Bleurgh busted out of the $10k PL Hold'em event. I actually played really well for the first 5 levels, steadily chipping up to 60,000 (20k starting stack). Something happened though when i moved table, i started playing really badly and got mad at myself. I finally busted out with 7h8h v AK for David Benjamine, all in preflop for a 40k pot. It rolled out AKxxx lol.
Just got lucky ish (well i was about a 35% shot) in an $80,000 pot on Full Tilt and banked a $65,000 win. Feels like i had a bad day, but its actually been pretty decent.
Got a day off tomorrow, probably head to the pool and relax a bit. Feel knackered after hardly any sleep in the last 48 hours.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Vegas Update 2
I decided to play a cash game at the Bellagio for a few hours last night to try and stay awake, it ended up being a 9 hour session. The biggest NL game that was going when i got to the card room was $25/$50 NL, so i sat with $40,000. Deep stack NL is alot more fun that playing 100 big blinds online! I had a ridiculously loose image, getting involved in at least 70% of hands especially when we moved to 5/6 handed as the night progressed.
The biggest pot i played in the first four hours were prett much coolers.
- I raised UTG +1 after a live straddle to $375 with JsQs. I picked up two callers. The flop came JdQd4s. I fired out $950. First opponent folded, and my second opponent made it $2750. He had a $10,000 stack. As it was such a draw heavy board i decided to call and hope for a non flush card. Turn brought the 3c. I checked. He bet $3200, i moved all in. He called with 44. That put me down to about $28000 at the time.
-Three limpers after the straddle. I looked down at KK. This was after about 3/4 hours of play, and i'd never seen a pair over TT. I raised it up to 800 to play. All folded to the middle limper, who was a pretty tight player. He made it $3500. Given my image, he could be making a move, or obviously have a big pair or AK. He was playing $14,000. I moved all in. He snap called with AA which held up. Cooler. Sigh.
I dribbled down to about $10,000 after that and was steaming! Then a double up came.
- I found AdQd in the small blind after one raise to $300, i made it $1200 to play. The flop came AQJ rainbow. I bet $2000. My opponent called. Turn was a 7. I decided to just move all in. He thought for a while and called. The river paired the J which i hated. He mucked when i showed AQ.
I then made a sick play which ended up winning me a $40,000 pot.
- I called a raise to $300 with T5 off in the SB. I was pretty much playing every hand preflop at this point. Four of us saw a 5d8cJc flop. The original raiser made it $900 to go. Guy on the button called. I raised it up to $3000 to play. The raiser called and the other guy folded. The turn brought the gin card, an offsuit 5. I casually tossed a $5k chip the middle. He quickly called. I was fairly sure now he had QQ-AA type hand. The river was a 6 bringing no flush. I announced all in. It wa about $12000 to call. He called after a good few minutes dwell. I'd been caught bluffing so many times it would have been a tough fold.
- The last big pot i won could have been a $80,000 pot. It was against the same guy that i won the $40,000 pot against. He raised it up five handed $300 to play. I called and it flopped 67A with a flush draw. I checked and he bet $600. I made it $1800 to play. He called. Turn was an offsuit 9 giving me a straight. He led for $1500. I made it $5000. He counted out $15,000 like he was about to raise, and just called. Turn brough the Qd completing the flush. Yuck. He led for $8000. Hmmm. I thought and called and he turned over 77. Wander how the action would have gone on a blank river.
I ended up winning $22,000 which is decent especially as i was stuck $30,000 and steaming at one point. Just off to the Rio now for the first $10k event!
The biggest pot i played in the first four hours were prett much coolers.
- I raised UTG +1 after a live straddle to $375 with JsQs. I picked up two callers. The flop came JdQd4s. I fired out $950. First opponent folded, and my second opponent made it $2750. He had a $10,000 stack. As it was such a draw heavy board i decided to call and hope for a non flush card. Turn brought the 3c. I checked. He bet $3200, i moved all in. He called with 44. That put me down to about $28000 at the time.
-Three limpers after the straddle. I looked down at KK. This was after about 3/4 hours of play, and i'd never seen a pair over TT. I raised it up to 800 to play. All folded to the middle limper, who was a pretty tight player. He made it $3500. Given my image, he could be making a move, or obviously have a big pair or AK. He was playing $14,000. I moved all in. He snap called with AA which held up. Cooler. Sigh.
I dribbled down to about $10,000 after that and was steaming! Then a double up came.
- I found AdQd in the small blind after one raise to $300, i made it $1200 to play. The flop came AQJ rainbow. I bet $2000. My opponent called. Turn was a 7. I decided to just move all in. He thought for a while and called. The river paired the J which i hated. He mucked when i showed AQ.
I then made a sick play which ended up winning me a $40,000 pot.
- I called a raise to $300 with T5 off in the SB. I was pretty much playing every hand preflop at this point. Four of us saw a 5d8cJc flop. The original raiser made it $900 to go. Guy on the button called. I raised it up to $3000 to play. The raiser called and the other guy folded. The turn brought the gin card, an offsuit 5. I casually tossed a $5k chip the middle. He quickly called. I was fairly sure now he had QQ-AA type hand. The river was a 6 bringing no flush. I announced all in. It wa about $12000 to call. He called after a good few minutes dwell. I'd been caught bluffing so many times it would have been a tough fold.
- The last big pot i won could have been a $80,000 pot. It was against the same guy that i won the $40,000 pot against. He raised it up five handed $300 to play. I called and it flopped 67A with a flush draw. I checked and he bet $600. I made it $1800 to play. He called. Turn was an offsuit 9 giving me a straight. He led for $1500. I made it $5000. He counted out $15,000 like he was about to raise, and just called. Turn brough the Qd completing the flush. Yuck. He led for $8000. Hmmm. I thought and called and he turned over 77. Wander how the action would have gone on a blank river.
I ended up winning $22,000 which is decent especially as i was stuck $30,000 and steaming at one point. Just off to the Rio now for the first $10k event!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Vegas Update 1
I arrived a few hours ago. The flight was relatively painless after a few glasses of vino managed to sleep for most of it.
I have a strange desire to play some live cash games on this trip, so am going to head down to the Bellagio to see what 50/100 and 100/200 games are going. I'm sure a nice $50,000 loss on Day 1 is just what i need to get the adrenalin pumping.....
Definitely playing the $10,000 PL Hold'em event tomorrow. Would rather run good than play good :-)
I have a strange desire to play some live cash games on this trip, so am going to head down to the Bellagio to see what 50/100 and 100/200 games are going. I'm sure a nice $50,000 loss on Day 1 is just what i need to get the adrenalin pumping.....
Definitely playing the $10,000 PL Hold'em event tomorrow. Would rather run good than play good :-)
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Few days away
I didn't manage to make the cut to play the $25,000 tournament on Full Tilt, which was a shame as i was all geared up and ready! They capped entry at 64 as they didn't reach 128. So i almost bubbled being 67th in the list.
Flying on Thursday to Vegas which i'm sure will be a plane full of poker players, as its just a day before the WSOP starts. Its almost June and i've played just four live tournaments this year i reckon ... so will be fun to have a bit of a break from online cash games.
Flying on Thursday to Vegas which i'm sure will be a plane full of poker players, as its just a day before the WSOP starts. Its almost June and i've played just four live tournaments this year i reckon ... so will be fun to have a bit of a break from online cash games.
Friday, May 23, 2008
More 200 400
I finally managed to win a decent pot for $93000 on Full Tilt. It does help when your opponent is drawing dead by the turn.... not really sure of my opponents river call. It would have been a sick read if i had shown up with total air, the problem is that i may be "bluffing" with 77-KK type hands, which he can't beat.
There has been alot of decent action on the $50/$100 PLO games on Betfair too since my last post. Here are some hands from there as well..
Nut Flush good for $42,000 pot
Rivered full house good for $35,000 pot
Sick sick turn card
Lucky in this $35,000 pot
The best part of the week though was not any of those pots, it was Man Utd beating Chelsea.... i must run good!
**Registered for the $25,000 HU tourney tonight on Full Tilt**
There has been alot of decent action on the $50/$100 PLO games on Betfair too since my last post. Here are some hands from there as well..
Nut Flush good for $42,000 pot
Rivered full house good for $35,000 pot
Sick sick turn card
Lucky in this $35,000 pot
The best part of the week though was not any of those pots, it was Man Utd beating Chelsea.... i must run good!
**Registered for the $25,000 HU tourney tonight on Full Tilt**
Monday, May 19, 2008
200/400
Hmmm been playing a fair bit of 200/400 PLO in the last week or so. I'm about even but running horribly in all the crucial big pots. I haven't played that many big pots but here are a few of the ones i found!
Outdraw in $58k pot
So many outs miss again
Huge draw gets there on river
Another sick hand i lost
I've only played about 800 hands which is a tiny sample. Hopefully i can get a run together in the game at some point. Without a huge tank on the site it's tough when you don't win the big pots....
Just nine days now till Vegas. I should force myself to have a few days off before i go, so that i'm not tilted before i even start to play tournaments.
Outdraw in $58k pot
So many outs miss again
Huge draw gets there on river
Another sick hand i lost
I've only played about 800 hands which is a tiny sample. Hopefully i can get a run together in the game at some point. Without a huge tank on the site it's tough when you don't win the big pots....
Just nine days now till Vegas. I should force myself to have a few days off before i go, so that i'm not tilted before i even start to play tournaments.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Pre Vegas
Its only like 3 weeks till the WSOP kicks off. I'm as excited as i've ever been about a trip to Vegas. The last three years there has been different reasons why i couldn't play many events/didn't play as well as i should have...
I've only played a handful of tournaments so far this year, so it will be good to have a run of tournaments in a short period. Or it may crack me up we'll see!
I've booked myself into a suite at the Palms as a change from staying at the Bellagio or Wynn. I figure its worth the extra expense, if it makes me play better in the tournaments. I can also walk to the Rio for the tourneys!
I'll try and update as often as possible in the three weeks that i'm there.....
I've only played a handful of tournaments so far this year, so it will be good to have a run of tournaments in a short period. Or it may crack me up we'll see!
I've booked myself into a suite at the Palms as a change from staying at the Bellagio or Wynn. I figure its worth the extra expense, if it makes me play better in the tournaments. I can also walk to the Rio for the tourneys!
I'll try and update as often as possible in the three weeks that i'm there.....
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Poker Tracker Stats
I spent a few hours on Poker Tracker to work out some of the features, and i managed to get all my stats together in NL Hold'em and PL Omaha since January 2007.
I'm quite shocked that i've played half as many Hold'em hands as i have PL Omaha. I thought it was more like 1/4 ....
I'm sure my Hold'em stats show obvious leaks in my cash game play. I call too much pre, and am too much of a station throughout! Think my main surprise about my PL Omaha stats is that i saw only 80% of flops over 115,000 hands. Thought it would be more like 90% :-)
*Had to remove the original photos as they had some kind of virus*
NL Hold'em Stats 2006 onwards
Total Hands: 61,570
Vol. Put $ in Pot: 46.03%
Vol. Put $ in Pot from SB: 59.49%
Saw Flop all Hands: 38.80%
Saw Flop Not A Blind: 33.18%
Amount Won: $85,224.35
Win Rate Per 100 Hands: $138.42
Big Bets Won Per 100 Hands: 0.34
Went to Showdown: 23.58%
Won $ at SD: 48.72%
Raised Pre-flop: 20.70%
Attempted to Steal Blinds: 35.13%
First Action on Flop after a Pre-flop Raise:
Raise: 2.49%
Bet: 46.86%
Call: 3.80%
Check: 40.40%
Check/Raise: 1.34%
Fold: 5.12%
No Flop/No Action: 47.71%
Aggression Factor *
Preflop: 0.70
Flop: 2.80
Turn: 3.57
River: 3.63
Total: 1.22
PL Omaha Stats 2006 onwards
Total Hands: 115,536
Vol. Put $ in Pot: 79.87%
Vol. Put $ in Pot from SB: 89.39%
Saw Flop all Hands: 74.28%
Saw Flop Not A Blind: 75.8%
Amount Won: $1,919,637.33
Win Rate Per 100 Hands: $1,664.24
Big Bets Won Per 100 Hands: 10.48
Went to Showdown: 22.93%
Won $ at SD: 48.48%
Raised Pre-flop: 41.88%
Attempted to Steal Blinds: 62.06%
First Action on Flop after a Pre-flop Raise:
Raise: 1.94%
Bet: 35.81%
Call: 3.79%
Check: 31.41%
Check/Raise: 0.84%
Fold: 6.75%
No Flop/No Action: 19.46%
Aggression Factor *
Preflop: 0.85
Flop: 3.11
Turn: 3.69
River: 4.61
Total: 1.43
* Aggression Factor is calculated as: (Raise % + Bet %) / Call %
I'm quite shocked that i've played half as many Hold'em hands as i have PL Omaha. I thought it was more like 1/4 ....
I'm sure my Hold'em stats show obvious leaks in my cash game play. I call too much pre, and am too much of a station throughout! Think my main surprise about my PL Omaha stats is that i saw only 80% of flops over 115,000 hands. Thought it would be more like 90% :-)
*Had to remove the original photos as they had some kind of virus*
NL Hold'em Stats 2006 onwards
Total Hands: 61,570
Vol. Put $ in Pot: 46.03%
Vol. Put $ in Pot from SB: 59.49%
Saw Flop all Hands: 38.80%
Saw Flop Not A Blind: 33.18%
Amount Won: $85,224.35
Win Rate Per 100 Hands: $138.42
Big Bets Won Per 100 Hands: 0.34
Went to Showdown: 23.58%
Won $ at SD: 48.72%
Raised Pre-flop: 20.70%
Attempted to Steal Blinds: 35.13%
First Action on Flop after a Pre-flop Raise:
Raise: 2.49%
Bet: 46.86%
Call: 3.80%
Check: 40.40%
Check/Raise: 1.34%
Fold: 5.12%
No Flop/No Action: 47.71%
Aggression Factor *
Preflop: 0.70
Flop: 2.80
Turn: 3.57
River: 3.63
Total: 1.22
PL Omaha Stats 2006 onwards
Total Hands: 115,536
Vol. Put $ in Pot: 79.87%
Vol. Put $ in Pot from SB: 89.39%
Saw Flop all Hands: 74.28%
Saw Flop Not A Blind: 75.8%
Amount Won: $1,919,637.33
Win Rate Per 100 Hands: $1,664.24
Big Bets Won Per 100 Hands: 10.48
Went to Showdown: 22.93%
Won $ at SD: 48.48%
Raised Pre-flop: 41.88%
Attempted to Steal Blinds: 62.06%
First Action on Flop after a Pre-flop Raise:
Raise: 1.94%
Bet: 35.81%
Call: 3.79%
Check: 31.41%
Check/Raise: 0.84%
Fold: 6.75%
No Flop/No Action: 19.46%
Aggression Factor *
Preflop: 0.85
Flop: 3.11
Turn: 3.69
River: 4.61
Total: 1.43
* Aggression Factor is calculated as: (Raise % + Bet %) / Call %
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
EPT Monte Carlo
Well it was a washout.
I think the table i was drawn at was probably the softest in the entire room. I only recognised one player (Roland), and at least three of the other players were terrible..... there are so many examples but i won't go into them.
I think i lost about 3000 out of my 15000 starting stack trying to flop something against one of these players, who definitely couldn't fold top pair.
The crucial hand for me was when some guy opened for 500 (blinds 50/100), i looked down at QQ in the SB and made it 2200 (22 big blinds).
The flop came down 279 rainbow, and i led for about half the pot. He called. He didn't appear strong at all. Turn brought an 8. I checked with the plan of check raising all in. He checked behind!
River was an Ace. I checked again to him. He now bet 3000. I could rule out 22, 77, 88, 99 and AA pretty much. I couldn’t really see how the Ace could have improved him. He can’t have called the flop with AT, AJ, AQ or AK. So I called and he showed the good old A7 off for a rivered two pair. Clearly anyone calling 22 big blinds with this hand is clueless, so I was pretty much donked!
I did manage to treble up my short stack with 88 v AQ v AQ, but then busted to AJ with QK…..
Having a tournament break before Vegas in June! It’s always disappointing to go out of such a big event, but there will be plenty more chances to do well during the WSOP.
I think the table i was drawn at was probably the softest in the entire room. I only recognised one player (Roland), and at least three of the other players were terrible..... there are so many examples but i won't go into them.
I think i lost about 3000 out of my 15000 starting stack trying to flop something against one of these players, who definitely couldn't fold top pair.
The crucial hand for me was when some guy opened for 500 (blinds 50/100), i looked down at QQ in the SB and made it 2200 (22 big blinds).
The flop came down 279 rainbow, and i led for about half the pot. He called. He didn't appear strong at all. Turn brought an 8. I checked with the plan of check raising all in. He checked behind!
River was an Ace. I checked again to him. He now bet 3000. I could rule out 22, 77, 88, 99 and AA pretty much. I couldn’t really see how the Ace could have improved him. He can’t have called the flop with AT, AJ, AQ or AK. So I called and he showed the good old A7 off for a rivered two pair. Clearly anyone calling 22 big blinds with this hand is clueless, so I was pretty much donked!
I did manage to treble up my short stack with 88 v AQ v AQ, but then busted to AJ with QK…..
Having a tournament break before Vegas in June! It’s always disappointing to go out of such a big event, but there will be plenty more chances to do well during the WSOP.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
WSOP 2008
I'm going to Vegas for the start of the WSOP for the first time. I've booked from May 29th till June 20 which will be my longest stint in Vegas so far. I'll probably come home for a week and then fly back for a few of the final tournaments.... here is my rough schedule!
May 30th - World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em $10000
June 2nd - Pot-Limit Hold'em $1500
June 3rd - No-Limit Hold'em w/ReBuys $1500
June 4th - No-Limit Hold'em $2000
June 5th - No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed $2500
June 7th - No-Limit Hold'em $2500
June 10th - Pot-Limit Omaha $1500
June 11th - No-Limit Hold'em $5000
June 12th - Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha $2500
June 13th - World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em $10000
June 14th - Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys $5000
June 16th - No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed $2500
June 18th - Pot-Limit Omaha W/ReBuys $1500
June 29th - World Championship Pot Limit Omaha $10000
July 3rd - World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em $10000
I reckon a disasterous trip would set me back around $90000 in buy ins! I also need to take enough money to play cash games too. So it could be a sick month....
May 30th - World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em $10000
June 2nd - Pot-Limit Hold'em $1500
June 3rd - No-Limit Hold'em w/ReBuys $1500
June 4th - No-Limit Hold'em $2000
June 5th - No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed $2500
June 7th - No-Limit Hold'em $2500
June 10th - Pot-Limit Omaha $1500
June 11th - No-Limit Hold'em $5000
June 12th - Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha $2500
June 13th - World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em $10000
June 14th - Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys $5000
June 16th - No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed $2500
June 18th - Pot-Limit Omaha W/ReBuys $1500
June 29th - World Championship Pot Limit Omaha $10000
July 3rd - World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em $10000
I reckon a disasterous trip would set me back around $90000 in buy ins! I also need to take enough money to play cash games too. So it could be a sick month....
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Irish Open
I started pretty well and had the best table ive had for a while at one of these big events....
Level 2 i was cruising with nobody really playing back at me and had built my stack to 14000. 50/100 and a few limpers and i raise it up to 500 with the good old AA on the button. Scandie raises it up to 1400 in the SB. In this spot i just don't like three betting. I don't want to give him any reason to fold AK, smaller pairs or a bluff, so i call. The flop comes K94. He bets 1600. I call. Turn is a 4. He checked and i bet small to look weak. Just 1600. He quickly raises it to 5000. I just can't see how i can fold. Anyway... we get all the chips in and he has KK. Guess its tough not to not lose a chunk there.
I finally went out when all in pre with 88 v A9 v QK to get me back in it!
EPT san Remo is sold out so my next tourney is the happy (ish) hunting ground Monte Carlo....
Level 2 i was cruising with nobody really playing back at me and had built my stack to 14000. 50/100 and a few limpers and i raise it up to 500 with the good old AA on the button. Scandie raises it up to 1400 in the SB. In this spot i just don't like three betting. I don't want to give him any reason to fold AK, smaller pairs or a bluff, so i call. The flop comes K94. He bets 1600. I call. Turn is a 4. He checked and i bet small to look weak. Just 1600. He quickly raises it to 5000. I just can't see how i can fold. Anyway... we get all the chips in and he has KK. Guess its tough not to not lose a chunk there.
I finally went out when all in pre with 88 v A9 v QK to get me back in it!
EPT san Remo is sold out so my next tourney is the happy (ish) hunting ground Monte Carlo....
Monday, March 17, 2008
Bleeeurgh
The rake challenge finished a few days ago!
The winners are as follows:
Punterz08 - 1st Prize - Package to EPT San Remo in Italy - Entry plus £500 spending money. Worth about £4000.
Peego - 2nd Prize - Entry to a GUKPT - Entry into event of your choice in season two. Worth £1000.
I played the GUKPT London leg. Zzzzzz … someone obviously on tilt in Level one decides to call 22bb preflop with 56. Did half my stack on that hand. Just half an hour later I decide to float on a JQ3 flop with AT with the intention of bluffing further on. Turn brought a 9. I bet and got called. River K completing a back door flush of which I had the bare Ace. I shoved and got insta called by the queen flush. GG
Online has been going very good. I’m nearly $500,000 up for the year already and haven’t even been playing nosebleed stakes very much yet!
Been playing a small bit of $200/$400 PLO and am about even. I plan on giving it more of a go soon. Been mainly getting the lot HU at 25/50 and 50/100, long may that continue.
Next few tourneys are the Irish Open, EPT San Remo and EPT Monte Carlo. Hopefully I’ll make a run in one of them!
The winners are as follows:
Punterz08 - 1st Prize - Package to EPT San Remo in Italy - Entry plus £500 spending money. Worth about £4000.
Peego - 2nd Prize - Entry to a GUKPT - Entry into event of your choice in season two. Worth £1000.
I played the GUKPT London leg. Zzzzzz … someone obviously on tilt in Level one decides to call 22bb preflop with 56. Did half my stack on that hand. Just half an hour later I decide to float on a JQ3 flop with AT with the intention of bluffing further on. Turn brought a 9. I bet and got called. River K completing a back door flush of which I had the bare Ace. I shoved and got insta called by the queen flush. GG
Online has been going very good. I’m nearly $500,000 up for the year already and haven’t even been playing nosebleed stakes very much yet!
Been playing a small bit of $200/$400 PLO and am about even. I plan on giving it more of a go soon. Been mainly getting the lot HU at 25/50 and 50/100, long may that continue.
Next few tourneys are the Irish Open, EPT San Remo and EPT Monte Carlo. Hopefully I’ll make a run in one of them!
Friday, February 29, 2008
Chilling
I haven't been playing so much in the last few weeks.... just some 25/50 - 100/200 PLO on Betfair and been doing ok. Been so busy with birthday celebrations and skiing. Looking forward to playing alot more in the next few months.
Been looking at flights for the WSOP. Wow they have hit the roof price wise - sick. Since a few years ago prices have trebled, anyone know how to get discounts? Still haven't decided whether to do one extended stint, or a couple of shorter stints. It's cool they have added a few more $10k events and i'll definitely play the PLO, PL Hold'em and the Main. Its about time i ran good in Vegas after the last couple of visits!
I'll post some hands when i get back from skiing. Got a few interesting PLO ones!
Rake Challenge Leaderboard for 1st March (two weeks left)
Punterz08 £7178.41
Peego £7177.31
Kirdirf £4831.27
Beau777 £3382.07
Speedytom £2721.93
Been looking at flights for the WSOP. Wow they have hit the roof price wise - sick. Since a few years ago prices have trebled, anyone know how to get discounts? Still haven't decided whether to do one extended stint, or a couple of shorter stints. It's cool they have added a few more $10k events and i'll definitely play the PLO, PL Hold'em and the Main. Its about time i ran good in Vegas after the last couple of visits!
I'll post some hands when i get back from skiing. Got a few interesting PLO ones!
Rake Challenge Leaderboard for 1st March (two weeks left)
Punterz08 £7178.41
Peego £7177.31
Kirdirf £4831.27
Beau777 £3382.07
Speedytom £2721.93
Friday, February 08, 2008
Boom
Rake Challenge Leaderboard (6 weeks to go)
1. Peego £4969
2. Kirdirf £3378
3. Punterz08 £3094
4. benno £2932
5. justagame £2727
6. beau777 £2114
7. LDO £1979
I played the Party Poker TV tournament earlier in the week. It was 6 handed and with 4 left i had 260,000 out of 600,000. Managed to finish 3rd which was a bit disappointing. The blinds shot up and it became a shove fest three handed and i didn't get lucky!
Got a really packed poker schedule for the next few months which is exciting. I also just moved into a house i purchased in London, and tied up alot of money that will not be going back into the poker community :-)
After the horrendous January that i had in 2006 and 2007... i finally managed to have a profitable start to the year, with my third best winning month on record. Been running bad for the last week so i'm glad i started the year well!
1. Peego £4969
2. Kirdirf £3378
3. Punterz08 £3094
4. benno £2932
5. justagame £2727
6. beau777 £2114
7. LDO £1979
I played the Party Poker TV tournament earlier in the week. It was 6 handed and with 4 left i had 260,000 out of 600,000. Managed to finish 3rd which was a bit disappointing. The blinds shot up and it became a shove fest three handed and i didn't get lucky!
Got a really packed poker schedule for the next few months which is exciting. I also just moved into a house i purchased in London, and tied up alot of money that will not be going back into the poker community :-)
After the horrendous January that i had in 2006 and 2007... i finally managed to have a profitable start to the year, with my third best winning month on record. Been running bad for the last week so i'm glad i started the year well!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
EPT Dortmund
Bleeeurgh...
Busted level six for a big pot with AJ all in on a JJ8 flop v QQ. Turn 8. River Q. Weird i knew it was coming!!
Ok better go hit the cash games :-)
Busted level six for a big pot with AJ all in on a JJ8 flop v QQ. Turn 8. River Q. Weird i knew it was coming!!
Ok better go hit the cash games :-)
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Hold'em hands part 2
Ok firstly to the three hands that i posted a few days ago....
The first one i think is a close call between calling the flop raise and shoving most non scare cards on the turn, and folding. I don’t think shoving on the flop is a good option because it’s going to get insta called in this spot by a big draw or a dominating hand. I actually decided to fold, this isn’t a spot where i can have a dominating hand.... and there is also a chance he can have a K8, K9, 88 or 99 hand which almost leaves me drawing dead.
The second hand i really hated. I was expecting that if he was going to bet that it would be about $12000... and considering i had hardly seen this player before, i just had to look him up. Especially as i had checked to induce this sort of move. He showed QA which was quite surprising given the action. I’m still not sure its profitable in the long term to call in that spot, but sometimes you just have to go with the feel you have in the hand.
This hand happened shortly after the previous one. I thought that because of this, it looked to me like he had me beat. I just can’t see him betting JJ and smaller pairs. Often calling the turn, and leading out in this kind of hand means a big hand. So i folded....
I’ll search my poker tracker and post some more interesting hands in the next few weeks.
I’ve been looking at my tournament schedule, and in the next few months i am looking forward to playing four EPTs (Dortmund, Warsaw, San Remo, Monte Carlo).. its also my 30th birthday soon and i’m going skiing to Val D’isere which should be wicked. After all that its the WSOP again... it always seems to come around very quickly.... i’ve done a rough schedule which i’ll post closer to the date!
The first one i think is a close call between calling the flop raise and shoving most non scare cards on the turn, and folding. I don’t think shoving on the flop is a good option because it’s going to get insta called in this spot by a big draw or a dominating hand. I actually decided to fold, this isn’t a spot where i can have a dominating hand.... and there is also a chance he can have a K8, K9, 88 or 99 hand which almost leaves me drawing dead.
The second hand i really hated. I was expecting that if he was going to bet that it would be about $12000... and considering i had hardly seen this player before, i just had to look him up. Especially as i had checked to induce this sort of move. He showed QA which was quite surprising given the action. I’m still not sure its profitable in the long term to call in that spot, but sometimes you just have to go with the feel you have in the hand.
This hand happened shortly after the previous one. I thought that because of this, it looked to me like he had me beat. I just can’t see him betting JJ and smaller pairs. Often calling the turn, and leading out in this kind of hand means a big hand. So i folded....
I’ll search my poker tracker and post some more interesting hands in the next few weeks.
I’ve been looking at my tournament schedule, and in the next few months i am looking forward to playing four EPTs (Dortmund, Warsaw, San Remo, Monte Carlo).. its also my 30th birthday soon and i’m going skiing to Val D’isere which should be wicked. After all that its the WSOP again... it always seems to come around very quickly.... i’ve done a rough schedule which i’ll post closer to the date!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Some Hold'em hands
I haven’t posted any NL Hold’em hands for a while. I’ve actually been doing pretty good in the last eight weeks or so at NL 50/100 and 100/200, which has improved my confidence after the miserable run I had at the start of 2007.
These three hands are all from a $100/$200 NL games.
- I have $29,000 stack. Game is six handed. I limp UTG with 8
9
. UTG+1 calls. Cut off min raises it to $400 (he does this a lot). The button calls, and both blinds fold. The flop comes 8
9
K
. I check UTG+1 checks. Cut off (the min raiser) bets $200. Button folds. I raise the pot to $2500. Now UTG+1 (who I think is Ram Vaswani) makes it $9600 to play. He has me covered. What do you reckon is the best play?
- Heads Up game. I have a $37,000 stack, my opponent has a $34,000 stack. He has the button. He makes it $600. I reraise with Q
K
to $1800. He calls. The flop comes 6
4
Q
. I bet $2450. My opponent calls. Turn is the K
. I bet $4200. He calls again. River comes a 6
.
I considered betting but decided to check to hopefully induce a bluff. The pot is $16900. He jams for $25550. This was the first time I have played this guy Heads Up, and only a couple of times in a ring game. What now?
- Last hand. Same guy on a new table. Both $20,000 stacks. Second hand in I raise with Q
Q
to $750 on the button. He makes it $2200. I called. The flop comes K
4
7
. He checked. I checked. Turn K
. He checked. I bet $3000. He called. River 4
. He bets $10,000. What now?
These three hands are all from a $100/$200 NL games.
- I have $29,000 stack. Game is six handed. I limp UTG with 8
9
. UTG+1 calls. Cut off min raises it to $400 (he does this a lot). The button calls, and both blinds fold. The flop comes 8
9
K
. I check UTG+1 checks. Cut off (the min raiser) bets $200. Button folds. I raise the pot to $2500. Now UTG+1 (who I think is Ram Vaswani) makes it $9600 to play. He has me covered. What do you reckon is the best play?- Heads Up game. I have a $37,000 stack, my opponent has a $34,000 stack. He has the button. He makes it $600. I reraise with Q
K
to $1800. He calls. The flop comes 6
4
Q
. I bet $2450. My opponent calls. Turn is the K
. I bet $4200. He calls again. River comes a 6
.I considered betting but decided to check to hopefully induce a bluff. The pot is $16900. He jams for $25550. This was the first time I have played this guy Heads Up, and only a couple of times in a ring game. What now?
- Last hand. Same guy on a new table. Both $20,000 stacks. Second hand in I raise with Q
Q
to $750 on the button. He makes it $2200. I called. The flop comes K
4
7
. He checked. I checked. Turn K
. He checked. I bet $3000. He called. River 4
. He bets $10,000. What now?
Friday, January 04, 2008
Loads of hands + Rake challenge leaderboard
I mentioned in a previous blog that on December 30th i was down $180,000 playing two tables of $50/$100. The games were against Emily86 on Betfair, and they play much bigger then a regular 50/100 game. I've included my percentage chance of winning the hand when most of the money went in, and included all the pots over $15,000 we played on the table i was losing the most!
A nice way to get me steaming at the beginning - Ben 80%
Haha make a good read and still lose tilt - Ben 78%
Finally one holds up - Ben 81%
Now i think all is going to go well - Ben 100%
Start of sick run - Ben 65%
Unreal $40,000 pot. I was so tilted after this - Ben 71% (i thought much bigger)
Finally i get it in with the worst hand and lose obviously - Emily 64%
Flop nuts and lose - Ben 65%
Nuts again couldn't lose - Ben 100%
Catching Bare Ace - Ben 100%
Really sick $68,000 pot that pair of fives win. I really shouldn't be gambling here. Emily 57%
Tilted i get all in preflop next hand and get lucky one time - Emily 56%
Hmmm Emily's bluffing range is huge, don't like this one so much - Emily 100%
This sums it up - Ben 55%
Coin flip, Emily wins again - Emily 52%
Facing $113,000 stack, the comeback begins - Ben 80%
We like these odds - Ben 97%
Nice turn - Ben 82%
$37,000 pot. Think i may have stopped if my call was wrong - Ben 100%
$80,000 pot. I wanted to make this pot big preflop as i knew if i hit a set i was likely to get a double up. One time. Ben - 73%
Overall that table i lost $35,000. I won about the same on the second table. Too many hands, so i'll just post the biggest three.
One pair wins $66,000. Ben 70%
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz $54,000 lost. Ben 80%
My play on the turn is fishy here. Ben 67.5%
I think that particular day ending even felt like winning a million!
Rake Challenge Leaderboard
1. peego £2250
2. justagame £1190
3. LDO £1097
4. Punterz08 £1062
5. Beau777 £970
Still two and half months to go to catch up! If you signed up through me and think you should have appeared on the leaderboard, post in the messages...
A nice way to get me steaming at the beginning - Ben 80%
Haha make a good read and still lose tilt - Ben 78%
Finally one holds up - Ben 81%
Now i think all is going to go well - Ben 100%
Start of sick run - Ben 65%
Unreal $40,000 pot. I was so tilted after this - Ben 71% (i thought much bigger)
Finally i get it in with the worst hand and lose obviously - Emily 64%
Flop nuts and lose - Ben 65%
Nuts again couldn't lose - Ben 100%
Catching Bare Ace - Ben 100%
Really sick $68,000 pot that pair of fives win. I really shouldn't be gambling here. Emily 57%
Tilted i get all in preflop next hand and get lucky one time - Emily 56%
Hmmm Emily's bluffing range is huge, don't like this one so much - Emily 100%
This sums it up - Ben 55%
Coin flip, Emily wins again - Emily 52%
Facing $113,000 stack, the comeback begins - Ben 80%
We like these odds - Ben 97%
Nice turn - Ben 82%
$37,000 pot. Think i may have stopped if my call was wrong - Ben 100%
$80,000 pot. I wanted to make this pot big preflop as i knew if i hit a set i was likely to get a double up. One time. Ben - 73%
Overall that table i lost $35,000. I won about the same on the second table. Too many hands, so i'll just post the biggest three.
One pair wins $66,000. Ben 70%
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz $54,000 lost. Ben 80%
My play on the turn is fishy here. Ben 67.5%
I think that particular day ending even felt like winning a million!
Rake Challenge Leaderboard
1. peego £2250
2. justagame £1190
3. LDO £1097
4. Punterz08 £1062
5. Beau777 £970
Still two and half months to go to catch up! If you signed up through me and think you should have appeared on the leaderboard, post in the messages...
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
New Year
There is something strange about the start of the New Year when it comes to poker. All profit/losses get reset, and its time to go again. Despite claiming that i am going to take it easy in January, its very unlikely to happen. Think i am playing the best poker online of my life at the moment, so going to keep going. I'm even winning at high stakes NL Hold'em as well..... and when i am feeling less hungover, i'll get round to posting a few hands. I also managed to reverse my biggest ever loss a few days ago. I was $180,000 down playing $50/$100 PL Omaha and got the lot back in the same session.... so sick!
I was really looking forward to playing the Caribbean EPT event then going to the Aussie Millions. Unfortunately, due to a long drawn out house purchase, i can't leave the country for the next few weeks.... so my next tournament is likely to be EPT Dortmund which had a huge field last year.
My blog may well get moved here permanently soon. There is more scope to add stuff and card graphics are coming soon as well.
I was really looking forward to playing the Caribbean EPT event then going to the Aussie Millions. Unfortunately, due to a long drawn out house purchase, i can't leave the country for the next few weeks.... so my next tournament is likely to be EPT Dortmund which had a huge field last year.
My blog may well get moved here permanently soon. There is more scope to add stuff and card graphics are coming soon as well.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
End of year review
As I am winding down operations and hardly playing between now and the New Year, I thought it would be a good time to look back on 2007.
This year has definitely been a lot tougher than 2006. When I gave up my job in March 2005 with a small bankroll, I just couldn’t stop winning for most of 2005 and 2006.
Between January and June I definitely got close to going busto. I had losing day after losing day, and I never thought it was possible to run so bad, for so long. Of course alot of it was my fault. Playing games that were too big when out of form. Poor game selection, and lots and lots of tilt. I think at one point in April I was about $400,000 down for the year… yikes.
Tournament form throughout the entire year hasn’t exactly been good either. I’ve gone deep in a couple of EPT events without making the final. The lowest point of the year came when I bubbled in the $5000 rebuy PLO in Vegas. My bankroll was battered and I had a massive chance to win the tournament being in the top five in chips with twenty players left. My AAxx failed to beat KKxx and that was that. Tournaments have huge variance though, and I don’t play very many, so I have to hope 2008 brings better luck on that front.
As terrible as the first six months of the year were the next six months have been amazing. I’ve been running the opposite of the first six months of the year, and when I’m confident and winning I play better.
I just calculated that I am over $1 million up in PL Omaha cash games for the year, and about half that down in NL Hold’em cash games. Most of the Omaha profit coming at $25/$50 and $50/$100 … with some wins at $100/$200 as well. If only I hadn’t played Heads Up Hold’em big stakes at the start of the year, then a very good year would have been an amazing one.
I definitely feel like I should be playing the $200/$400 PL Omaha game on Full Tilt. I just can’t face putting my entire bankroll on the line so we shall see.
Some aims for 2008
- Number one aim to practice better bankroll management and game selection. I will not allow myself to make the same mistakes that I did this year.
- Play some high stakes cash games in Bobby’s room at the Bellagio.
- Get luckier in tournaments.
- Crush the big PL Omaha games online.
- Have a winning year at NL Hold’em cash.
- Play less poker.
- Don’t lose over 50% of my bankroll in January as I have for the last two years.
This year has definitely been a lot tougher than 2006. When I gave up my job in March 2005 with a small bankroll, I just couldn’t stop winning for most of 2005 and 2006.
Between January and June I definitely got close to going busto. I had losing day after losing day, and I never thought it was possible to run so bad, for so long. Of course alot of it was my fault. Playing games that were too big when out of form. Poor game selection, and lots and lots of tilt. I think at one point in April I was about $400,000 down for the year… yikes.
Tournament form throughout the entire year hasn’t exactly been good either. I’ve gone deep in a couple of EPT events without making the final. The lowest point of the year came when I bubbled in the $5000 rebuy PLO in Vegas. My bankroll was battered and I had a massive chance to win the tournament being in the top five in chips with twenty players left. My AAxx failed to beat KKxx and that was that. Tournaments have huge variance though, and I don’t play very many, so I have to hope 2008 brings better luck on that front.
As terrible as the first six months of the year were the next six months have been amazing. I’ve been running the opposite of the first six months of the year, and when I’m confident and winning I play better.
I just calculated that I am over $1 million up in PL Omaha cash games for the year, and about half that down in NL Hold’em cash games. Most of the Omaha profit coming at $25/$50 and $50/$100 … with some wins at $100/$200 as well. If only I hadn’t played Heads Up Hold’em big stakes at the start of the year, then a very good year would have been an amazing one.
I definitely feel like I should be playing the $200/$400 PL Omaha game on Full Tilt. I just can’t face putting my entire bankroll on the line so we shall see.
Some aims for 2008
- Number one aim to practice better bankroll management and game selection. I will not allow myself to make the same mistakes that I did this year.
- Play some high stakes cash games in Bobby’s room at the Bellagio.
- Get luckier in tournaments.
- Crush the big PL Omaha games online.
- Have a winning year at NL Hold’em cash.
- Play less poker.
- Don’t lose over 50% of my bankroll in January as I have for the last two years.
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