I've decided to try and update this journal regularly fwiw, maybe people will read it when I'm rich and famous, or dead, w/e.
I took a decision to change my game a bit yesterday, reading Roy's journo made me think that perhaps being a 6 table, 6 max nit with rakeback and bonuses could be better than being a 4 table, 6 max sLAG and having no bonus, no rake and paying Pacific's very high rake to boot.
So, along with the suggestions Northview made earlier in this journal, I'm gonna sign up for some rakeback sites, play the Crypto's and see if I can't build a steady roll that way. I used to be a complete nit, then I had to loosen up for 6 max, now I've gone the other way to having slightly looser than I'd like, PT stats.
I will do this when I get back from holiday, which is about mid August.
So to get into practice for this, I fired up 4 6 mx, $25NL tables on Pacific (can't have more than 4 another reason to leave Pacific) and just basically folded everything except PP's, big aces and big S/C's from LP. It started well, made a buy in and a half within an hour, or around $40, all was well. Went downstairs for a smoke, drink and stuff, came back, found 4 more juicy tables and then proceeded to be completely card dead for the next two hours. You know the thing, get KK and take the blinds, raise with total air in LP and everyone want's to fight you for the pot, sigh. This hand was the definate highlight of the session. I'm mfcjay, obv.
***** Pacific Hand History for Game 164191739 *****
$0.12/$0.25 Blinds No Limit Hold'em - *** 07 23 19:48:19 2007
Table Apple Fizz (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 10: Ebbeflut ( $27.65 )
Seat 1: foxumall ( $16.09 )
Seat 2: mfcjay ( $37.71 )
Seat 6: MAMA61 ( $16.94 )
Seat 7: papimick ( $22.5 )
Seat 9: Zmidge ( $41.38 )
Zmidge posts small blind [$0.12].
Ebbeflut posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to mfcjay
foxumall folds.
mfcjay calls [$0.25].
MAMA61 calls [$0.25].
papimick calls [$0.25].
Zmidge calls [$0.13].
Ebbeflut checks.
** Dealing Flop **
Zmidge bets [$0.25].
Ebbeflut raises [$0.5].
mfcjay raises [$3].
MAMA61 folds.
papimick folds.
Zmidge folds.
Ebbeflut calls [$2.5].
** Dealing Turn **
Ebbeflut bets [$2.25].
mfcjay calls [$2.25].
** Dealing River **
Ebbeflut bets [$5.25].
mfcjay raises [$32.21].
Ebbeflut calls [$16.9].
** Summary **
Ebbeflut shows
.
mfcjay collected [$53.5].
mfcjay collected [$10.06].
Wooooot
That hand felt good.
It was all downhill more or less from then.
My stats were very odd, 680 hands, for 18/8/5.5. Get that PF stat higher and I'm goot, some cards to raise with would be nice though.
So in the end I broke even. I fancied something a bit different so I fired up 3 PLO tables, my god the players here are bad. I'm nowhere near a good Omaha player but sheesh, people can't wait to get it in with hands like KK27 etc. So, made about $40 dollars with a flopped straight and flopped flush, which was nice.
Me and my girlfriend and her daughter are going on holiday soon, we're gonna book somewhere last minute, 'cos we can get a very good deal on all inclusive 5 star stuff if we book late, gangsta ain't I?
Probably somewhere in Greece, I like Greece. So will have a nice break from work, life and poker, and come back ready to go bonus whoring and rakeback chasing!