SLUMP
HIt a bit of a slump, have not had time to post, I have played twice over the last few weeks. Session 15 was over a week ago and hit a real bad unlucky streak lost 200. Seemed like every good hand I got, where I was a favorite, I got runner runnered. Session 16 was a few nights ago, and I think I just played too long. I was very up and down, and should have left at a certain point but stayed and played becuase I was having so much fun and then things too a down turn. I ended up leaving down 40. I really need to focus the next few times I go out and make sure I leave when I am up.
Total time 8 hrs
Total In 300
Total Out 60
BR 675
Monday, July 18, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Goal Modification
Have had some things come up recently. Good things not bad, but have required me to spend a good portion of my BR. So, I have decided to modify my inital goal a little bit. Starting out with the larger bankroll I think provided me with some confidence to stick with a plan knowing I had money to cover varience. But now I really needed that money for other things, so am going to adjust my plan a little bit. The nice thing is that over 14 sessions I am up 915, so that is going to be my new bankroll. According to the standards I set this is obviously well below the mark recommended to play 4-8, but I am not going to lower my levels. I think I can still be successfull at this level with this amount, and think that 915 is enough to cover the varience I am seeing in this game. Time will tell, I could obviously hit a really bad unlucky streak, but think that my style of play normally minimizes my losses so still feel that is enough. I am going to stay with the 52 session mark for the end of my goal, but going to lower my BR goal down to 5600. 5600 is my ceiling for the 4-8 game so think this is a good mark to set. This will still be a hard mark to hit. (Session 10 did not help matters) But will try to keep focused on playing smart, but as long as I am in postive numbers instead of negative on my BR at the end of 52 I will be happy. It is also nice to think about playing with only winnings. have not had a chance to get out and play recently, may have an opportunity this weekend, but if not will be a few weeks before I start again playing more regularly.
BR-915
Time played to date 57 hrs.
BR-915
Time played to date 57 hrs.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Session 14
Session 14
Had to head back out to work this week, and had the red eye flight to VA. So was able to go to Hollywood Casino in West Virginina on Sunday. Last time I was there I decided to play in one of the bigger games with a small stack compared to the table. This time I decided to play in the 1-2 NL game and try playing a short stack. I only bought in for 100, and did not take long to lose that. I dont play much short stack, so did not really have my strategy down and made a bad mistake. I tried to bet someone off a hand and they made a good call. I had nothing and the flop was 77K and I lead out and bet, the turn was nothing too dangerous, and I went all in for my last 45, still trying to sell that I had a 7. He really thought about it and then called with his K. So, almost worked, but since I was short stacked a 45 bet was not enough to get him off his K. He made a good call but in the end that is not the kind of move you can make with a short stack. The second 100 I got drawn out on. I had been pretty patient and made a few calls that I had to fold pre-flop, and lost some to the fee you have to pay every 30 minutes there. They take a $6 fee every 30 minutes, but they dont take any rake or drop out of the pot. So was down a bit from my second 100. The pot was raised to 12 and decided to call with a suited A 5 in the BB. The flop was 9, 5, A. I was pretty sure that my two pair was good. I checked and not the person who raised me bet 30, there was one caller, so I pretty much had to go all-in with so much in already. The initial better called and the other folded. I was up against A-Q, to my two pair and the turn brought a Q. So there went the second 100. I decided to give it one more shot and glad I did, was able to turn that into 300 and break even for the day. Once I got even I decided to quit did not want to post a bigger than normal loss, and in NL I could lose it all in one hand.
In 300
Out 300
Time 4 hr
BR 3315
Had to head back out to work this week, and had the red eye flight to VA. So was able to go to Hollywood Casino in West Virginina on Sunday. Last time I was there I decided to play in one of the bigger games with a small stack compared to the table. This time I decided to play in the 1-2 NL game and try playing a short stack. I only bought in for 100, and did not take long to lose that. I dont play much short stack, so did not really have my strategy down and made a bad mistake. I tried to bet someone off a hand and they made a good call. I had nothing and the flop was 77K and I lead out and bet, the turn was nothing too dangerous, and I went all in for my last 45, still trying to sell that I had a 7. He really thought about it and then called with his K. So, almost worked, but since I was short stacked a 45 bet was not enough to get him off his K. He made a good call but in the end that is not the kind of move you can make with a short stack. The second 100 I got drawn out on. I had been pretty patient and made a few calls that I had to fold pre-flop, and lost some to the fee you have to pay every 30 minutes there. They take a $6 fee every 30 minutes, but they dont take any rake or drop out of the pot. So was down a bit from my second 100. The pot was raised to 12 and decided to call with a suited A 5 in the BB. The flop was 9, 5, A. I was pretty sure that my two pair was good. I checked and not the person who raised me bet 30, there was one caller, so I pretty much had to go all-in with so much in already. The initial better called and the other folded. I was up against A-Q, to my two pair and the turn brought a Q. So there went the second 100. I decided to give it one more shot and glad I did, was able to turn that into 300 and break even for the day. Once I got even I decided to quit did not want to post a bigger than normal loss, and in NL I could lose it all in one hand.
In 300
Out 300
Time 4 hr
BR 3315
Friday, June 24, 2011
Session 13
Session 13
Not the best session, but only lost 40 so not too bad. As long as I can keep my losses minimized I am pretty happy. I did have to re-load this time which does not happen too often so was happy to get 60 of that back. Played for about an hour 4 handed on the second table before the first game got down low enough to get us all into the game. So had to loosen up a little bit 4 handed and ended up a little down after that and when I got to the main game. Played in the main game for a little while and eventually lost my initial buy in. But hit some hands after I re loaded and got back up a little and then decided to call it quits.
This marks my 25% mark toward 52 sessions. Still below the goal, but session 10 and my bad play during that session, has hurt the numbers pretty good. My ave hourly rate is 17.26 per hr. I have a seperate spreadsheet that tracks all my stats by each game type. I have played for 53 hours and there are 2 games that I have played over 20 hours each in, 4-8K and 1-2 NL, and the hourly rate is 22 and 28 respectivly in those games.
In 200
Out 160
Hr. 4
BR 3315
Not the best session, but only lost 40 so not too bad. As long as I can keep my losses minimized I am pretty happy. I did have to re-load this time which does not happen too often so was happy to get 60 of that back. Played for about an hour 4 handed on the second table before the first game got down low enough to get us all into the game. So had to loosen up a little bit 4 handed and ended up a little down after that and when I got to the main game. Played in the main game for a little while and eventually lost my initial buy in. But hit some hands after I re loaded and got back up a little and then decided to call it quits.
This marks my 25% mark toward 52 sessions. Still below the goal, but session 10 and my bad play during that session, has hurt the numbers pretty good. My ave hourly rate is 17.26 per hr. I have a seperate spreadsheet that tracks all my stats by each game type. I have played for 53 hours and there are 2 games that I have played over 20 hours each in, 4-8K and 1-2 NL, and the hourly rate is 22 and 28 respectivly in those games.
In 200
Out 160
Hr. 4
BR 3315
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Session 12
Session 12
Yesterday was a pretty fun day. I decided to check out their tournement for fun. I used to play primarily tournements when I was not so good at the live game. I dont think I could estimate the number of tournements I have played, there was a time for a few years where I was playing 3 to 5 a week. I really liked their structure. The buy in was 60 and you get 7500 starting chips with 15 min rounds and the house adds 500. I played my normal patient tournement game, it was nice the third hand of the game, on the button I doubled up. I called with Q 10 suited and flopped the open-ended straight fush draw. It was bet and I called on the flop and turn. The river he bet I went all in and he called. I hit the straight on the river he flopped a set. About 30 min later I played QQ and won a pot, and then did not play another hand untill right before the final table with AJ suited. I flopped top 2 pair. He bet I raised all in he called with A 7 off. That left him with only 1500 and the next hand he pre-flop all in and I had KQ and he called. He had KJ. I sat down at the final table as just barely the chip leader with 35.5 K chips. There was only 2 tables plus some alternates so it only payed 3 spots, but we agreed to give 4-10 their money back. I could not catch a hand even worth looking at and it was not long before I was no longer the leader. I ended up in 4rth place for my money back. It was alot of fun though and nice to see that my tournement play has not gotten too sloppy.
I then played live. It was a pretty agressive table I watched one guy go through about 700 in the first 2 hours and then when I left he had about 400 in front, I had to loosen up a little becuase there was alot of action and when I was in position it made sense to call with alot of hands becuase if I hit the hand it was a big payout. But that caused me to go up and down alot. No hands too memorable, but I did end on a high note and cashed out 175.
In 100
Out 275
Time 3.75
BR 3355
Yesterday was a pretty fun day. I decided to check out their tournement for fun. I used to play primarily tournements when I was not so good at the live game. I dont think I could estimate the number of tournements I have played, there was a time for a few years where I was playing 3 to 5 a week. I really liked their structure. The buy in was 60 and you get 7500 starting chips with 15 min rounds and the house adds 500. I played my normal patient tournement game, it was nice the third hand of the game, on the button I doubled up. I called with Q 10 suited and flopped the open-ended straight fush draw. It was bet and I called on the flop and turn. The river he bet I went all in and he called. I hit the straight on the river he flopped a set. About 30 min later I played QQ and won a pot, and then did not play another hand untill right before the final table with AJ suited. I flopped top 2 pair. He bet I raised all in he called with A 7 off. That left him with only 1500 and the next hand he pre-flop all in and I had KQ and he called. He had KJ. I sat down at the final table as just barely the chip leader with 35.5 K chips. There was only 2 tables plus some alternates so it only payed 3 spots, but we agreed to give 4-10 their money back. I could not catch a hand even worth looking at and it was not long before I was no longer the leader. I ended up in 4rth place for my money back. It was alot of fun though and nice to see that my tournement play has not gotten too sloppy.
I then played live. It was a pretty agressive table I watched one guy go through about 700 in the first 2 hours and then when I left he had about 400 in front, I had to loosen up a little becuase there was alot of action and when I was in position it made sense to call with alot of hands becuase if I hit the hand it was a big payout. But that caused me to go up and down alot. No hands too memorable, but I did end on a high note and cashed out 175.
In 100
Out 275
Time 3.75
BR 3355
Monday, June 20, 2011
Session 11
Session 11
Not too exciting, I posted a small win. This was one of those nights where I won a lot of money right away in the first 30 minutes, and the sat there for the next 3 hours not hitting a hand or getting a bad beat. It is frustrating to win alot right away and be tempted to leave, but then I feel like I am doing a hit and run, and want to keep playing so stay and lose alot of that back. I lost with AA twice, once in a kill pot, to bleed down my chips, but a win is a win and I will take it. Hopefully can have a better showing the next time to help make back from my bad last session. Overall though I am happy with my play, hitting good hands for big pots right away, I quickly settled down and continued to play tight, unfortuately just got unlucky.
In 100
Out 150
Time 3.5 hrs
BR 3180
Not too exciting, I posted a small win. This was one of those nights where I won a lot of money right away in the first 30 minutes, and the sat there for the next 3 hours not hitting a hand or getting a bad beat. It is frustrating to win alot right away and be tempted to leave, but then I feel like I am doing a hit and run, and want to keep playing so stay and lose alot of that back. I lost with AA twice, once in a kill pot, to bleed down my chips, but a win is a win and I will take it. Hopefully can have a better showing the next time to help make back from my bad last session. Overall though I am happy with my play, hitting good hands for big pots right away, I quickly settled down and continued to play tight, unfortuately just got unlucky.
In 100
Out 150
Time 3.5 hrs
BR 3180
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Session 10
Session 10
This will be a good one for me to remember. I did everything wrong during this session. This will be a good post to re-read before I go and play to remind myself of all the wrong things I did. I got there at 11:00am and got on the list for 4-8, the game started at 11:30, and before we started all the old guys wanted to play 6-12 so I agreeded and bought in another 100 for a starting stack of 200. From here I just played bad. It was a combination I think of having 5 straight winning sessions, being excited about playing 6-12, and not wanting to stay too long, so I was trying to make things happen. It did not take too long for me to lose my initial buy in and then I re-loaded for another 200. That was another mistake mostly because I did not change the way I was playing at all, I continued to try to make things happen to the point where I was playing almost every hand. For some reason I also could not lay a hand down, which is unusual for me. Normally when I feel I am beat will throw the hand away, but for some reason I turned into a complete calling station, and was calling when I thought I was beat...just in case. I have never won doing that, and I was not hitting any hands. I am not so upset about losing, that will happen even if I am playing well. The main point is that I was not giving myself a chance to win, I lost my disicpline and my normal solid play. It was an expensive lesson, but worth it if I learn from it. The positive to take away is that I am still over 700 up, and as long as I dont repeat the way I was playing, even if I lose, I am still giving myself an opportunity to win, and over time I will see results.
In 400
Out 0
Time 3 hrs
BR 3130
This will be a good one for me to remember. I did everything wrong during this session. This will be a good post to re-read before I go and play to remind myself of all the wrong things I did. I got there at 11:00am and got on the list for 4-8, the game started at 11:30, and before we started all the old guys wanted to play 6-12 so I agreeded and bought in another 100 for a starting stack of 200. From here I just played bad. It was a combination I think of having 5 straight winning sessions, being excited about playing 6-12, and not wanting to stay too long, so I was trying to make things happen. It did not take too long for me to lose my initial buy in and then I re-loaded for another 200. That was another mistake mostly because I did not change the way I was playing at all, I continued to try to make things happen to the point where I was playing almost every hand. For some reason I also could not lay a hand down, which is unusual for me. Normally when I feel I am beat will throw the hand away, but for some reason I turned into a complete calling station, and was calling when I thought I was beat...just in case. I have never won doing that, and I was not hitting any hands. I am not so upset about losing, that will happen even if I am playing well. The main point is that I was not giving myself a chance to win, I lost my disicpline and my normal solid play. It was an expensive lesson, but worth it if I learn from it. The positive to take away is that I am still over 700 up, and as long as I dont repeat the way I was playing, even if I lose, I am still giving myself an opportunity to win, and over time I will see results.
In 400
Out 0
Time 3 hrs
BR 3130
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