Piers can always post it in the Anything Goes area.

I'd probably try cooking it, too!.

is 5/10 limit the highest you normally play online? I would think playing 3/6 and such would be a much harder way to grind out a living than playing 5/10 and 10/20 and up.

Empire 36 limit, 123 hands, 107.50, 1h 35m
Party 12 limit, 524 hands, -13.12, 2h 25m
PokerRoom 12 limit, 20 hands, -6.25, 20 m
Rake return ============ 36.32
Total ================= 124.65
Hours worked: 4.0

A pretty slow day overall. I started the Party 200.00 bonus today so I need about 2000 hands at 12 to clear that. Hopefully I can finish up on that tomorrow and then start working on the next one:)

At times I play higher but for the most part I am playing the lower limits now. With online play I like to play well below my bankroll limits. It is just reassuring for me to know that no matter how bad of a run I hit there is no way that I am in jeopardy of going broke at 36 limit. That would be a very bad thing as I am living in a country where if I had to get a job it would not pay squat. And I am not that greedy:) I make sufficient money playing the lower limits to live very nicely here. I do anticipate that I will be playing the 510 game a little more in the near future. Playing five tables of 36 is about equivalent to playing one 30-60 game live:) but without the HUGE wins and losses.

Empire 36 limit, 25 hands, 55.00, 13m
Party 12 limit, 394 hands, 41.75, 1h 45m
PokerRoom 12 limit, ca. 50 hands, 26.75, 50m
PokerStars 12 7 stud h/l, 11 hands, 1.60, 7m
Rake return==================== 8.74
Time worked: 2h 5m
Total: 133.94

Just taking it easy today and cooking some spicy steak and having a few beers. About half way through my Bonus hand requirement at Party. Just never got in the mood to play today. Going to hit the sack early tonight so I can start out fresh in the morning.

Party 12 limit, 986 hands, 82.25, 4h
Party 0.5-1.0 limit, 46 hands, 9.75, 20m
PokerRoom 12 limit, ca. 75 hands, 2.00, 1h10m
Rake rebate============= 8.86
Bonus: 200
Hours worked: 4h20m
Total: 302.86

Just played the 12 limit primarily today as I wanted to get that Party 200.00 bonus cleared. The play at 12 limit is just HORRENDOUS. I took about half a dozen beats in the last two hours that the people had to be on acid to reach the river with but reach it they did:)

I really hate pokerroom. Everytime there is just a momentary blip in my connection I get kicked off their tables. The play there is also atrocious but I just really dislike the site. I still have about 900 points to go there to clear the last 150.00 bonus. I may just have to suck it up and do it all in one day and be done with it.

Empire 510 limit, 93 hands, 24.50, 30m
Empire 36 limit, 511 hands, 220.50, 2h10m
PokerRoom 12 limit, ca. 25 hands, -8.00, 15m
Party 12 limit, 322 hands, -65.00, 1h35m
Rake return ================= 1.45
Time worked: 4h
Total: 173.45

I had anticipated 5 tabling 510 limit today but when I logged on there were only 5 full ring games going and they all left alot to be desired. I played at one table for a short while and decided to drop back down to 36 limit. The difference in play at 36 and 510 is very different by and large. It has been a while since I played alot of 510 on the weekend so I can't say how much a difference there is during that time period but for playing early morning I would not recommend it at all.

I gave the 510 another chance this evening (8:00 EST) and while the games still were not great they were readily beatable. There were still MANY people with VIP% greater than 20% at each table. If my database is any indication I just don't believe it is possible to be a long term winning limit player if you are voluntarily entering pots excluding the blinds greater than 17-18%. I will go ahead and say that I am alot tighter than most folks in my online game. I have a VIP% right at 11.4%. I have a very streamlined approach to the game because it works for me. I have taken most of the trouble hands out of play except in certain circumstances. If you have 30-40K hands at a limit and you have a VIP% greater than 18% and you are winning I guess just keep on doing whatever it is you're doing, but if you are struggling and winning just small ammounts or having a hard time breaking even I suggest you take a long look at your VIP%. And by all means if you don't have PokerTracker get it. This tool in conjunction with Game Time + is just a phenomenal weapon at your disposal.

You are tight pre flop from your VP$IP #. Thats about where I am but have been trying to see more hands because most of what I read on the forum and several different books lead me to believe I sould be closer to 18 to 20%. Do you play more hands in no limit because of the implied odds?

Glad to hear it works for a pro.

What do your other stats look like. Pre flop raise, post flop aggression and went to showdown? More accurately what should I be shooting for if my VP$IP # is very close to yours?

Thanks!

BK

Empire 36 limit, 5 hands, 22.00, 3 min.
Party 12 limit, 1499 hands, -39.96, 6h 20 min.
PokerRoom 24 limit, ca. 25 hands, 0.00, 20 min.
Pokerroom 12 limit, ca. 100 hands, 55.75, 1h 40m
Rake return ================= 16.76
Bonus cleared =============== 200.00
Total ======================= 254.55
Time worked: 6h 40 min.

I set out to knock out the second 200 bonus at party today and I made it but it was a grind. 1600 hands of 12 limit in a day should be forbidden. Found myself down 120.00 or so about halfway through this nightmare but was able to crawl back to -40 or so before finishing up.

Here are a few of my stats for you to look at BK. If you are at 12% VIP then I wouldn't change much if you ask me and you did so there you have it:) As I have admitted before my online game is squeaky tight but I still manage to get in there and gamble in certain spots against particular folks with a wide variety of hands at times but these times are limited. I have been at this online poker stuff now about 4 years or so and in that time I have found that my philosophy works so I just don't veer much from it. Are there people that play alot more hands than me that win, I am sure there are, and if they can get away with it then more power to them. I am certain that I could play alot more hands than I do now and perhaps even increase my win rate because my post flop play is very good but I just choose not too because when it is all said and done I don't think the increase would be that significant and I just like a lower variance game. My B&M game is much looser than my online game. As far as NL goes when I am multitabling I play pretty tight as well although I will see a few more flops with small pocket pairs that I would fold in limit. When I am only playing 1 table of NL my game is usually on the loose agressive side as I like to see alot of pots with alot of different types of hands and I usually pull this style of play off very well but in doing so I limit myself to only 1 table so it is tough to overcome the positive multitable facet. If I can get good enough at NL to work this style at 3 tables or so then I may start playing alot more NL as I do enjoy it and that style much more fits me than the imaginative rock I have become at online limit.


Some stats since mid November: 36 limit Empire: hands played 13693, VIP% 11.22, VIP%SB 11.74, preflop raise 7.62%, went to showdown 35.51%, won$ SD 54%, Agression Factor FLOP: 2.75, TURN: 2.7 RIVER: 1.68

I hope that helps in some way.

Empire 36 limit, 372 hands, 23.00, 1h55 min.
PokerStars NL 100, 154 hands, 45.05, 1h35 min.
Empire 510 6max, 4 hands, 9.50, 5m
Rake return: 18.23
Total: 85.78
Hours worked: 3h35m

The day started off real nice at 36 but then I had to quit early and when I returned it was just the reverse. I decided to take a break after a couple of tough beats and play a little 100 NL on PStars. I played well and broke a short stack right off the bat with AA. Flopped two pair in the BB and made a pot size bet of 4.00 and a guy puts me all in for about 20 more and I call and take that pot as well. Of course the last hand that I was going to play before a break was AKo UTG and I raised and got called by AQ and lost about 70 when the board was AQxxx. After the break I came back and played a little more and ended up +45 after again flopping two pair with K3s in the BB and overbetting the pot a little on an AK3 flop. Calling station calls. Turn is a 2 and I put him all in for his last 25 or so and the river is a nasty A giving him trips with his AJo. So with a couple of breaks a much nicer session would have been had but I guess you can't win them all.

Well attempted another evening session and the tables were just so damn choppy I said the hell with it for a while. I must have sat at 12 tables of 36 limit and 8 of them broke up before I could post. People are just so scared shitless to play 7 or 8 handed for a few minutes it is crazy. A couple people leave and then the blinds decide they aren't going to post with only 8 players at the table then the next guy doesn't post and then the damn game breaks up and they all go and wait in another list. Just doesn't make any sense. With 5000000000000 players at Party the tables would fill right back up if they just stayed and played for a couple of hands. And the most discouraging part is when this happens and there are 3 or 4 fish at the table and the "solid" players decide they don't want to play 7 or 8 handed and leave for another table. What the hell are you doing? You make money by having these guys at your table but you would rather run off to another waiting list and hope you have another 3 or 4 prime fish with their noses open at the next table instead of staying put and reaping the benefits of where you are.

Today I decided to play some 100 NL on Stars. Alot of my thinking about playing NL on the weekend is that there are just TOO MANY fish playing the limit tables during this time. I know that sounds counterintuitive but for the past several weekends I have not faired particularly well and the main reason was the schooling affect of the fish I believe in large part. Well my NL bouts are all going pretty well. I really enjoy playing NL as it lets me open up my game alot which much more suits me than playing Rocky Rock the limit guy. The only drawback is that I am still not comfortable yet playing more than 2 tables of NL at a time versus 5 limit tables, so my overall gain is larger at the limit tables although my per hour win is probably less. I am going to continue to work on my NL game until I feel comfortable playing 3 to 4 tables at a time and then probably switch full time.

Pokerstars 100 NL, 262 hands, 474.25, 3h5m
PokerRoom 24 limit, ca. 90 hands, -34.00, 35 min.
PokerRoom 36 6 max, 5 hands, 25.00, 5 minutes
Pokerstars 400 NL, 9 hands, 6.00, 5m
Rake return: 16.56
Total: 487.81
Time: 3h50m

Empire 0.5-1.0 limit, 71 hands, 20.50, 30 min.
Rake return: 9.28
Total: 29.78

I think I am just going to take it easy today as I am preparing for my trip out west tomorrow to take care of some legal work and surveying work dealing with the land that I bought there. For all interested there is also a reload bonus (20% up to 200) coming up on Friday at Paradise if you need to get your money transferred. So good luck to all in the coming days.