kmind's Blog

I thought I'd try to make a blog to force me to continue after my goals. I have been playing for about a year now but mainly just for fun. Most of my BR is from my old poker profits though I must admit I knew very little then. Over the past few weeks I have been playing horrible poker and I am ready to change that. I hope some of you out there will offer any advice necessary. Some people have been real generous enough to help me so far from these boards and I cannot thank them enough. As for me, I am currently a student in college. I should be able to play a lot of poker though because I fucked up this semester and only have a few classes.

My BR is $250.

My goals:
-Gain enough BR to move up to 25nl
-Play the maximum amount of poker each day (Sometimes I have other things to do)
-Have fun
-Play better

I'd also like to say that I am only going to be playing 6-max games. I will be posting some hands for advice either here or on the short-handed boards.

For right now, does anyone have any suggestions for goals? Anyone think I should set a date goal for my BR to reach $500 for 25NL?

Thanks for reading.

Hi Kmind,

This is a very good idea - remember you need to be honest, disciplined and keep writing whether you've had a good session or not. I find that even 5 mins with Poker Tracker after a session makes a discernible difference, and writing about your experiences can only further your quest for knowledge.

It's an unfashionable thing to say, but don't put poker ahead of the other things in your life. Sure, on good days you'll play for 6 hours, make 6 buyins and think "yeah!", but give it too much airtime and you'll miss out on other things and become un healthily beholden to it. Others may disagree here; I've made my views on fun vs profit on several other threads so I won't bang on again here

Don't set direct BR goals. Set number of hand goals (and make them realistic - 10k hands a week will impact on your social and school life, so don't be overambitious) and, with a reasonable BB/100 expectation (think about 4-5 as the area you should be aiming at - higher is definitely achieveable but you are probably simply too green and having expectations that are too high can be very destructive).

Most of all, enjoy playing and enjoy writing about it. I'll be reading

Thanks Mark! You have been VERY helpful so far and I appreciate what you have to say. I will definitely take your advice.

I just played a quick session and am up about $5 while making one STUPID all-in call with trips as the other guy made his straight. Here's a hand that sucks too but I'm not mad, just thought I'd share it:

PokerStars Game #6892285062: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2006/11/04 - 15:06:18 (ET)
Table 'Bruchsalia' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Barack ($8.15 in chips)
Seat 2: DOM112 ($10.65 in chips)
Seat 4: kmind ($10.20 in chips)
Seat 5: pichi52 ($7.10 in chips)
Seat 6: spudley46 ($19.25 in chips)
DOM112: posts small blind $0.05
kmind: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kmind [9c 8d]
pichi52: calls $0.10
spudley46: calls $0.10
Barack: calls $0.10
DOM112: calls $0.05
kmind: checks
*** FLOP *** [Js 7c Tc]
DOM112: checks
kmind: bets $0.50
pichi52: folds
spudley46: raises $1.50 to $2
Barack: calls $2
DOM112: folds
kmind: raises $8.10 to $10.10 and is all-in
spudley46: folds
Barack: calls $6.05 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Js 7c Tc] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [Js 7c Tc Kc] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kmind: shows [9c 8d] (a flush, King high)
Barack: shows [Qc Th] (a flush, King high - Queen higher)
Barack collected $17.70 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.60 | Rake $0.90
Board [Js 7c Tc Kc Jc]
Seat 1: Barack (button) showed [Qc Th] and won ($17.70) with a flush, King high
Seat 2: DOM112 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: kmind (big blind) showed [9c 8d] and lost with a flush, King high
Seat 5: pichi52 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: spudley46 folded on the Flop


Time to watch some football, play some more and head out to see some bands tonight.

Just wanted to pop in and say good luck to you on your journey...reading, posting hands and asking questions here is definitely the route to go on learning everything you need to know past the basics, and this place is a goldmine of information.

With a BR of $250 and playing 6-max, you definitely want to stick to 10NL for the time being. It is good you are looking forward and wanting to set goals in terms of $$$ and bb/100, but don't get too far ahead of yourself. MAKE SURE you get Poker Tracker or Poker Office (I use PT myself) as sooooooon as you possibly can. PT is so valuable in showing you where parts of your game may be lacking that you are missing on the surface. It has paid for itself over and over again.

I'd actually have been more interested to see the bad all-in that that horrible beat up there - the odd bad beat post gives colour to a blog but you want to be careful that you don't let such things become the focus (I say this after being told exactly that by several regulars here )

What are your mid-long term $10NL 6max VP, PFR, Aggression factor and won at showdown stats, as a matter of interest?

Setzy - Thanks for chiming in! I appreciate your advice and I do have PT and PokerAce =).

Honestly, the bad all-in was just when I flopped trips, started betting pot on flop and turn. Then, on the river there was 4 to a straight (someone needed an 8) and I didn't think he had it since he was calling in earlier rounds but sure enough he had it.

As for mid-long term, I was thinking of having my VP from 20-23, PFR >10, Aggression >2 (including my turn aggression >1.5...where I really struggle), and won at showdown >55%. I am no expert on what these numbers should be at this level but if anyone has some advice please help. I do believe that my aggression should not be as high as they are in higher levels...meaning more ABC poker at 10NL.

After a horrible night last night (non-poker), I have set up my room to be a bit more comfortable when I am on the computer and I expect to play a lot of hands today. Honestly, I WANT to play 1k hands in a day (hopefully today) by 3-tabling but I have always stopped after about 700 hands. Here's to a good day for everyone.

OK, so this weekend was one of the worst weekends I have had in awhile - non-pokerwise. I was only about to play about 400 hands today. I am up 3 buyins for the weekend.

My BR - $280

Here are a few hands from today's session:


******* Hand 1 ********

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
5 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (5 players) kmind is SB with 6 6
3 folds, kmind calls, BB checks.

Flop: 7 6 4 ($0.2, 2 players)
kmind bets $0.2, BB raises to $0.4, kmind raises to $5.4, BB calls.

Turn: Q ($11, 2 players)
kmind bets $0.7, BB calls all-in $0.35.
Uncalled bets: $0.35 returned to kmind.

River: A ($11.7, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $11.7)


Results:
Final pot: $11.7


******* Hand 2 ********

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
6 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (6 players) kmind is SB with K A
2 folds, CO calls, Button raises to $0.2, kmind raises to $0.7, BB calls, CO folds, Button calls.

Flop: 5 5 9 ($2.2, 3 players)
kmind checks, BB is all-in $5.65, Button calls all-in $4.3, kmind calls.

Turn: 3 ($17.8, 1 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $15.1, Sidepot 1: $2.7)


River: 9 ($17.8, 1 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $15.1, Sidepot 1: $2.7)


Results:
Final pot: $17.8


******* Hand 3 ********

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
5 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (5 players) kmind is CO with A Q
UTG folds, kmind raises to $0.4, Button calls, 2 folds.

Flop: K 3 K ($0.95, 2 players)
kmind bets $1, Button raises to $2, kmind calls.

Turn: J ($4.95, 2 players)
kmind checks, Button bets $0.8, kmind calls.

River: 2 ($6.55, 2 players)
kmind checks, Button checks.

Results:
Final pot: $6.55


******* Hand 4 ********

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
6 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (6 players) kmind is UTG with J A
kmind raises to $0.4, UTG+1 calls, 4 folds.

Flop: 2 Q 4 ($0.95, 2 players)
kmind bets $0.75, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: 5 ($2.45, 2 players)
kmind bets $2, UTG+1 raises to $5, kmind folds.
Uncalled bets: $3 returned to UTG+1.

Results:
Final pot: $6.45


******* Hand 5 ********

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
5 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (5 players) kmind is BB with 5 9
UTG calls, CO calls, Button calls, SB folds, kmind checks.

Flop: J 5 9 ($0.45, 4 players)
kmind checks, UTG bets $0.1, CO raises to $0.3, Button folds, kmind raises to $0.9, UTG calls, CO calls.

Turn: K ($3.15, 3 players)
kmind bets $3.25, UTG calls, CO calls all-in $3.25.

River: 9 ($12.9, 2 players + 1 all-in - Main pot: $12.9)
kmind is all-in $5.6, UTG calls.

Results:
Final pot: $24.1


******* Hand 6 ********

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
6 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (6 players) kmind is Button with J Q
2 folds, CO calls, kmind calls, SB calls, BB checks.

Flop: 2 9 5 ($0.4, 4 players)
SB checks, BB bets $0.25, CO calls, kmind raises to $0.75, 2 folds, CO calls.

Turn: 8 ($2.15, 2 players)
CO checks, kmind bets $2, CO calls.

River: 6 ($6.15, 2 players)
CO bets $1, kmind raises to $3, CO calls.

Results:
Final pot: $12.15


******* Hand 7 ********

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
6 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (6 players) kmind is UTG+1 with A Q
UTG folds, kmind raises to $0.4, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: J 9 4 ($2, 5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, kmind bets $0.5, 2 folds, SB calls, BB folds.

Turn: 8 ($3, 2 players)
SB checks, kmind bets $1, SB raises all-in $3.2, kmind calls.

River: 6 ($9.4, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $9.4)


Results:
Final pot: $9.4


******* Hand 8 ********

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
6 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (6 players) kmind is CO with 6 7
UTG raises to $0.4, UTG+1 folds, kmind calls, Button calls, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: 3 9 4 ($1.65, 4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, kmind checks, Button checks.

Turn: 5 ($1.65, 4 players)
BB bets $0.7, UTG calls, kmind raises to $2, Button folds, BB calls, UTG folds.

River: 7 ($6.35, 2 players)
BB checks, kmind bets $0.9, BB calls all-in $0.9.

Results:
Final pot: $8.15


I forgot to add the stacks and I am too tired (1 AM) to redo all the hands but if needed I can post the stacks later. No major reads on those hands, though hand 3 I really thought he was just trying to pull one on me because he did so with 2 other hands.


I just cannot seem to have the patience and time to play 1k hands a day though I would really like to. I 3-4 table and would like to add more when I can but I'm not sure if it's do-able with a laptop.

Only 300 hands today. Up $4 yay. I played pretty well today except for one hand in which I honestly played the worst hand maybe ever. Let's just say when a player c-bets 100%! of the time and he checks on the flop for the first time, he does NOT have air ...he actually has quite the opposite. Thought my PP was good but I should have definitely known better. Anyways, I was up about a buyin, then lost my stack on that hand, back up about $7, lost a buyin playing tired, and finished strong in the end. I'm really getting that itch to play 25NL again but I won't as I know I am underrolled. Anyways, I was happy overall today and thought I played solid and made some bluffs (in which I struggle with) at the right times. Did not like my PFR at 9% and my aggression at 1.4, but I believe that was due to drawing/not playing my game when I was tired. I HOPE to get in a lot more hands tomorrow.

I have both all the HOH volumes so maybe I will read some of that too tomorrow.

Another 300 hand day...up $6. Played on 100 10nl hands and was up $9. Decided to play some 25nl because I am depositting more money in to get me rolled. Before anyone says anything (joking as I am talking to myself), I have played 25nl more than any other level by far. That's where I started, though way underrolled. I can't wait to get back to 50nl (where I made my biggest part of my roll).

I am down $3 today in 25nl but that's because of one huge hand. Needless to say, the maniac hit his 2 outer on the river to win set over set grr...

Tomorrow I have my real job so not sure how much I can play, but playing only 300 hands a day isn't anything big at all anyways.

Only played 25nl and probably a little under 200 hands. Made a buyin so that's good. Learned a lot in the few hands I played too. Made an iffy call to double up which basically gave me my profit for the day. Won some other big hands as well as lost some. AA got cracked the only time I got it (thanks to two callers and me UTG). Br at $314. $64 since Saturday is nothing to be ashamed of playing such low stakes and low amounts of hands. I'm hoping to get in a good amount (for me) of hands tomorrow with my only class late at night. Cheers to anyone who still reads this.

Only managed 88 hands today. BUT, up $36. One hand got me $30 (nice multipot win) and another hand got me a nice pot (thanks to being dealt queens twice in a row). The reason I only played that little hands was because after I won the first one for $30 I was scared to lose it. I then decided to play a little more and felt real comfortable and I know I have more confidence than I have had. Br is at $350. Now it's time for variance to kick it and kick me hard. Cheers.

Good luck dude. Now you're at 25nl you should be able to do some bonus whoring and increase your roll.

Thanks Jimmy Mac. I hope to try bonus whoring but I am not sure what US sites are the best to do it at. Any suggestions?

Check out www.bonuswhores.com- there should be a few you can do though. Beware the full tilt and Absolute poker ones though - very slow at low stakes.

Thank you! I'll check into that ASAP! Cheers.

Ugh. Card dead like crazy. Down $34. Haven't hit ANY flops in about 200 hands...that doesn't seem fair...

down over $50 now...this is getting ridiculous

OK...I have stopped tonight and down a total of $65. BR at $285. I'm no expert but can someone fill me in on if these stats are low after my 500 hand session today?:

3 of a kind: 1
Straight: 1
Flush: 2
Full house: 1

I know no one can give a set number of what it's supposed to be but I like playing SC, low PP when getting the correct implied odds.

Now as I am typing this I looked at my stats 3 days ago. I played 240 hands and landed 5 flushes and 3 three of a kinds including a full house. These numbers crush my today stats, and today I played twice as much. I guess that's just poker. Anyways, it has shot down my confidence and I really have to reconsider things. I hope I wasn't just hitting everything before today, because today is a huge wakeup call.

Played only 83 hands...up $6...couldn't get the will to play more

40 hands plus a heads up game...up$30

I'm all for you keeping an eye on how you're getting on but I just want to make sure, you do realise that individual sessions like this don't mena anything at all, the sample size is so tiny, right? Perhaps post weekly updates, or fortnightly, when you've got in a few more hands. And also, why not use your blog to ask more questions about difficult or questionable plays?

I understand...the reason I have been playing just a little bit of hands is because I lost some of my confidence after losing a few days ago. The reason I haven't posted many questions is that I tried posting hands earlier and didn't get a response so I thought I may just post in the 6-handed forum. I'm sure less people read this thread.

Just a quick couple of comments on a few of those 10NL hands, I can see big problems emerging from them if you continue: Hand 3, without reads, I would fold to the flop minraise, it's very often a K at those points.
Hand 4, it's generally worth check/folding after your C-Bet gets called. 10NL donks love calling down with top pair, it's unlikely you'll get them to fold.

I'd be interested the result of hand 2 if you can dig it up.

Watch out for making flop calls with ace-high, it's a mistake that new players often make, and it can get you into a lot of trouble. Rmember, 10/20NL players are very often donks. Just wait for a good hand and beat them with it. I like the way you're playing hands fast and pot-betting a lot, people tend to get caught up in Tricky Play Syndrome (slowplaying, check-raising, etc.) which can fuck up their winrate horribly.

Thanks for the help, Ash. I'll remember your advice and use it. I'll dig up hand 2 if I can find it (I should be able to). Hopefully I can play a good amount (for me) today.

Didn't play much today. Won't give out any numbers until I have reached a suitable amount. I may post a few hands later tomorrow. Alexos from FTR was generous enough to ask if I was "kmind from FTR" at a table while he smacked me and the rest of the table pretty bad. Always cool seeing other FTRers.

Anyways, I hope to get in some more hands tomorrow like always.

There will be at least weekly updates....so tonight I will have one. A quick rundown...being up at your highest point and continuing to play well and getting sucked out = -4 buyins. Not fun. Good play mixed with bad, tilty play on later streets on a lot of hands. DO NOT FLOP GREAT HANDS!...you will only be called by villains who catch their card on the turn or river AND then you'll be stupid enough to pay them off. I may have to cash out due to money problems, which pisses me off.

Well...thought I'd play a few more hands tonight before I posted. Just lost another buyin flopping a straight (with 2 connectors) and losing to a higher flopped straight with 2 connectors. Needless to say, the end may be soon.

-5 buyins in two days

I'm still alive. Had a nice run of cards for awhile then got stuck down 2 buyins today. I'm now 4tabling and playing around 700 hands a day...which is a lot compared to the amount I was doing.

I'd also like to show something I have never done before in many hands played over about 3 years playing:

POKERSTARS GAME #7314183549: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/12/05 - 17:27:29 (ET)
Table 'Gisela III' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BigCasher1 ($0.80 in chips)
Seat 2: Al AbibNazir ($41.90 in chips)
Seat 3: ziggypah ($18 in chips)
Seat 4: dakrnhustlaa ($20.10 in chips)
Seat 5: kmind ($23.35 in chips)
Seat 6: Suryic ($6.70 in chips)
ziggypah: posts small blind $0.10
dakrnhustlaa: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kmind [Ac Kc]
kmind: raises $0.70 to $0.95
Suryic: folds
BigCasher1: calls $0.80 and is all-in
Al AbibNazir: folds
ziggypah: calls $0.85
dakrnhustlaa: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ks Jc 8s]
ziggypah: checks
kmind: bets $2.10
ziggypah: folds
*** TURN *** [Ks Jc 8s] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [Ks Jc 8s Tc] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kmind: shows [Ac Kc] (a Royal Flush)
kmind collected $0.30 from side pot
kmind said, "my first ever"
BigCasher1: mucks hand
kmind collected $2.55 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2.95 Main pot $2.55. Side pot $0.30. | Rake $0.10
Board [Ks Jc 8s Tc Qc]
Seat 1: BigCasher1 mucked [7s 8d]
Seat 2: Al AbibNazir (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: ziggypah (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: dakrnhustlaa (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: kmind showed [Ac Kc] and won ($2.85) with a Royal Flush
Seat 6: Suryic folded before Flop (didn't bet)


can't seem to get a converter to work and though I barely won any money, I am happy

Wow...just played for literally 5 minutes and got this (please do not make fun of how little money I received, I wanted to brag...which is a major flaw in my game haha):

POKERSTARS GAME #7320836427: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/12/06 - 01:01:47 (ET)
Table 'Augeias V' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: NAGUAL ($9.30 in chips)
Seat 2: kmind ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: gawdawaful ($33.15 in chips)
Seat 4: shanklo ($15.15 in chips)
Seat 5: Jambo Dear ($17.30 in chips)
Seat 6: $$mmm0ney$$ ($9 in chips)
NAGUAL: posts small blind $0.10
kmind: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kmind [Tc Jc]
gawdawaful: folds
shanklo: raises $0.75 to $1
Jambo Dear: folds
$$mmm0ney$$: folds
NAGUAL: folds
kmind: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [Ac Kc Qc]
kmind: checks
shanklo: checks
*** TURN *** [Ac Kc Qc] [8d]
kmind: checks
shanklo: checks
*** RIVER *** [Ac Kc Qc 8d] [5d]
kmind said, "guess what"
kmind: checks
shanklo: bets $1
kmind: calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
shanklo: shows [Kd Ks] (three of a kind, Kings)
kmind: shows [Tc Jc] (a Royal Flush)
kmind collected $3.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4.10 | Rake $0.20
Board [Ac Kc Qc 8d 5d]
Seat 1: NAGUAL (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: kmind (big blind) showed [Tc Jc] and won ($3.90) with a Royal Flush
Seat 3: gawdawaful folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: shanklo showed [Kd Ks] and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 5: Jambo Dear folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: $$mmm0ney$$ (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

As of yesterday, I have never had a Royal Flush. As of today, I have 2 =).

You probably need to at least think about raising the guys river bet with a royal. In fact, I think folding and showing is a better move than calling.

Originally Posted by biondino

Raise the river when you have the frikkin' nuts you retard

FYP.

Originally Posted by kmind

please do not make fun of how little money I received, I wanted to brag...

Well there are worse leaks than one that only hits one time in nk hands.

But for crying outloud, uncheck "muck winning hands" and bet. If it's so important to you.

Why in the world did you check call the river with a Royal Flush??

haha I know...I messed up. I was too excited. I was playing with my girlfriend at the time and decided to only play about 5 minutes and for some stupid reason I always decide not to play aggressive when she watches (superstition) even though I knew I had him killed. Trust me, I'm over royal flushes now, and yes I admit, again, it was dumb.

Let the criticism continue (as it should) :P

Originally Posted by kmind

haha I know...I messed up. I was too excited. I was playing with my girlfriend at the time and decided to only play about 5 minutes and for some stupid reason I always decide not to play aggressive when she watches (superstition) even though I knew I had him killed. Trust me, I'm over royal flushes now, and yes I admit, again, it was dumb.

Let the criticism continue (as it should) :P

Eww that was bad!!! LOL..you suck

Good luck at the tables, log on msn sometimes...

Originally Posted by kmind

haha I know...I messed up. I was too excited. I was playing with my girlfriend at the time and decided to only play about 5 minutes and for some stupid reason I always decide not to play aggressive when she watches (superstition)

This isn't even about aggression.. you have the stone cold nuts if there ever was one.. if you don't raise that then what hand can you EVER be raising?? No offense but I'm still laughing with this hand lol..

haha no offense taken...it's not how I really play most hands (thankfully)

Alexos - signed on a few days ago but didn't see you, grr =). I'll log on soon.

Anyways, today I only played 423 hands due to a busy day (school and real work). Up $43. I've been playing really right lately, maybe too tightly. I've begun questioning some of my plays (no not the royal flush one!). Here are a few hands:

POKERSTARS GAME #7326104725: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/12/06 - 15:08:28 (ET)
Table 'Hiera' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: MincK ($23.35 in chips)
Seat 2: Shuraba ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 3: BigCasher1 ($56.35 in chips)
Seat 4: markysals11 ($40.65 in chips)
Seat 5: kmind ($50.25 in chips)
markysals11: posts small blind $0.10
kmind: posts big blind $0.25
Perry_750: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kmind [Jc Qc]
MincK: calls $0.25
Shuraba: folds
BigCasher1: folds
markysals11: calls $0.15
kmind: checks
*** FLOP *** [Tc 6h 9c]
markysals11: bets $0.50
kmind: raises $1.30 to $1.80
MincK: folds
Perry_750 is sitting out
markysals11: calls $1.30
*** TURN *** [Tc 6h 9c] [9s]
markysals11: checks
kmind: bets $2.70
markysals11: calls $2.70
*** RIVER *** [Tc 6h 9c 9s] [2s]
markysals11: checks
kmind: bets $7.90



POKERSTARS GAME #7332799944: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/12/06 - 23:04:36 (ET)
Table 'Nereid' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Nice2BeatU ($48.60 in chips)
Seat 2: kmind ($26.85 in chips)
Seat 3: Myxj12 ($44.90 in chips)
Seat 4: BlaZe018 ($7.65 in chips)
Seat 5: dragon1929 ($51 in chips)
Seat 6: lussebulle ($18.25 in chips)
Myxj12: posts small blind $0.10
BlaZe018: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kmind [8d 9d]
dragon1929: folds
lussebulle: folds
Nice2BeatU: folds
kmind: raises $0.70 to $0.95
Myxj12: raises $0.70 to $1.65
BlaZe018: calls $1.40
kmind: calls $0.70
*** FLOP *** [6s Qs Jc]
Myxj12: checks
BlaZe018: bets $1
kmind: calls $1
Myxj12: calls $1
*** TURN *** [6s Qs Jc] [Td]
Myxj12: bets $4
BlaZe018: folds
kmind: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [6s Qs Jc Td] [Jd]
Myxj12: bets $4.50
kmind: calls $4.50



POKERSTARS GAME #7332806855: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/12/06 - 23:05:03 (ET)
Table 'Icarus IV' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: kmind ($24.75 in chips)
Seat 2: mowrmowr ($25.55 in chips)
Seat 3: Bigspender83 ($23.40 in chips)
Seat 4: HoesMobil ($24.50 in chips)
Seat 5: NIKKI 41 ($6.20 in chips)
kmind: posts small blind $0.10
mowrmowr: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kmind [Js Ah]
Bigspender83: calls $0.25
HoesMobil: folds
NIKKI 41: calls $0.25
kmind: raises $1.20 to $1.45
mowrmowr: calls $1.20
Bigspender83: calls $1.20
NIKKI 41: calls $1.20
*** FLOP *** [Kd 7c 5s]
Sharp_05 joins the table at seat #6
kmind: checks
mowrmowr: checks
Bigspender83: checks
NIKKI 41: checks
*** TURN *** [Kd 7c 5s] [Ac]
kmind: bets $3.60
mowrmowr: folds
Bigspender83: raises $3.60 to $7.20
NIKKI 41: folds
kmind: folds
Bigspender83 collected $12.40 from pot



POKERSTARS GAME #7326305668: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/12/06 - 15:26:12 (ET)
Table 'Tithonus III' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: tres reynas ($18.80 in chips)
Seat 2: brutuspac ($23.95 in chips)
Seat 3: kmind ($25.15 in chips)
Seat 4: sunsetpark93 ($16.15 in chips)
Seat 5: b0mexlex ($41 in chips)
Seat 6: MiMiF ($31.05 in chips)
brutuspac: posts small blind $0.10
kmind: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kmind [Qd Td]
sunsetpark93: folds
b0mexlex: folds
MiMiF: folds
tres reynas: calls $0.25
brutuspac: raises $0.50 to $0.75
kmind: calls $0.50
tres reynas: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [4c Qh Th]
brutuspac: bets $1
kmind: raises $4.10 to $5.10
tres reynas: folds
brutuspac: raises $4.10 to $9.20
kmind: raises $15.20 to $24.40 and is all-in
brutuspac: calls $14 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [4c Qh Th] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [4c Qh Th Ts] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***



POKERSTARS GAME #7326315904: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/12/06 - 15:27:06 (ET)
Table 'Panthoos III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: yex17 ($21.40 in chips)
Seat 2: liverdracon ($22.70 in chips)
Seat 3: luv2pokeher1 ($11.10 in chips)
Seat 4: Doedsjarl ($49.30 in chips)
Seat 5: IH8River4U ($9.70 in chips)
Seat 6: kmind ($21.90 in chips)
kmind: posts small blind $0.10
yex17: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kmind [Th Ac]
liverdracon: folds
luv2pokeher1: calls $0.25
Doedsjarl: folds
IH8River4U: calls $0.25
kmind: calls $0.15
yex17: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ts 7d 7c]
kmind: checks
yex17: checks
luv2pokeher1: checks
IH8River4U: bets $1.50
kmind: calls $1.50
yex17: folds
luv2pokeher1: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [Ts 7d 7c] [4c]
kmind: checks
luv2pokeher1: checks
IH8River4U: checks
*** RIVER *** [Ts 7d 7c 4c] [3h]
kmind: bets $2
luv2pokeher1: folds
IH8River4U: raises $3 to $5
kmind: calls $3
*** SHOW DOWN ***




If anyone wants to and has the time to give advice on those hands it'd be great. I'd have to go back and look for the stats on the villains.

Here's a quick question. I understand that the button is the best position. I assume one off the button is second best. What's the next? I ask this because UTG sucks preflop but the blinds suck postlop. I think I need to be playing more hands. Such a fishy question but might as well ask it =).

Originally Posted by kmind

POKERSTARS GAME #7332799944: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/12/06 - 23:04:36 (ET)
Table 'Nereid' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Nice2BeatU ($48.60 in chips)
Seat 2: kmind ($26.85 in chips)
Seat 3: Myxj12 ($44.90 in chips)
Seat 4: BlaZe018 ($7.65 in chips)
Seat 5: dragon1929 ($51 in chips)
Seat 6: lussebulle ($18.25 in chips)
Myxj12: posts small blind $0.10
BlaZe018: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kmind [8d 9d]
dragon1929: folds
lussebulle: folds
Nice2BeatU: folds
kmind: raises $0.70 to $0.95
Myxj12: raises $0.70 to $1.65
BlaZe018: calls $1.40
kmind: calls $0.70
*** FLOP *** [6s Qs Jc]
Myxj12: checks
BlaZe018: bets $1
kmind: calls $1
Myxj12: calls $1
*** TURN *** [6s Qs Jc] [Td]
Myxj12: bets $4
BlaZe018: folds
kmind: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [6s Qs Jc Td] [Jd]
Myxj12: bets $4.50
kmind: calls $4.50

Raise the turn! He min-raised preflop, check/called the flop and lead the turn, I'd be suprised if he wouldn't call a push here.

Originally Posted by kmind

POKERSTARS GAME #7332806855: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/12/06 - 23:05:03 (ET)
Table 'Icarus IV' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: kmind ($24.75 in chips)
Seat 2: mowrmowr ($25.55 in chips)
Seat 3: Bigspender83 ($23.40 in chips)
Seat 4: HoesMobil ($24.50 in chips)
Seat 5: NIKKI 41 ($6.20 in chips)
kmind: posts small blind $0.10
mowrmowr: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kmind [Js Ah]
Bigspender83: calls $0.25
HoesMobil: folds
NIKKI 41: calls $0.25
kmind: raises $1.20 to $1.45
mowrmowr: calls $1.20
Bigspender83: calls $1.20
NIKKI 41: calls $1.20
*** FLOP *** [Kd 7c 5s]
Sharp_05 joins the table at seat #6
kmind: checks
mowrmowr: checks
Bigspender83: checks
NIKKI 41: checks
*** TURN *** [Kd 7c 5s] [Ac]
kmind: bets $3.60
mowrmowr: folds
Bigspender83: raises $3.60 to $7.20
NIKKI 41: folds
kmind: folds
Bigspender83 collected $12.40 from pot

I have a ton of hands on this guy and is generally passive... being oop sucks here so I don't mind your line but I probably would have looked him up and see if he fired again on the river.

Originally Posted by kmind

POKERSTARS GAME #7326315904: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/12/06 - 15:27:06 (ET)
Table 'Panthoos III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: yex17 ($21.40 in chips)
Seat 2: liverdracon ($22.70 in chips)
Seat 3: luv2pokeher1 ($11.10 in chips)
Seat 4: Doedsjarl ($49.30 in chips)
Seat 5: IH8River4U ($9.70 in chips)
Seat 6: kmind ($21.90 in chips)
kmind: posts small blind $0.10
yex17: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kmind [Th Ac]
liverdracon: folds
luv2pokeher1: calls $0.25
Doedsjarl: folds
IH8River4U: calls $0.25
kmind: calls $0.15
yex17: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ts 7d 7c]
kmind: checks
yex17: checks
luv2pokeher1: checks
IH8River4U: bets $1.50
kmind: calls $1.50
yex17: folds
luv2pokeher1: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [Ts 7d 7c] [4c]
kmind: checks
luv2pokeher1: checks
IH8River4U: checks
*** RIVER *** [Ts 7d 7c 4c] [3h]
kmind: bets $2
luv2pokeher1: folds
IH8River4U: raises $3 to $5
kmind: calls $3
*** SHOW DOWN ***

This looks fine but I might have c/c the river.

Originally Posted by kmind

Here's a quick question. I understand that the button is the best position. I assume one off the button is second best. What's the next? I ask this because UTG sucks preflop but the blinds suck postlop. I think I need to be playing more hands. Such a fishy question but might as well ask it =).

Blinds are the worst position period, utg (esspecially in 6max) is definetly better. I think the only time it really sucks preflop is if you have a constant 3better w/ position on you. I generally am pretty tight utg though, only run 13/10 in my last 15k hands and run 27/19 on the button.

But suprisingly my w$wsf% is highest utg than any other position... shrug?

Thanks for the feedback, givememyleg! I like what you said for the hands. As for the first one though, I was scared he had the AK...sure enough, he did . And you must be playing very tight UTG, which must lead you to your nice w$wsf%...which is good I assume. About to check your blog, here's to hoping your downswing is over and you are feeling better.

Only 300 hands today.

I was only about to play about 400 hands today.

Another 300 hand day

Only played 25nl and probably a little under 200 hands.

Only managed 88 hands today.

Haven't hit ANY flops in about 200 hands

I played 240 hands and landed 5 flushes and...

Played only 83 hands

Dude, play some poker. I play this much in one session. Your building a roll, you need to get in some hands. this winning $6,$20 isn't getting you there. It takes me 80 hands to fire up PT an my hud, Get my chair right and figure out who's where. get 30K hands in and get that roll moving up.

GL

I was about to post the same thing trainer.

Keep it up km.

Whereas I'll do my usual and say just play as much as you feel comfortable with and which the rest of your life allows

Originally Posted by biondino

Whereas I'll do my usual and say just play as much as you feel comfortable with and which the rest of your life allows

Nope, cut your showers down to twice a week, get bags under your eyes, almost fall asleep on your commute, start eating crap food because it's less time and just grind that roll. the family will forgive you when your rich

NO pain, NO gain.

Hey I did say I was 4tabling now and playing more hands! Still not as much as I'd like. I wish I had a desktop and could play more tables. Anyways, as it is, this is pretty much the most I can play per day. Work and school are at the top of my priorities right now...unfortunately. That said, I really appreciate you all chiming in =). I'll do my best to start playing at least 1k hands a day 4tabling because I realize this is taking forever.

Also, TJ, I'm not sure I like you as much since you changed avatars .

Damn AA 8 times in 650 hands saved my ass tonight...a better update sometime this weekend.

Yeah playing more tables will help you move up way faster. If you try really hard to get to a point where you are beating 25NL comfortably, you'll find that things start taking off rapidly in money terms. It's possible to live off a decent 50NL winrate IMO.

Thanks, irisheyes, for some reason I just saw this...anyways I always appreciate advice like that. Anyways, I tried 50nl this week and went up 3 buyins in about 100 hands, then dropped 4 buyins. With some help from some great players, I am back in the positives. I won't be updating this a lot until after Christmas. Here's a hand that I just had that saved my ass again:

POKERSTARS GAME #7467871805: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/12/16 - 12:46:43 (ET)
Table 'Oileus III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: kmind ($27.95 in chips)
Seat 3: ElFilo ($29.30 in chips)
Seat 4: Luckerman ($25.45 in chips)
Seat 5: lonel ($31.05 in chips)
Seat 6: DUKE HORSE7 ($23.10 in chips)
kmind: posts small blind $0.10
ElFilo: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kmind [Kd Kc]
Luckerman: folds
lonel: folds
DUKE HORSE7: raises $0.25 to $0.50
kmind: raises $1.50 to $2
ElFilo: folds
DUKE HORSE7: raises $5 to $7
kmind: raises $20.95 to $27.95 and is all-in
DUKE HORSE7: calls $16.10 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7h 9h Ks]
*** TURN *** [7h 9h Ks] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [7h 9h Ks 5d] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kmind: shows [Kd Kc] (four of a kind, Kings)
kmind said, "ha"
DUKE HORSE7: mucks hand
kmind collected $44.45 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $46.45 | Rake $2
Board [7h 9h Ks 5d Kh]
Seat 2: kmind (small blind) showed [Kd Kc] and won ($44.45) with four of a kind, Kings
Seat 3: ElFilo (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Luckerman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: lonel folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: DUKE HORSE7 (button) mucked [Ac Ad]


I put villain on tilt, as he tried an extremely dumb bluff the hand before in which I easily picked him off. Needless to say, I got very lucky.

Did horrible at 50nl but went back to 25nl and played with some FTRers. In 385 hands, I was dealt AA once, KK four times, QQ once, 1010 3 times, and 99 4 times. I have never made this much money playing poker at 25nl in a whole day.

Done for awhile/forever. Not from bad play, but poker.com is making me pay a ridiculous (for a college student who just put in $50 to begin with) fine. Overprotective parents (my dad's brother got in A LOT of trouble with the mob and gambling) found out not only about the fine, but that I play with real money, and are telling me how bad my credit is going to be now, why would I ever put money in for poker, and are freaking out etc. Maybe one day I can play again but it won't be anytime soon. I have learned a whole whole lot and was really confident in my recent play so I wish to thank many of you out there that truely helped. I really loved playing this game online but it will take a miracle to be able to get back to it. I plan to stay here at FTR and continue to learn, but if the urge gets too much I'm going to have to leave.

Again, thank you all for the support for my blog and helping me elsewhere.

Originally Posted by kmind

Done for awhile/forever. Not from bad play, but poker.com is making me pay a ridiculous (for a college student who just put in $50 to begin with) fine. Overprotective parents (my dad's brother got in A LOT of trouble with the mob and gambling) found out not only about the fine, but that I play with real money, and are telling me how bad my credit is going to be now, why would I ever put money in for poker, and are freaking out etc. Maybe one day I can play again but it won't be anytime soon. I have learned a whole whole lot and was really confident in my recent play so I wish to thank many of you out there that truely helped. I really loved playing this game online but it will take a miracle to be able to get back to it. I plan to stay here at FTR and continue to learn, but if the urge gets too much I'm going to have to leave.

Again, thank you all for the support for my blog and helping me elsewhere.

Wow dude, that fucking sucks. Can't you go find a live game on the quiet, or show your parents your bank statements so that they see you're making money? What do ya mean poker.com are giving you a fine?

I can only find live games through friends, no casinos. I have an issue with click2pay.com way back when I was playing at poker.com...I never gave them a bank account or something so they automatically fined me. They said they emailed me back in September. I don't remember seeing any email from them and since then I have had to do something with my email account and now I have lost all the old messages so I don't have proof (sounds shady, but it's the truth unfortunately). Their support guy wasn't too pleasant either. Anyways, at first my parents thought the fine I had was the money I lost but I told them that that's not possible because I left poker.com with about $200 and I have even more now. I wish I could tell them about me making a profit but they don't believe in the skill part after my family's past with gambling. Definitely sucks (this was one of the few things going for me right now) but thank you for your help in the past and everything.

So you can't play at all - even if you found the money they'll be checking up on you?

I'd suggest seeing if you can fight this fine - is it legally enforceable? I know in the UK a lot of bank charges have been proven to be non-enforceable recently, so see what you can find out - maybe find a financial or legal messageboard (Fool.com might be a good place to start) and see what people think.

Duuuude, was wondering what happened to ya. Shit man, you're in college. Tell mom and pop "I'm a grown ass man." Never heard of this fine bs but I think you could fight it. Let's think about this, how much money to you need to start up a checking/savings account at a bank? If you can scrap that amount together you can get your own credit in your own name and play some poker again. Sure poker in kind of gambling, but its hugely a skill. Seems like you enjoy playing and it sucks if it HAS to end.

Woa KM, you need to tell us more about this fine. I've never heard -anything- about a fine in the online word, EVER. How big is this fine?

Further, youre several fucking thousand miles away from them, and you don't use their site anymore. Tell them to jump in a lake.

Same goes for my parents. They found out way back when that I quit my bullshit $7/hour job to play poker all day and damn were they pissed. But they couldnt stop me, and they cant stop you.

They told me I would never receive another penny from them if I was gambling for a living. I told them fine, and I've never asked for a penny from them.

Youre getting too good too fast to let it go that easily. Who cares if they dont like you playing poker? Fuck 'em, its your life, you only go around once.

And again, this "fine" is bullshit. I've --never-- heard of that happening to --anyone--. And they'll never be able to collect, and I highly doubt it would ever show on your credit.

Dude, I understand this whole thing but seriously get some balls.

Thanks for the support guys, means a whole to me.

You guys agree to let go of my family just to play? Trust me, my parents aren't strict about anything other than gambling. I live with them right now and need their money (though I like them more than just their money). The fine ended up being because I typed 2 numbers wrong for my bank account (I reversed the two I guess from typing too fast). It's ridiculous on their part. I'm going to do my best to keep playing somehow. Maybe lie to them and say I am only going to put in a completely low amount in and just never cash out my original balance? I certainly doubt that will work though. I'll come up with something.

Come on meow, you're in college right? Get a job, study hard, play some poker, fuck some fat bitches....repeat.

haha...yes I'm in college, have a job, grades aren't good, have a girlfriend, and WISH to play poker. I really just think they are paranoid with how close my uncle was from being murdered by his gambling problem...which is talking about way more money than I have. I'll do my best to pursuade them because I agree with all of you don't get me wrong.

So what's the dealy doggy? You back to playin some cards.

Funny you ask...I started playing again for like 3 or 4 days and played like shit and decided that it would be best to cash out. Good thing I did this as my dad is all over me now saying "I'm watching your bank account and waiting for the transfer". Appearantly, he just realized that I WON a few hundred dollars after I kept telling him I did so. Tonight I asked him "so why again can I not put in $50 of my own money onto a poker site that cost less than a video game or most other things I buy?" and he gave me a speech on his brother and a few of his work buddies who said they were just going to start low but then they kept losing so they kept trying to win it back but ended up losing more than they could afford etc. It's fucking annoying but honestly I'm not going to jeopardize my relationship with them because they provide a lot of things for me. I still fully expect me to start playing again within a year when I get my own place. I'm going to start reading everything I can though about poker. I've also been asking a few people to send me some of their HH's. Speaking of that, if ANYONE playing 25/50/100nl SH wants to email me their HH's I'd be very happy (I'm desperate to stick with this game in any way possible). Also, spenda, you are on a break now right?

Do you not have your own bank account? If not, can you get one? I understand why you don't want to piss them off any further but this is control stuff, not just loving parenting, and since you're over 18 I think you need to make some decisions for yourself.

If I get a moment I'll send you some HHs, but I'm very bad at remembering to do this so if you see me online in the evening (UK time) say hi and I'll see if I can find anything decent in Poker Tracker.

I don't totally understand the state of online poker in the US but how can one of these sites fine you? This sounds like some tactic where you just take them for their word and pay up. How can they legally force you to?

Also, get your own bank account.

Tell the parents you're playing play money games now. They can't tell the difference.

Until you can tell your parents to GFThemselves, I.E. you don't live with them, need their money, their food, you got shit. Get to work, go live on campus, you need to, either do your own thing and move out. Or suck it up and wait. Their house, their rules. Keep in mind, they don't see the poker world through your eyes. they only have one reference and it's not a good one. You will never change their mind. Don't even try. Lots of people move out, live on campus, work part time, play poker. so can you. MAN UP.

galapogos - Ended up being a "mistake" on my part by mistyping my bank account number...it was one number off...so I had to pay a fucking fee...in which they "emailed" me about and I never got (probably because my email was messed up for awhile, but they don't have to know that). I got a lesser fine by telling them I never received anything from them.

Anyways, I do have my own bank account. But, as some of you have pointed out (which I agree with too) my parents, mainly my dad, is very controlling and checks up on it all the time. I continually argue with him on why he shouldn't and how it's my privacy and all that but to no avail. TJ, you are right, I believe they will never see poker through my eyes. I am moving out next summer/fall and should be able to give poker another try. I should have taken my time a year ago (when I was living at a different college) more seriously with poker which sucks. Thanks Mark for lending me some HH's, you've been very helpful, as well as a lot of others.

In the UK your dad wouldn't be able to check your bank account, unless you mean he opens your mail.

I have emailed you a few hands - look forward to your reply!

He set up my bank account and knows all my information to check it out and shit...I'm sure he told them some way or another to make sure he was in control of it. There are easy ways of knowing everything with my social security number and 4 digit password too.

Thanks a whole lot for the hands!...I'll check them out right away.