After my last entry on Wednesday my brand new computer broke down. I had no idea what was going on because all the sudden it would shut off for no apparent reason. I took the computer two and a half hours up to my brother’s house in Olympia, WA. He’s a computer genius, so he was pretty sure he could fix it or order the part to fix it. He was at work when I dropped it off, so I left it at his house and told him I’d pick it up when it was ready.

He got home that night and it took him all of two minutes to find that a fan had been knocked loose (possibly from moving it?) and my computer shutting down was its way of preventing damage. The shitty thing was that he told me over the phone to check to see if a fan had come loose, but I didn’t see anything. Basically I wasted two days driving back and forth when I could have fixed it myself. Oh well, I got my computer back last night and I’m back.

Last Thursday I tried playing a little bit of poker on my laptop, but it didn’t go well. I dropped a couple buy-ins in a session where nothing was going my way. I was losing so much on CB’s that I started doubting CB’s even worked. Also, I flopped bottom two, got all in against a full stack and was sucked out by a gutshot straight draw. Naturally I think my laptop is cursed. It’s retired from poker now and it will be used solely for data mining and web browsing.

Last week I bought a subscription to Cardrunner and have been watching a ton of their videos. At first I was a little disappointed to see so many of the videos were 6max. Then I started thinking that maybe I should try 6max. I’ve been playing for years now and it seems like everyone is going that way.

After watching several 6 max videos I finally gave it a shot today. I don’t know how much I’ll like it, because it doesn’t seem like raises or CB’s get any respect. Plus its going to be hard for me to get my vp$ip up to where it needs to be. I’ve been in the 14% for so long at FR and it was a struggle keeping it above 20% at 6max.

Anyone know what optimal numbers are at 6max? Today I was 22/13 with a 6.9 aggression factor. I think I am being way too aggressive right now and that’s part of the reason my continuation bets aren’t working too well. I’m sure some of this will change because I only played 662 hands today.

Also, is this normal at 6max? Or am I just playing marginal hands way too strong?

Day two at 6max was pretty bad for the most part. I sat around for the first twenty minutes or so and barley played a hand. When I finally started getting PP I was hitting sets on almost everything. The bad part was nothing got paid off. After an hour I was up $80, after and hour and ten minutes I was down $50. There were a couple bluffs that went awry and a hand where I flopped the nut straight, got all in on the turn to a guy with a flush draw. I lost a $140 pot there.

After that things sort of started piling on. I was getting played back at on every missed AK, AQ and basically every raise. I was down $125ish at one point. The rest of the day was pretty much chipping away at the damage. By the time my session was just about over I was only down a little more than $40 and had come to terms with a losing day. Right as I unlicked auto post blinds this hand was placed in front of me.

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


Stack sizes:
UTG: $245.75
UTG+1: $146.30
CO: $82.35
HERO: $100.85
SB: $112
BB: $50

Pre-flop: (6 players) HERO is Button with
UTG raises to $3.5, UTG+1 calls, CO folds, HERO calls, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: ($14.5, 4 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $14.5, UTG+1 calls, HERO raises to $52, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: ($133, 2 players)
UTG+1 is all-in $90.8, HERO calls all-in $45.35.
Uncalled bets: $45.45 returned to UTG+1.

River: ($223.7, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $223.7)


Results:
Final pot: $223.7
UTG+1 showed Qc Th
HERO showed Ah 7h

Normally I wouldn’t call A7s to a raise, but I had position, with a caller and a guy that was getting priced in behind me. I knew that if I hit something on this hand I would get paid, and I was right. And this may sound really stupid, but I felt like I was going to flop a flush. That’s right, I’m a psychic.

Anyway, I ended the day up $99.40 in 769 hands (also made $20 in bonus). I don’t feel good about playing long sessions yet in 6max. Right now I’m playing shorter times and less tables while I get a feel for the game. I don’t feel super comfortable quite yet, so I like to go through PT after each session and figure out what I’m doing right and wrong. Hopefully I things will come together soon so I can start putting up some real numbers.

Anyway, here’s the updated graph from poker grapher.

The good old bankroll took a huge hit today. A bad push, a bad fold, and a bad suckout screwed me up pretty bad. Im down $353.30 in less than an hour and a half. I also pulled out $600 for some plane tickets to Flordia for me and my girlfriend. I am done with six max for the time being. I overplay pots and the swings are too big and too often. I might play a little tonight depending on how I feel and if I do its full ring.

Current Bankroll- $3,214

Stealth

My bankroll management does suck. I take out about $400 a week, because Im not bringing in any other money at the moment and the bills need paying. I wish I had no bills and I wish I hadn't promised my girlfriend a trip to Florida. I am going to try to live off nothing for the next two weeks and hopefully make about 2k. Plying full ring after 23k hands I am averaging $31/hr, I know that if I put in the hours and quit spending money the roll will grow at a good rate. No more six max or tournaments.

Stealth

Some days just suck, thankfully today was not one of them. I beat 10 out of the 13 tables I played and the most I lost on any one table was $10. I played just under two hours and I made $393.50. It was great. I made about $65 in the first hour and a half, then people lined up to pay me off and I made about $300 in ten minnutes. Everything I did was working. If I flopped a set I was getting paid. I stole a few small pots and if I semi bluffed, my hand hit on the turn or river. I think I will call it a day. I also won some money last night.

Party just gave me a $75 bonus, so I will clear that at 50nl in order to avoid the Monster rake. I hate Party and I hope to clear this bonus with as little rake paid as possible. F U Party.

I also think I might play in an MTT, maybe a $20 buy in, and just relax and drink for the rest of the night.

Current Bankroll- $3,697

Stealth

I just cleared my Party bonus. It took about two hours and I made $8 on the tables and $75 in bonus. I never played in an MTT but I did lose $11 in a SnG. Goodbye to Party untill the next bonus.

I don't know what my plans are for the rest of the day. Im hoping that I can get rakeback from FTP. I might end up having to get rid of this account and start up a new one to get the rakeback. I just hope it won't be a hassle.

Current Bankroll- $3,780

Seahawks RULE,

Stealth

PM me if you want a good affiliate to get RB. I get 27%, hich i think ispretty tite.