gmml - half ass supernova 2009

GMML - HALF ASS SUPERNOVA 2009.

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Old stuff:

Yeah hi this is my second operation thread (maybe third). I know it's becoming a style to start a thread, give up, then start a new one. But basically I just wanted to make this to track my progress trying to become good at donkaments. I tried to start again by playing cash/sngs a few weeks ago, but absolutely hated it. Then I decided to give some low stakes MTTs a try. I find them to be more fun (so far) rather than just grinding and grinding.

Goals? I don't know. Like I said I just want this thread mainly to track my progress, so we will see if things get serious. Basically here are my starting stuff:

BR: $300.
- I plan on following a 40-50 buyin rule for these donkaments, so I will play $8 and less until I hit $500 and will start including $10s. I'm not really very good at MTT poker yet, but I've read soupie's amazing guide twice and hope gaining experience will help. Once my BR starts getting larger I'll up my BR management to 70-100 buyins, but for now there's just no way I am going to be that strict. I probably still will play a few $10s, but just not as often.
- I am not going to play more than 4 tournaments at a time. I am mainly doing this to focus my reads and learning. I will probably expand this to 5-6 once I start to get in the drift but none more than that for now.

I've been giving this a lot of thought lately and just thought I'd try 'er out. So I guess it's official now. I'm going to be laid back about it though, so not setting any x amount of tournaments per week. I'll try to update everyday I play some, so here we gooooo.

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New goals on 10/5/08:

1) FINAL TABLE
2) TOP 3
3) WIN AN MTT
4) 4 FIGURE SCORE
5) 5 FIGURE SCORE

Any decent cashes yet?

Originally Posted by biondino

Any decent cashes yet?

lol you're fast. yeah, i was getting to that. ran good at a $4.4 180s yesterday. ss will be posted in a couple

September 8th:



Yeah so it was a good start. Actually won my first ever MTT, which was awesome. I know it wasn't a real donkament, since it was a $4.40 180, but I was still pumped. Think my ROI in the $4.40s is sustainable? I also took 3rd in a $5 90 man on Full Tilt, was playing very well but just wasn't my tournament to win. I will def take some shot sat $11s now, hope to keep running well!

(This graph doesn't include a $1 5card draw tournament that I finished ootm.)

BR: $533

you're so bad it's funny

btw, glglglglglglglglgl

Originally Posted by bigspenda73

you're so bad it's funny

btw, glglglglglglglglgl

hu4rollz

why do you even include the question mark...

September 9th:



HELLO RED. Do I have to say today sucked? Nah. I ran sooooo bad it's stupid. I got hit in the deck with cards in a few, but was getting sucked out on a lot. Was chip leader in a $11 $20k gauranteed, then AK ran into KK, 3 hands later AK into AA. Out. I had a couple questionable plays but to be honest I played pretty straight forward/fine and nothing worked. Nah fuck that I played good and just ran like ass. Meh, crappy day.

BR: $440

mmmmhmmmmm....where's the Stud8b HU results?

Originally Posted by bigspenda73

mmmmhmmmmm....where's the Stud8b HU results?

get off me

good luck man. I got away from tournaments about a month ago when I realized I sucked ass at them.

WHY

tournaments are evil, don't do it. stop now!!!

p.s. i final tabled a live $60 tournament last night and came third

Originally Posted by courtiebee

WHY

tournaments are evil, don't do it. stop now!!!

p.s. i final tabled a live $60 tournament last night and came third

the last few sessions i played of cash i felt like i was going utterly insane! figured i'd give playing mtts a semi-serious try

congrats on the finish even though i bet it feels like a loss. a couple months ago i played in a $65 live freezeout at a casino and also donked off in 3rd. it was such a bad feeling seeing as i had like a 5:1 lead over the last 2 players. was only my second live tournament and the payouts were so top heavy, i won like 185 and first was over 800.

GL

what did you usually play before?

Originally Posted by givememyleg

Originally Posted by courtiebee

WHY

tournaments are evil, don't do it. stop now!!!

p.s. i final tabled a live $60 tournament last night and came third

the last few sessions i played of cash i felt like i was going utterly insane! figured i'd give playing mtts a semi-serious try

congrats on the finish even though i bet it feels like a loss. a couple months ago i played in a $65 live freezeout at a casino and also donked off in 3rd. it was such a bad feeling seeing as i had like a 5:1 lead over the last 2 players. was only my second live tournament and the payouts were so top heavy, i won like 185 and first was over 800.

yeah the one i played was top heavy too. first was $2200, second was $1100, and third was like $535 or something. when we were 3-way there was like 25 big blinds at the table, i probably should have suggested a chop.

I MTTs

Didn't play on the 10th or 11th.

Sept 12:



Plus I bubbled a $2 omaha8 tourn. Flopped the NUTS with the nut lo draw and came runner runner flush for a monster pot. Yeah so I made $0 today. Wheeeeeee. I think I am too agro when it gets down to the final 2/3 tables, especially if I am a short stack. I just try to pounce on any situation I think I should and any ace looks too good to me. Patience, patience, patience. Well timed aggression, not reckless aggression. I probably need to tone down my aggression a bit. I was down like 30 bucks on the day then took 5th in a stupid $5 full tilt 90 man. Was chip leader heading into the final table then got coolered out of it... A8 v 77, KQ v AKs, AKs v KK, goodbye. All against the same luckbox too. I kinda want to win money next time I play. Bye.

BR: $440

Originally Posted by chardrian

I MTTs

wheeeeeeeeeeeee

Didn't play Sept 13th.

Sept 14:



Starting to hate this game. So sick lolz. So silly going deep and busting in like 20th place in a $5 and $3 MTT. I want to win damnit.

But on a better note, I ran well in the FTR 2nl game:



BR: $475

damn you're crushing the 2nl games

Wowow, 515 ptbb/100, I think u should move up

ya might just switch to 2nl full time if this donkaments thing doesn't work out.

I got the Poker Mindset and Theory of Poker today from the Stars FPP store. Wheeeeee. I'm excited to read them, and I heard that the Poker Mindset was really good. I've never really read a poker book before, just picked up stuff here and there. Can't really hurt! I have HOH1, which I guess would be more geared towards donkaments, but never really read it. Maybe once I read these I'll finally look through it and get HOH2 and 3 since I have a ton of Stars FPPs to burn. Not sure if I am playing at all today because I want to read and have a ton of stuff I've been putting off all week, but we shall see.

Also, I just want to clarify something. I could (and almost have tbh) deposit a large enough roll to be playing larger tournaments. I have the money and it's only a click away, but I want to learn these damn things. I'm not really good at mtt poker, so I figure might as well start from the bottom and work my way up. Plus I would rather be losing with a $500 bankroll rather than donking my money away at higher buyins. It's very very frustrating and sometimes I feel like I am wasting my time, but I want to learn good br management and the basic principles. I'm not really sure why I wrote that last paragraph, I think I am just trying to tell myself it's better to learn this way, or something. Hopefully my score is around the corner and I start to get better at these stupid things so I can say wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

Sept 16:



Yaaaaaaaawwwwnn.

update?

I own both HOH1 and HOH2 and haven't read either of them. I'm so lazy. I really do think I've learned most of what I need to know about donkaments from FTR, so I have no motivation to read them. I mean, obviously it would benefit me to read them, but I don't think it's that important right now. Umm plus I'm lazy ...

Court, they're great at reminding you of what you already know, but more than anything they're in a different class of readability to any other (instructional) poker book I've read.

i have fans! i haven't been playing as much and didn't feel like post little screen shots with only a few per day or something. i have played like 60 or so tourns in 15 days, and am up only like $170.

also started reading the poker mindset, about half way through it. pretty good, reinforces a lot of stuff i learned at ftr, but has some other new stuff and i's still a good read.

GL with your operation GMML! The donkaments are no doubt very profitable.

But the variance is huge in MTT's, so i wouldn't let a long string of OOTM finishes be too discouraging!

I play donkaments when I lose in cash games. That week I played donkaments, just because I was losing cash, and made money back with donkaments. GL, these things are very profitable because people move in like there's no tommorow. Sometimes it seems like a free money. Even at 100$ buy ins, you see such retarded plays that you can't believe it. GL with your operation

Haven't updated this thing in a while. Mainly because it's tedious but also because I haven't played as frequently. Let's see, it's been a month and a day since I started this, here are all my stats since then:



So I've won like $316, not bad I guess starting with a $300 roll. My most recent rush was 17th in a $11 Stars tourney with 2800 players. 1st was $5300, 17th paid me $195. Oh well, I played good and at the final 2 tables I lost 2 races:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t16000 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

saw flop|saw showdown

Hero (t146111)
MP2 (t137051)
MP3 (t102090)
CO (t77672)
Button (t88252)
SB (t39075)
BB (t138655)
UTG (t93702)
UTG+1 (t46272)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with , .
2 folds, Hero raises to t123456, 4 folds, SB calls t30275 (All-In), 1 fold.

Flop: (t160131) , , (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t160131) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t160131) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t67750

SB has Ac Jc (one pair, jacks).
Hero has 4c 4s (one pair, fours).
Outcome: Hero wins t92381. SB wins t67750.

and

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20000 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

saw flop|saw showdown

MP2 (t278293)
MP3 (t204915)
CO (t100651)
Button (t197404)
SB (t178574)
BB (t1098174)
UTG (t157280)
Hero (t101836)
MP1 (t262694)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with , .
1 fold, Hero raises to t100835, 3 folds, CO calls t99651 (All-In), 3 folds.

Flop: (t208486) , , (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t208486) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t208486) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t208302

Hero has Ac Qc (one pair, kings).
CO has Td Ts (two pair, kings and tens).
Outcome: CO wins t208302. Hero wins t184.

So wasn't my day I guess.

I've also been reading the poker mindset a lot more, almost done with it. Really good poker book and I highly recommend anyone to check it out. There is one thing that really stood out to me in there, about risk tolerance. Basically, I see myself making some loose calls or bad plays in $1 - $5 MTTs because the money doesn't mean as much to me I guess. There's a balance between playing too low and too high, and I'm just playing too low and becoming bored. I'm not going to play anything lower than $11, I doubt I'll go broke anyway. Maybe the occasional large $5 MTT here and there, but no more of this $1-4 nonsense! I won't be stupid and start grinding out the $55s+, but I know I am a good enough player to not be wasting my time with these penny donkaments.

So anyway, I'll update sometime later.

In the past week I have played no donkaments except for the gauntlet. I think I'm up like $60 or something not counting the prop bets with spenda fish.

But I have been trying to learn some new games. I've found myself playing .5 / 1 HORSE on Stars when I'm bored, and it's been enjoyable. I am finding out that I am a pretty big fish at all of the games except Hold'em and Razz, especially Omaha 8. It's just that the people suck so bad at the low limits that the mistakes I do make aren't too bad. I've been reading up on strategy and posting some hands on the forums, so hopefully I can start pwnzoring.

I've also thought about buying Poker Tracker for Omaha and Stud, but I'll wait and see how much I start playing. Don't really want to throw $100 at the program unless I am going to play a lot.

What a lame update.

lame leg

Originally Posted by chardrian

lame leg

oh i'll be back dun u worry

Um, read HOH now, you should both be ashamed of yourselves. FTR =! a (good) poker book

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RSE:


lol sample size, and lol i'm bad at these games.. but getting better. i quit my session today after only 25 or so hands cuz i took a couple bad beats in razz and started tilting. it's hard to get a lot of hands in for horse because it's rarely running and i don't like playing more than 2 tables, hard to keep track of cards. i have no idea for ideal stats for these games. i'm going read some strat and maybe watch some vids.

1.learn to play draw
2. play
3.$$$$$$$$

Yikes, I was cruisin' along and was up $130 over 1200 hands then just dropped $55 in my last session of only 100 or so hands. I played bad, ran bad, then just quit before I went on tilt. Losing $35 isn't a lot monetary wise but given the .5/1 limit it's a lot of lost pots in a short time! There were a couple sick hands at stud 8, I had [36]5789[4] and lost to [Tc4c]8A6c5c[2c] ... ick. There was also a worse high hand that capped 6th/7th. Oh well. Don't feel like posting screen shots right now. Bye!

Been trying to learn PLO, not going well.



All at 25PL. My last 500 hand session was just absurd. Flopped nuts 4-5 times, didn't win any of them when the chips went in. A couple were just 60/40s against fd/sds when I flopped top set and stuff, but some were beauties! Whatever, oh also here is my total graph of PLO hands, I run bad when flipping. The first 1000 hands are just messing around with spenda/hartlin/swiggidy.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

If I figure it out I'll let you know

sometimes i still play poker, here is this week:



got to round 5 in a heads up mtt, my opponent was a fish, had him allin for his tournament life like 10 times, so here are some hands to humor you:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t1460)
Hero (t1540)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5, A.
Button calls t10, Hero checks.

Flop: (t40) A, A, Q (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets t40, Hero raises to t140, Button calls t100.

Turn: (t320) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets t180, Button calls t180.

River: (t680) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets t350, Button calls t350.

Final Pot: t1380

Hero has 5d As (three of a kind, aces).
Button mucks show QT
Outcome: Hero wins t1380.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t780)
Hero (t2220)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8, T.
Hero calls t15, BB raises to t90, Hero calls t60.

Flop: (t180) T, 3, 2 (2 players)
BB bets t180, Hero raises to t840, BB calls t510 (All-In).

Turn: (t1710) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t1710) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t1560

BB has As 4s (two pair, aces and threes).
Hero has 8h Td (two pair, tens and threes).
Outcome: BB wins t1560.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t1410)
Hero (t1590)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, 6.
Button calls t15, Hero checks.

Flop: (t60) 7, 5, 4 (2 players)
Hero bets t60, Button calls t60.

Turn: (t180) T (2 players)
Hero bets t120, Button calls t120.

River: (t420) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets t355, Button calls t355.

Final Pot: t1130

Hero has Ah 6h (flush, ace high).
Button mucks Ts 9h
Outcome: Hero wins t1130.
Outcome: Hero wins t1130.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t1610)
Hero (t1390)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, A.
Button raises to t1610, Hero calls t1290 (All-In).

Flop: (t3000) 9, Q, 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t3000) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t3000) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t2780

Hero has Qs Ac (two pair, queens and fives).
Button has 3s 3c (two pair, fives and threes).
Outcome: Hero wins t2780.

VILLAIN NOW HAS 220 CHIPS

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t220)
Hero (t2780)

Preflop: Hero is Button with T, 8.
Hero raises to t300, BB calls t120 (All-In).

Flop: (t520) 7, 2, K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t520) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t520) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t440

BB has 2d 8s (two pair, eights and twos).
Hero has Td 8h (one pair, eights).
Outcome: BB wins t440.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t440)
Hero (t2560)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6, Q.
Button raises to t440, Hero calls t340.

Flop: (t880) 2, 8, 3 (2 players)

Turn: (t880) K (2 players)

River: (t880) 3 (2 players)

Final Pot: t880

Hero has 6c Qc (one pair, threes).
Button has Qs As (flush, ace high).
Outcome: Button wins t880.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t880)
Hero (t2120)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, 8.
Hero raises to t1900, BB calls t780 (All-In).

Flop: (t2780) 6, 4, Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t2780) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2780) T (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t1760

BB has 8c 8d (two pair, eights and sixes).
Hero has Ad 8s (one pair, sixes).
Outcome: BB wins t1760.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t1660)
Hero (t1340)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, 7.
Hero raises to t1340, BB calls t1240.

Flop: (t2680) K, 4, T (2 players)

Turn: (t2680) T (2 players)

River: (t2680) 6 (2 players)

Final Pot: t2680

BB has Jd Qh (one pair, tens).
Hero has As 7h (one pair, tens).
Outcome: Hero wins t2680.

VILLAIN NOW HAS 320 CHIPS AGAIN

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t320)
Hero (t2680)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, K.
Button raises to t320, Hero calls t220.

Flop: (t640) 8, 6, A (2 players)

Turn: (t640) 3 (2 players)

River: (t640) 2 (2 players)

Final Pot: t640

Hero has Jd Kh (high card, ace).
Button has 4c 6s (one pair, sixes).
Outcome: Button wins t640.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t640)
Hero (t2360)

Preflop: Hero is Button with T, J.
Hero raises to t800, BB calls t540 (All-In).

Flop: (t1440) 5, Q, 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t1440) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t1440) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t1280

BB has 9s Tc (one pair, nines).
Hero has Th Js (high card, queen).
Outcome: BB wins t1280.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t1530)
Hero (t1470)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, 7.
Hero raises to t1470, BB calls t1370.

Flop: (t2940) 2, Q, K (2 players)

Turn: (t2940) T (2 players)

River: (t2940) 8 (2 players)

Final Pot: t2940

BB has Ah Js (straight, ace high).
Hero has Ad 7d (high card, ace).
Outcome: BB wins t2940.

COOL GOOD GAME SIR.

bye

nice job sir

Originally Posted by courtiebee

nice job sir

thanks man

hey gmml

on fucking life tilt

hmmm interesting you seem to do good with MTTs but once u switch over to other games you seem to get assfucked

also whats with your staying in your Buy in range? like you have 5$ and 10$ mtts, then u have a 200$ mtt... :O

Originally Posted by vaks

hmmm interesting you seem to do good with MTTs but once u switch over to other games you seem to get assfucked

also whats with your staying in your Buy in range? like you have 5$ and 10$ mtts, then u have a 200$ mtt... :O

i really should have stopped at about hand 2600 last night... the last 5 buyin loss was due to unbelievable mega life monkey tilt. from now on i'm gonna do a 3 buyin loss stop or something because i just went nuts. i'll post some tilt hands later when i have more time.

oh and bankroll management is for suckers.

nah i was staked for the million with no risk to me.

Originally Posted by XTR1000

hey gmml

oh hi

man after looking at these hands it's amazing how terrible i was playing.... i really didn't think tilt was that big of a factor while i was playing, but man i spewed like a monkey last night... here are some hands after i began to tilt:

BB was tight and had never went 3bet pot pot...

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed) Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB ($40)
Hero ($50)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, J.
Hero raises to $1.75, BB raises to $5, Hero calls $3.

Flop: ($9.75) Q, 5, 4 (2 players)
BB bets $6.5, Hero calls $6.50.

Turn: ($22.75) 2 (2 players)
BB bets $29 (All-In), Hero calls $29.

River: ($0) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $80.75

BB has Ad Ah (one pair, aces).
Hero has Qd Js (one pair, queens).
Outcome: BB wins $80.75.

LOL ACE ALLIN

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed) Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($19.05)
Hero ($54.45)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4, A.
Button raises to $19.3 (All-In), Hero calls $18.55.

Flop: ($38.10) 7, Q, 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($38.10) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($38.10) T (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $38.35

Hero has 4s Ac (high card, ace).
Button has 9d 9c (one pair, nines).
Outcome: Button wins $38.10.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed) Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB ($25.55)
Hero ($109.05)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8, A.
Hero raises to $1.75, BB raises to $26.05 (All-In), Hero calls $24.05.

Flop: ($51.60) K, 4, T (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($51.60) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($51.60) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $51.85

BB has Kc Kd (three of a kind, kings).
Hero has 8s Ac (high card, ace).
Outcome: BB wins $51.60.

I HAS TOP PURRS

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed) Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB ($20)
Hero ($52.15)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 4, 7.
Hero calls $0.25, BB raises to $2, Hero calls $1.

Flop: ($3.50) 2, 4, 2 (2 players)
BB bets $3, Hero raises to $9, BB raises to $21.5 (All-In), Hero calls $9.50.

Turn: ($40.50) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($40.50) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $43.50

BB has Jc Js (two pair, jacks and twos).
Hero has 4d 7d (two pair, fours and twos).
Outcome: BB wins $40.50.

LOL I CALL

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed) Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($61.30)
Hero ($93.70)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, Q.
Button raises to $1.75, Hero calls $1.

Flop: ($3.25) J, 3, T (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $3, Hero calls $3.

Turn: ($9.25) A (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $7.5, Hero calls $7.50.

River: ($24.25) Q (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $19, Hero calls $19.

Final Pot: $62.25

Hero has Jd Qh (two pair, queens and jacks).
Button has Kh Qc (straight, ace high).
Outcome: Button wins $62.25.

AND THIS JUST MADE ME CRAZEEEEEEE

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed) Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($60.60)
Button ($50.25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 2, 2.
Button raises to $1.75, Hero calls $1.

Flop: ($3.25) 4, T, 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $2.5, Hero raises to $8, Button raises to $20.5, Hero raises to $67.1 (All-In), Button calls $30.75 (All-In).

Turn: ($105.75) J (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($105.75) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $105.75

Hero has 2c 2h (three of a kind, twos).
Button has Ts Tc (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: Button wins $105.75.

And final hand of the night against a 60/10 mega mega fish:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed) Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($46.55)
Hero ($72.15)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, A.
Button raises to $1.25, Hero raises to $3.5, Button raises to $6.25, Hero raises to $18.5, Button calls $10.

Flop: ($34.75) T, 8, J (2 players)
Hero bets $57.15 (All-In), Button calls $31.55 (All-In).

Turn: ($97.85) 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($97.85) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $97.85

Hero has Ah As (one pair, aces).
Button has Kc Qh (flush, king high).
Outcome: Button wins $97.85.

I tilted a shitload playing those games last night, I never saw you...you would have won back all your losses

Is HU your main game now?

gmml hardly ever plays poker is the new title of this and probably will remain this for a while now.

bankroll is finally back over 4k now, about 4.5k total but it's hard to tell. i've been playing a decent amount since vegas.... decent for me anyway. i've only been 4 tabling though so it's been kinda hard to rack up a lot of hands. i'm starting to get more into the groove so i'll increase to 6 tables soon, or maybe i'll wait until 10k hands... not sure yet. anyway, here's a graph of the past couple weeks:


+600 donks/sng
+300 live

it's missing like 7k hands or something from june 25 - july 8 or so due to hd dying (along with billions of over files ). most of the graph is 50nl fr with some shots at 100nl and stuff. i've been playing like 10 hours per week, and hope to keep that up plus 1 day per week at local casino (ez monies).

anyway, i hardly ever play poker.

u play so bad

do you ever make it to the caesars windsor?

idk if you're asking me or botitdonk but the windsor is 7 hours away from me

i see.

Currently negative with AA this month:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

SB ($14.25)
Hero ($50)
UTG ($51.10)
UTG+1 ($51.50)
MP1 ($88.25)
MP2 ($48.45)
CO ($84.10)
Button ($55.95)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, A.
3 folds, MP2 raises to $2, 3 folds, Hero raises to $6.5, MP2 calls $4.50.

Flop: ($13.25) T, A, 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $8.5, MP2 raises to $41.95, Hero calls $33.45.

Turn: ($97.15) 2 (2 players)

River: ($97.15) T (2 players)

Final Pot: $97.15

Hero has As Ad (full house, aces full of tens).
MP2 has Ts Th (four of a kind, tens).
Outcome: MP2 wins $97.15.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($87.60)
SB ($45.65)
BB ($30.85)
UTG ($79.20)
UTG+1 ($50)
MP1 ($30)
MP2 ($31.60)
MP3 ($29.90)
Hero ($57.70)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A, A. MP1 posts a blind of $0.5.
2 folds, MP1 (poster) checks, 2 folds, Hero raises to $2.5, 2 folds, BB calls $2, MP1 folds.

Flop: ($5.75) T, T, 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4, BB calls $4.

Turn: ($13.75) 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $10.5, BB raises to $21.5, Hero raises to $32.5, BB calls $2.85 (All-In).

River: ($70.60) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $62.45

BB has 9s Ts (three of a kind, tens).
Hero has As Ac (two pair, aces and tens).
Outcome: BB wins $62.45.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($32.45)
Hero ($66.75)
BB ($14.75)
UTG ($32.70)
UTG+1 ($30.35)
MP1 ($15.35)
MP2 ($26.20)
MP3 ($54)
CO ($50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A.
6 folds, Button calls $0.50, Hero raises to $3, BB calls $2.50, Button calls $2.50.

Flop: ($9.25) 8, 8, Q (3 players)
Hero bets $6, BB raises to $11.75 (All-in), Button calls $11.75, Hero calls $5.75.

Turn: ($44.50) Q (3 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $17.7 (All-In), Hero folds.

River: ($62.20) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $44.50

BB has 9h Kd (two pair, queens and eights).
Button has Qc Ks (full house, queens full of eights).
Outcome: Button wins $62.20.

A couple more beats and the usual "raise preflop everyone folds" kinda hands. Poker pretty boring right now. 4 tabling is getting lame, gonna try 6-8 tabling again.

Try 20!

thatd be so bad for me dwarfy, you and your -ev advice. it's been a while since i've tried to srsly grind so i'm focusing on building my game before i just become a nit hud robot like you :P

swongy dayyyyy



here's some fun hands i guess

hand 1 - mp1 is a nitty reg who runs like 12/4 and i was pretty sure could fold overpairs here - but i guess he couldn't fold one w a diamond. he tanked down like 30 seconds before calling.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP2 ($38.50)
CO ($123.75)
Button ($82.25)
SB ($97.95)
Hero ($49.50)
UTG ($56.10)
UTG+1 ($27.25)
MP1 ($47.25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, A.
2 folds, MP1 raises to $1.5, 4 folds, Hero calls $1.

Flop: ($3.25) 4, 8, 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $3, Hero raises to $9.5, MP1 raises to $16.5, Hero raises to $48, MP1 calls $29.25 (All-In).

Turn: ($97) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($97) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $94.75

Hero has Kd Ah (high card, ace).
MP1 has Qd Qh (one pair, queens).
Outcome: MP1 wins $94.75.

hand 2 - lawl

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($32.45)
Hero ($66.75)
BB ($14.75)
UTG ($32.70)
UTG+1 ($30.35)
MP1 ($15.35)
MP2 ($26.20)
MP3 ($54)
CO ($50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A.
6 folds, Button calls $0.50, Hero raises to $3, BB calls $2.50, Button calls $2.50.

Flop: ($9.25) 8, 8, Q (3 players)
Hero bets $6, BB raises to $11.75 (All-in), Button calls $11.75, Hero calls $5.75.

Turn: ($44.50) Q (3 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $17.7 (All-In), Hero folds.

River: ($62.20) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $44.50

BB has 9h Kd (two pair, queens and eights).
Button has Qc Ks (full house, queens full of eights).
Outcome: Button wins $62.20.

hand 3 - hmm, thanks for the call down and easy showdown?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

CO ($48.75)
Button ($47.65)
SB ($20.80)
BB ($62.90)
UTG ($45.70)
UTG+1 ($31.50)
MP1 ($82.60)
Hero ($75.20)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with T, K.
3 folds, Hero raises to $1.5, CO calls $1.50, Button calls $1.50, 2 folds.

Flop: ($5.25) K, Q, J (3 players)
Hero bets $4, CO calls $4, Button folds.

Turn: ($13.25) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $9, CO calls $9.

River: ($31.25) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks.

Final Pot: $31.25

Hero has Th Kh (two pair, kings and queens).
CO has Ad Tc (straight, ace high).
Outcome: CO wins $31.25.

hand 4 - ezzzzzzzzz game

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

SB ($37.55)
BB ($20.20)
UTG ($10.25)
UTG+1 ($9)
MP1 ($62.45)
MP2 ($43.05)
MP3 ($9.15)
Hero ($51.30)
Button ($27.55)

Preflop: Hero is CO with T, T.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.50, 3 folds, Hero raises to $2.5, 1 fold, SB calls $2.25, BB calls $2, UTG+1 calls $2.

Flop: ($10) 8, 6, J (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets $6.5 (All-In), Hero calls $6.50, SB calls $6.50, BB folds.

Turn: ($29.50) 6 (3 players, 1 all-in)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($29.50) T (3 players, 1 all-in)
SB bets $3, Hero raises to $42.3, SB calls $25.55 (All-In).

Final Pot: $86.60

SB has QcQh
UTG+1 8c9c
Hero has Ts Tc (full house, tens full of sixes).
Outcome: Hero wins $100.35.

hand 5 - i play bad , probably best to check turn and bet safe rivers if he checks again

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP1 ($99.80)
MP2 ($66.65)
CO ($46.25)
Hero ($64.35)
SB ($68)
BB ($49.50)
UTG ($34.60)
UTG+1 ($63.90)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9, 8.
5 folds, Hero raises to $1.5, 1 fold, BB raises to $5, Hero calls $3.50.

Flop: ($10.25) 4, 4, Q (2 players)
BB bets $3.5, Hero calls $3.50.

Turn: ($17.25) 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $10.5, BB raises to $21, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $38.25

No showdown. BB wins $38.25.

well those last 80 hands sure were fun

also, i really need to start playing more poker... i hardly ever do

i swear, i am going to win an mtt if it's the last damn thing i do.

I thought u won a $4.40 180 man.

5) really bad. Fold pre, fold flop

Originally Posted by chardrian

I thought u won a $4.40 180 man.

word on the street is that doesn't count

plus i mean a larger scale tourney

Originally Posted by swiggidy

5) really bad. Fold pre, fold flop

get out of this thread with your good advice

Originally Posted by givememyleg

Originally Posted by swiggidy

5) really bad. Fold pre, fold flop

get out of this thread with your good advice

I won a 4.40 180 man once

Originally Posted by swiggidy

Originally Posted by givememyleg

Originally Posted by swiggidy

5) really bad. Fold pre, fold flop

get out of this thread with your good advice

I won a 4.40 180 man once

high five! we rock!

22/2322
24/644
21/423
18/3186
12/1728

This is frustrating! My new goal is to make a final table. I haven't made a final table in ages. I've never even had a 4 figure score. But damnit, I will. I'm going to take things one step at a time by outlining my new goals, and add to them when I think of more:

1) FINAL TABLE
2) TOP 3
3) WIN AN MTT
4) 4 FIGURE SCORE
5) 5 FIGURE SCORE

Yesterday was my first winning session I've had since late August (was negative all September). However it didn't feel like a win since I went deep and finished 12th and 18th in 2 large scale MTTs. However it's not like it's anything crazy, I didn't have very much volume. I didn't start to get serious until 9/10 and I was in Barcelona from 9/22 - 9/30. Also, I like to focus more while playing so don't play more than 6 at a time, usually 4-5. I'll start doing weekly updates every Sunday. I'm going to win one of these things damnit!

look for an mtt with like less than 500 people if u want to make a final table...

play 180s?

Originally Posted by Triptanes

look for an mtt with like less than 500 people if u want to make a final table...

play 180s?

i'm playing a lot on full tilt which have smaller fields than stars. only a few 180s but might start adding more in.

Well page 2 now. Here are some stats since starting to keep track of everything:




So definitely not happy so far but it's only 65 tournaments, which is a very small sample. I lost 20% of my bankroll in September over 45 tournaments, but that includes playing a bit higher than I should have. I'm focusing right now on tournaments between $11 - $35, and maybe one $55 per week.

I trimmed two of my latest deep finishes and reviewed them, and posted one for review in the mtt forum. I think I spotted a lot of leaks and hope I can get some decent feedback. I'll also post a few hands from them as well, I pretty much imploded when I had the chip lead of a 6-max tourn. 13 left, I'm in 1st and I finished 12th . But it happens.

Tournaments are so frustrating because if you make one mistake late, you're screwed. Then I have to sit and think about how long it might be before I get that deep again. But with making the mistakes comes the learning. I don't know why, but I enjoy the torture. I enjoy the feeling of making it deep in an mtt with the chance at a good score. I don't get the same rush or excitement when playing cash, it kind of bores me. Nothing beats the feeling of making a final table (it will come soon!)

I know I'm not a great player by any stretch, but I know I have a decent enough game to make a run at this, learn, and eventually achieve my goals. I told myself in September that I would make a final table by the end of October, so that's my goal that I'm focusing on right now. I will make a final table before Halloween!

good luck carl! i was disappointed after dave said that you guys were going to chop hu and then you both busted before the ft

i'm gay

Full Tilt Poker Game #8366796723: $8,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (63542170), Table 48 - 150/300 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:29:33 ET - 2008/10/05
Seat 1: unfadabl3 (15,965)
Seat 2: flakker32 (12,725)
Seat 3: AAAFULOFKK (3,555)
Seat 4: rayballz10 (20,875)
Seat 5: JohnnyChanloljk (31,335)
Seat 6: Roby85 (7,740)
Seat 7: SMOKEY_AK_1 (4,824)
Seat 8: donron419 (9,430)
Seat 9: RHI80 (4,726)
unfadabl3 antes 25
flakker32 antes 25
AAAFULOFKK antes 25
rayballz10 antes 25
JohnnyChanloljk antes 25
Roby85 antes 25
SMOKEY_AK_1 antes 25
donron419 antes 25
RHI80 antes 25
rayballz10 posts the small blind of 150
JohnnyChanloljk posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to JohnnyChanloljk [5c 9h]
Roby85 folds
SMOKEY_AK_1 folds
donron419 folds
RHI80 folds
unfadabl3 folds
flakker32 folds
AAAFULOFKK folds
rayballz10 calls 150
JohnnyChanloljk checks
*** FLOP *** [2c 5s 5d]
rayballz10 bets 300
JohnnyChanloljk raises to 1,200
rayballz10 raises to 2,100
JohnnyChanloljk has 15 seconds left to act
JohnnyChanloljk is sitting out
JohnnyChanloljk has timed out
JohnnyChanloljk folds
Uncalled bet of 900 returned to rayballz10
rayballz10 shows [4d 5h] three of a kind, Fives
rayballz10 wins the pot (3,225)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,225 | Rake 0
Board: [2c 5s 5d]
Seat 1: unfadabl3 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: flakker32 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: AAAFULOFKK (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: rayballz10 (small blind) collected (3,225)
Seat 5: JohnnyChanloljk (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Roby85 folded before the Flop
Seat 7: SMOKEY_AK_1 folded before the Flop
Seat 8: donron419 folded before the Flop
Seat 9: RHI80 folded before the Flop

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Made 2 final tables on Monday. Won the $2 rebuy on full tilt and took 9th in some cheesy $5 mtt on full tilt as well. The 9th place finish won me like $36 . Still waiting for the big final table that I crave, something that can yield me at least a 4 figure score, so my goal still is make a final table.

Still negative since I started but slowly climbing back. I also have a lot more experience under my belt and just know something is around the corner. Hopefully will get that FT and 4 figure cash soon. Will post more results next Sunday.