I am excited to play today. Came home and relaxed for a bit...about to get started. I decided that I will start to play some online MTTs as soon as i can get my roll over $5k. Got about $1k to go, but rakeback is coming soon and that will be a few hundred. I also hope to start logging a lot of tables, so I will be pretty disappointed if I am not there within 2 weeks.
I might be playing in a tourney this weekend...a friend of mine told me that he was going to the casino tomorrow after work and play...its a rebuy, so i dont know whether i should go or not...I guess I would go with at least 3 rebuys in my pocket...one just in case, one before the break and the add on. anyway, hoping to open up my first set here in a few.
Played well in set 1. Was patient...struggled early to get anything going, but waited it out and ended up with 2 2nds and a bubble. I got one of my heads up opponents all in on the flop, but he sucked out on the turn and ended up beating me. Played well...lost on bubble pushing A5o on the button...would do it again.
Finished up set 2: I bubbled in one and cashed in 2...busted 5th on the other...they were all going short handed, the shit was beeping at me like crazy! Thank god I won the first one and was able to cash in another...of the one i bubble and the other one where I took 3rd, those were some tough bubbles...i was 3rd stack and the 2nd and 4th stack kept going all in and trading spots...i could catch a break until i eliminated one, but got dominated in the other when my A9 was up against AK. I might play the $55 MTT tonight...I said if I win 100 or more this set, I would play...so i might.
Final set is completed...finished one first and one bubble. made a move and got caught...needed to move though, was short stack with 5bbs. overall, a great night. no more MTTs because i just cant switch gears...
Results:
Set 1: +$80 (0/2/0/2)
Set 2: +$130 (1/0/1/2)
Set 3: +$30 (1/0/0/3)
+$240 is another solid night
I just opened up the $55 MTT...Gonna really make a go of it. I tend to crap out after the first break when blinds start to creep up...i gotta get my roll going...so i might be a little looser preflop...will have to see how the cards come.
I was getting pretty good starting cards and decent flops...but a scary river with a maniac betting made me fold away quite a few chips...i was down to like 1700, but got back to almost even when i caught a gut shot straight on an unraised flop with 6 people...so just like starting over...but I made some excellent laydowns so far and recovered from them...confidence growing.
I was getting too impatient in the MTT...couldnt catch anything, blinds creeping up and the break looming...i just wanted to double up or start some sngs...i pushed 77 over one small raiser and got 2 callers unfortunately. on to sngs.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
July 19, 2006
So, after yesterday's correction, I am still running a little bit hot. On to the meat of my post...
So i was thinking a lot about how I need concrete goals and milestones to maintain focus...so i was brainstorming and came up with a gameplan.
My monthly goal is going to be 250 sngs. which is about 8 a day. i am currently 4-tabling, but will want to start to introduce more tables in the future...right now, i want to ensure i am steadily building my roll. I used to use SNG Tracker to track my stats, but when Party changed their tables, it never seemed to work right for me. So, i created my own spreadsheets to do it for me. I looked at the last 650 >$55 sngs that I played and my return was 16%. Funny thing is that my return on the $55s was 10% while my 77s was over 40%. Anyway, I am confident a 15% return is attainable for me and probably where my true ROI lies. To define a few other items, the average regular sng lasts 60 mins and my goal is to eventually 8-table.
Ok, with my goal and return defined...here are the vitals that I can expect over the typical month if i can hit my volume (250 sngs) and ROI (15%) goals.
Profit $2,062.50
Rakeback $325
Total profit $2,387.50
$$/Hr: $38.20
to accomplish this 4 tabling, i need to play about 62 sessions...or log about 62 hours a month...just about 2 hours a day...not too bad. My goal is to move up when I reach 100 buy ins for the next level...so I need about $7500 to move up to the $77s. I hope to accomplish this within 2 months.
I will be reinvesting my rakeback currently, but once I hit $10k online, i will be taking $$ out to start my live play bankroll...then i will use that cash to not only fund my live play, but to use to travel and play tourneys...the online play will continue to fund my live roll, but i will slowly pull from my online bankroll and grow my cash stash! ambitious goals...lets see if i can make it two months and hit my $7500 goal.
just wanted to point out that when i first got into playing poker seriously, i read how people would say that most of us wouldnt last for more than 6 months and this and that...well, IM HERE!! and im still fuckin winning!
Fired up the beginning of my second set...normally I would quit here, but I need to keep playing...stop the results oriented thinking and just keep playing. My 2nd set finished well, thankfully. I started out well on 3 of the 4 tables, and pretty solid on the 4th. I ran into a couple pretty big hands and took some lumps. However, I finished with a win to net $30 bucks, so another winning session. I think I was pushing it too early...i felt the need to push when it clearly wasnt warranted...I need to make sure I keep this under control.
Not sure if I am going to play another set. It is 10:40 and if I take a short break and come back, it will be midnight before I finish up. lets see how i feel in a bit...
First set 4-tabling down:
Set 1: +380 (2/0/1/1)
Set 2: +$30 (1/0/0/3)
So i was thinking a lot about how I need concrete goals and milestones to maintain focus...so i was brainstorming and came up with a gameplan.
My monthly goal is going to be 250 sngs. which is about 8 a day. i am currently 4-tabling, but will want to start to introduce more tables in the future...right now, i want to ensure i am steadily building my roll. I used to use SNG Tracker to track my stats, but when Party changed their tables, it never seemed to work right for me. So, i created my own spreadsheets to do it for me. I looked at the last 650 >$55 sngs that I played and my return was 16%. Funny thing is that my return on the $55s was 10% while my 77s was over 40%. Anyway, I am confident a 15% return is attainable for me and probably where my true ROI lies. To define a few other items, the average regular sng lasts 60 mins and my goal is to eventually 8-table.
Ok, with my goal and return defined...here are the vitals that I can expect over the typical month if i can hit my volume (250 sngs) and ROI (15%) goals.
Profit $2,062.50
Rakeback $325
Total profit $2,387.50
$$/Hr: $38.20
to accomplish this 4 tabling, i need to play about 62 sessions...or log about 62 hours a month...just about 2 hours a day...not too bad. My goal is to move up when I reach 100 buy ins for the next level...so I need about $7500 to move up to the $77s. I hope to accomplish this within 2 months.
I will be reinvesting my rakeback currently, but once I hit $10k online, i will be taking $$ out to start my live play bankroll...then i will use that cash to not only fund my live play, but to use to travel and play tourneys...the online play will continue to fund my live roll, but i will slowly pull from my online bankroll and grow my cash stash! ambitious goals...lets see if i can make it two months and hit my $7500 goal.
just wanted to point out that when i first got into playing poker seriously, i read how people would say that most of us wouldnt last for more than 6 months and this and that...well, IM HERE!! and im still fuckin winning!
Fired up the beginning of my second set...normally I would quit here, but I need to keep playing...stop the results oriented thinking and just keep playing. My 2nd set finished well, thankfully. I started out well on 3 of the 4 tables, and pretty solid on the 4th. I ran into a couple pretty big hands and took some lumps. However, I finished with a win to net $30 bucks, so another winning session. I think I was pushing it too early...i felt the need to push when it clearly wasnt warranted...I need to make sure I keep this under control.
Not sure if I am going to play another set. It is 10:40 and if I take a short break and come back, it will be midnight before I finish up. lets see how i feel in a bit...
First set 4-tabling down:
Set 1: +380 (2/0/1/1)
Set 2: +$30 (1/0/0/3)
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
July 18, 2006
I am starting to get more confidence and trying to fully internalize that I need to keep playing poker...every day...two sets, thats it! Just 2 sets a day....if I can do that, pretty amazing things can happen. Just 2 hours...just 2!!! I will hopefully be getting a new poker playing set up pretty soon with two monitors...so I am going to gradually add tables right now...staying at the $55s and taking advantage of all the time I have spent here learning the nuances of the $55s. Sure, I could play the $77s, but I dont want to move up until I have a huge, huge bankroll...I can win plenty at the $55s. I think people want to move up too quickly...but maybe that risk aversion is why I am still grinding $55s...but who knows, i prefer it this way.
So, the goal is to get back to 4-tabling, then gradually add a 5th, 6th, 7th, and finally an 8th table. I am interested to find out how much my ROI will drop, but how much my $$/hr will go up...
Anyway, on to 3-tabling...(i know, ive 4-tabled very successfully, but I am in no rush!)
first set down...just one money finish...a 3rd. I was patient and played pretty solid. never picked up much to play, but still made it to 5th in one and busted like 6th or 7th in the other...hopefully I will catch a few starting hands...i dont think I ever hit over 4000 in chips on any of my 3 sngs...another set, coming up!
Tough night...card dead and when i do get it all in, im usually ahead, but my hands arent holding up. Gonna be ugly unless I can cash here. I am gonna fire up another set.
So, the goal is to get back to 4-tabling, then gradually add a 5th, 6th, 7th, and finally an 8th table. I am interested to find out how much my ROI will drop, but how much my $$/hr will go up...
Anyway, on to 3-tabling...(i know, ive 4-tabled very successfully, but I am in no rush!)
first set down...just one money finish...a 3rd. I was patient and played pretty solid. never picked up much to play, but still made it to 5th in one and busted like 6th or 7th in the other...hopefully I will catch a few starting hands...i dont think I ever hit over 4000 in chips on any of my 3 sngs...another set, coming up!
Tough night...card dead and when i do get it all in, im usually ahead, but my hands arent holding up. Gonna be ugly unless I can cash here. I am gonna fire up another set.
Monday, July 17, 2006
July 17, 2006
Just getting started...fired up 2 $55s.
Bubbled after losing my Ak to A9...i was still alive, but crippled...should have cashed deep cuz i had a lot of chips...but chip leader on the bubble on the other right now.
well, another 2nd and 4th.
I have to say the cards are holding up...well, kinda, i took some bad ones tonight, but my hands held up early so it didnt bust me. I have so much confidence right now...my last 2 sets i got a 2nd and a 4th...ive gotten a 2nd in my last 6 sets of 2...netting 40, so i gotta get that second one to cash to make some real money...should have this time, but poker happens...gotta parlay the good play into more sessions...here i go!
Ok, change of plans. I have been focusing well, and playing both online and live with a tremendous amount of discipline...and I am not very easy to impress when it comes to judging myself and my discipline. I thought I would reward myself with an MTT. $55 buy in, 340 in it...pays top 40. I am looking to cash first, then go deep...so I would rather limp into the money and try to work my way up than to take chances on the bubble and not cash...I know, not a good strategy, but I might change my mind when i can smell the blood!
Some reward, my QQ ran into KK and i am down to 125 in chips lol Ran into AA to finish me off...ah well, i guess when you run into KK and AA in the first 10 mins of a tourney, it just wasnt meant to be. I'm cool with that...no more MTTs until I'm over $4,250.
looks like its back to the sngs tonight :)
Gonna fire up 3 sngs...just finished 2, 2, and 3...up 275 tonight...just fuckin smokin!
Bubbled after losing my Ak to A9...i was still alive, but crippled...should have cashed deep cuz i had a lot of chips...but chip leader on the bubble on the other right now.
well, another 2nd and 4th.
I have to say the cards are holding up...well, kinda, i took some bad ones tonight, but my hands held up early so it didnt bust me. I have so much confidence right now...my last 2 sets i got a 2nd and a 4th...ive gotten a 2nd in my last 6 sets of 2...netting 40, so i gotta get that second one to cash to make some real money...should have this time, but poker happens...gotta parlay the good play into more sessions...here i go!
Ok, change of plans. I have been focusing well, and playing both online and live with a tremendous amount of discipline...and I am not very easy to impress when it comes to judging myself and my discipline. I thought I would reward myself with an MTT. $55 buy in, 340 in it...pays top 40. I am looking to cash first, then go deep...so I would rather limp into the money and try to work my way up than to take chances on the bubble and not cash...I know, not a good strategy, but I might change my mind when i can smell the blood!
Some reward, my QQ ran into KK and i am down to 125 in chips lol Ran into AA to finish me off...ah well, i guess when you run into KK and AA in the first 10 mins of a tourney, it just wasnt meant to be. I'm cool with that...no more MTTs until I'm over $4,250.
looks like its back to the sngs tonight :)
Gonna fire up 3 sngs...just finished 2, 2, and 3...up 275 tonight...just fuckin smokin!
Sunday, July 16, 2006
July 16, 2006
Played a set today so far...but my sets are 2 tabling now. Decided i needed to focus more and the results have been good. I have 1 second in my last 5 sets...bubble on a few too, so getting deep in the sngs and setting myself up for great cashing opportunities. I will have to open it up a bit more and start 4-tabling here in the next few weeks. my goal has been to get to $4000 after I totally decimated my bankroll by pulling from it...I have pulled over 3000 out of it for various reasons over the past few months...but my new goal is to try to pull as infrequently as possible to build it up to $10k ASAP! I am approaching $4k, so lets see how long it takes.
Today, i had a 2nd and a 4th for a net of +$40. same thing i have made the past 5 sets lol.
I played in a live tourney on saturday. 100 buy in, about 50 players. I had about the average after the dinner break....was card dead, then just went on a crazy rush and went from 4500 to about 19000 in chips. then went card dead into teh break...went to dinner with about 17,500 in chips. after dinner, i woke up with 99 in middle position, i raise the 500/1000 blinds to 3000 and a dude with 6600 pushes all in. I call and i have him dominated 99 vs 88. flop comes 877 and i am fucked! i got 99 about 3 hands later, i had about 7000 chips, and raised 3000, and SB called, jack hi flop, i push and she calls with KJ....mother fucker! i played great and should have been in the money. I busted 14th and it paid the top 8...had my 99 held on, i would have been sitting nicely to at least limp into the money...tough break. My live game comfidence is growing!
Today, i had a 2nd and a 4th for a net of +$40. same thing i have made the past 5 sets lol.
I played in a live tourney on saturday. 100 buy in, about 50 players. I had about the average after the dinner break....was card dead, then just went on a crazy rush and went from 4500 to about 19000 in chips. then went card dead into teh break...went to dinner with about 17,500 in chips. after dinner, i woke up with 99 in middle position, i raise the 500/1000 blinds to 3000 and a dude with 6600 pushes all in. I call and i have him dominated 99 vs 88. flop comes 877 and i am fucked! i got 99 about 3 hands later, i had about 7000 chips, and raised 3000, and SB called, jack hi flop, i push and she calls with KJ....mother fucker! i played great and should have been in the money. I busted 14th and it paid the top 8...had my 99 held on, i would have been sitting nicely to at least limp into the money...tough break. My live game comfidence is growing!
Thursday, July 13, 2006
July 13, 2006
Party seems really loose...i mean, really fuckin loose!! i think its the hype of the WSOP getting people all geeked up, but there is just some craziness going on. I adjusted and had a great night.
8 sgns
4 - 2nds
2 - 4ths
and 2 out of the money
netted +160, but it was just the pure dominance of these tables...i mean, i think i am taking my game to another level by concentrating on the game, 2 tabling, and being disciplined. I am feeling great heading into the live tourney this saturday and maybe even sunday at poker stars!
8 sgns
4 - 2nds
2 - 4ths
and 2 out of the money
netted +160, but it was just the pure dominance of these tables...i mean, i think i am taking my game to another level by concentrating on the game, 2 tabling, and being disciplined. I am feeling great heading into the live tourney this saturday and maybe even sunday at poker stars!
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
July 12, 2006
Found out about a main event satellite at Poker Stars. I am starting up some sngs right now to win the $370 buy in. It is giving away a guaranteed 150 seats to the main event, plus hotel, and airfare. crazy man!! I gotta give it a try. Gonna start with 2 tables...
Well, i played 2, took 1st in one and 2nd in another...had him all in on the one i took 2nd on twice with the better ace and had to chop...then i got unlucky and lost a coin flip...+290 so far...almost to 370 for my buy in...SWEET!
Well, i played 2, took 1st in one and 2nd in another...had him all in on the one i took 2nd on twice with the better ace and had to chop...then i got unlucky and lost a coin flip...+290 so far...almost to 370 for my buy in...SWEET!
Sunday, July 09, 2006
July 9, 2006
I just finished up my first and only set today...1 second and 1 third place finish...netted me 30 bucks. It was weird, my 2nd to last session over a week ago killed my confidence for some reason..I just felt out of sorts. I considered moving down, but need to keep plugging away at the 55s...they arent any better than I am, I just need to play and get my confidence up.
If my back doesnt feel better soon, I will have plenty of time to play. Looks like I wont be ready for the gym tomorrow...so I hope to log a few sets.
If my back doesnt feel better soon, I will have plenty of time to play. Looks like I wont be ready for the gym tomorrow...so I hope to log a few sets.
Saturday, July 08, 2006
July 8, 2006
I've been so bad about playing. I havent logged any yet this month, but i have 3 fired up and will open a 4th as soon as the tables show up...hoping to get a few sets in today...starting at $55s, might move down...
Lost the first 4 but finished by winning 2 straight to be up $170. Going to try to log more sngs on Sunday...hopefully a good 3 sets worth, or 12+ sngs.
Lost the first 4 but finished by winning 2 straight to be up $170. Going to try to log more sngs on Sunday...hopefully a good 3 sets worth, or 12+ sngs.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
July 4th, 2006
I am about to get started...gonna fire up a set and see how it feels. its been a while and i dont know if i was card dead and jumpy or what, but i felt like a fish out of water the last time. it was a combination of pretty much catching fire on all my tables at once...i had big pairs often 2 tables at a time, or a big pair and caught sets on like 3 str8 small pairs...so i got loose and ended up running into big hands...lets see if i got my senses back. I seem to always play a pretty consistent game live...so i am making plans to develop my live game...even if it is limit...might even try spread limit. On to the sngs...
Sunday, July 02, 2006
July 2, 2006
Well, let me recap June and update July.
June finished rough...had a bad downswing after running hot, so the correction was expected, just not appreciated. I ended up winning over $840 on 112 sngs for an overall return of 11.4%. It was actually worse because these were just my sng results, but I lost a few hundred playing tourneys. I have since quit doing that.
So, June was a nice month and got me back into playing.
So, July is upon us. I played live today, so I didnt play any online. I played my bi-weekly $50 buy in tourney, 19 players and I won it today. Been close a few times, but I really played well today. The first hour I played 1 hand and folded the rest...went to the first break just over even. when we went to the final table, I didnt have many chips. I was never all in or making crazy moves and played a very controlled game. I did push and stole some blinds, but the 2nd time I pushed was in the money and I doubled up through the big stack shortly before I ended up winning. Overall, a nice night and won $380.
June finished rough...had a bad downswing after running hot, so the correction was expected, just not appreciated. I ended up winning over $840 on 112 sngs for an overall return of 11.4%. It was actually worse because these were just my sng results, but I lost a few hundred playing tourneys. I have since quit doing that.
So, June was a nice month and got me back into playing.
So, July is upon us. I played live today, so I didnt play any online. I played my bi-weekly $50 buy in tourney, 19 players and I won it today. Been close a few times, but I really played well today. The first hour I played 1 hand and folded the rest...went to the first break just over even. when we went to the final table, I didnt have many chips. I was never all in or making crazy moves and played a very controlled game. I did push and stole some blinds, but the 2nd time I pushed was in the money and I doubled up through the big stack shortly before I ended up winning. Overall, a nice night and won $380.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
June 29, 2006
Man, I cant believe its already the end of June...just plain craziness.
Anyway, time to focus. I've had a great run the past two weeks and last night I had my first losing session in a while...well, losing over $100, dropped $110 in sgns and $22 in an MTT, so I will just consider it $110 because thats how much i lost in sngs...the MTT was a stupid move on my part. I knew it too when i fired it up...thats ok though.
On to the sngs...
Just finished 0/4 on myt last set...unreal tonight. crazy, I ran into AA so many times when it was getting late and I had a pocket pair...really hurts. But, i played pretty solid...got a bit jumpy again...need to chill out.
This set is starting at 10...let see if 10 is nicer...had 2 tough ones right away...so fired up 2 more and cashed 2 2nds and bubbled on the last one...i played pretty well on the bubble...there is definitely more talent playing the $55s than before...but I will adjust. Gonna fire up another set.
Tough night...ended up down about 392...played a bunch again, and lost again...hmmmm. i am going to review hand histories for a bit and hit the sack.
Anyway, time to focus. I've had a great run the past two weeks and last night I had my first losing session in a while...well, losing over $100, dropped $110 in sgns and $22 in an MTT, so I will just consider it $110 because thats how much i lost in sngs...the MTT was a stupid move on my part. I knew it too when i fired it up...thats ok though.
On to the sngs...
Just finished 0/4 on myt last set...unreal tonight. crazy, I ran into AA so many times when it was getting late and I had a pocket pair...really hurts. But, i played pretty solid...got a bit jumpy again...need to chill out.
This set is starting at 10...let see if 10 is nicer...had 2 tough ones right away...so fired up 2 more and cashed 2 2nds and bubbled on the last one...i played pretty well on the bubble...there is definitely more talent playing the $55s than before...but I will adjust. Gonna fire up another set.
Tough night...ended up down about 392...played a bunch again, and lost again...hmmmm. i am going to review hand histories for a bit and hit the sack.
June 28, 2006
Had a losing session tonight. funny thing too because on my way home from work I was talking to my friend Al and I was telling him how when I am winning, i usually cut my play short...often playing just one profitable session. Last night, I played 3, but one was profitable. I even played a $22 MTT and did well until i pushed my 88 into QQ and lost. I was the victim of a few suckouts...a few horrible bluffs by guys that had no outs, until the runner runner hit...but thats poker.
I think part of the reason I didnt do so well was two fold. first, i felt out of sorts...i had so much confidence lately that i didnt feel comfortable playing. I ended up being too aggressive too early and addressed it in my second session, but not my third. I usually go to the gym after work, relax and fire up some sngs...i didnt do that tonight. Second, I think I need to mentally prepare more prior to playing...it just makes sense. any time I enter into something competitive, I like to mentally prepare myself and i need to start doing that in poker...have a more set routine and maybe do something like play a game online to help me get focused because i just wasnt there tonight. I think I will play an online game to help me gauge my level of focus and mental fatigue before i start to play...live and learn...now its time to see if i have the discipline.
12 sngs played, -110
1 $22 MTT, -22
-$132 for the night...so not horrible, but not great. No firsts, three 2nds, and a third in 12 sngs...12 is a great number though!
I think part of the reason I didnt do so well was two fold. first, i felt out of sorts...i had so much confidence lately that i didnt feel comfortable playing. I ended up being too aggressive too early and addressed it in my second session, but not my third. I usually go to the gym after work, relax and fire up some sngs...i didnt do that tonight. Second, I think I need to mentally prepare more prior to playing...it just makes sense. any time I enter into something competitive, I like to mentally prepare myself and i need to start doing that in poker...have a more set routine and maybe do something like play a game online to help me get focused because i just wasnt there tonight. I think I will play an online game to help me gauge my level of focus and mental fatigue before i start to play...live and learn...now its time to see if i have the discipline.
12 sngs played, -110
1 $22 MTT, -22
-$132 for the night...so not horrible, but not great. No firsts, three 2nds, and a third in 12 sngs...12 is a great number though!
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
June 27, 2006
Played a set tonight...was excited and really lookin to go! After I got home from the gym, I was messing around playing other games online while I cooled off before my shower and i was kickin ass...I could tell I was focused properly, so I jumped in the shower and got to playing. I fired up 4 $55s and noticed a lot of the same people in all of my sngs...so i knew i was in for a fight. as usual, it was down to 5 and there were 2 or 3 of them on each table. I busted out on two of them and ended up winning one and taking second in the other...overall +180 for the night so far. I might watch a movie, but if not, fire up another set.
The funny thing is that I got some bad luck and both of the ones I cashed on, i sucked out to stay alive on the bubble :)
The funny thing is that I got some bad luck and both of the ones I cashed on, i sucked out to stay alive on the bubble :)
Monday, June 26, 2006
June 26, 2006
Tonight I went to the gym, came home and had dinner, cleaned up, played a set and took a 2nd and a 3rd and won $30 on the night. Just continuing to grind away with a set here and there and trying not to pull from my roll...i fronted a friend some money and transfered some more to another friend, so i ended up pulling over $250 from my roll after I pulled $750 for my car. I need to pull some more when its ready...but I still have 3425 in my roll and RB on its way at the end of the week...lookin sweet. Need to keep up the nice run and start 6 tabling.
My plan was to pull from my roll at $4k, but i already did for over $1k and need another $500 in the near future...so after this latest round of stealing from my roll...its clear sailing all the way to $5k and a second monitor!
My plan was to pull from my roll at $4k, but i already did for over $1k and need another $500 in the near future...so after this latest round of stealing from my roll...its clear sailing all the way to $5k and a second monitor!
Sunday, June 25, 2006
June 25, 2006
Played a set tonight...finished with 2 firsts and up 280. I am having a nice run here, up over 1100 over the past 10 days. Too bad all my extra money went to fix my car, otherwise i would be sitting pretty nicely.
My sng stats so far this month:
77 $55 sngs
25.1% ROI
+$1065
Lost in the one $77 sng I played.
Overall with RB for the month, I am up almost $1100. This is why I need to quit playing tourneys...it drained a good 350 from my bankroll this month...I am in building mode, not gambling.
I am making a push to get my roll over $10k. I am a long way from there, but believe it shouldnt take me too long to do it. then, I should be able to play some bigger tourneys and make some runs at some big cash. maybe even a WSOP tourney or two.
My sng stats so far this month:
77 $55 sngs
25.1% ROI
+$1065
Lost in the one $77 sng I played.
Overall with RB for the month, I am up almost $1100. This is why I need to quit playing tourneys...it drained a good 350 from my bankroll this month...I am in building mode, not gambling.
I am making a push to get my roll over $10k. I am a long way from there, but believe it shouldnt take me too long to do it. then, I should be able to play some bigger tourneys and make some runs at some big cash. maybe even a WSOP tourney or two.
Saturday, June 24, 2006
June 24, 2006
Just started a few...my pocket pairs are running into slightly higher pocket pairs tonight...but one third so far in 3 sngs...2 more fired up...we shall see.
Ended up with 2 3rds in 5 sngs. Down 75 for the night. calling it quits.
Ended up with 2 3rds in 5 sngs. Down 75 for the night. calling it quits.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
June 22, 2006
I took my time when I got home tonight and ended up getting home from the gym a little later than i thought i would. I just finished my protein shake and am gonna hit the shower, but its already 8...sucks starting so late, but i really need to keep working out, probably more than i need to play poker. Im down 16 pounds and really have been undisciplined in my head, so I am encouraged! i might start waking up a little early and run outside before work...i think it would be a great idea, but i just hate mornings so much...plus, im not that big on running outside on the concrete and where the crazy drivers are. You never know...you are running with some head phones on and you dont hear or see someone driving at you...makes me a little nervous.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
June 21, 2006
Just played a set of 4. I guess i should be happy, but i took 3 3rd places. so, I cant complain, but i will!
so far, up 80.
Rehashing the play, I made some moves and i would make them again...was a good showing...gonna take a well deserved rest and fire up another set.
so far, up 80.
Rehashing the play, I made some moves and i would make them again...was a good showing...gonna take a well deserved rest and fire up another set.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
June 20, 2006
Watched the NBA finals tonight...man, what a game. I am glad the Heat won, i was pulling for Dwayne the whole time, but I have a feeling that this finals might have created a few Dwayne haters. He was getting some calls, shot 25 free throws in game 5 and then 21 in game 6...pretty amazing. But he drives all the time and is going to pick up calls...ah! Nice job Dwayne!
I am freaking tired right now...its about 9:30. I ran on the treadmill...had a few days off so i felt great. Now, I am tired. Going to fire up a set though...I need to log hours. I think once i get my roll over $5k I will get another monitor and start to 6-table. That will eventually lead to 8-tabling, which is necessary for me to be able to log any significant amount of tables. Ambitious goal and I hope i dont end up regretting it, but thats where I am heading. On to the poker...
Played my one set for tonight. Took a first and a third and up 130.
Very happy to have another winning session. Tonight was kinda weird...for some reason i turned the chat on...and people were just dickheads. I am not putting chat on. people were criticizing for making some proper plays...i made a few that i shouldnt have...and was pushing too many edges, but i think its because all 4 sngs were looking good and the first one that got to teh bubble I lost....so i think that put me on edge too. But, I recovered strong and had another winning night. I am sure glad I dont know how to play this game...or at least thats what the people said as they busted out HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
I am freaking tired right now...its about 9:30. I ran on the treadmill...had a few days off so i felt great. Now, I am tired. Going to fire up a set though...I need to log hours. I think once i get my roll over $5k I will get another monitor and start to 6-table. That will eventually lead to 8-tabling, which is necessary for me to be able to log any significant amount of tables. Ambitious goal and I hope i dont end up regretting it, but thats where I am heading. On to the poker...
Played my one set for tonight. Took a first and a third and up 130.
Very happy to have another winning session. Tonight was kinda weird...for some reason i turned the chat on...and people were just dickheads. I am not putting chat on. people were criticizing for making some proper plays...i made a few that i shouldnt have...and was pushing too many edges, but i think its because all 4 sngs were looking good and the first one that got to teh bubble I lost....so i think that put me on edge too. But, I recovered strong and had another winning night. I am sure glad I dont know how to play this game...or at least thats what the people said as they busted out HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
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