2009 summary - 2010 goals

Well 2009 has been a good year pokerwise. Started off rocketwise and then had a fallback in the summer to get better again near the end of the year. I guess it's due to variance. So i decided in 2010 i will beat the variance and play a huge amount of games in relation to what i normally play. For me this means putting in more more more hours. I normally 4-5 table and want to increase this also to 8-10. At the moment i'm playing the 18man 6$ games at Stars and i'm beating them hard at the moment. Once january ends i will have a bigger sample to se if i still beat them as hard as i do now and if that's the case i will move up to 18mans 16$. It's not a little jump from 6$ to 16$ but i'm used to playing 11 -15 $ games at Betfair so it's still in my comfort zone.

I have set myself some goals for 2010 pokerwise and it's the first time i do that , i really felt i needed it as otherwise you don't really care for a 6$ game after a while. So : i made GOALS !!!!!!!!! I will not post them yet but they are in my office and when i see a goal, i want to make it , so that's good.

Business wise i don't know what's going to happen. i'm still doing my stage for work , but i don't need to put in any hours in this office i work now. So maybe i change office in march - april if the poker doens't work out or bores me. The original plan was to start my own office around september but with the economy being as it is i don't reallt feel the urge to invest half of what i own/worked for in an insecure economy where it seems like the government only helps the ones who don't work/are illegal/have no good intentions instead of encouraging willing people like me. So if i can make a reasonable living out of poker without touching my savings and without paying 1euro in taxes i feel really comfortable for the time-being. I've fully paid off my mortgage last year and i mean it's the best thing i've ever did in my life , financially. It relieves me of any pressure and i'm able to take every decision i want now. I've been home for 1 1/2 years now and watched my kid grow up which was magnificent , and my wife is pregnant again so i might do it all over again lol , playing poker and earning my monthly needed money ;-)

Good holidays to all and have a good 2010 !!!! Saturday i'm off to the Cote d'Azur for a week ...........

Serious on Stars

Well i came to the conclusion i can't beat 10$ hu's on Stars. It's pure push push push bluff catch bluff catch. Maybe higher limits they play more seriously , i don't know. So today decided no longer to play hu's for a while. Gonna focus on other games. And also i decided to play seriously. It's been a while i'm running so bad now i start to wonder if it's not me playing worse then before, i think you can't blame it on variance for ages .............. That's what i thought :

Played 7 games this afternoon , cashed in 1 , so break even : here are some of my exit hands :

*********** # 26 **************
PokerStars Spel #36633002090: Toernooi #221484804, $3.00+$0.25 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 13/12/2009 10:23:55 ET Tafel '221484804 5' 9-max Plaats #4 is de button Plaats 1: mazmiate (3240 in chips) Plaats 3: aquafresca (3135 in chips) Plaats 4: bello727 (5375 in chips) Plaats 5: slopecnt (1990 in chips) Plaats 6: Marbik (1680 in chips) Plaats 7: entabeni (1650 in chips) Plaats 8: colalight29 (2585 in chips) Plaats 9: Link5901 (3450 in chips)
slopecnt: zet small blind 50
Marbik: zet big blind 100
*** GESLOTEN KAARTEN ***
Gedeeld aan entabeni [Kc As]
entabeni: raiset 300 naar 400
colalight29: foldt
Link5901: foldt
mazmiate: foldt
aquafresca: foldt
bello727: foldt
slopecnt: raiset 1590 naar 1990 en is all-in
Marbik: foldt
entabeni: callt 1250 en is all-in
De niet-gecallde bet (340) is geretourneerd aan slopecnt
*** FLOP *** [2c Jc Qs]
*** TURN *** [2c Jc Qs] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [2c Jc Qs 3s] [6h]
*** SHOWDOWN ***
slopecnt: toont [Qd Ad] (een pair Vrouwen)
entabeni: toont [Kc As] (high card Aas)
slopecnt won 3400 van pot
*** SAMENVATTING ***
Totale pot 3400 | Rake 0
Board [2c Jc Qs 3s 6h]
Plaats 1: mazmiate foldde voor de Flop (bette niet) Plaats 3: aquafresca foldde voor de Flop (bette niet) Plaats 4: bello727 (button) foldde voor de Flop (bette niet) Plaats 5: slopecnt (small blind) toonde [Qd Ad] en won (3400) met een pair Vrouwen Plaats 6: Marbik (big blind) foldde voor de Flop Plaats 7: entabeni toonde [Kc As] en verloor met high card Aas Plaats 8: colalight29 foldde voor de Flop (bette niet) Plaats 9: Link5901 foldde voor de Flop (bette niet)


*********** # 19 **************
PokerStars Spel #36631330263: Toernooi #221467568, $3.00+$0.25 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 13/12/2009 9:35:19 ET Tafel '221467568 5' 9-max Plaats #4 is de button Plaats 1: goldenhandz2 (1330 in chips) Plaats 3: entabeni (1070 in chips) Plaats 4: swati75 (4215 in chips) Plaats 5: schmuggel15 (1290 in chips) Plaats 6: AK47special (743 in chips) Plaats 7: IngolfNapi (1355 in chips) Plaats 8: mogli44 (1497 in chips)
schmuggel15: zet small blind 50
AK47special: zet big blind 100
*** GESLOTEN KAARTEN ***
Gedeeld aan entabeni [Kd Ac]
IngolfNapi: foldt
mogli44 is door zijn tijd heen
mogli44: foldt
mogli44 zit uit
goldenhandz2: raiset 100 naar 200
mogli44 is terug
entabeni: raiset 870 naar 1070 en is all-in
swati75: foldt
schmuggel15: foldt
AK47special: foldt
goldenhandz2: callt 870
*** FLOP *** [Jh 9s Jc]
*** TURN *** [Jh 9s Jc] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 9s Jc 2h] [2d]
*** SHOWDOWN ***
goldenhandz2: toont [Kh Kc] (twee pair, Koningen en Boeren)
entabeni: toont [Kd Ac] (twee pair, Boeren en Tweeën)
goldenhandz2 won 2290 van pot
*** SAMENVATTING ***
Totale pot 2290 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 9s Jc 2h 2d]
Plaats 1: goldenhandz2 toonde [Kh Kc] en won (2290) met twee pair, Koningen en Boeren Plaats 3: entabeni toonde [Kd Ac] en verloor met twee pair, Boeren en Tweeën Plaats 4: swati75 (button) foldde voor de Flop (bette niet) Plaats 5: schmuggel15 (small blind) foldde voor de Flop Plaats 6: AK47special (big blind) foldde voor de Flop Plaats 7: IngolfNapi foldde voor de Flop (bette niet) Plaats 8: mogli44 foldde voor de Flop (bette niet)


*********** # 28 **************
PokerStars Spel #36631756644: Toernooi #221467450, $2.00+$0.20 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 13/12/2009 9:48:19 ET Tafel '221467450 9' 9-max Plaats #4 is de button Plaats 2: yoquetu (1105 in chips) Plaats 3: grefus (7840 in chips) Plaats 4: miguelwen (6135 in chips) Plaats 5: Mecky5050 (3420 in chips) Plaats 6: mabinm (6210 in chips) Plaats 7: PYAVLIK (6340 in chips) Plaats 8: entabeni (1800 in chips) Plaats 9: simsoc (1545 in chips)
yoquetu: zet de ante 25
grefus: zet de ante 25
miguelwen: zet de ante 25
Mecky5050: zet de ante 25
mabinm: zet de ante 25
PYAVLIK: zet de ante 25
entabeni: zet de ante 25
simsoc: zet de ante 25
Mecky5050: zet small blind 125
mabinm: zet big blind 250
*** GESLOTEN KAARTEN ***
Gedeeld aan entabeni [As Ks]
PYAVLIK: foldt
entabeni: raiset 1525 naar 1775 en is all-in simsoc is door zijn tijd heen
simsoc: foldt
simsoc zit uit
yoquetu: callt 1080 en is all-in
grefus: callt 1775
simsoc is terug
miguelwen: foldt
Mecky5050: foldt
mabinm: foldt
*** FLOP *** [8d 2s Qd]
*** TURN *** [8d 2s Qd] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [8d 2s Qd Js] [6h]
*** SHOWDOWN ***
entabeni: toont [As Ks] (high card Aas)
grefus: toont [6s Ad] (een pair Zessen)
grefus won 1390 van bij pot
yoquetu: toont [Jc Ac] (een pair Boeren) soerikske heeft verbinding yoquetu won 3815 van hoofd pot
*** SAMENVATTING ***
Totale pot 5205 Hoofd pot 3815. Bij pot 1390. | Rake 0 Board [8d 2s Qd Js 6h] Plaats 2: yoquetu toonde [Jc Ac] en won (3815) met een pair Boeren Plaats 3: grefus toonde [6s Ad] en won (1390) met een pair Zessen Plaats 4: miguelwen (button) foldde voor de Flop (bette niet) Plaats 5: Mecky5050 (small blind) foldde voor de Flop Plaats 6: mabinm (big blind) foldde voor de Flop Plaats 7: PYAVLIK foldde voor de Flop (bette niet) Plaats 8: entabeni toonde [As Ks] en verloor met high card Aas Plaats 9: simsoc foldde voor de Flop (bette niet)

This last hand says it all. Call with A6 there, yeah right , Call with AJ after two all inns, yeah right ure surely ahead !!! I know he has chips to call but still....

Still as we always say, i should be glad they call , but i'm gonna be more glad once they stop hitting ffs !!!!!!

Well , i won't bother you, or myself with the rest of the exit hands but they're all quite like this. Hope this turns around soon and i will be able to win the important 70/30s again, and maybe some flips too now and then .....

Just a frustration post lol.