Still alive
Date: Sat, Jan 12, 2008 Internet
Kinda let this blog die out a bit. Ended 2007 up about $300, or about 7.5 times my starting bankroll. I think I'll come back here about once a month to lay out how I've played, maybe post a couple of key hands.
I'm now a "real" money player on AP (home of the scandal). My goal for 2008 is to end the year with a bankroll of $1-3K.
So far, I'm down about $50....so not a great start.
As I type, I'm playing in a $0.60 turbo sng on AP (took fourth A6 vs T9o). Turbos are new to AP and my guess is I'm going to hate them. I like having time to play tight and feel out my opponents. The advantages of turbos - likely to attract weaker impatient players, you can win more per hour, it's harder to get outplayed.
The cons, as I mentioned, it's harder to get reads, you can't play patient poker and the big one, it's doesn't really reflect "real" poker in any way. It's good practice for quick structure sat. tournaments, but that's about it. It doesn't reflect regular tournaments or cash games in any way. Therefore, I don't think you improve much as a player grinding these things out. Also, they're very frustrating to play:)
Played a bit crappy today...
Date: Sun, Oct 14, 2007 Internet
61- eighth - KK vs AA and A10 vs Q3s...
62- seventh - QJ vs A9 - hit Queen on flop, he hit 9, got another 9 on river...
63-third - k2 vs KJ - bad play by me perhaps...shortstacked...
64-second stud hi/lo
65-first
66-fourth - AJ vs 33 - against total fish - gg me.
67-fourth - J10s vs A9..
68-third - AJ vs JQ - flopped str8 after gettin' it allin preflop...gg me
69-fifth - A8 vs KK...oh well
70- sixth Aq vs TT, AK vs Q10, 66 vs A10, K10...
4/10 (35/70) down $3.00 (up $42.00) Nov.1 goal $100
Needs to work on headsup play
Date: Sat, Oct 13, 2007 Internet
Not bad, not bad, but could have been even better...
51- fourth A8 vs AA
52- fifth - spade draw vs better spade draw..
53- second - 66 vs A7
54- first - went to school!!!
55- third - 99 vs QJ
56- second AK vs Q9
57-ninth - KK vs 10s - he hit trips on flop and I was out.
58-second - bad cards headsup, could have been more aggressive, but was up against calling/bluffing station....
59-second - A10 vs 32s...right...
60-second - K4 vs 88 - bad play by me I think. Ended up being 2 pair vs trips.
7/10 (31/60) up $15.64 ($45.00) Goal by Nov.1 - $100
Man, I run bad...
Date: Fri, Oct 12, 2007 Internet
I must be one great player to manage to suffer the beats I take and still come out a winner...
21-first
22-third A10 vs KJ
23-first
24- third - Q4 vs 34 - hit gut shot on river...
25- fourth - K10 vs 22...right.. nice call
26 fifth - AJ vs 68 off...right....even better call..
27- first
28- second - 107 vs KQ - blinds were stupid big...
29-fourth - A8 vs A4
30-fifth - 99 vs AK - allin on flop.
6/10(16/30) up $15.60 ($32.20) $276.24
31- seventh - trips vs flush draw (he actually made runner runner str8) and KJ vs 84
32-third - 78 vs AA...bad luck
33- second
34- second
35- sixth A6 vs TT - bad play by me...
36- fourth - stud -hi/lo - got it in vg, bricked last two street
37- second - KK vs like 79 and rivered six outer...
38-second
39- fifth - AQ vs TT
40-fourth - AK vs K5 (worst player ever...)
5/10 (21/40) up $1.20 ($33.40) $277.44
41-fifth - bit of bad play, bit of bad luck, tighten up a bit...
42-second
43-sixth - two pair vs flush
44-first
45-fifth - AJ vs AQ blind on blind...
46-third
47 - sixth - QQ vs AA..gg
48- fourth - QQ vs 33 and then...JJ vs QQ - very unlucky..
49- sixth KK vs AQ and AK vs 99..gg me
50-seventh - AQ vs A8 - runner runner hearts for flush....This one made me a bit bitter.
3/10 (24/50) down $6.00 ( up $27.40) $271.44
Luck a bit more on my side tonight.
Date: Sat, Oct 6, 2007 Internet
11-fourth - AK vs K9...K on flop, nine on river
12-fourth
13-third
14-first K2 vs 99 helped:)Rivered wheel.
15-third
16- fifth - QQ vs AA - blind on blind.
17-third A10 vs K4 off...right...
18- second
19-fourth - 99 vs AJs
20- first - A8 vs TT - nice :)
6/10 (10/20) up $10.20 (18.60)
$100 gain by Nov.1
Date: Mon, Oct 1, 2007 Internet
Starting bankroll $242.04
Goal - $342.04 by Nov. 1 playing exclusively sngs....
1- first
2- first
3- first
Nice start, and then, I run soooo bad!
4- ninth- KK vs AQ - Q on flop, ace on river.
5- fifth - AQ vs K9 - king on river...
6-sixth - two outer twice - AQ vs 77 - queen on flop, seven on turn 99 vs 55, 5 on turn...
7-fifth - 10s vs QQ
8-seventh - 99 vs J10
9- second - KJ vs K9 - K on flop , you guessed it, 9 on river...
10-fifth - AK vs AJ - A on flop, J on turn...gg me...
4/10 up $8.40 $250.44
Wow, long time, no post
Date: Mon, Aug 6, 2007 Internet
First, no, I have not gone broke. In fact, thanks to a lot of success in the Fulltilt fantasy draft, I now have $60 of free money on that site and apparently a free hat:) Not that I'm the baseball cap wearing type.
My AP money is still around $250. I haven't been playing much, focusing my energies on job hunting and, when it came to poker, the Full Tilt fantasy poker freerolls. I managed to cash in about 5/8 I played, cracking the top ten in a limit holdem event.
The top ten finish won me entry into a $10K winner take all event. Unfortunately, I couldn't catch a break and was bounced in 200th/320? place.
Since then, I've been playing some sngs, splitting my time between AP and Full Tilt.
I'm finding the competition on FT to be pretty weak, and the structure a marked improvement over AP, which I still believe has excellent structure.
Unfortunately, although I've cashed a number of time on FT, but have yet to take one down. I haven't been keeping track of stats but I feel I'm up about $15 or so after about 8-9 sngs.
Patience is really key, since the blind structure is pretty relaxed. Something I have to make some adjustments to.
I plan to put some more poker hours in the next few weeks. I'll be doing some AP sng updates in the next few weeks, and hopefully, get back to posting some hands/strategy stuff.