Today So Far...

ugh. I have been single tabling 50nl 4max tables for an hour or two today and these are my big (losing) hands so far:

standard but tilting:

I like my bluff, such a horrible line by him:

so far i'm down a couple buyins.. hopefully it'll turn around later. laundry time!

Another Couple of Hands

i love when this happens

 

 i lol'd at this showdown

 

I've been losing a bunch at 50nl but these 2 hands saved me. Hard to lose my confidence playing these guys :)

Another Graph

It seems like the last graph I posted had a bunch of heads up hands in it also. I filtered through the hands and made a graph of all hands with 3 or 4 players only since I started and here it is:

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I used big blinds since there's a bunch of 2nl hands in there also and it looks weird in winnings. Seems like I'm running pretty terrible as usual but at least I'm still in the black. My red line seems to be crushing also :D

Still a small sample size so I plan on putting in a bunch of volume 2 tabling 25nl-100nl real soon

I'm Such a Nit

My plan today was to grind 50nl 4max ...buuut, I basically hit and ran a few tables to start off 50nl with a win booked :\

The good news is I won back my losses from last night which was the ultimate goal, I guess..

zzzzzzz

played the longest session and lost the most. weee.
135.4 minutes, 475 hands, and -$87.63 later I'm going to bed.
poker sucks.

Just a Couple Hands

Started to 2 table 25nl tonight and didn't play my best but I ended up winning a little so whatever. Here's a couple hands if you're interested:

 

And this guy must have been 

fed up with my 100% button raises. 

 

no respect :)

Double Tabling 4max

I finally started 2 tabling the 25nl 4max tables today and got some decent volume in (for me). Played about 2 sessions and a mini one before dinner earlier and was able to play 685 hands. The first 385 I lost a couple buyins running into a bunch of huge hands but then I played for another couple of hours and won. Today I'm up almost $25.. woot.

I have to admit I played the last 100 hands or maybe less single tabling a deep 4max table because my friend Tim aka DaHang decided to play and I wanted to focus for those two reasons :)

Overall it was enjoyable to play and the variance isn't as frustrating as single tabling at times it seems. And I only have to play a few more sessions like today's before I got 2000 hands 2tabling in so I can move up to 50nl.

Last Single Table Session!

...and I lost 2 buyins :(

I played 955 hands single tabling 25nl 4max tables and took down a little over FIVE WHOLE BUYINS! I'm happy bout it, ran well in beginning and horrible at the end (why I didn't feel like playing the last 45 hands) which is a nice change imo.

Tomorrow I should start 2 tabling 25nl 4max for 2k hands and if I'm as comfortable with the game as I am now I'll move up and crush 50nl so I can move up again and grind 100nl. So.. 2 tabling 100nl 4max is my goal.

PokerStars Online Home Game

PokerStars recently came out with a online home game feature where you can set up private cash/tournament games for play money chips with friends and family.

If you want to join my club the club id is 2705 and pw is naymlis123

Here's My Graph

I have played 691 out of my planned 1000 hands of single tabling the 25nl 4max tables and it has been going pretty smooth. After I play 1000 hands I'm going to see how well I do 2 tabling the 4max tables. I'm used to 2 tabling heads up so I'm sure it won't be a problem but the 1000 hands is to adjust to the new game.

click the graph for full image

here's another funny hand from earlier today:

72s ftw

asdf

even when running well hands like these still happen :(

Changed My Mind...

I recently tried grinding the $50-$80 husngs but because of the lack of action I was getting I have been thinking of switching to yet another game.

A couple days ago my Uncle Paul visited and brought Christmas gifts! He gave me a very good poker book, Harrington on Online Cash Games. It's focused on 6max NL Holdem cash games. So I figured it was a good enough sign and started playing 6max games at .10/.25

I started crushing these limits with a huge (unsustainable) winrate over a few hundred hands. I was obviously running well but I think my postflop edge against these players is pretty big also.

Even running well I wasn't winning as much as I wanted so I looked at 50nl. Most of the action is drawn to the bad beat jackpot tables they have at these limits so I'm hesitant to start grinding the few non jackpot tables. Instead I saw the 4max tables I almost forgot about. I checked and there are no jackpot tables for these types of games so the action is packed into a few number of tables.

Sooo... I have been practicing at the .10/.25 4-max tables (single tabling) and I plan on playing a thousand or two before I add another table so I can start multitable these and then move up to 50nl and 100nl when I get better and hopefully a bigger bankroll.

Oh, here's a taste of how juicy the games are so far :)

zzz

horribly slow day for poker. i was sitting at the 50s for about an hour and only had one person sit me and ended up sucking out vs my two pair with his 2nd pair. i'm taking a break and will try to play more around 6pm when hopefully the action is better.

Back to the Grind

I'm actually feeling excited about grinding the $50+ husngs again after trying out hucash last year. I woke up later than I wanted so I missed out on bonus points in cereus at 1pm-4pm (i think) so I'll try to start playing during those bonus hours in the future.

My session didn't start off too well. I decided to play 2 tables of $20s to warm up and actually sat nerdrage who is a poster on 2p2. It was a quick game where I got it in with a better flush draw than his OESD+FD combo draw but he binked his straight even tho I had a blocker to it :( I then started sitting the 50s and someone named misdaisy or something started sitting me and godmoding me. we ended up playing 6 games and she/he won 5. He was a little spewy but difficult to play against when I couldn't catch any cards. Def good practice. I then won my other 3 $50s against a reg and rec player (i assume). 1-1 in the $20s, and 4-5 in $50s.

Time for a break, hopefully my stamina improves I need to play more than 9 games a session :)

New Year, New Look

Happy New Year! Changed the blog around a bit to look nicer imo.

Starting Monday I'm planning on putting in a ton of volume. I hope to play mostly $50 reg speeds through the $80s. I have been slacking in poker for the past few months just playing for fun mostly but now it's time to work. :)