Well this journal has been a long time in the making, I kept putting it off for one reason or another but here it goes....

A little about me... I'm 25 from Nothern Ireland and have been playing poker for over a year now, I was playing for fun at first then I realised how much money people were making so I decided to study the game and now im hooked :O

I won like $1000+ whoring BJ bonuses before I started playing poker so I've used that money to play. I deposited like $900 or so in several poker sites and still being a donk I ran that down to $140 which is when I decided to keep my head down, tighten up and nut peddle more or less. Now im at 100nl with a 2k+ BR. I've went from 10nl ($140) to 100nl (2k+) in about 55k hands or so with a little help from RB+bonuses.

I've a few hands im going to post from my past sessions where I was in some spots I was unsure of and I know im a weak tight in some spots but hopefully this journal will help me with that.

First hand the he was playing tight from what I can remember and I was unsure what the best move on the turn would be?

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($99.17)
UTG+1 ($125.88)
CO ($42.70)
BTN ($24.67)
Hero ($99.00)
BB ($96.70)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 6 players) Hero is SB [Th]
UTG calls $1, 3 folds, Hero raises to $6, BB calls $5, UTG folds

Flop: [3c][5s] ($13, 2 players)
Hero bets $9.5, BB calls $9.5

Turn: ($32, 2 players)

Final Pot: $32

One more hand for now...villan was a lag over a small sample (30 hands or so) but this is at pacific where most poeple are donks. What's the best line to take since im OOP?

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($101.00)
Hero ($101.50)
BTN ($101.30)
SB ($99.00)
BB ($138.62)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 5 players) Hero is CO [Td]
1 fold, Hero raises to $4, 2 folds, BB calls $3

Flop: [Ac][8d] ($8.5, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $7.5, BB raises to $15, Hero calls $7.5

Turn: ($38.5, 2 players)
BB bets $6

Final Pot: $44.5

I had intended on playing most of yesterday but wasn't feeling the best after a night of drinking. Instead I lay on the sofa most of the day and watched the match (Manchester United vs Middlesbrough) Damn Middlesbrough put up a good fight and were the better side but it ended 2-2 so can't really complain, so now onto poker...

I was feeling a bit better around 10pm or so so i fired up 3 tables for around 90 mins or so. It seems if I play 4 tables (which is all I can fit on my monitor without overlap) Pacific starts to go funny, a table would blank out and by the time I would get it back I have timed out so 3 tables will do until I get a new system/monitor.

I have hardly flopped any sets in my last 7k hands so when I flopped top set and I get overbet shoved on obviously im over the moon this happend on saturday.



http://weaktight.com/154741

Last nights session didn't go to well it just continued on from my previous sessions, Being forced to fold after I raise preflop and miss the flop, getting outdrawn on etc etc.

My biggest loss was about 40bb when I raise several limpers OTB with AKo and the flop comes A78cc and they check to me and I c-bet about 20 and they all fold apart from a 40bb shortie who shoves the rest in and rivers a club (he had K9s and limped/called UTG) I had several 20bb's losses and my biggest win was 19bb's so I ended the session down 1.5 buyins.

Hey.. I know you!

welcome..

What's involved in getting some Guinness shipped to the states?

Anyone who's been to Ireland says that Guinness there tastes better than here.... I want to do a taste test.

Hand #1: I hate the check on the river. Passive postflop and you checked there is bad...I would rather get it in on the turn or shove the river. I just don't want to give the passive player a chance to check behind there. Of course, the min-raise on the turn almost guarentees full commitment to a showdown.
Hand #3: $40 on the river. Please fire this river 100% of the time...LP's will call down with any Ace there/two pair, and be betting/raising made flushes at some point in the hand.
I like how you played Hand 5 and 6. Hand 6 seems like a pretty obvious ten unless you have a read.

You either have excellent table selection or are playing at a site where good play is not encouraged...either way that means big money for you. Hope it continues.