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actually, sucks isn't the right word. but man I wasn't prepared for being called down with no pair, no kicker and hitting runner runner on me.
here is a brief rundown of my first 600 hands at party poker (all 6-max)
lost 3 full houses to bigger full houses (2 I flopped)
set over set 5 times
flush over flush 2 times
3 times someone had to hit runner runner to beat me
lost QQ vs. KK 4 times (twice we both flopped a set)
lost AA to two pair on the river twice
had a runner runner straight beat me when he hit his two gut shot cards
yeah
AFTER clearing my bonus I am down $200
yuck!
have to say, so far I hate Party Poker.
Statistics: Posted by Jarren — Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:28 am
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well last night I was only single tabling it. I figured if I am playing the $100 levels I can't multi table and go bust. However i am in a weird spot in that i have some of the money to "pay myself back" but I am resisting putting it online, however knowing I have it allowed me to play above my roll (never a good idea)
I need to temper that urge because I would hate to go busto (something I never really have done, I have been broke but never just because of poker, usually because of RL stuff)
Anyway I am like you in that I love the MTT. The last 6 I have played I have finished 1st, 19th, 15th, 20th and two way out of the money, plus a top ten last month. Lately i have been doing well in them but the variance is so high I just don't want to donk all my money off playing those
also, glad someone is reading me! I am sort of additcted to people's journals and read a lot of them, although I rarely post in them
Statistics: Posted by Jarren — Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:03 pm
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I made $140 last night, pretty decent night. I find the players at 6-max to be so bad, I can't believe it. Stars isn't the easiest site to win on but man there are some terrible players at 6-max.
anyway I posted a hand in the NL section about a crappy way to play a set if anyone is interested in what NOT to do.
I am going to move $500 or so over to party for a while and work on the games there to get a feel for it. If I like it I am planning on playing there more than Stars. I am a pretty loyal person but I find Stars is just hard to win on sometimes and there are easier games out there
Stars Uber roll: $480
Statistics: Posted by Jarren — Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:46 am
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last night I played some donkerstars $25 6-max tables, I cleaned up about $140
it was the first really big night of poker I have had since I started this, which is good because after last weekend I needed it.
I had a couple intereresting hands.
my only previous hand against this guy came about 1 hand before hand, I had AK and raised, he called.
flop missed me but I threw out a CB, he called, we checked the turn and he threw out a half the pot blocking bet on the river, I figured he missed his flush and shoved, he folded.
so a few hands later
I rase Q[d] Q[h] to $1 UTG, he calls from the BB
flop comes K[s] 4[s] 7[h]
he checks, I bet pot, he calls
Turn was a 8[d]
we check
River was a K[d]
he half pots it
now I folded my QQ only because I figured he learned from the last hand and was hoping I would shove, he showed T3[s] anyone call that?
Mini roll of doom: $340
Statistics: Posted by Jarren — Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:36 am
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This weekend was absolutely brutal, I lost $140
I was set over setted 4 times
I lost full houses to bigger full houses 2 times and I lost a set to a flush
so yeah it wasn't pretty. but I never let this stuff affect my mood, my life rocks and even though the bankroll is puny I enjoy life so whatever
I did move some money off of Stars so I can do some bonus whoring in June and maybe try some other sites. For the moment I won't count it as bankroll money until I actually put it into another site, so it will look like my Bankroll took a hit (it did but not as big a hit as I am showing). Right now I am under rolled for the $25 game but with the money sitting in my account I feel like I can replace it if I hit a bad streak. In the meantime I will count the money as being out of the roll until I find a home for it
I am still crushing the $25 NL 6-max game on stars to the tune of 14 BB/100 (I think that counts as crushing) so I am making money there
I tossed out the goal of 1K profit (for now) since I moved some money it will be hard to play higher limits with my money split up, but that is fine by me. I am ok playing the $25 tables
My first "payment" back to my bankroll comes this week. I am uncertain if I am going to put money back in. It may depend on if I have a decent week or not. I thought I may toss in about 300-500 instead of 1K like I planned, just to fluff up the roll a bit, but I am unsure about that. For some reason I am really stuck on the idea that I want to rebuild this from scratch, it is sort of a pride issue I guess.
Also I am having another home game this Saturday (I do have seats open, anyone in MN want to play? $50 NL cash? Pretty fun game!)
Anyway things are good, life is good, poker is mostly good and I can't complain.
Modified baby roll on Stars: $200
Statistics: Posted by Jarren — Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:09 am
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last night I played some $25 NL and one table of $50 NL (all 6-max)
I started down a quick $30 due to a dontastic type of dude at my table. I started like this
Raised AK, one caller
flop comes J 4 5
I bet pot, he calls
turn is a 3 I check, he checks
river a Q, I check he checks, he has J8
I raise AK, one dude shoves for $7 on a 25 table, mind you he limped on the button with 3 limpers, I raised, it folded to him, he shoved. He had done this like 5 times already, I know I am ahead, I call
board is 5 3 9 J J
he has 52
ok
I raised AA, one caller
flop comes 3 5 A two clubs, he bets, I raise, he shoves, I call, he has a draw, turn is a club
so after that I fought back hard. I hit a lucky hand (straight over a straight) then I had the donkey in hand #2 up above in this hand
folds to all-in man in the SB, he open shoves for $10.
I have TT and call, he has AQ and doesn't improve, thank you sir
All in all it was on ok night starting down $30 I ended up $25, minus the bankroll adjustment for MTT's I still have over $600 which isn't bad
Mini roll: $618
Statistics: Posted by Jarren — Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:24 am
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Total hands; 4,894
hours; 63.25
bb/hr; 11.21
bb/100; 14.49
$ won; $330.75
V$ip: 27.87 9playing 6-max only)
My worst leak of the month was playing some MTT, even a couple $20 ones. I realize that this is a bad idea considering the size of my roll, i have a weakness for them!
anyway i am pretty encouraged, decent stats for the month and I am making some really good progress so I thought i would set some goals for the month of June, some of these may be a little out of reach but whatever.
June Goals
100 hours
$1,000 in profit
Statistics: Posted by Jarren — Wed May 31, 2006 9:11 pm
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