Welcome back indeed.

I look forward to reading about some success in 2008 for ya!

Thanks for the welcome back

I played about 5000 hands since my last post and most of them were just... boring.
No big swings, didn't win nor lose many big pots but just steadily won some $.
Conclusion: no reason to complain I guess.

Below two hands I am not sure about. Because I want to find out if there is a "standard" line here I'm not posting my line of thought until later. No reads on villains yet.


Hand 1)
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Seat 1: Mikki5 ($4.51)
Seat 2: EmmaTom007 ($10.80)
Seat 3: muad.dib ($18.17)
Seat 4: Funliker ($6.62)
Seat 5: Hero ($11.15)
Seat 6: Flushlike ($3.03)
Flushlike posts the small blind of $0.05
Mikki5 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero
EmmaTom007 calls $0.10
muad.dib folds
Funliker calls $0.10
Hero raises to $0.55
Flushlike folds
Mikki5 folds
EmmaTom007 calls $0.45
Funliker calls $0.45
*** FLOP ***
EmmaTom007 bets $1.80
Funliker folds
Hero calls $1.80
*** TURN ***
EmmaTom007 bets $5.40

Hero?
(results in white)

Hero raises to $8.80 and is all-in
EmmaTom007 calls $3.05 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $0.35 returned to Hero
*** SHOW DOWN ***
EmmaTom007 shows Jd Tc
Hero shows Js Ks
*** RIVER *** 6c
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: 3s Kd Jh 2h 6c
Hero collects $21.19



Hand 2)
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Seat 1: greglegym ($9.44)
Seat 2: greenrider ($10.08)
Seat 3: gogo58 ($8.70)
Seat 5: Hero ($13.72)
greenrider posts the small blind of $0.05
gogo58 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero
Hero calls $0.10
greglegym calls $0.10
greenrider folds
gogo58 checks
*** FLOP ***
gogo58 bets $0.10
Hero raises to $0.65
greglegym folds
gogo58 calls $0.55
*** TURN ***
gogo58 checks
Hero bets $1.65
gogo58 calls $1.65
*** RIVER ***

Hero?

(results in white:)
gogo58 checks
Hero checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gogo58 shows 9h Th
Hero shows 6c 6d
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: 2d 6h 3h Qc 5d
Hero collects $4.71

Here are my PT stats & graph. Personally I think my stats are ok for ABC poker and 10NL? (I sure do like the results anyway )
Maybe my AF post-flop should be higher?

You run hot. Both hands are super standard, except in hand two where by you may want to raise that flop more but it's a small thing.

I think your stats are fine, you play good, abc poker for this level in terms of your stats. If we're being critical, your PF raise is low, as is your aggression by street but for these levels, tight, ABC poker is the way.

Just be warned that when you step up you will need to raise your aggression, mix things up more and what not. Not FPS but you will not make much monies beyond $25NL - $50NL playing 16/8, especially at a site that has PT support.

But nice job man, keep it up.

Played about 7000 hands this week and won about $165, so the hand below is not posted out of frustration.

EverestPoker Game #2668294600: Table Roseau-104 - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:42:23 - 2008/01/16
Seat 1: Hero ($13.36)
Seat 2: enzymglouton ($4.20)
Seat 3: ayomer ($11.22)
Seat 4: miinnaa ($2.06)
Seat 5: sledziu ($9.65)
ayomer posts the small blind of $0.05
miinnaa posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero
sledziu folds
Hero raises to $0.35
enzymglouton folds
ayomer calls $0.30
miinnaa folds
*** FLOP ***
ayomer checks
Hero bets $0.80
ayomer raises to $1.60
Hero raises to $5.60
ayomer raises to $10.87 and is all-in
Hero raises to $13.01 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $2.14 returned to Hero
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ayomer shows
Hero shows
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
*** SUMMARY ***
Board:
ayomer collects $21.42

If this hand would have happened to me in my first month of online play I'm pretty sure noone could have convinced me online poker is NOT rigged. What are the odds for him to hit BOTH 8 & A? (not that it matters, I know, but still)

Hmm, I had the same hand where oppo hit his 8 but not the case A.

Been a while since my last post, but I plan to start posting on a regular basis again.

So far 2008 has been good for me: I am now playing 50NL with a proper BR.
I played about 55.000 hands of NL25 with a BB/100 of 5. Most of the time my winrate was higher, but once my BR hit $1000 I tried to open up my play to adjust for NL50.

The first couple of thousand hands I was trying to be more loose and agressive I played about break-even but after a while I learned when to be agressive and when to give it up. These days my stats are somewhere between 25/20 and 15/10 depending on the other players at my table. I still feel it is more profitable to be a knit when there are a couple of LAG's at my table. Another area I think I improved is 3-betting. Here also I try to adjust my ranges to my opponents.

Two weeks ago I moved to 50NL and so far I'm running hot! Played about 16.000 hands with a winrate of 16 BB/100. Allthough this means my BR would allow me to start thinking about taking shots at 100NL I think I'll stay at 50NL for while... First I want to see what happens at 50 NL when I don't run good anymore.

That's it for now, I'll probably post some hands later.

Played a session of about 3 hours this afternoon and won 2 more BI''s

Not too many hands that weren't standard, but I wasn't sure about the hand below.
A bit of help from the experts please?

Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: tinalhas ( $11.10 )
Seat 2: MikhailA ( $48.90 )
Seat 3: lupienblanc ( $60.65 )
Seat 4: locosuizo ( $28.95 )
Seat 5: Hero ( $43.85 )
Seat 6: Schlaubi80 ( $5.00 )
Hero posts the small blind [$0.25].
Schlaubi80 posts the big blind [$0.50].

Dealt to Hero

** Dealing down cards **
tinalhas calls [$0.50]
MikhailA raises [$2.25]
lupienblanc calls [$2.25]
locosuizo calls [$2.25]

Hero?

MikhailA's stats are 29/21 with a high steal % (sample = 1,4k hands)
The other two I didn't know much about.