Without a hand…

Today’s 1st on FT wasn’t as good as it could be. I’m surprised that I could win 20% w$sd, because I felt that it is close to 0%...

I had a perfect position on a dream target, but couldn’t beat him. I won a couple of small pots with my cbets on an A or K high type of flop vs him and that’s it. He won a flip against me (AK vs his 66 pre ai) than a couple of small pots. Nothing special I just played my game and waited for another chance…

FT - very simple session

FT - only one lonely hand

FT - short session's stats

I hope that the 2nd session will be better, much better. I lost about 3 buy ins in my last 2 sessions (about 1k hands) but I think my play was okay, so there is no panic, result will follow the knowledge.

Did I say knowledge? Wow, the NEW AGE is here, isn’t? :-)

I played on PS as well

A little PS in the same time

Results

FT:  40.19
PS:   3.94

Bonuses

FT: 0
PS: 0

New BR

FT: 867.03   

PS: 711.97

Midnight special

I had a long-long session last night. After the first 90 minutes FT I had a little break than I opened up PS as well and play on them simultaneously (2+2 or 3+1 tables).

FT + PS from yesterday

I wasn’t happy with my play on FT at all. I lost too many middle pots. Missing 3rd barrels maybe – need a review! There were 200 hands in the first our when I just couldn’t won a pot. That was a huge falling.

FT yesterday - midnight started with the 205th hand

And that was the reason why I left a couple of tables there and change them to PS ones. When I’m looking back it seems to me a perfect move. Maybe a little bit late but my game was much better after that.

PS yesterday - midnight started with the 203rd hand

Sessions

FT

PS

Stats

FT

PS

Results

FT:  40.24
PS:  29.96

Bonuses

FT: 0
PS: 0

New BR

FT: 923.69   

PS: 708.03

Family, friends and allergy

This month is not the best for poker. We have visitors on every weekend. We are happy with them, but man this is where my money came from… I need to work more and more when I’m alone.

Anyway, I play less but I’m playing much better than before.

And finally my worst enemy, the ragweed has arrived.  So my nose closed my eyes are red and I’m sneezing a lot. I have nose spray that can help me a lot when I’m wake up, but I couldn’t sleep more than a couple of hours without it. And I’m using eye drop too so we’ll see what can I do this week. I’m waiting for a rainy day…

Let’s talk about poker!

I have a short FT session today (40 minutes or so) and A game again! No big hand, no big moves but 25.2/24.4/40+ (Agg%) stats again, good cbets and 3bets, I like this.

Since we started this whole group coaching with Steve and the other guys I feel that this is the best thing for me. Our coach is talking about aggression, 3bets, 4bets, cbets… these are the weakest parts of my game, worth every minutes for me!

A little bit later I started to play on PS. Almost the same A game, but interesting how different it was again. I made a couple of mistakes (in 20-50 BBs pots) and that’s it. There weren’t too many good table for me (I still don’t play on those 20-50bb tables, I just hate them), so next to my 2 PS tables I opened up 2 FTs too. And again the game was mine on those 2. I think I need to play more on PS to be better on it.

Full Tilt

FT

FT sessions

FT stats

Pokerstars

PS

PS stats

I know these are small sample sizes again but 2 or 3 tables, not just 5 minutes or so… And  sooner or later a lot of small samples will give us a huge one :-)

Results

FT:  44.09
PS:  11.51

Bonuses

FT: 0
PS: 0

New BR

FT: 964.88

PS: 678,07   

A long PS session…

...too long actually. I’ve played more than 145 minutes and only 567 hands. My KK was running vs AA again. That was the 3rd time in 2 days. Start to bore me honestly. And I was 120BB deep again…

Anyway, I’m still a newcomer on PS so this was maybe the first session when I felt absolutely comfortable myself here. And I was playing my A game so I’m happy with that.

PS

I’ve lost 3 or 4 3bet pots on the flop or on the turn with AK type of hands so I need to review them tomorrow.

PS Tilt for today

PS

Results

FT:    -
PS:  12,45

Bonus

PS: 10
 

New BR

FT: 921,87      ---

PS: 689,58

I reached my goal for today on FT!

I started a day with a $827.28 BR. My plan was to hit the $900 and I counted a $20 bonus pack in it.

My 1st session was $43.58, then my 2nd $31.01, so I hit it before the bonus which is good. Then I've got that $20 too, so I finished on FT for today and I’m going to play on PS tonight.

FT

As you can see I’ve played only 638 hands summa, but that means 79.5+94.6 minutes, which is almost 3 hours. I’d like to play another 90 minutes session on PS… That’s my plan. And playing my A game there as well!

Today was really good. I’ve played my A game both of the time. I was agro enough, I had good reads and I’ve played my opponents very well I think. And I didn’t have any huge unlucky hands. I split once when I had a full house and villain hits his miracle 2.7% on the river but that’s okay. It’s just happens with everyone.

FT

Full Tilt for today

FT

Results

FT: 31,01
PS:   -

Bonus

FT: 20
 

New BR

FT: 921,87

PS: 667,13      ---

4bet as a bluff

I just finished my first FT session for today. I played my A game again which makes me so happy! In August I’ve already played 37 sessions on FT (scoring: 29 A, 7 B and only 1 D – D is tilt and quit)!  Okay a lot of sessions are just between 150 and 300 hands, but this is still an hour at least on 2-3 tables.

Bluff…

I had an interesting hand. There was a 17/11/41 guy on my left. I attacked his blinds all the time from the BTN and sometimes from the SB too. OOP he folded always but from the BB his 3bet vs SB is 50%.

I usually 4bet as a bluff from BTN vs CO, I don’t remember a hand where I did this from oop in a blinds war with a hand like this. I just thought that this is a good spot to try something new. His 3bet was small enough for me to make a light 4bet (I mean under 20BB). Easy fold if he likes his hand…

He called me, so I already give up my hand. The flop gives me a 2nd pair - which is clearly nothing here - so I wanted to check/fold it. But he checked back and I’ve hit that turn hard. I think if I bet here he folds every worst hand and call or raise me just with betters. My hand not a monster but he never ever puts me on a 6, I’m sure.

What kind of hand he could have?

I think with our history he could have 99-QQ, 50% AK, AQ, KQ here. With KK, AA and the other 50% of AK (AKs for example) he would be happy to shove pre flop. Maybe I’m wrong with this again. Maybe he folds 99, TT and KQ pre flop, or slowplays a monster, I don’t know.

I’m good here vs any flush draws + 99, TT, JJ, KQ, AQ and non flush AK, I’m dead vs QQ, and had 10 outs vs a flush.

I think a check/raise is a good option here. After two checks he would think that I have nothing, missed AK maybe or just a clear bluff. Don’t forget that I was very agro here, especially vs him.

Everything else is just a history now

He did what I wanted from him to and my hand was good enough to win this pot. I’m sure he made a new note about me :-)

Results

FT: 43,58
PS:   -

New BR

FT: 870,86

PS: 667,13      ---

Third (and last) post today

I had my second session on Full Tilt. I was playing my absolute A game I think. The biggest problem was the second KK vs AA pre ai today… My whole day was weird in showdown hands. Was a day when you can do anything you are not gonna win an all in hand…

I’m happy with my day btw. Not with the result but with my game and my mental reactions. I was down with 5 buy in summa (FT + PS) but I wasn’t on tilt, I wasn’t angry at all. I was watching myself and I saw that I’m okay with that, I can handle it at this time, I can play my best game and doesn’t care about the result. Not a familiar feeling for me…

So, the second FT session started with the 168th hand at -$23.83

FT summa

My wosd was really good thanks for my 3bets/light 4bets/bluffes. These elements are growing up since the group coaching session. I’m not going to be an agro monkey but I’ve already felt the blood in this. And with more aggression my cbets got much more respect from regulars. Another good point!

FT and PS summa

Results

FT: 12,84
PS:   0


Flag Coaching Group

I was a winning player between 8th and 13th of August so Steve sent me the bill of the first coaching group and I pay it off already. That means -$29.35 in my BR on FT.

New BR

FT: 827,28

PS: 667,13      ---

Time to quit :-(

Today is a bad day. I had a short session on FT (good play, but my cbets were running in hands), the server was off a few minutes before this so there were just a few tables..., I decided to play on PS a little. Another bad decision... Longer session, not a bad play either but man…  I’m on the worst side of Fortuna’s ‘dick’ again. Or I’m just an idiot…

Let's see a couple of huge loosing hands from this session!

1. I know nothing about him (only 7 hands)

 

Do I need to check back the very draw heavy turn and call a reasonable river bet? Do I need to put more jacks and KQ in his range here?

2. KK vs AA pre ai... no need to talk about it

3. Villain is the target. I had only 14 hands on him at that moment (57/7) but I already saw some crazy plays from him. Later he went up to 81/14 so no question he is a fish.

Just a hand before this we both have AJ, we didn’t hit the K high board but he called my double barrels from oop with one over then we both checked the river and split the pot.

He wasn't agro ‘till this so his ch/minraise was a little bit scary to me. I think I missed a shove here but this move was so unexpected from him, I wanted a cheap SD and see what is that means.

Today's graphs

FT

PS

Results

FT: -23,87
PS: -80,58

New BR

FT: 843,79

PS: 667,13

Flag Group, goals, plans...

Okay, so we had our first group coaching session. That was awesome I think.

I still have a lot of work on my aggression and post flop play overall: double barrels, third barrels, raises, cbets etc…

Pre: 3bets/4bets more in the right situations (BTN vs CO, BB vs SB), bluff more to balancing my numbers.

I’ve played a little since the group session. Really not that much, 6k hands or so… But I won so I’ll pay for the coaching :-)

BR plan

Steve has a BR-plan which looks very fair for me. If I want to take a shot at NL50, then the required minimum BR is $2k.

I just made a nice cash out and cut half my BR yesterday. My new bankroll is far from that $2k point. And I need average $750 (sometime just $500, sometimes $1k) cash monthly, so that’ll be a hard mission, but not an impossible one. But these cash outs will save my ass: I’m not going to play at NL50 ‘till I’m not ready for it!

With a nice amount of rakeback and a little bonus I can have an okay size of payment when I’m breakeven. But, to hit that $2k I need to be a winner. And that’s my main goal now. I don’t want to be a just a breakeven guy. That couldn’t be a target. My aim is 4-5 BB/100 at least. We’ll see how far I can go.

Daily routine

I’m a full time poker player now (which is weird at NL25 and with my knowledge) and I need to learn how to organize my days better because I’m not playing too much at the moment, I’m always running out of my time, and this is not good…

Bonuses

I’m not running for bonuses anymore, playing max 4 tables (if I feel good myself I can play max 6) or less, all depends on me and my circumstances. Playing better is the goal, not loosing just to hit those bonuses.

Actual BR

- FT: 868,47
- PS: 747,71

Luck, luck, luck... wtf

Luck is just not my friend nowadays (sometimes I feel that 'always')...

But there is still some good sign in my game, cause i'm playing my 'A' at least. And my WOSD is much better then before. Still not + but it's okay...

PS - today: only 1 big hand, I was 71-29 favorite when put the money in on the turn. Anyway, this hand couldn't put me on tilt so that's a good point.

FT - yesterday : same relation between EV and result. My wosd is not that bad here either and I didn't fell apart after those bad beats so I'm okay with this.

Happy post :-)

New month has started! July was a rollercoaster with a horrific start and a massive climbing in the end. Still minus (without rake back) but not as bad as it looked like after the first 2 weeks. Just as my private life… I can say that we are in much better shape and can handle our lost now.
Anyway, I’m in Steve’s new coaching group with 4 other lucky guys! Very excited honestly! In the past couple of months this is one of the best things that happen with me.

This is a profit sharing coaching group so I think Steve will be happy with my start at this time… Just as me actually :-)))

Am I running good? :-)

 

WTF happened with my Kings?

I really miss my Kings in July. I got them (81 times ‘till today) actually but I couldn’t win a pre ai with them. Whatever, what’s the opponent’s hand – some AA of course, but a lot of under pair or any trash, where I’m a huge favorite. It’s like a crazy joke. But it’s not that funny for me actually…

The first part of this month is very hard in poker (just as in my private life). I never ever had that many set vs over set or this much loss with my monsters in pre flop ai situations – not just vs sets but a lot of runner-runner flushes and straights.

But I need to learns and work more and more so there is no more time to talk about it. I just wanted to write out my frustration here and forget this whole thing then…

Here are my Kings in July




Today I had 22 KK - lost 4 all in with them (twice with set of Kings) and won only one (with set again)

Life is sucks sometimes

I wanted to write some happy news here, and talking about my first ‘not loosing’ month, my plans, my goals… than I’ve lost somebody… he or she didn’t get a chance to born… but means so much to me and my wife.

I know that we didn’t do anything wrong but it still hurts.

Oh, and pokerlife sucks too these days… I hate Full Tilt for some reasons and PS too (because of those 20-50bb tables)…

I still try to look up the bright side of life… not an easy mission…

I’m in the same old sh*t.

When I’m up, it looks like just variance… It feels like I’m not playing poker, poker is playing with me :-(

This is May:

PokerStars (I hate these 20-50bb tables... there is no way out with my monsters after a flop cbet - I'm already committed)

Full Tilt (my wosd is horrible here - almost equal with the blinds)

I love him

Nice call Mr...

What can I say??? Long term, long term.... :-)

Near to my A-game

Yeah, after 2 days off I think I played my A-game last night. I wasn't too fresh, so the session ended when I reached the daily 200 ftp for the Iron level.

Here are some stats

Sick

No comment...

What do you think?

I folded a set yesterday

The nitty small blind's ch/raise was a clear sign for me. Was a weak fold or not?




Questionable move

The fish won a 2 outers just a few hands before this vs the BTN. The guy on my right raised him in every hand since then – like a player who is on tilt. I thought this is a good hand to reraised them. Honestly I wasn’t happy with my 4bet size. I decided to go all in with my AK so a 4bet shove could be better. If I did it, the QQ had a chance to fold it. Maybe…

Welcome back everyone!

I didn’t have too much time to write for a long while. We are very busy in our private life with my wife. Buying a new home for example – we are moving soon :)

As I said I didn’t have too much time, but I‘m still playing - more than ever before actually. The reason is the iron man promotion on Full Tilt. I’m in the 13th month in a row which could means about $2000-$2500 bonus in 2010. I will get little bit more in the next year and reach the max bonus avaible in 2013.

So this one + weekly rakeback means that I can leave my daily job (from this May) if I’m playing minimum a breakeven game. It has more risk than I’d like to, but our life changed and I need to try it.

On NL25 I really need to play more, much-much more. That means I need to be a grinder or a huge winner. I need to be very honest with myself, so the 2nd option (winner) is still too far from me. The 1st one is easier and the risk is lower (because of the starting range and the long term).

Oh and I put $600 in PS too, so I start to play there – just for the first deposit bonus of course :)

My main goal is still to be a winner in the long run. When I’ll have more free time (full time in this case) I can grind and learn. This is my plan and we’ll see what can I do.

So the blog will reborn from May and will be updated daily.

See you soon!