Saturday Aug. 12th.

MEH. I lost $136 today but cleared $$65 in bonus. The transitio to NL$100 is being cold as usual. What a cold deck!

I had QQvs. KK twice today. And also QQ vs. AA. UGH. Two times it was against $50 stacks and i just pt them in after the flop came T and 9 high.

I won at Ful tilt and on Bodog. But lost my a$$ off in the damn tribeca where I just couldnt hit crapand when hit everybody folded.

My VP$IP is up to 13% because i can handle 9tables with it and because I just dont think it'sright not to play AJ and better because I have been making lots of money with them in more than 150K hands.

What is wrong with 77!!?

I am posting hands fromPT because Te Golden suggested I was really bad making up all the bad beats. I wish that was the problem.

This was simply GAY.

The French Connection 10474956-12743 Holdem No Limit $0.50/$1
[Aug 13 00:31:48] : Hand Start.
[Aug 13 00:31:48] : Seat 1 : AlexMR has $97.75
[Aug 13 00:31:48] : Seat 2 : damoventy has $95.50
[Aug 13 00:31:48] : Seat 3 : swiggan has $226.75
[Aug 13 00:31:48] : Seat 4 : Pasck has $269
[Aug 13 00:31:48] : Seat 5 : RichieL has $74.79
[Aug 13 00:31:48] : Seat 7 : sunnyroonie has $286.41
[Aug 13 00:31:48] : Seat 8 : MarkT1234 has $94
[Aug 13 00:31:48] : Seat 9 : rmsk has $100
[Aug 13 00:31:48] : rmsk is the dealer.
[Aug 13 00:31:50] : AlexMR posted small blind.
[Aug 13 00:31:50] : damoventy posted big blind.
[Aug 13 00:31:50] : Game [12743] started with 7 players.
[Aug 13 00:31:50] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Aug 13 00:31:50] : Seat 1 : smartfish has 7d 7s
[Aug 13 00:31:52] : Pasck folded.
[Aug 13 00:31:55] : RichieL called $1
[Aug 13 00:31:55] : sunnyroonie folded.
[Aug 13 00:31:58] : MarkT1234 called $1
[Aug 13 00:32:02] : rmsk called $1
[Aug 13 00:32:04] : AlexMR called $0.50
[Aug 13 00:32:04] : damoventy checked.
[Aug 13 00:32:04] : Dealing flop.
[Aug 13 00:32:04] : Board cards [9c 9d 7c]
[Aug 13 00:32:11] : AlexMR checked.
[Aug 13 00:32:13] : damoventy checked.
[Aug 13 00:32:14] : RichieL checked.
[Aug 13 00:32:18] : MarkT1234 bet $4
[Aug 13 00:32:24] : rmsk folded.
[Aug 13 00:32:29] : AlexMR called $4 and raised $8
[Aug 13 00:32:30] : damoventy folded.
[Aug 13 00:32:32] : RichieL folded.
[Aug 13 00:32:35] : MarkT1234 called $8 and raised $81 and is All-in
[Aug 13 00:32:38] : AlexMR called $81
[Aug 13 00:32:40] : Showdown!
[Aug 13 00:32:40] : Seat 1 : AlexMR has 7d 7s
[Aug 13 00:32:41] : Seat 1 : AlexMR has 7d 7s
[Aug 13 00:32:41] : Seat 8 : MarkT1234 has Td 8s
[Aug 13 00:32:47] : Board cards [9c 9d 7c Tc Ts]
[Aug 13 00:32:47] : Seat 8 : MarkT1234 has Td 8s
[Aug 13 00:32:47] : MarkT1234 has Full House : 10s full of 9s
[Aug 13 00:32:47] : Seat 1 : AlexMR has 7d 7s
[Aug 13 00:32:47] : AlexMR has Full House : 7s full of 10s
[Aug 13 00:32:47] : MarkT1234 wins $188 with Full House : 10s full of 9s
[Aug 13 00:32:52] : Pasck : ouch
[Aug 13 00:32:58] : Hand is over.


Accordng the odds calculator in Cardplayer.com, I was favorite to win 97.78% of the times.

Hand 2.

Constantine 10474739-30468 Holdem No Limit $0.50/$1
[Aug 13 01:26:53] : Hand Start.
[Aug 13 01:26:53] : Seat 1 : isopyl has $194.09
[Aug 13 01:26:53] : Seat 2 : basscop has $31
[Aug 13 01:26:53] : Seat 3 : Curly Top has $484.34
[Aug 13 01:26:53] : Seat 4 : Zedward P has $64.25
[Aug 13 01:26:53] : Seat 5 : rmsk has $157.48
[Aug 13 01:26:53] : Seat 6 : DAVIACES has $96
[Aug 13 01:26:53] : Seat 7 : AlexMR has $99.25
[Aug 13 01:26:53] : Seat 8 : ikohasson has $26.50
[Aug 13 01:26:53] : Seat 9 : jbird6803 has $35
[Aug 13 01:26:53] : rmsk is the dealer.
[Aug 13 01:26:55] : DAVIACES posted small blind.
[Aug 13 01:26:56] : AlexMR posted big blind.
[Aug 13 01:26:56] : Game [30468] started with 9 players.
[Aug 13 01:26:56] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Aug 13 01:26:56] : Seat 7 : AlexMR has Js Qs
[Aug 13 01:26:57] : AlexMR : lol
[Aug 13 01:26:58] : ikohasson folded.
[Aug 13 01:26:59] : AlexMR : wow
[Aug 13 01:27:01] : jbird6803 folded.
[Aug 13 01:27:04] : isopyl folded.
[Aug 13 01:27:05] : basscop folded.
[Aug 13 01:27:05] : Curly Top folded.
[Aug 13 01:27:09] : Zedward P called $1 and raised $3
[Aug 13 01:27:10] : rmsk folded.
[Aug 13 01:27:14] : DAVIACES folded.
[Aug 13 01:27:48] : AlexMR called $3
[Aug 13 01:27:48] : Dealing flop.
[Aug 13 01:27:48] : Board cards [4s 9s 9d]
[Aug 13 01:27:50] : AlexMR checked.
[Aug 13 01:27:52] : Zedward P checked.
[Aug 13 01:27:53] : Dealing turn.
[Aug 13 01:27:53] : Board cards [4s 9s 9d 8s]
[Aug 13 01:27:58] : AlexMR bet $4
[Aug 13 01:28:05] : Zedward P called $4
[Aug 13 01:28:05] : Dealing river.
[Aug 13 01:28:05] : Board cards [4s 9s 9d 8s Qh]
[Aug 13 01:27:46] : AlexMR bet $12
[Aug 13 01:27:59] : Zedward P called $12 and raised $25
[Aug 13 01:28:09] : AlexMR: uhm
[Aug 13 01:28:13] : AlexMR: QQ?
[Aug 13 01:28:14] : It's your turn.
[Aug 13 01:28:14] : AlexMR has 10 seconds to respond.
[Aug 13 01:28:47] : AlexMR called $25 and raised $54.25 and is All-in
[Aug 13 01:28:52] : Zedward P called $19.25 and is All-in
[Aug 13 01:28:53] : Showdown!
[Aug 13 01:28:53] : Seat 7 : AlexMR has Js Qs
[Aug 13 01:29:20] : Seat 7 : AlexMR has Js Qs
[Aug 13 01:29:20] : AlexMR has Flush QJ984
[Aug 13 01:29:20] : Seat 4 : Zedward P has 9h 9c
[Aug 13 01:29:20] : Zedward P has Four of a kind: 9s
[Aug 13 01:29:20] : Zedward P wins $126 with Four of a kind: 9s
[Aug 13 01:29:30] : Hand is over.

I deserve that one. I was on tilt because it was only or ten minutes after and 1.

F*ck. I wont post anymore damned hands. I lost 136 but with bonus it was only $70, without counting rakeback from full tilt. It feels like i lost a lot more with all the crap I ve had.




Time Played: ??? about 5 hours.
Tables: 8-9.
Amount Won: -$136.
Bonus: $$65.

I played another set of SnGs and I got raped. I busted with AA from three of them, all al in preflop vs. Q9soooooooooted, A8 and A9. OMFG.I think I will play some of those from now on.

Sunday August 13th.

I played for two hourson nine tables. Made $200 on the gtables and cleared $50 in bonus. I am doing tribeca 125points/$ and Full Tilt Poker reload and I am getting $25/hr just in bonus so I am really happy with that. I just hope to keep winning with consistency so I can get the roll to at least $3000 to be able to take a few hundreds out without risking my permanence in NL$100.

I also checked my WR at PT and it is at 5.9PTBB/100over the last 14K hands, which is very satisfactory, specialy when I think of the about 4-5K hands where I was breaking even and the fact that I am getting KK vs.AA about once in every 1500 hands. Also the WR is considerably higher because that doesnt include Bodog stats, which are by far better than tribeca and FTP. I think the WR should be around 7.5PTBBor even better.

Now, since my goal was to sustain at least 5ptbb/100in NL$50 and then 4PTBB/100 at NL$100, I am upgrading my goal to at least 5PTBB/100at NL$100. After that and around $5K in the roll, wil make the move to NL$200.

Time Played: 2Hours.
Tables: 8-9
Amount Won: $200.
Bonus: $50.

Tuesday Aug. 15th.

I played for four hours on 10 tables and made $0. NADA. I was down $150 though and started htting some hands. I already hate tribeca so much. I dont know what s it but I just cant win at a decent rate tyhere. I see so many bad plays but I just keep getting screwed there.

I went all in with KK vs. 99 and he hit the flop. I raised QQ in MP and got three callers. The flop came 443. I led. One caller. MEH. He had position on me. Turn was 3. I checked. He checked behind. River was a Q. I bet half pot and he pushed. I called and he had 44. FUCK.

I will post a couple very nice hands when PT finishes loading.I hope that to be before December 2009. I think I played more than 2K hands, so I already have abot 7K ands at NL$100 and I am just breaking even.

I got $74 in bonuses...that is tite. On the - side, I hate tribeca even more because when you are running cold you clear the bonus at about 0.00000000012/hr because you need to contribute in order to clear.

The good thing is I didnt tilt at all. In fact, I played very very well and made so money in FTP.

Time Played: 4 Hours.
Tables:9-10.
Amount Won: 0.
Bonus: $74.

Wenesday Aug. 16th.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
9 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $25
UTG+1: $200.15
MP1: $124
MP2: $104.85
MP3: $193.35
Hero: $149.15
Button: $74
SB: $94.45
BB: $85.50

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is CO with
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, MP1 raises to $5, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, Hero raises to $16, 4 folds, MP1 calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: ($50.5, 3 players)
MP1 checks, MP3 bets $25, Hero raises all-in $133.15, MP1 folds, MP3 calls.

Turn: ($316.8, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $316.8)


River: ($316.8, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $316.8)


Results:
Final pot: $316.8
MP3 showed 6d 7d
Hero showed Ad Ah


Thisis how i end today's torture.

I still won $27. I am winning at about 0.7ptbb/100 over the last 9K hands. This is very frustrating because everysingle day I am getting a couple beats like that. At the beginning I tilted a ull buy in calling a raise with AQ and then giving my stack to some donk who called the raise with QT. I am not sure but for some reason I think that guy was Monk or somebody influenced by him (when he picked his ftp SN).

Since I am not losing I wont move back to NL$50, but my hourly rate is lower at NL$100 than what it was a NL$50. I know there is nothing wrng with my play except that Iam just getting way too many bad beats.

I also checked my PT stats for small pockets. That is TT and lower. I am flopping a set with them only once for every 12.5 flops seen. That is very low.

Time played: 4hours.
Amount Won: $27.
Bonus: $78.

Was that you I saw all in against a set of 7's with KK? I think we've been playing on some tables together at full tilt. I tried talking to you, but you never answered.

Also, with that AA hand I like to reraise to at least $20 in situations like that. I only use 3x the raise if I'm up against one person. But yes, that really sucked. I had the same thing happen against a complete donk with TT on a 789 flop.

Uhhh once he leads out calling an all in is mandatory. His play looks fine to me, he's calling about 100 into a 200 pot, so he's getting 2:1 and he knows he's up against an overpair so he has 13 outs (14 if you count the backdoor flush). I wouldn't call it a bad beat at all.

....

You are right, Golden. I know it wasnt such a huge beat as it felt but I was slightly ahead. 50.2 vs. 47.37 with 2.something % chances of a tie.

stealth, I am sorry but I didnt see you talking to me. I am in at least 8 tables all the time and I really dont have much time to chat. I dont remember any stealth though. What were your impressions about my game?

I came back for more because I had some laughs with my father and a few friends and felt really well. I decided I was going to find a good spot to get at least one buy in and then get some sleep or watch TV.


This is how it went.

Hand 1.
Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
9 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $54.55
UTG+1: $89.70
MP1: $99
MP2: $17
MP3: $74.75
Hero: $98.50
Button: $94.35
SB: $95.70
BB: $57.05

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is CO with
5 folds, Hero calls, Button calls, SB calls, BB checks.

Flop: ($4, 4 players)
SB bets $2, BB folds, Hero raises to $8, Button folds, SB calls.

Turn: ($20, 2 players)
SB bets $4, Hero raises to $20, SB calls.

River: ($60, 2 players)
SB bets $28, Hero raises all-in $69.5, SB calls all-in $38.7.
Uncalled bets: $2.8 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $193.4
Hero showed Ac Ad
SB mucks Qs Th


I would like to know WTF was he thinking,specially when he called the river push.

Hand 2.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
7 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $51.65
UTG+1: $105.50
MP1: $107.50
Hero: $213.70
Button: $91.45
SB: $95.50
BB: $65.50

Pre-flop: (7 players) Hero is CO with
3 folds, Hero raises to $5, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: ($10.5, 2 players)
BB bets $3, Hero calls.

Turn: ($16.5, 2 players)
BB bets $4, Hero raises to $14, BB calls.

River: ($44.5, 2 players)
BB is all-in $43.5, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $131.5
BB showed Kc Jd
Hero showed Ks As


Hand 3

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
9 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $35.45
UTG+1: $203.75
Hero: $89.50
MP2: $104.45
MP3: $36.15
CO: $146
Button: $87.90
SB: $92.45
BB: $52

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP1 with
UTG raises to $7, UTG+1 calls, Hero raises to $33, 6 folds, UTG raises all-in $35.45, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: ($79.4, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $79.4)


Turn: ($79.4, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $79.4)


River: ($79.4, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $79.4)


Results:
Final pot: $79.4
UTG showed Kd Ah
Hero showed Kh Kc

Hand 4


Mad Dog and Glory 10475181-9044 Holdem No Limit $0.50/$1
[Aug 17 04:53:45] : Hand Start.
[Aug 17 04:53:45] : Seat 1 : AlexMR has $96.50
[Aug 17 04:53:45] : Seat 2 : m_reed05 has $108.50
[Aug 17 04:53:45] : Seat 3 : locky22 has $53
[Aug 17 04:53:45] : Seat 4 : maralb has $56
[Aug 17 04:53:45] : Seat 5 : mps37 has $181
[Aug 17 04:53:45] : Seat 6 : FourWolves has $35.50
[Aug 17 04:53:45] : Seat 7 : SubzeroWins has $95.50
[Aug 17 04:53:45] : Seat 8 : KILLERARMO has $0
[Aug 17 04:53:45] : Seat 9 : GreatNate1 has $100.87
[Aug 17 04:53:45] : SubzeroWins is the dealer.
[Aug 17 04:53:45] : GreatNate1 posted small blind.
[Aug 17 04:53:46] : AlexMR posted big blind.
[Aug 17 04:53:46] : Game [9044] started with 8 players.
[Aug 17 04:53:46] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Aug 17 04:53:46] : Seat 1 : AlexMR has Kc Kd
[Aug 17 04:53:47] : m_reed05 folded.
[Aug 17 04:53:49] : locky22 folded.
[Aug 17 04:53:52] : maralb folded.
[Aug 17 04:53:52] : mps37 folded.
[Aug 17 04:53:56] : FourWolves folded.
[Aug 17 04:53:58] : SubzeroWins called $1 and raised $3
[Aug 17 04:54:02] : GreatNate1 folded.
[Aug 17 04:54:07] : AlexMR called $3
[Aug 17 04:54:08] : Dealing flop.
[Aug 17 04:54:08] : Board cards [2c Tc Kh]
[Aug 17 04:54:10] : AlexMR checked.
[Aug 17 04:54:13] : SubzeroWins bet $6
[Aug 17 04:54:16] : AlexMR called $6 and raised $8
[Aug 17 04:54:31] : SubzeroWins has 10 seconds to respond.
[Aug 17 04:54:33] : SubzeroWins called $8
[Aug 17 04:54:34] : Dealing turn.
[Aug 17 04:54:34] : Board cards [2c Tc Kh 9c]
[Aug 17 04:54:36] : AlexMR checked.
[Aug 17 04:54:43] : SubzeroWins bet $20
[Aug 17 04:54:45] : AlexMR called $20 and raised $58.50 and is All-in
[Aug 17 04:54:49] : SubzeroWins called $57.50 and is All-in
[Aug 17 04:54:50] : Showdown!
[Aug 17 04:54:50] : Seat 1 : AlexMR has Kc Kd
[Aug 17 04:54:52] : Seat 1 : AlexMR has Kc Kd
[Aug 17 04:54:52] : Seat 7 : SubzeroWins has Ac Ah
[Aug 17 04:54:57] : Board cards [2c Tc Kh 9c Qh]
[Aug 17 04:54:57] : Seat 1 : AlexMR has Kc Kd
[Aug 17 04:54:57] : AlexMR has 3 of a Kind: Kings
[Aug 17 04:54:57] : Seat 7 : SubzeroWins has Ac Ah
[Aug 17 04:54:57] : SubzeroWins has Pair: Aces
[Aug 17 04:54:57] : AlexMR wins $188.50 with 3 of a Kind: Kings
[Aug 17 04:55:07] : Hand is over.



I forgot to mention but that was the second time I got KK vs. AA and won both times. The previous wasnt for full stacks but felt really good. Also, it'sth third consecutivve time I win with KK vs. AA. I still hate the fact that I get KK vs AA once every 1.5K hands but if I am going to keep flopping sets I wont complain.

Over this huge rush, I made $392 and clared $20 in bonus. The win rate went from 0.69PTBB/100 to 2.9PTBB/100 in just 411 hands. I hit about four more sets for mid size pots! What a great hour!!!

Time Played: Less than an hour.
Amount WON: $392.
Bonus: $20.

i hate you

It's hard to say, I only have 100ish hands on you and your VP$IP was just 9%. I can probably assume you weren't getting a good deal of playable hands. IThe only big hand I saw you in was that KK hand and I would have reraised preflop especially with limpers already in. I can't remember the exact way the hand went, but I would have folded when your opponent 3 bet all in. There was just too likley a chance that you were beat on a cooridinated flop. I thought it was going to be set over set or set vs straight.

I'm sure I'll be seeing you on FTP a lot more since I just moved over there. I could probably give you a better answer if I had PT in front of me.