You may have noticed that I haven't posted in a while. Well... my laptop screen broke and its currently in being repaired. (not due to a bad-beat frustration smashing, just a random hardware problem).
Since I have Pokertracker installed on it and I want to properly show the graphs for my sessions, I'm waiting until I have it back before I load it up with the hand histories (all in the same database) and make a new post.
Stay tuned; I'm still playing during this down-period, so they'll be a larger-than-normal post when I get the computer back!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
December's First Session
+$12.70A pretty good session in general. Once I had the feel for the good players / bad players at the tables I started to grind my way up. (FYI, I'm not using a HUD for these games at all as I don't find its necessary). One note, my PokerTracker seems to have gotten out of sync somewhere (or maybe I missed posting a session), but my account actually stands at $121.43 as of right now. I'll make the right column bankroll sticky update to the current amount on this update. A good start to the month!
November Summary
Another month, another summary! First, for everyone's enjoyment, my November graph:
Just after the peak of this graph is when about I started playing the 0.10-0.20 game, and as you can see it started with a massive downswing. I was able to pull through though, and with my last session of November (posted earlier) I brought my 0.10-0.20 game in the green, and redeemed (well, not really) the monthly graph.
As far as stats go:
Only 14, 553 hands, so not too much considering I had the entire month to play. But work has been busy, so I haven't had time to play every night. 40 hours over the whole month isn't too bad when u consider that's just over an hour a day. The amount won of $52.83 brings my current balance to a respectable $104.11 (from a November starting balance of just under $60). Due to the massive starting downswing my hourly rate actually decreased a little to $1.34 / hour (however, there isn't really enough hands to say this is an accurate number). Here's to better luck in December!
Just after the peak of this graph is when about I started playing the 0.10-0.20 game, and as you can see it started with a massive downswing. I was able to pull through though, and with my last session of November (posted earlier) I brought my 0.10-0.20 game in the green, and redeemed (well, not really) the monthly graph.As far as stats go:
Only 14, 553 hands, so not too much considering I had the entire month to play. But work has been busy, so I haven't had time to play every night. 40 hours over the whole month isn't too bad when u consider that's just over an hour a day. The amount won of $52.83 brings my current balance to a respectable $104.11 (from a November starting balance of just under $60). Due to the massive starting downswing my hourly rate actually decreased a little to $1.34 / hour (however, there isn't really enough hands to say this is an accurate number). Here's to better luck in December!
Monday, December 1, 2008
I figured it out
Ok, really good update today. I'll start by being consistent and posting all of my recent sessions (first two losses, 3rd is my nice session).
-$4.92
-$4.75
+$20.58
So my best session yet at 0.10-0.20 LIMIT. I actually was able to 9-table here reasonably well. At the beginning I really thought this was going to be another horrible day of suckouts, but things started to look up and I ended up doing really well this session. To give you an idea of what I face on a daily basis here are two hands from this most recent session (I've hidden the results of the hands, see if you can guess what the opponent had in each case):
HAND #1:
Limit Hold'em, $0.20 BB (9 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with A
, 9
Hero calls, 1 fold, MP1 raises, 2 folds, CO calls, Button calls, 2 folds, Hero calls
Flop: (9.5 SB) 2, A
, 9
(4 players)
Hero bets, MP1 calls, CO calls, 1 fold
Turn: (6.25 BB) K (3 players)
Hero bets, MP1 raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, MP1 caps, Hero calls
River: (14.25 BB) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets, MP1 raises, Hero calls
Total pot: $3.65 (18.25 BB) | Rake: $0.17
Results in black below:
Hero mucked A, 9 (two pair, Aces and nines).
MP1 had K, K
(full house, Kings over twos).
Outcome: MP1 won $3.48
Standard? Perhaps. But the Kc is what ultimately loses me some extra bets. I actually was giving him respect for AK when I get 4-bet on the turn.
HAND #2:
Limit Hold'em, $0.20 BB (9 handed)
Preflop: Hero is Button with J, J
1 fold, UTG+1 raises, 1 fold, MP2 calls, 1 fold, CO calls, Hero 3-bets, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 caps, MP2 calls, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls
Flop: (24 SB) 5, 2, 6 (6 players)
SB bets, BB calls, UTG+1 raises, 1 fold, CO calls, Hero 3-bets, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 caps, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls
Turn: (22 BB) 4 (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets, 1 fold, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 3-bets, Hero caps, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 calls
River: (38 BB) K (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets, Hero calls, SB calls, 1 fold
Total pot: $8.20 (41 BB) | Rake: $0.20
Results in black below:
Hero had J, J (one pair, Jacks).
SB mucked Q, 5 (one pair, fives).
UTG+1 had 7, Q (high card, King).
Outcome: Hero won $8
So it doesn't always work out bad. I'd be surprised if anyone guessed their hands here. So many bad preflop calls, bad peels and bad play in general. Yea for microstakes!
-$4.92
-$4.75
+$20.58So my best session yet at 0.10-0.20 LIMIT. I actually was able to 9-table here reasonably well. At the beginning I really thought this was going to be another horrible day of suckouts, but things started to look up and I ended up doing really well this session. To give you an idea of what I face on a daily basis here are two hands from this most recent session (I've hidden the results of the hands, see if you can guess what the opponent had in each case):
HAND #1:
Limit Hold'em, $0.20 BB (9 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with A
, 9Hero calls, 1 fold, MP1 raises, 2 folds, CO calls, Button calls, 2 folds, Hero calls
Flop: (9.5 SB) 2
, A, 9 (4 players)Hero bets, MP1 calls, CO calls, 1 fold
Turn: (6.25 BB) K
(3 players)Hero bets, MP1 raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, MP1 caps, Hero calls
River: (14.25 BB) 2
(2 players)Hero bets, MP1 raises, Hero calls
Total pot: $3.65 (18.25 BB) | Rake: $0.17
Results in black below:
Hero mucked A
, 9 (two pair, Aces and nines).MP1 had K
, K (full house, Kings over twos).Outcome: MP1 won $3.48
Standard? Perhaps. But the Kc is what ultimately loses me some extra bets. I actually was giving him respect for AK when I get 4-bet on the turn.
HAND #2:
Limit Hold'em, $0.20 BB (9 handed)
Preflop: Hero is Button with J
, J1 fold, UTG+1 raises, 1 fold, MP2 calls, 1 fold, CO calls, Hero 3-bets, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 caps, MP2 calls, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls
Flop: (24 SB) 5
, 2, 6 (6 players)SB bets, BB calls, UTG+1 raises, 1 fold, CO calls, Hero 3-bets, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 caps, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls
Turn: (22 BB) 4
(5 players)SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets, 1 fold, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 3-bets, Hero caps, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 calls
River: (38 BB) K
(4 players)SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets, Hero calls, SB calls, 1 fold
Total pot: $8.20 (41 BB) | Rake: $0.20
Results in black below:
Hero had J
, J (one pair, Jacks).SB mucked Q
, 5 (one pair, fives).UTG+1 had 7
, Q (high card, King).Outcome: Hero won $8
So it doesn't always work out bad. I'd be surprised if anyone guessed their hands here. So many bad preflop calls, bad peels and bad play in general. Yea for microstakes!
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