Ok, first off, I've been slacking on the posts. I've had 6 sessions since my last post for ($286.50). My strong run ground to a halt. But there is a little light at the end of that tunnel. Month #3 has been profitable for a good clip: $476.45 (would've been spectacular if not for that slip up!). Here's the breakdown:
$22+1 HU: 2/0 $42.00
$30+1.5 HU: 1/1 ($3.00)
$33+1.5 HU: 11/9 $36.00
$55+2.5 HU: 12/8 $170.00
$110+5 HU: 1/1 ($10.00)
$25+2 FT: 0/1/0/0 $40.50
$35+3 FT: 0/0/0/1 ($38.00)
$55+5 FT: 0/2/0/0 $177.00
100PLO8: 1 session $61.95
I think the irony of this is that this month contains the least amount of games played (July=74, August=90, September=51). Just goes to show, when I push to play, I play poorly; when I play because I have the time, I play better.
Overall, I'm up $384.52 since I began. I'll take it! Profit is good. October started 2 hours ago, so I really need to get to bed!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Hiatus over!
Finally got in some poker this week. Thursday night after my baseball game, I found talisain51 looking for an opponent at the $55+2.5 HU table, and I was happy to oblige! I quit after winning that game.
Played again this afternoon while the kids were sleeping. Split a pair of games against a new opponent. I had him on the ropes in the second game, he clawed back, got me on the ropes, then I clawed back. We were even stacked when he ended up with QQ35 in the SB, and I had KQJ5ss in the BB. He raised PF, and I called. I like calling with this type of hand because when I flop good, I can usually get a lot of chips out of my opponents, especially those with AA or AK[baby]. When the flop comes with any 2 cards from 9 to K, I've got a very strong hand and/or drawing hand, especially if there end up being 2 cards of my suit. Well, I didn't expect a QQ35 raise from my opponent. He had been pretty conservative, so I figured him more for and A[Face][Baby] type hand. In this case, the flop came QT3, and the money when in on the flop. OOPS! I hit my 9 on the turn, for my straight, but a river 9 gave him the win.
I didn't feel like playing another SNG, so I went to the cash tables and found someone sitting alone with $88 at the 100PLO8 tables (.5/1 blinds). I figured, what the heck, it's been a while. Put up $100 and see if you can make $50. Made $61.95 and left. The hand I made most of my chips was AQJJ in the SB, I limped and he checked. Flop came QT5. My opponent came out betting ($2). I was a little surprised, but I called wondering if my hand was good or not. I hit my K on the turn. Check / Check. River 7. He checks, I bet $4 (25% of the pot) to try and get a call, and he re-raises to $20. I re-raise to $45, and he calls. He turned the second nuts with QJ98, and I could have likely got him for his stack if I pot bet the river instead. Oh well, can't really complain. I played him for a grand total of 5 minutes.
Finished off my session with another $55+2.5 HU, this time against lolgui. I've found a new mark. I've played him 9 times and, with the victory today, I'm up 6/3 against him. I've got a feel for his play, with the one thing that saves me the most money being that he *always* value bets the turn with a monster. A pot bet is not strong, but a 1/2 pot bet on the turn is DANGER. With this in mind, I'm able to save a lot of chips in those situations.
Summary:
$55+2.5 HU: 3/1 $100
100PLO8: $61.95
Played again this afternoon while the kids were sleeping. Split a pair of games against a new opponent. I had him on the ropes in the second game, he clawed back, got me on the ropes, then I clawed back. We were even stacked when he ended up with QQ35 in the SB, and I had KQJ5ss in the BB. He raised PF, and I called. I like calling with this type of hand because when I flop good, I can usually get a lot of chips out of my opponents, especially those with AA or AK[baby]. When the flop comes with any 2 cards from 9 to K, I've got a very strong hand and/or drawing hand, especially if there end up being 2 cards of my suit. Well, I didn't expect a QQ35 raise from my opponent. He had been pretty conservative, so I figured him more for and A[Face][Baby] type hand. In this case, the flop came QT3, and the money when in on the flop. OOPS! I hit my 9 on the turn, for my straight, but a river 9 gave him the win.
I didn't feel like playing another SNG, so I went to the cash tables and found someone sitting alone with $88 at the 100PLO8 tables (.5/1 blinds). I figured, what the heck, it's been a while. Put up $100 and see if you can make $50. Made $61.95 and left. The hand I made most of my chips was AQJJ in the SB, I limped and he checked. Flop came QT5. My opponent came out betting ($2). I was a little surprised, but I called wondering if my hand was good or not. I hit my K on the turn. Check / Check. River 7. He checks, I bet $4 (25% of the pot) to try and get a call, and he re-raises to $20. I re-raise to $45, and he calls. He turned the second nuts with QJ98, and I could have likely got him for his stack if I pot bet the river instead. Oh well, can't really complain. I played him for a grand total of 5 minutes.
Finished off my session with another $55+2.5 HU, this time against lolgui. I've found a new mark. I've played him 9 times and, with the victory today, I'm up 6/3 against him. I've got a feel for his play, with the one thing that saves me the most money being that he *always* value bets the turn with a monster. A pot bet is not strong, but a 1/2 pot bet on the turn is DANGER. With this in mind, I'm able to save a lot of chips in those situations.
Summary:
$55+2.5 HU: 3/1 $100
100PLO8: $61.95
Monday, September 14, 2009
Where have I been?
Clearly not at the tables. For the first time in a long time, I went a week without poker and it had nothing to do with a losing streak.
Last post I mentioned that we hired some new engineers in California. Well, the end result of that is that after I put the kids to sleep, the time when I normally start to play, I end up doing work, mostly email communication w/ the San Mateo office. That trend looks like it will continue into the near future.
I do hope, however, to spend some time tomorrow night watching some of the play in the WCOOP $300+20 PLO8 event. I'd like to see what the play is like. I'm pretty sure I could do very well in that tourney, but definitely don't have the time to try it out this year.
Last post I mentioned that we hired some new engineers in California. Well, the end result of that is that after I put the kids to sleep, the time when I normally start to play, I end up doing work, mostly email communication w/ the San Mateo office. That trend looks like it will continue into the near future.
I do hope, however, to spend some time tomorrow night watching some of the play in the WCOOP $300+20 PLO8 event. I'd like to see what the play is like. I'm pretty sure I could do very well in that tourney, but definitely don't have the time to try it out this year.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Long week
It's been an interesting 8 days since my last post. Since then:
1) My daughter started kindergarten (she loves it)
2) My son started his pre-school (he loves it)
3) There were 6 people layed off from my office at work (several co-workers didn't like that)
4) We hired 6 new engineers at the office in San Mateo (co-workers liked that even less)
5) Work told me on Monday that I had to train the San Mateo engineers, and so I was on a plane on Wednesday (my wife didn't like that) and worked 10-12 hour days on Thursday and Friday.
6) Caught up on my own work on Saturday
7) Flew back home on the Saturday night/Sunday morning.
8) Played baseball tonight.
In all of that chaos, I managed to get quite a bit of poker in. Played 29 games, and placed in 21. That's an awesome ratio if I can keep it up. Most of the games were HU, and if I keep a 2/1 place in those, I'll be very happy.
One thing I did in this stretch was play more $33+1.5. I've come to the realization that tatta has my number, and rather than force myself to get even with him since he's always sitting there waiting for the next comer at $55+2.5, I'm better off playing random $33+1.5 players instead.
So here is the summary for the past 8 days:
$22+1 HU: 2/0 $42.00
$33+1.5 HU: 9/4 $141.50
$55+2.5 HU: 6/3 $142.50
$110+5 HU: 1/0 $105.00
$25+2 FT: 0/1/0/0 $40.50
$35+3 FT: 0/0/0/1 ($38)
$55+5 FT: 0/2/0/0 $177.00
Total: $614.50
I made back two thirds of my hell week. I'm really surprised by that. I never thought I could re-center and perform better, so soon after such a bad stretch. I just need to keep it level, and continue my balanced play.
I don't know if you noticed, but I took a gamble one day and challenged a played at $100+5. That's my second time at that level, but the first time was against vendo and I knew I could beat him. Here, it was simply a shot. I had been playing well, after having 3 profitable sessions in a row, so the first game of the next session I saw him there. There appeared to be few people playing, so my choices were him or nothing. I actually spent some time deciding between not playing and taking my shot. When I was convinced I could close it down if I lost, I played. It was a tough game. I don't remember the details, since it was the day before my trip, but I recall going to late blind rounds, definitely later than usual.
I don't expect to play that level often, though I've been fortunate to win both times. I need to have the right set of circumstances. I felt fresh and composed, which was the real key. I wanted to make sure I could walk away with a loss.
Now I have to go back to work tomorrow, and I'm not looking forward to it.
1) My daughter started kindergarten (she loves it)
2) My son started his pre-school (he loves it)
3) There were 6 people layed off from my office at work (several co-workers didn't like that)
4) We hired 6 new engineers at the office in San Mateo (co-workers liked that even less)
5) Work told me on Monday that I had to train the San Mateo engineers, and so I was on a plane on Wednesday (my wife didn't like that) and worked 10-12 hour days on Thursday and Friday.
6) Caught up on my own work on Saturday
7) Flew back home on the Saturday night/Sunday morning.
8) Played baseball tonight.
In all of that chaos, I managed to get quite a bit of poker in. Played 29 games, and placed in 21. That's an awesome ratio if I can keep it up. Most of the games were HU, and if I keep a 2/1 place in those, I'll be very happy.
One thing I did in this stretch was play more $33+1.5. I've come to the realization that tatta has my number, and rather than force myself to get even with him since he's always sitting there waiting for the next comer at $55+2.5, I'm better off playing random $33+1.5 players instead.
So here is the summary for the past 8 days:
$22+1 HU: 2/0 $42.00
$33+1.5 HU: 9/4 $141.50
$55+2.5 HU: 6/3 $142.50
$110+5 HU: 1/0 $105.00
$25+2 FT: 0/1/0/0 $40.50
$35+3 FT: 0/0/0/1 ($38)
$55+5 FT: 0/2/0/0 $177.00
Total: $614.50
I made back two thirds of my hell week. I'm really surprised by that. I never thought I could re-center and perform better, so soon after such a bad stretch. I just need to keep it level, and continue my balanced play.
I don't know if you noticed, but I took a gamble one day and challenged a played at $100+5. That's my second time at that level, but the first time was against vendo and I knew I could beat him. Here, it was simply a shot. I had been playing well, after having 3 profitable sessions in a row, so the first game of the next session I saw him there. There appeared to be few people playing, so my choices were him or nothing. I actually spent some time deciding between not playing and taking my shot. When I was convinced I could close it down if I lost, I played. It was a tough game. I don't remember the details, since it was the day before my trip, but I recall going to late blind rounds, definitely later than usual.
I don't expect to play that level often, though I've been fortunate to win both times. I need to have the right set of circumstances. I felt fresh and composed, which was the real key. I wanted to make sure I could walk away with a loss.
Now I have to go back to work tomorrow, and I'm not looking forward to it.
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