Well, that was a crazy october. Didn't play a ton of hands, but more than last month! Unfortunately I was self-destructing myself at $25NL for sure. After dropping down to $10NL, I adjusted a few things that should help -- I was trying to bluff too much is the overall theme though. My adjustments worked really quickly at $10NL, so let's carry that over back into $25NL for November!

Lets look at some stats!




Pay no attention to those $50NL hands, that was just a very tilty night (before my tourney win) and I stopped playing very soon after I started, as you can see. Obviously my Non-showdown hands are a problem, this stems from bluffing too much and getting called down too often. So, I've started limiting my C-bets OOP against more than 1 villian, and greatly reducing my 2-barreling (and 3-barreling) with air (A-high). Over a small sample, this looks more like what I want to do. We'll see what happens.

Biggest Loser: Not the biggest loser money wise (That belongs to QQ < AKs AIPF), but easily the most soul crushing. Enjoy. Villian was running 27/4 over a small sample and was a call station as those numbers suggest... what a lucky ass river for him.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($45.35)
BB ($24.65)
UTG ($25.35)
Hero (MP) ($44.80)
CO ($15.70)
Button ($49.10)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 6, 6
1 fold, Hero raises to $1, 3 folds, BB calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.10) K, 3, 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.75, BB calls $1.75

Turn: ($5.60) J (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($5.60) 6 (2 players)
BB bets $3, Hero raises to $42.05 (All-In), BB calls $18.90 (All-In)

Total pot: $49.40 | Rake: $2.45

BB had K, K (full house, Kings over threes).
Hero had 6, 6 (full house, sixes over threes).
Outcome: BB won $46.95


Biggest Winner: Villian left right after this, lol, only played 17 hands with him at 29/11. Sucks that my biggest pot of the last week wasn't even a full buyin...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($57.10)
Hero (BB) ($25)
UTG ($22.40)
MP ($25)
CO ($30.85)
Button ($25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, 10
UTG raises to $0.50, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.25

Flop: ($1.10) 10, 8, 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.50, UTG raises to $2, Hero raises to $5, UTG raises to $21.90 (All-In), Hero calls $16.90

Turn: ($44.90) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($44.90) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $44.90 | Rake: $2.20

Hero had 8, 10 (two pair, tens and eights).
UTG mucked K, K (one pair, Kings).
Outcome: Hero won $42.70

Ok, Goal review time:
1) Play when Focused. I think I did this mostly, just picked all the wrong spots...
2) $150. Yea, just barely...
3) Tighten stats Nope. In fact I did worse!? Whoops

November Goals:
1) Reduce the bluffing (2-barreling with nothing)
2) Pay attention or leave. Notice who the "regs" are and try to avoid them for now without the goods.
3) $200. I'll have to play more hands for that to be feasable, but it's getting colder outside now, which means more time inside.

So, I withdrew $500 of my winnings to leave a 40+ BI bankroll for $25NL. I'm buying a new bowling ball for my monday league, and probably a bunch of other little things. Maybe I'll get lucky one night and go deep in another tourney! I think I would have to stop playing cash at that point!

BR: $1134