Details on Project Cashout:

I'm playing my usual games--3/6 and 5/10 on Stars and $50 PLO8 on Full Tilt. Weekly, I'm cashing out everything I have above and beyond my starting roll of:

$2000 for the LHE games
$400 for the PLO8 games

I'm not advocating using those bankroll numbers for everybody. For me, though, they work because my bankroll is readily replaceable, and I have a stop-loss limit of two buy-ins ($100 at the PLO8), and a single full buy-in at the 5/10 game ($200). If either of those occur, I'm done for the day.

So far, it's worked out quite well:

Since 5/1/06,
Limit Games: +$297.65 (over 1382 or so hands)
PLO8 Games: +$290.20 (over 490 hands)

Total Winnings: $587.85

I'll be updating my quest as regularly as I can...

Three hideous beats at 5/10 today:

CO here is 31/8/0.61 over 613 hands, so I shouldn't be surprised...

PokerStars 5/10 Hold'em (7 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , .
2 folds, Hero raises, CO calls, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (6.40 SB) , , (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, CO raises, BB folds, Hero 3-bets, CO calls.

Turn: (6.20 BB) (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls.

River: (8.20 BB) (2 players)
Hero bets, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, CO caps, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 16.20 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has 8d 8c (full house, eights full of jacks).
CO has Qs Jc (full house, jacks full of queens).
Outcome: CO wins 16.20 BB.

Both these next two hands were against the same monkey--28/5/0.89

PokerStars 5/10 Hold'em (9 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , .
2 folds, MP1 raises, Hero calls, 4 folds.

Flop: (5.40 SB) , , (3 players)
MP1 bets, Hero raises, MP1 calls.

Turn: (4.70 BB) (3 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets, MP1 calls.

River: (6.70 BB) (3 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets, MP1 raises, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 10.70 BB

Results in white below:
SB has 5s 4c (two pair, fives and fours).
MP1 has Qs Qd (three of a kind, queens).
Hero has Qh Ks (two pair, kings and queens).
Outcome: MP1 wins 10.70 BB.
PokerStars 5/10 Hold'em (9 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with , .
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, Hero raises, 6 folds, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: (5.40 SB) , , (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: (3.70 BB) (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets, UTG+1 raises, Hero calls.

River: (7.70 BB) (2 players)
UTG+1 bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 9.70 BB

Results in white below:
UTG+1 has 9h 8h (three of a kind, eights).
Hero has 9d 9c (two pair, nines and eights).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins 9.70 BB.

Two outered twice by the same friggin idiot...it's a wonder I can win at this game with stupid jerks like these populating the earth, but you have to figure that if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't make the money I do make...

The first guy got me twice more and I lost a buy-in:

PokerStars 5/10 Hold'em (10 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with , .
2 folds, Hero raises, MP1 calls, 2 folds, CO calls, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (8.40 SB) , , (4 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP1 calls, CO folds, BB folds.

Turn: (5.20 BB) (2 players)
Hero bets, MP1 calls.

River: (7.20 BB) (2 players)
Hero bets, MP1 raises, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 11.20 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has Ts Th (three of a kind, tens).
MP1 has As Jc (straight, ace high).
Outcome: MP1 wins 11.20 BB.

PokerStars 5/10 Hold'em (8 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , .
3 folds, Hero raises, CO calls, 3 folds.

Flop: (5.40 SB) , , (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls.

Turn: (3.70 BB) (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls.

River: (5.70 BB) (2 players)
Hero bets, CO raises, Hero calls $6 (All-In).

Final Pot: 9.30 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has Ah Ad (one pair, aces).
CO has Jc Ac (flush, ace high).
Outcome: CO wins 9.30 BB.

On these hands, I was no worse than an 82% favorite to win, and lost all 5 hands for a total loss of $256...brutal.

The carnage continues:

He can't have AT here, can he? He damn sure can't have T9--oh shit, yes he can...

PokerStars 3/6 Hold'em (10 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , .
UTG calls, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, Hero calls, 1 fold, CO calls, 2 folds, BB checks.

Flop: (6.33 SB) , , (6 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 bets, Hero raises, CO calls, BB folds, UTG calls, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls.

Turn: (7.16 BB) (4 players)
UTG checks, MP1 bets, Hero raises, CO folds, UTG calls, MP1 3-bets, Hero caps, UTG calls, MP1 calls.

River: (19.16 BB) (3 players)
UTG checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets, UTG calls, MP1 calls.

Final Pot: 22.16 BB

Results in white below:
UTG has Kc Ad (one pair, kings).
MP1 has Tc 9c (straight, king high).
Hero has Qd Jh (two pair, queens and jacks).
Outcome: MP1 wins 22.16 BB.

Look, it's T9 again...

PokerStars 3/6 Hold'em (9 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with , .
4 folds, Hero raises, CO calls, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (6.33 SB) , , (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, CO calls, BB folds.

Turn: (4.16 BB) (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls.

River: (6.16 BB) (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero raises, CO calls.

Final Pot: 10.16 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has Qs Ac (two pair, aces and tens).
CO has Td 9d (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: CO wins 10.16 BB.

The last gasp--down a ton today because of bullshit like this...

PokerStars 3/6 Hold'em (10 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with , .
UTG calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, MP2 calls, MP3 3-bets, 1 fold, Button calls, SB calls, 1 fold, UTG calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (18 SB) , , (6 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, MP2 checks, MP3 checks, Button bets, SB calls, UTG calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

Turn: (11.50 BB) (6 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, MP2 checks, MP3 checks, Button checks.

River: (11.50 BB) (6 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, MP2 bets, MP3 folds, Button folds, SB folds, UTG folds.

Final Pot: 12.50 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has Ad 9c (two pair, aces and nines).
MP2 has Kc Jc (flush, ace high).
Outcome: MP2 wins 12.50 BB.

LHE: -$347.00
O8B: -$23.30
Total: MINUS $370.30

Ugh--I'm glad I'm working til 10:30 tomorrow. From the penthouse to the outhouse...

So what happens tonight? First hand I play:

Reads:
MP1: 47/8/0.80 over 13 hands
BB: 15/7/0.38 over 82 hands

When did these weak calling station assholes end up at Stars??

PokerStars 3/6 Hold'em (9 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , .
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, MP1 raises, Hero calls, 4 folds, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: (8.33 SB) , , (4 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 bets, Hero raises, BB calls, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls.

Turn: (7.16 BB) (3 players)
BB checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets, BB calls, MP1 calls.

River: (10.16 BB) (3 players)
BB checks, MP1 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 10.16 BB

Results in white below:
BB has Qs 7s (straight, queen high).
MP1 has Qh Qc (straight, queen high).
Hero has Tc Ts (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: BB wins 5.08 BB. MP1 wins 5.08 BB.

Only good part is that BB and MP1 were too stupid to value bet their straights on the river...Unbelievable just how stupid some players are...

Hey Tib,

I was searching under every stone and finally found where u were telling me about those beats. Now I can officially say wow! Trust me when I tell you I can relate to how much you wanted to boil over when that guy turned over his cards (Hello can somebody tell that guy that his queens are probably no good with that king on board and somebody is raising him!). But as we all know patience is a virtue! By the way, I love the idea of your challenge so much that I have put myself under the same kind of rigourous test....except i had to slightly scale back the amount i was starting out with considering I cannot easily replace such an amount all in one shot.

enigma?