Tuesday 27 July 2010
Another New Direction
And no its not a Glee quote, dont ask how i know that!, but more of a crossroads that i am gonna breach.
Ive spent alot of my poker playing years taking shot after shot and not succeding, only to then need to cash out for personal reasons and this yo-yo effect can play on the brain.
A good friend of mine, only 2 years ago (maybe less) was doing the same until a decent score, and now has 1x Sunday Million under his belt, and has been pro for 12 months playing the $100, $200 and $300 HU sngs on Stars. This is a life a) i want, and b) if possible for any good poker player.
Now looking at my stats on some sites you would think im a huge fish, due to my want of a big score i play well outside my roll and try to hit that big 4 figure ship and although ive had some decent runs and been close, its not happened.
I realise this, and upon reflection hate myself for doing it, i really do.
My new direction has been inspired by reading ALOT of poker literature both in the form of books and the net, researching theories etc and in conclusion i have set myself a personal Prop Bet that i believe can ( in time) allow me to grow as a player (and my roll)
The Direction is very dicsapline based and if i am serious about improving and winning i will stick to it.
Here it is:
PokerStars:
Weeks 1-3 of the month $6 HU sngs only (i crush these regulary with a 20%+ roi)
Week 4 of the month $6 HU sngs and use 20% of PROFIT to play a few mtts
Only exception is i can play the $5k gaurenteed HU mtt
Poker.co.uk
Only play mtts throughout the month, mainly the 10e rebuys with big gaurentees and a few of the others plus use all FPPs earnt in the freerolls.
Any score of 1000e +, half is to withdrawn to the poker bank account (for later use)
FullTilt Poker:
Weeks 1-3 of the month $3.30 KO 90mans (experimental atm - if it goes wrong ill play HU here too)
Week 4 the sngs with 20% of profit to play a few Deepstack Mtts (Superstack and Doublestacks)
I will also dedicate at 1 night a week to review hands etc on PT3 to fix any leaks, and use forums more regulary to get ideas, critisism and advice.
This plan is stringent till the end of the year and i hope to play the following volumes:
$6 HU on stars - 500 games by December 25th 2010
$3.30 KOs on FT - 800 games by Decemebr 25th 2010
Boss MTTs - achieve 2500e profit by December 25th 2010
Gl Me!
Ive spent alot of my poker playing years taking shot after shot and not succeding, only to then need to cash out for personal reasons and this yo-yo effect can play on the brain.
A good friend of mine, only 2 years ago (maybe less) was doing the same until a decent score, and now has 1x Sunday Million under his belt, and has been pro for 12 months playing the $100, $200 and $300 HU sngs on Stars. This is a life a) i want, and b) if possible for any good poker player.
Now looking at my stats on some sites you would think im a huge fish, due to my want of a big score i play well outside my roll and try to hit that big 4 figure ship and although ive had some decent runs and been close, its not happened.
I realise this, and upon reflection hate myself for doing it, i really do.
My new direction has been inspired by reading ALOT of poker literature both in the form of books and the net, researching theories etc and in conclusion i have set myself a personal Prop Bet that i believe can ( in time) allow me to grow as a player (and my roll)
The Direction is very dicsapline based and if i am serious about improving and winning i will stick to it.
Here it is:
PokerStars:
Weeks 1-3 of the month $6 HU sngs only (i crush these regulary with a 20%+ roi)
Week 4 of the month $6 HU sngs and use 20% of PROFIT to play a few mtts
Only exception is i can play the $5k gaurenteed HU mtt
Poker.co.uk
Only play mtts throughout the month, mainly the 10e rebuys with big gaurentees and a few of the others plus use all FPPs earnt in the freerolls.
Any score of 1000e +, half is to withdrawn to the poker bank account (for later use)
FullTilt Poker:
Weeks 1-3 of the month $3.30 KO 90mans (experimental atm - if it goes wrong ill play HU here too)
Week 4 the sngs with 20% of profit to play a few Deepstack Mtts (Superstack and Doublestacks)
I will also dedicate at 1 night a week to review hands etc on PT3 to fix any leaks, and use forums more regulary to get ideas, critisism and advice.
This plan is stringent till the end of the year and i hope to play the following volumes:
$6 HU on stars - 500 games by December 25th 2010
$3.30 KOs on FT - 800 games by Decemebr 25th 2010
Boss MTTs - achieve 2500e profit by December 25th 2010
Gl Me!
Saturday 24 July 2010
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Wednesday 14 July 2010
OMG i wish i had realised how well i run on BOSS
Todays Session
Played 4 Mtts today and was a good day in all:
Stars 500 cap $2.20 rb ($3k gaurentee) - cost = $6.20
24/500 for $28.05
Stars $5.50 F/O ($12k Gaurentee) - cost = $5.50
198/2755 for $13.77
Boss 10e Rebuy (5000e Gaurentee) - cost = 31e
7/187 for 199.80e
Boss 10e Rebuy (8000e Gaurentee) - cost = 31e
74/307 for 0e
Profit on the Day =
$30.12
137.80e
Good Day
That Final Table was my 3rd on the trot on Boss, just gutted that 7 handed every other Short Stack bar me doubled up as moving up the money ladder would have been v v v nice!
Stars 500 cap $2.20 rb ($3k gaurentee) - cost = $6.20
24/500 for $28.05
Stars $5.50 F/O ($12k Gaurentee) - cost = $5.50
198/2755 for $13.77
Boss 10e Rebuy (5000e Gaurentee) - cost = 31e
7/187 for 199.80e
Boss 10e Rebuy (8000e Gaurentee) - cost = 31e
74/307 for 0e
Profit on the Day =
$30.12
137.80e
Good Day
That Final Table was my 3rd on the trot on Boss, just gutted that 7 handed every other Short Stack bar me doubled up as moving up the money ladder would have been v v v nice!
Saturday 10 July 2010
Final Tables are like buses....................
Wanted to start my cash grind today, but came to a halt when i saw a 6e Deep and Steep on Boss, so entered that thinking obv the "steep" part refered to the blinds being slow...........not turbo!!
I one tabled this whilst eating etc and when i checked i was 20/40/207 with 30 getting paid, which was nice.
Sadly i couldnt take it down, which pissed me off no end, but sadly we had 10bb each HU, if deeper i am certain my HU experience woulda helped me win this MTT, but ill settle for 2nd shoving T2o into K6 and neither of us improving.
Back to Back Final tables on Boss, its good to see as last few months have had a lot of deep runs, with zero results, hopefully a taste of things to come.
Playing @ Dusk Till Dawn tomorrow, there is a £3k gaurenteed DeepStack starting at 3pm, £25 + £6 Buyin, 30 minute blinds and 10k starting stack.
My live mtt performances have been pretty frustrating as of late, with no final tables since Febuary but numerous deep runs to the last 20-11 players, lets hope i can go one better this time and cover my missed wages from work!!! ;))
Run Good my Friends, Run Good.
Video Blog of tomorrows events fo'sho
I one tabled this whilst eating etc and when i checked i was 20/40/207 with 30 getting paid, which was nice.
Sadly i couldnt take it down, which pissed me off no end, but sadly we had 10bb each HU, if deeper i am certain my HU experience woulda helped me win this MTT, but ill settle for 2nd shoving T2o into K6 and neither of us improving.
Back to Back Final tables on Boss, its good to see as last few months have had a lot of deep runs, with zero results, hopefully a taste of things to come.
Playing @ Dusk Till Dawn tomorrow, there is a £3k gaurenteed DeepStack starting at 3pm, £25 + £6 Buyin, 30 minute blinds and 10k starting stack.
My live mtt performances have been pretty frustrating as of late, with no final tables since Febuary but numerous deep runs to the last 20-11 players, lets hope i can go one better this time and cover my missed wages from work!!! ;))
Run Good my Friends, Run Good.
Video Blog of tomorrows events fo'sho
Thursday 8 July 2010
8th July Session - MTTs
Played the following with these results:
3.30e 1000e gaurenteed on PCUK (293/350)
1e rebuy on PCUK (87/312)
100FPP on PCUK (15/15)
5.50e Headhunter on PCUK (3/185) 55e
$1 MicroMadness on Stars (220/450)
$3.30 Omaha, $1.5k Gaurenteed on Stars (89/549)
$3.30 6max $4k Gaurenteed on Stars (872/1963)
$2.20 $7.5k Gaurenteed on Stars 6 max (384/3757) $4.35
Little bit gutted that in the HH i had no bounties and lost AQ v KQ v AJ for CL 3 handed!
Ran bad in omaha in last 3rd of comp missing a cash by a few places, floped the nut straight in Omaha, and then got rivered by nut full house!! bahhhh
A few evil hands on the way too QQ v AA on T high board, KQ v AQ on QQx board, AQ v AJ aipf, 44 v 99 on 947 board.
Anyways a profitable day is a good day
ATB
S4ooter Mc Scooter
3.30e 1000e gaurenteed on PCUK (293/350)
1e rebuy on PCUK (87/312)
100FPP on PCUK (15/15)
5.50e Headhunter on PCUK (3/185) 55e
$1 MicroMadness on Stars (220/450)
$3.30 Omaha, $1.5k Gaurenteed on Stars (89/549)
$3.30 6max $4k Gaurenteed on Stars (872/1963)
$2.20 $7.5k Gaurenteed on Stars 6 max (384/3757) $4.35
Little bit gutted that in the HH i had no bounties and lost AQ v KQ v AJ for CL 3 handed!
Ran bad in omaha in last 3rd of comp missing a cash by a few places, floped the nut straight in Omaha, and then got rivered by nut full house!! bahhhh
A few evil hands on the way too QQ v AA on T high board, KQ v AQ on QQx board, AQ v AJ aipf, 44 v 99 on 947 board.
Anyways a profitable day is a good day
ATB
S4ooter Mc Scooter
Wednesday 7 July 2010
First Session Online.............and nothing has changed
Decided to play a few mtts online tonight, including the 1e rebuy and 50fpp on Boss
see below
***** Hand 2253817241 *****
200.00/400.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit) - 07 July 2010 21:43:55
€1000 GTD REBUY (Real/Tournament)
Seat 1: bubo8 (3625.00)
Seat 2: wlety (5180.00)
Seat 3: coxlaud3 (6995.00)
Seat 4: S4ooter (11940.00)
Seat 5: balladyn (11675.00)
Seat 6: krycha30 (5550.00)
Seat 7: joubi (21531.00)
Seat 8: ste2010 (7700.00)
Seat 9: piraccino (10386.00)
Seat 10: kefalonia3 (16052.00)
krycha30 post SB 200.00
joubi post BB 400.00
** Deal **
bubo8 [N/A, N/A]
wlety [N/A, N/A]
coxlaud3 [N/A, N/A]
S4ooter [Js, Jh]
balladyn [N/A, N/A]
krycha30 [N/A, N/A]
joubi [N/A, N/A]
ste2010 [N/A, N/A]
piraccino [N/A, N/A]
kefalonia3 [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
ste2010 Call 400.00
piraccino Fold
kefalonia3 Raise to 1200.00
bubo8 Fold
wlety Fold
coxlaud3 Fold
S4ooter All-in 11940.00
balladyn Fold
krycha30 Fold
joubi Fold
ste2010 Fold
kefalonia3 Call 11940.00
*** Flop(Board): *** : [Qh, 5d, Ah]
*** Turn(Board): *** : [Qh, 5d, Ah, 10s]
*** River(Board): *** : [Qh, 5d, Ah, 10s, Ac]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 25380.00
bubo8 Fold Win: 0.00
wlety Fold Win: 0.00
coxlaud3 Fold Win: 0.00
S4ooter [Js, Jh] Two pair aces and jacks Win: 0.00
balladyn Fold Win: 0.00
krycha30 Fold Win: 0.00
joubi Fold Win: 0.00
ste2010 Fold Win: 0.00
piraccino Fold Win: 0.00
kefalonia3 [7d, Ad] Three of a kind, aces Win: 25380.00
Yea he called a shove pre with that garbage!
I cashed for 7.50e in teh freeroll finishing 3/21, gutted as was huge CL and then got raped when i turned a straight, only for opp to river beigger straight!!!
Still a good session and feeling back on it!
see below
***** Hand 2253817241 *****
200.00/400.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit) - 07 July 2010 21:43:55
€1000 GTD REBUY (Real/Tournament)
Seat 1: bubo8 (3625.00)
Seat 2: wlety (5180.00)
Seat 3: coxlaud3 (6995.00)
Seat 4: S4ooter (11940.00)
Seat 5: balladyn (11675.00)
Seat 6: krycha30 (5550.00)
Seat 7: joubi (21531.00)
Seat 8: ste2010 (7700.00)
Seat 9: piraccino (10386.00)
Seat 10: kefalonia3 (16052.00)
krycha30 post SB 200.00
joubi post BB 400.00
** Deal **
bubo8 [N/A, N/A]
wlety [N/A, N/A]
coxlaud3 [N/A, N/A]
S4ooter [Js, Jh]
balladyn [N/A, N/A]
krycha30 [N/A, N/A]
joubi [N/A, N/A]
ste2010 [N/A, N/A]
piraccino [N/A, N/A]
kefalonia3 [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
ste2010 Call 400.00
piraccino Fold
kefalonia3 Raise to 1200.00
bubo8 Fold
wlety Fold
coxlaud3 Fold
S4ooter All-in 11940.00
balladyn Fold
krycha30 Fold
joubi Fold
ste2010 Fold
kefalonia3 Call 11940.00
*** Flop(Board): *** : [Qh, 5d, Ah]
*** Turn(Board): *** : [Qh, 5d, Ah, 10s]
*** River(Board): *** : [Qh, 5d, Ah, 10s, Ac]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 25380.00
bubo8 Fold Win: 0.00
wlety Fold Win: 0.00
coxlaud3 Fold Win: 0.00
S4ooter [Js, Jh] Two pair aces and jacks Win: 0.00
balladyn Fold Win: 0.00
krycha30 Fold Win: 0.00
joubi Fold Win: 0.00
ste2010 Fold Win: 0.00
piraccino Fold Win: 0.00
kefalonia3 [7d, Ad] Three of a kind, aces Win: 25380.00
Yea he called a shove pre with that garbage!
I cashed for 7.50e in teh freeroll finishing 3/21, gutted as was huge CL and then got raped when i turned a straight, only for opp to river beigger straight!!!
Still a good session and feeling back on it!
Friday 2 July 2010
The Experiment
As i dont start my new job till the 19th of the month i decided to see if i can grind any monies @ 25p/50p live at the Gala in Bristol.
Had 2 sessions so far, and won tb eplaying again till tuesday as am off to Blackpool in a bit for the World Pool Championships.
Session 1:
Buyin = £100
Ended = £220
Petrol = -£20
Food = -£20
Profit on session = £80
Session 2:
Buyin = £150
Ended = £220
Petrol = -£20
Food = -£10
Profit = £40
Total Profit = £120 includind deductions for expenses
Had 2 sessions so far, and won tb eplaying again till tuesday as am off to Blackpool in a bit for the World Pool Championships.
Session 1:
Buyin = £100
Ended = £220
Petrol = -£20
Food = -£20
Profit on session = £80
Session 2:
Buyin = £150
Ended = £220
Petrol = -£20
Food = -£10
Profit = £40
Total Profit = £120 includind deductions for expenses
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