Well pokerwise and otherwise it's been a strange month for me. First the poker summary : i always loved to play mtt's but somehow didn't get to play much of them lately . Well in November that's changed, and how. I played about 30 , won 4 and cashed in another 9. This for a total profit of 480$ in mtt. I also experimented a little in cash which won me 60$ ( playing 0.05/0.10 )and a 60$ in RB makes a total of 600$ won this month. You're right : where's the SNG profit ??? Well i managed to win 1.2$ in November but i WILL NOT takes these in my summary lol. That said , i managed to lose 160$ in HU's sng , first time i have a monthly loss in that ....
Anyway ; we don't really care where the profit comes from, as long as we make profit !!!!!!!!!
Otherwise also strange month as i said. I am currently working in a real estate agency as i have to for a year before i am able to start my own business ( in Belgium it's a protected profession ) and last week i had a discussion with my boss. I only get to do the dirty jobs, which is maybe normal at this stage, but i don't like it anyway. So i told her. We came to the conclusion maybe it's better for me to look for another place , so i will do after newyear.
Don't know if i will be playing much in december as for me this is really family month. I lost my mum 6 years ago ( today ) and since then i try to take more time for my precious ones instead of working full time. Which means i play more with the kid, go on restaurant with the lady, have friends come over and go to my dad in France the last week of December. So poker will be on second/third/fourth plan this month.
This weekend my son ( 19 months old )had his elbow dislocated so we had to rush to the emergency. Ofc he was in a lot of pain and his mother in total panic. But they just put it back in place and it was over right away... If your kid is hurt, you put every badbeat in perspective right away i must say ........................
Back on track in January !!!!!!!!!!!
Good holidays to all.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
MTT hot streak - SNG cold run
Only thing that's going at the moment are the mtt's i play. ROI must be huge this month. Plan on making detailed recordings of how much i win/lose in each discipline from next month on . That's cash, sng and mtt all apart. Never done that before and always thought my roi is biggest in sng but this hot run in mtt is making me doubt that. Ofc for the mtt part, it's not good to start recording after u won 3 out of last 10 you played i guess ....
Started playing more and more on Stars too, but i think i made a mistake in playing to low stakes to get to know the software better. The beats you get at 2.2$ 180mans are just unreal. Always thought BF was bad but this is way worse. OFC at 2.2$ they play any two cards at any level no matter howmuch you raise preflop so you can never put them on a hand and most certainly not push them off second pair. I will have to adapt my game i think. i have 200$ on that account, if i ever lose them i never go back there and embrace Bf as it was the most beautifull girl in the world lol.
So be back in a few days with an update , good luck at tables.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Super turbo lottery ??
Analysed my superturbo mtt win from yesterday. Off course i must say that superturbo's are more a lottery then regular where blinds increase every 15 minutes, pure logic. But it isn't always as lottery as it seems.
Keyhands from yesterday :
1/ i have 1010 in LP with 1200 stack , blinds 100/200. I push, get called by QQ in SB, i suck out.
2/ i have 10dJd in LP with 1400 stack , blinds 200/400 , shortie pushes for 700 , i go over top , get called by AA on button. Flop 2 pair and get nice stack.3/
3/ i manage to steal blinds a few times to keep a good stack
Part 1 = twice lucky and some good steals. Standard stuff i'd say.
4/We are about 25 left ( 18 paid ) and i have 3500 chips, blinds 600/1200. UTG goes allin for 2000. I am sat UTG +2 with 77. Decision time. First of all , what does this guy have. OBV any pair will do, as will A-rag of 2 paints. So against him i have good odds to call. BUT : I take a good look at stacks behind me and see noone has more then 4K and BB only has 2.6K. As he allready invested 1200 it's only 800 for him to call the allin. So really i need to isolate the UTG. BUT i only have 3.5K , so how can i isolate ?? I clearly can't push any decent hand off this spot. If i push allin, it takes the BB 2.3K to call in a 9K pot .... That's 4/1 which makes it a almost must-call if he has anything.
I chose to fold, maintain my stack, hope for a quick bubble so i get a new table with a little bit of fold equity left when i push. So ; fold 77.
As turns out, very good decision : UTG shows 55 , BB called with A10 ; Ace hits flop. And i am glad i laid down 77 in this spot. I am sure 90% of players go allin there.
5/Bubble is gone and i get Qs9s UTG+1 with 2.5BB , i look at BB and he has like 300 left after putting in his blinds. So he will be obliged to call. I have him covered and hope for the rest to fold so i can isolate and i have like a 55/45 shot v BB. As planned all fold and BB calls with Q4. I double up.
6/Hand after i get KK UTG , which i obv push. 2 callers , flop KQQ and i'm chipleader when i triple up.
7/ Quick look at payout structure and i see very topheavy payout, so we play for top3now.
8/ We get to 3 left, blinds very high. I get 94 in BB ( blinds 10K/20K ), i have 39K left after paying BB, which means if i fold in this spot i have no more folding equity , nada... So when SB makes the expected push, i put him on anytwo and decide to call with any two as if i win i take him out and have a good shot at first which pays 300. And if i fold i am clearly shortie and good favourite for 3rd which pays 119. So i call, he shows A10. I hit 9 on flop, him ace on turn and me another 9 on river.
9/ HU's. I had seen this guy being reasonable tight. Thus he folds twice when being SB. I say , well i will try and steal then. I limp in SB , he checks. I c bet flop with complete air. He folds and i have 2/1 chiplead. Hand after he pushes allin, i get 59 and as i have him covered i decide to call. If i hit, i win. If i miss i push allin hand after.
I hit and i win.
OBV much luck , but still i really like my 77 fold as my analyse was spot on and everything happened as i though it would. If i call i'm out there in 25th. I'm sure if the guy who finished second gets 49 in the spot i did when SB put me allin, he would have folded. I played for first there, not scared and got rewarded.
Conclusion : superturbo are lottery, but some are better at these lottery-games then others. If u don't agree, check out Feeeefeee on sharscope on betfair account....
Keyhands from yesterday :
1/ i have 1010 in LP with 1200 stack , blinds 100/200. I push, get called by QQ in SB, i suck out.
2/ i have 10dJd in LP with 1400 stack , blinds 200/400 , shortie pushes for 700 , i go over top , get called by AA on button. Flop 2 pair and get nice stack.3/
3/ i manage to steal blinds a few times to keep a good stack
Part 1 = twice lucky and some good steals. Standard stuff i'd say.
4/We are about 25 left ( 18 paid ) and i have 3500 chips, blinds 600/1200. UTG goes allin for 2000. I am sat UTG +2 with 77. Decision time. First of all , what does this guy have. OBV any pair will do, as will A-rag of 2 paints. So against him i have good odds to call. BUT : I take a good look at stacks behind me and see noone has more then 4K and BB only has 2.6K. As he allready invested 1200 it's only 800 for him to call the allin. So really i need to isolate the UTG. BUT i only have 3.5K , so how can i isolate ?? I clearly can't push any decent hand off this spot. If i push allin, it takes the BB 2.3K to call in a 9K pot .... That's 4/1 which makes it a almost must-call if he has anything.
I chose to fold, maintain my stack, hope for a quick bubble so i get a new table with a little bit of fold equity left when i push. So ; fold 77.
As turns out, very good decision : UTG shows 55 , BB called with A10 ; Ace hits flop. And i am glad i laid down 77 in this spot. I am sure 90% of players go allin there.
5/Bubble is gone and i get Qs9s UTG+1 with 2.5BB , i look at BB and he has like 300 left after putting in his blinds. So he will be obliged to call. I have him covered and hope for the rest to fold so i can isolate and i have like a 55/45 shot v BB. As planned all fold and BB calls with Q4. I double up.
6/Hand after i get KK UTG , which i obv push. 2 callers , flop KQQ and i'm chipleader when i triple up.
7/ Quick look at payout structure and i see very topheavy payout, so we play for top3now.
8/ We get to 3 left, blinds very high. I get 94 in BB ( blinds 10K/20K ), i have 39K left after paying BB, which means if i fold in this spot i have no more folding equity , nada... So when SB makes the expected push, i put him on anytwo and decide to call with any two as if i win i take him out and have a good shot at first which pays 300. And if i fold i am clearly shortie and good favourite for 3rd which pays 119. So i call, he shows A10. I hit 9 on flop, him ace on turn and me another 9 on river.
9/ HU's. I had seen this guy being reasonable tight. Thus he folds twice when being SB. I say , well i will try and steal then. I limp in SB , he checks. I c bet flop with complete air. He folds and i have 2/1 chiplead. Hand after he pushes allin, i get 59 and as i have him covered i decide to call. If i hit, i win. If i miss i push allin hand after.
I hit and i win.
OBV much luck , but still i really like my 77 fold as my analyse was spot on and everything happened as i though it would. If i call i'm out there in 25th. I'm sure if the guy who finished second gets 49 in the spot i did when SB put me allin, he would have folded. I played for first there, not scared and got rewarded.
Conclusion : superturbo are lottery, but some are better at these lottery-games then others. If u don't agree, check out Feeeefeee on sharscope on betfair account....
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Finally not second
Nice win today in MTT. Running good in these lately, makes up for running bad in SNG i guess. Last three times i made a nice cash in MTT i finished second taking a 30/70 to go out. Today i finally delivered a 70/30 to win. Last hand i have 59 and he pushes but it's blinds 10K/20K and it's just another 19K to call, leaving me with 40K if i lose. He shows 69 , grrrrrr. Nice flop 585 , and another 5 on river gives me four of a kind to finish in style lol.
Does me good.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Badbeat, badbeat, badbeat. He had 0.3% after flop, 4.5% after turn.... Says it all about the last days , weeks , months .......
I know i just have to play through, but sometimes, arrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
*********** # 93 **************
PokerStars Spel #35311118610: Toernooi #212275633, $12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 13/11/2009 16:04:40 ET
Tafel '212275633 1' 6-max Plaats #3 is de button
Plaats 3: PaddyB500 (6501 in chips)
Plaats 4: ddesantis1 (1350 in chips)
Plaats 6: entabeni (1149 in chips)
ddesantis1: zet small blind 75
entabeni: zet big blind 150
*** GESLOTEN KAARTEN ***
Gedeeld aan entabeni [8c Jh]
PaddyB500: callt 150
ddesantis1: foldt
entabeni: checkt
*** FLOP *** [2c 8h 8s]
entabeni: checkt
PaddyB500: bet 150
entabeni: callt 150
*** TURN *** [2c 8h 8s] [Ad]
entabeni: checkt
PaddyB500: bet 150
entabeni: raiset 150 naar 300
PaddyB500: raiset 150 naar 450
entabeni: raiset 399 naar 849 en is all-in
PaddyB500: callt 399
*** RIVER *** [2c 8h 8s Ad] [As]
*** SHOWDOWN ***
entabeni: toont [8c Jh] (een full house, Achten over Azen)
PaddyB500: toont [7d Ac] (een full house, Azen over Achten)
ddesantis1 zei, "nh"
PaddyB500 won 2373 van pot
*** SAMENVATTING ***
Totale pot 2373 | Rake 0
Board [2c 8h 8s Ad As]
Plaats 3: PaddyB500 (button) toonde [7d Ac] en won (2373) met een full house, Azen over Achten
Plaats 4: ddesantis1 (small blind) foldde voor de Flop
Plaats 6: entabeni (big blind) toonde [8c Jh] en verloor met een full house, Achten over Azen
I know i just have to play through, but sometimes, arrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
*********** # 93 **************
PokerStars Spel #35311118610: Toernooi #212275633, $12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 13/11/2009 16:04:40 ET
Tafel '212275633 1' 6-max Plaats #3 is de button
Plaats 3: PaddyB500 (6501 in chips)
Plaats 4: ddesantis1 (1350 in chips)
Plaats 6: entabeni (1149 in chips)
ddesantis1: zet small blind 75
entabeni: zet big blind 150
*** GESLOTEN KAARTEN ***
Gedeeld aan entabeni [8c Jh]
PaddyB500: callt 150
ddesantis1: foldt
entabeni: checkt
*** FLOP *** [2c 8h 8s]
entabeni: checkt
PaddyB500: bet 150
entabeni: callt 150
*** TURN *** [2c 8h 8s] [Ad]
entabeni: checkt
PaddyB500: bet 150
entabeni: raiset 150 naar 300
PaddyB500: raiset 150 naar 450
entabeni: raiset 399 naar 849 en is all-in
PaddyB500: callt 399
*** RIVER *** [2c 8h 8s Ad] [As]
*** SHOWDOWN ***
entabeni: toont [8c Jh] (een full house, Achten over Azen)
PaddyB500: toont [7d Ac] (een full house, Azen over Achten)
ddesantis1 zei, "nh"
PaddyB500 won 2373 van pot
*** SAMENVATTING ***
Totale pot 2373 | Rake 0
Board [2c 8h 8s Ad As]
Plaats 3: PaddyB500 (button) toonde [7d Ac] en won (2373) met een full house, Azen over Achten
Plaats 4: ddesantis1 (small blind) foldde voor de Flop
Plaats 6: entabeni (big blind) toonde [8c Jh] en verloor met een full house, Achten over Azen
Stars
Been playing more on Stars lately due to the low traffic on betfair. It takes a little to adapt as it seems on Stars they are far more willing to gamble at a certain time ( for sure on bubble ) so you have to get lucky at times and maybe narrow a little my pushing range and widen a little my calling range. Still to see. Am playing the 13$ 6packs now and running at about 17% ROI , which seems good but as yesterday i had a vey bad losing 7 out of 9 70/30s on bubble i think i should manage to get 20% ROI after a good sample of games. What i also find interesting is the fact you see way more winning players and way more big fishes then on betfair. Either the players are good or very bad. On Betfair many lose like 5% , on Stars many lose 20 - 25% ....
Poker is strange , frustrating, funny , ............. Yesterday, as said, all went wrong, lost twice with a FH to a bigger FH where they hit 3 outer on river when both committed, ran with AA into K8s who calls 5BB raise on bubble, hits his FD and hits flush on turn when he pushes allin for 35BB, anyway way too much bad luck to tell all , and i'm sure ure not interested.
Was down 65$ , which ofc is far from a drama, but for me it is a bad day. When my wife was feeding the baby and i wanted to play a turbo MTT on BF . I misregistered and found myself in a 2$ superturbo omaha MTT ffs. So i decide to play all hands. First hand a guy raises and we are 4 to call. I hit open end Str8 draw and decide to call his C bet. I hit my Str8 on turn and have the nuts with a Q high FD going with it, so i decide to CR and get all the chips in. As thought he bets pot again , i CR for the rest and he calls with a set of jacks and only the river to come. OFC the river k paires the board and i lose another 75/25% when played to perfection. Left me so frustrated i went allin with my remaining 160 chips, doubled up 4 times in a row to get me back to starting stack. Went on to win the tourney ( 46 players ) for fecking 30$ ( which cut my losses in half , good ). But i had another session planned for the evening but couldn't bring myself to it anymore after this ridiculous rollercoaster of anger , luck, relief , joy........ Moral : get it in 75/25 , lose and the gods will be with you the rest of the tourney lol.
Will post one HH from yesterday which i must say i quite enjoyed and it made a losing day still worth remembering. Checking the nuts 3 times and getting rewarded 3 times ;-)
*********** # 107 **************
PokerStars Spel #35254428789: Toernooi #211876666, $12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 12/11/2009 10:31:30 ET
Tafel '211876666 1' 6-max Plaats #2 is de button
Plaats 1: entabeni (5272 in chips)
Plaats 2: tammasch (3728 in chips)
tammasch: zet small blind 75
entabeni: zet big blind 150
*** GESLOTEN KAARTEN ***
Gedeeld aan entabeni [Ad Ac]
tammasch: callt 75
entabeni: raiset 300 naar 450
tammasch: callt 300
*** FLOP *** [Ah 5s As]
entabeni: checkt
tammasch: bet 450
entabeni: callt 450
*** TURN *** [Ah 5s As] [2h]
entabeni: checkt
tammasch: bet 450
entabeni: callt 450
*** RIVER *** [Ah 5s As 2h] [3h]
entabeni: checkt
tammasch: bet 2378 en is all-in
entabeni: callt 2378
*** SHOWDOWN ***
tammasch: toont [7s Qd] (een pair Azen)
entabeni: toont [Ad Ac] (four of a kind, Azen)
entabeni won 7456 van pot
*** SAMENVATTING ***
Totale pot 7456 Rake 0
Board [Ah 5s As 2h 3h]
Plaats 1: entabeni (big blind) toonde [Ad Ac] en won (7456) met four of a kind, Azen
Plaats 2: tammasch (button) (small blind) toonde [7s Qd] en verloor met een pair Azen
Poker is strange , frustrating, funny , ............. Yesterday, as said, all went wrong, lost twice with a FH to a bigger FH where they hit 3 outer on river when both committed, ran with AA into K8s who calls 5BB raise on bubble, hits his FD and hits flush on turn when he pushes allin for 35BB, anyway way too much bad luck to tell all , and i'm sure ure not interested.
Was down 65$ , which ofc is far from a drama, but for me it is a bad day. When my wife was feeding the baby and i wanted to play a turbo MTT on BF . I misregistered and found myself in a 2$ superturbo omaha MTT ffs. So i decide to play all hands. First hand a guy raises and we are 4 to call. I hit open end Str8 draw and decide to call his C bet. I hit my Str8 on turn and have the nuts with a Q high FD going with it, so i decide to CR and get all the chips in. As thought he bets pot again , i CR for the rest and he calls with a set of jacks and only the river to come. OFC the river k paires the board and i lose another 75/25% when played to perfection. Left me so frustrated i went allin with my remaining 160 chips, doubled up 4 times in a row to get me back to starting stack. Went on to win the tourney ( 46 players ) for fecking 30$ ( which cut my losses in half , good ). But i had another session planned for the evening but couldn't bring myself to it anymore after this ridiculous rollercoaster of anger , luck, relief , joy........ Moral : get it in 75/25 , lose and the gods will be with you the rest of the tourney lol.
Will post one HH from yesterday which i must say i quite enjoyed and it made a losing day still worth remembering. Checking the nuts 3 times and getting rewarded 3 times ;-)
*********** # 107 **************
PokerStars Spel #35254428789: Toernooi #211876666, $12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 12/11/2009 10:31:30 ET
Tafel '211876666 1' 6-max Plaats #2 is de button
Plaats 1: entabeni (5272 in chips)
Plaats 2: tammasch (3728 in chips)
tammasch: zet small blind 75
entabeni: zet big blind 150
*** GESLOTEN KAARTEN ***
Gedeeld aan entabeni [Ad Ac]
tammasch: callt 75
entabeni: raiset 300 naar 450
tammasch: callt 300
*** FLOP *** [Ah 5s As]
entabeni: checkt
tammasch: bet 450
entabeni: callt 450
*** TURN *** [Ah 5s As] [2h]
entabeni: checkt
tammasch: bet 450
entabeni: callt 450
*** RIVER *** [Ah 5s As 2h] [3h]
entabeni: checkt
tammasch: bet 2378 en is all-in
entabeni: callt 2378
*** SHOWDOWN ***
tammasch: toont [7s Qd] (een pair Azen)
entabeni: toont [Ad Ac] (four of a kind, Azen)
entabeni won 7456 van pot
*** SAMENVATTING ***
Totale pot 7456 Rake 0
Board [Ah 5s As 2h 3h]
Plaats 1: entabeni (big blind) toonde [Ad Ac] en won (7456) met four of a kind, Azen
Plaats 2: tammasch (button) (small blind) toonde [7s Qd] en verloor met een pair Azen
Sunday, November 1, 2009
October summary
Well the month went well , made like 1100$ , betfair and stars account accumulated. Should be like this every month. altho since a few days my luck has turned around and my play is about the worst in months; I'm gettting so much suckout it's getting to me, i can't believe they luckboxed another 3-4 outer and i pay them off. I pay them off way too much last two days , and it has to be the other way around. I'm not the fish, they are !!!!!!!!!!! So i will have to take a days break or so , otherwise it's going to affect me for a longer period. Lost 75$ today, let's say first30 due to nasty suckouts or coolers ( had KK v AA twice , QQ v AA , QQ v KQ lost preflop ) and last 45$ combination of suckout-unbelieve-tilt-paying off. So will stop for the day as it's not getting any better, i can feel it. Next week we go to normandie for a few days, should do me good, do should also do my game some good.
Hope to jump up a level when i get back. But must say ; it's not the first time i'm saying this and the same thing has happened to me everytime i say this ; i get beat after beat and it gets my confidence down and i start playing bad. Work on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After all, nice month october ( 4th largest monthly win on bf ) so can't complain.
Take the beats and carry on i would say to myself ;-)
gl at tables
Hope to jump up a level when i get back. But must say ; it's not the first time i'm saying this and the same thing has happened to me everytime i say this ; i get beat after beat and it gets my confidence down and i start playing bad. Work on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After all, nice month october ( 4th largest monthly win on bf ) so can't complain.
Take the beats and carry on i would say to myself ;-)
gl at tables
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