guess. as always i wish all of u luck with ur play and i hope u make mad monies

-DonVale


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Running really bad, i cant seem to win any hands at all.

Especially vs short stacks, they have top pair and hit 3 of kind on river always, fucking sucks.

On the plus side, i got my pokertracker finally so thats alrite.

Current BR: $550

Think im gunna move my roll over to full tilt for rakeback and hope for some better luck there


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I'm failing european history

in other news I played some poker today


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Make monies with monies. Part 1

I made a post on my blog about the stock market and what I’ve invested in the 19th of february and within a hour or so 2 posters said that they wanted to learn more about it. I’m far from an expert and I’ll write about my background soon enough but first of all I’d like to say that I think that this is very +ev and a good way to increase one’s profit. It’s natrually not free money or anything, and it’s most certainly a form of gambling, but I’m still a firm believer that one could make some extra money on this. It’s basicly poker but in a way less time-consuming then card playing. You will have to read a lot if you want to do good, but you don’t have to sit endless hours in front of your computer to make good money. All in all, it’s a good side-income and the chance of getting better intrest then if you keep your money on the bank is pretty good.

My background

My father and uncle have been playing around a bit on the stock market for a long time. My uncle is basicly into a lot of gamblingish thingys and is still, at an age well over 70, running a somewhat successful small company, is a winning gambler when it comes to horse racing and has enough money on in the stock market so that the bank appointed him a special man to call when he wants to buy or sell anything. Unlike some other parts of my family, he thought that it was “sick cool” that I made money on poker and wanted me to show him. My dad has also made some money on stocks, although not that much. He lost some during the IT crash too but he’s overall made a decent profit on it. Anyway, last summer he told me and my sister that we could invest 2k each and if we’d lose it he’d pay us back. That part went fine and I started reading a lot about the energy market and I kinda got hooked. Now that I’ve made some money of my own from poker I’ve been able to invest a little and I’m having a blast.

Get some interest[b]

The idea about investments are that you should get better intrest then you’d get if you had the money in the bank. I’m of the opinion that bank accounts just rips us off since the big banks make money with your money and pay you very little in return. So, it’s better if you make money with your money, right? After all, you can probably do it almost as good anyway.

[b]BR-management

As in poker; shit happends and you shouldn’t play around with money you can’t lose. Myth said it very good; “Investing is clearly a +EV addition to anyone’s life, and with tax benefits and the potential to produce huge gains, as poker players we should all consider doing it some day. If you choose to do so, which I hope you will, begin with an assessment of your risk attitude and some serious studies on the fundamentals.”

Taxes and Rake

I have no idea about the rules in other countries, but in Sweden it’s basicly 30% rake on the gains so if you invest 1k and the stock rises to 2k you’ll have 1 and 2/3 k’s in your hand. That’s kinda high, and you’ll also have to pay some rake, sometimes called “courtage”, when you buy stuff. This is often not much, but if you don’t buy for large sums and wants to buy on a foreign stock market it can get somewhat expensive. If you want to know more I can probably tell you a bit about the rules in Sweden, but I’ve got no idea about how it is in other contries. I guess myth knows more about this stuff. Just ask on the 2+2 investment forum otherwise, I was looking around a bit there and they seem to know some stuff about this.

The energy market

Just like in poker you should probably learn one single kind of game at first. I, for example, don’t know shit about most companies outside the energy sector. I happened to think that this sector is one of the better to invest in right now and I try to read a lot about it. Basicly we have really high prices right now, indications that they might continue even higher and a lot of small and medium sized companies that have the opportunity to make sick money if things work out for them. We all know that the oil is really expencive, many people talks about “peak oil” and there are a lot of ideas about how to extract oil from stuff that couldn’t be profitable to think about before. Also, because of different reasons the uranium industry is not in that good of a shape right now because of about 25 years of underinvestment. There are simply not enough supply and an ever incresing demand on this radioactive stuff. Even thought this sector has had a sick, allmost sakisaki-like, run the last few years many experts think that it’ll continue another few years. It’s really time consuming to make a new mine for uranium so they’re probably right. Basicly; this shit is probably the most +ev sector you can invest in right now.

What's next?

I've got a lot of shit to do for a while now but I'll try to write up a little guide to a few companies I think can do good in the future sometime. That'll at least give you a few ideas about companies that you can check out. Also, if someone wants to help me write that part just PM me and we'll excange msn or something.

Links

Myth’s article on investment: http://www.liquidpoker.net/information/f/146437/1/Poker_and_Investing.html

Jordanfonden, "The Jordan Fund", a Swedish blog with sick roi on their recommendations: http://www.angby.com/jsp/jordanfund/index.jsp

2+2 on Uranium: (some basic stuff) http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sho...umber=9029791&an=0&page=0#Post9029791



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Had my best day for a while yesterday, up 6.5 buy ins over 1,500 hands could have been 8.5 if it wasnt for this hand http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/148189

BR: $266


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So yea.. poker has been pretty good, after moving up to 25/50 made 100k~ in a week or two, but friday I think it was tilted ~70k so sorta not been playing much, not sure if I really want to jump back into 25/50 again, might just play on FTP in the 2/4-5/10 games since my FTP bankroll is like really small now.

I also have a sidebet that I have to win, play 2x more hands than my friend for the month of february, which im getting raped at i'm pretty sure. I have around 30k hands and I think hes in the 20k~ range

also im sorta thinking about starting to possibly offer lessons, but i really don't know if it would be worth it unless it was 300$~/hr, which is still not close to what i make hourly playing poker.

I've been really lazy with school but it just seems so.. not worth it in respects to things, and I am having trouble seeing myself completing college if things keep up the way they are going.


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Hey all. Ran pretty much break even over the last 25k hands at 100nl six max. (2ptbb/100 ) It's really getting frustrating. I'm having a tough time analyzing my play and finding any real leaks other than a few possible things preflop, although I'm really not sure whether or not this is also due to variance.

One of the greater challenges I think a serious poker player faces is not being results oriented but at the same time being responsible for their results.

Here's a graph of my most recent 2.5k hand session http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4429/febgraph3go0.jpg

The funny thing about it is over those 2.5k hands I didn't lose more than 60bb in a pot, barring one hand where I had AK lose to JJ AIPF... Won a few interesting ones though. Check out the hands from Feb 19-20 here: http://www.liquidpoker.net/hand/id/1/user/20955

Some kinda interesting stuff, and a pretty questionable play with AK against a shorter stack. I decided he had to have a FD since he limp called and the second five came on the turn. Come to think of it, over-analyzing situations when I'm running poorly is definitely one of my leaks, but I've been doing a good job plugging it lately.

In other news, I've started polyphasic sleeping at the advice of Corwin the great. Not really, but I've been sort of doing it unintentionally.

Also, I'm thinking about buying a 30" and 20" monitor for my new setup (I'm building a new cpu). Anyone out there have any input or advice on any other monitor-related ideas. I'm nervous 30" will be "too big" or that maybe there's just better options out there. Any feedback appreciated.

LATA.


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Still playing good but somewhat nitty poker. After continuing to run good, I decided to try the 3/6 games out. I just played 4-tables cause the betting amounts makes me confused and I suck so bad at math I have to think for like 1 hour before deciding what the best 3-bet amount is etc. Obv I ran incredible the first hour. Made some pretty good calls and some well timed bluffs. The game seemed alot tighter than 400nl so I loosened up a bit but without going crazy or anything.

After that the shit kinda hit the fan. I made a couple of bad calls, and aparently bluffed where my read was right but my opponent hadnt found the fold button:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/148335

Probibly shouldnt have gotten involved with a hand like A10 in the first place, and stuff like this doesnt really piss me off. Just shows that the games are very profitable.

After actually being down like 1k for the session(HUH, ME DOWN MONEY WTF!?) I ran into this hand:



http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/148338

Aparently my luckbox was just temporarily on break, and that guy overplayed his hand so bad. Resulted in my biggest pot won so far, ship it!



Im actually going to stop blogging now. This will be my last blogpost about me being a running good luckdonk. It just feels like it doesnt serve any real purpose and like Im just shoving my dick in the face of everybody whos struggling with a bad run. I will still post once in a while if I have something interesting to say, and you can expect me to update the blog 5 times a day as soon as i start running bad, me being the whiny bitch I am.

I also decided to make another video since many people seem to want a new one. Will probibly make it for 200nl on party some time this week. Stay tuned.

Here are my stats so far:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6404/goodrunyesqt8.png


dink!


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so as my first blog entry ill give you some poker history.

i started playing poker about a year ago in my senior year of HS. always played serious but never put much time into it and im still notorious for hardly playing. id mostly been around nl50 and staying there because of alot of cashouts because i didnt have a job. after newyears i went on a decent run and really started to put time into play. ive been at nl200 for about a month with about a 15k br.



now to why UB sucks. ive been murdering the 1/2 because its a pretty soft game. feeling sufficiently rolled ive been trying to move up to 2/4 but the games there can get disgustingly tough. alot of the times ub doesnt have any 3/6-5/10-10/25 games so the players who are regs at those come to the 2/4 games and even sometimes 1/2 games. ive also heard if you can beat the 3/6 on ub you can probably beat the 5/10 on stars. shame i cant beat the 3/6 on ub ;p

thats it for now. keep ballin nukkas.


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Played very well again today.....

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8827/219bg1.jpg

$8.20 in bonus as well


So, tonight I went to the library for the first time all semester...that was painful but I actually accomplished something. I'm pretty much gonna get my ass kicked by school the next two weeks! 6 exams and a huge group research proposal due between the 26th and the 2nd of March. Sweeeeeeeeeeeet FUCK SCHOOL!


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I've always used this metaphor to help describe what kind of personalities play poker. Different people handle bad situations differently. And lets face it, there are a lot of bad situations in poker. So the question of the day is:

What do you do when poker starts pissing on you?

Imagine the following: You are standing in some random spot. At the same time, there is a man who is on top of a ladder, pants around his ankles and using what the good lord gave him to release the golden shower on top of your head. Yes he is pissing on you. So what is your course of action?

The Bankroll Nit - He doesn't like getting pissed on for the obvious reasons. But he lacks the balls to do anything about it. In response to getting pissed on, he simply moves out of the way. The poker equivalent to this would be someone who plays it safe, if they can't beat a game they move down and grind until they feel it's safe to move back up and tackle the higher stakes. This guy often uses the 100 buy-in rule to justify taking a shot. At the same time, is willing to accept help but doesn't necessarily need it.

The Safe Grinder - He doesn't like getting pissed on either. But he has a little more balls than the regular bankroll nit. In response to getting pissed on, he kicks down the ladder and runs away. The poker equivalent would be someone who plays it safe most of the time, moving down when he needs to, but does everything in his power to move up within his "safe" limits. He often uses a safe 30-40 buy-in rule to justify taking shots. At the same time, he is willing to accept help but doesn't necessarily need it.

The Stubborn Grinder - He doesn't mind getting pissed on. He can take it! In fact, he's probably very use to it. In response to the situation, he grabs an umbrella and stays in the same location. The poker equivalent would be someone who refuses to move down in stakes even when they are losing. They just don't lower themselves to "running away" from the problem and face the problem head on. Often times they don’t use any bankroll management at all. At the same time, they accept help from anyone who can give it to them. Most of the time they need a lot of help. But eventually they will learn to deal with the problem from their experience.

The Stubborn Degenerate - He doesn't mind getting pissed on. And from the looks of it, he seems to enjoy it. In response to the situation, he willingly stays in the same spot and continues to get pissed on. The stubborn degenerate always seems to think that if he stays in the same spot long enough that maybe the guy will stop pissing on him. The poker equivalent would be someone who has too big of en ego to ever move down. Nor do they accept help from anyone else. They think they play perfect poker and there is nothing to learn from anyone. When poker starts pissing on the stubborn degenerate, he blames it on variance and hopes that his luck will break even. Sadly he never learns and often goes busto because of it.

The Degenerate Gambler - He likes getting pissed on, and everyone knows this is a fact. In response to the situation, he firmly plants his ass in the same spot and finds enjoyment in getting pissed on. The poker equivalent would be someone who knows they suck, but just plays to have a good time. And a good time they have as they blow through their bankrolls and redeposit several times. They never want to take the time to learn anything from anyone, and therefore they find this habit a repeating cycle.

The Winning Grinder – He doesn’t like getting pissed on. And he has the balls and the smarts to do something about it. In response to the situation, he kicks down the ladder, then gets into a fight with the guy pissing on him. There is no guarantee that he wins the fight, and sometime the guy that was pissing on him kicks the Winning Grinder’s ass and gets back on top of the ladder and continues to piss on him. But one thing is clear: the Winning Grinder does not take shit and does something about it. The poker equivalent would be someone who learns from his experience, and has the balls to do something about it. He uses the 20 buy-in rule, but rarely finds the need to move down since he learns quick and figures out how to beat games. He accepts help from people around him but rarely needs it.

The Big Winner – He doesn’t like getting pissed on. What he does like is pissing on other people. In response to the situation, he climbs up the ladder, pushes down the guy on top of it, and then starts pissing on him. The Big Winner always finds ways to turn problems around and benefit from them. He picks his fights well, and doesn’t get into conflict unless he needs to. The poker equivalent would be your typical SBRugby or GreenPlastic. They are smart about the game, they use safe bankroll management skills, and pick their spots very well. They will run away from a problem if it is profitable for them, they will tackle a problem head on if it seems profitable for them. They see the bigger picture and figure out how to be the biggest winner.

So what type of player are you? And please be as honest as possible.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/userpoll/draw.php?poll_id=231
Poll: What poker personality best fits you in this situation?
(Vote): The Bankroll Nit
(Vote): The Safe Grinder
(Vote): The Stubborn Grinder
(Vote): The Stubborn Degenerate
(Vote): The Degenerate Gambler
(Vote): The Winning Grinder
(Vote): The Big Winner

I am The Bankroll Nit. I'll admit it.


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Graph of today's session.

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5066/weirdxd4.jpg


I normally don't stack off as a huge underdog unless it's a cooler. I felt I played this hand absolutley attrociously but hopefully I won't repeat the same mistake.
I don't actually know this player nor have history with him but I have seen him play the 25 50 game and I just assumed he's a very aggresive player who is making "moves". I have no idea what his ranges were at the time and I just decided to shove.
Maybe I wouldn't make this post if he had AK or JJ but reviewing the HH he is repoping my UTG raisefrom the BB which is generally considered to be a very strong play. I think optimally I should have taken a flop. Radioheads later told me he folded JJ, had I taken a flop I would have been able to get away from this hand rather cheap - I think had he C-bet into two people on a Jxx flop I would have mucked my queens post-flop because the only hand I can beat is TT but that would be an extremley loose play on his part and after a few orbits of playing with him afterwards I quickly realized he is a very ABC striaght forward tight player - basically the complete opposite of my assumption

POKERSTARS GAME #8519476165: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($3/$6) - 2007/02/19 - 13:14:08 (ET)
Table 'Memnon IV' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: teacuppoker ($732 in chips)
Seat 2: TH£ RISE ($870.95 in chips)
Seat 3: running solo ($1400 in chips)
Seat 4: ETUDEinE ($211.65 in chips)
Seat 5: Radioheads ($630.50 in chips)
Seat 6: SMOKIN_VIC ($730.40 in chips)
SMOKIN_VIC: posts small blind $3
teacuppoker: posts big blind $6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TH£ RISE [Qc Qh]
TH£ RISE: raises $18 to $24
running solo: folds
ETUDEinE: folds
Radioheads: calls $24
SMOKIN_VIC: folds
teacuppoker: raises $60 to $84
TH£ RISE: raises $786.95 to $870.95 and is all-in
Radioheads: folds
teacuppoker: calls $648 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Jh 7d 2c]
*** TURN *** [Jh 7d 2c]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 7d 2c 6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
teacuppoker: shows [Ah Ad] (a pair of Aces)
TH£ RISE: mucks hand
teacuppoker collected $1488 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1491 | Rake $3
Board [Jh 7d 2c 6d Td]
Seat 1: teacuppoker (big blind) showed [Ah Ad] and won ($1488) with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: TH£ RISE mucked [Qc Qh]
Seat 3: running solo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ETUDEinE folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Radioheads (button) folded before Flop
Seat 6: SMOKIN_VIC (small blind) folded before Flop

This hand also hurt my image a little because I overplayed a marginal hand and people thought I was on tilt afterwards (I think) so I was getting played back at more and I had to re-establish myself.

I think the lesson here is don't assume anything and don't stack off in marginal spots against unknowns based on phantom assumptions.

I took the entire weekend off to do things with family + go out - I did not play a single hand of poker during this time. Well I now have the proper bankroll for 5/10 NL. So I will play starting tomorrow.


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haha I just can't stop laughing

Look at this:

Submitted by : Gawuss

***** Hand 539891644 *****
0.50/1.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit) - Monday, February 19, 2007 3:01:07 PM
Table TH 44 (Real/Cash Game)
Seat 1: Tillor (94.40)
Seat 2: þahinl (237.72)
Seat 3: Arrapaa (134.85)
Seat 4: Gaw (109.10)
Seat 5: Mariabella (144.95)
Gaw post SB 0.50
Mariabella post BB 1.00
** Deal **
Tillor [N/A, N/A]
þahinl [N/A, N/A]
Arrapaa [N/A, N/A]
Gaw
Mariabella [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
Tillor Fold
þahinl Call 1.00
Arrapaa Fold
Gaw Raise to 5.00
Mariabella Fold
þahinl Call 5.00
*** Flop(Board): *** : ,,]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
Gaw Bet 8.00
þahinl Call 8.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : ,,,]
*** Bet Round 3 ***
Gaw Bet 17.00
þahinl Call 17.00
*** River(Board): *** : ,,,,]
*** Bet Round 4 ***
Gaw Bet 38.00
þahinl Raise to 100.00
Gaw All-in 79.10
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 3.00 Total Pot: 216.20
þahinl Two pair fives and threes Win:0.00
Gaw Two pair kings and fives Win:216.20

Day 46 - No poker.

Day 47
Stakes: NL100
VPiP: 17.40
PFR: 13.88
Hands: 1.477

Amount Won: 118.48
PTbb/100: 4.01
Hours: 3.98
MT: 3.44

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1954/19vt2.jpg


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Meh, I'm starting to get frustrated again. I managed to pretty much break even yesterday despite not losing a big pot all day, won 1 big pot with a full house with sixes, and lost a ton of medium sized pots with JJ/QQ against crap like Q5s. Pretty much a long boring day. I also played a little limit and lost a fair amount there (thank God I didn't run that bad at NL, had AA flop a set and lose a big pot there). Played a couple tourneys and finished up a bit: a $25 MTT that I cashed for about $50 in, and a $22 SNG that I took second in. Overall, a frustrating day, but at least I made a little bit.

Day 8 totals:

+$10.65 in 1,232 hands of NL $50
-$38.75 in 280 hands of $1/$2 Limit
+$60.00 in tourneys

Current BR:
$3039

Overall totals:
+$345.45 in 12,841 hands of NL $50
-$38.75 in 280 hands of $1/$2 Limit
+$60.00 in tourneys
+$156.95 in RB / bonuses



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OK, I have decided to start a blog since this seems to be the trendy thing to do and especially my bankroll have reached exactly 200 it is time to keep track of how I am doing.
Got my ass kicked on the 6max by people outdrawing me, really makes me wonder if calling pot size bets or even reraise with flush/straight draw actually wins money in a long term or not. Just about everyone can outdraw me and lost 4BI in one hour which brings my bankroll back to 200.
I always know that people are not as willing to throw money into draws in full ring but call/raise a lot on 6max but today I really feel what it means by a bad run, just seems impossible to win.
Still determined to stay on 25nl but will only play on full ring from now on and I won't multitable anymore. Multitabling has been a waste of time for me so far, winning I think about 3$ after 1 week even at lower limits. Losing money tells me that I have to move down, but staying constant? I think just switching to one table is the better idea.
Anyway, will take a break for about 3 days off poker since work is getting into me a bit and slightly ill(how come everyone is ill, fuck english weather!)

my last hand of the day
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/148225
maybe it is just not the day


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This post is just to update my february progress so far. Basically I have been running only so so in the last days, going up and down all the time, usually finishing somewhere around 0 or slightly up. The only big exception was yesterday, when I made +7 buyins, which is nice.

My initial plan for february was to play about 35-40k hands and make something like 6,5-7k USD, which means to have a winrate of about 4.5ptbb/100 on NL200.
As far as winrate goes, I am somewhat behind atm. But I made up for that in number of hands (because my broken arm restrains me from doing sports and such, so I play poker instead). That means, that the most important thing, the net amount won is just about as planned, or maybe even a little ahead of the plan.

Here are my results for february so far:
http://joeik.sc45.info/img/joe/poker070219.jpg

My Bankroll is coming near to the amount which I want to have to start playing NL400. If everything goes well, I think I might start NL400 in about 3 weeks.


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