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So I totally forgot I had a band rehearsal today so I obviously skipped the session earlier. Opened some tables and it took me around 120 hands to realize I was too tired to concentrate on the games so I decided to stop my first day way early

Bankroll: -2.9BB
Hands played: 133/20,000

On these levels it's just waiting for the nuts, but sometimes that's not enough!

$0.10/$0.20 Limit Holdem
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5 Players
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Stacks:
UTG bretta1801 ($2.95)
CO danaddie ($1.58)
BTN Hero ($8)
SB jocker79554 ($5.08)
BB Monserge ($5.69)

Pre-Flop: (1.5 SB, 5 players) Hero is BTN 8♠ 8♣
bretta1801 calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, jocker79554 calls, Monserge calls, bretta1801 calls

Flop: 8♥ Q♠ Q♣ (8.0 SB, 4 players)
jocker79554 checks, Monserge checks, bretta1801 checks, Hero bets, jocker79554 calls, Monserge folds, bretta1801 calls

Turn: 5♦ (5.5 BB, 3 players)
jocker79554 checks, bretta1801 bets, Hero raises, jocker79554 folds, bretta1801 3-bets, Hero calls

River: 2♣ (11.5 BB, 2 players)
bretta1801 bets, Hero calls

Final Pot: 13.5 BB
Hero shows
8♠ 8♣
bretta1801 shows
Q♦ 8♦

bretta1801 wins 12.9 BB (net +7.4 BB)

Hero lost 5.5 BB
jocker79554 lost 1.5 BB
Monserge lost 1.0 BB

Not too sure about my line, because on the turn there are really only three combo's that beat me, QQ, Q8 and Q5. I believe he would play Qx very aggressively here, together with A8, K8, perhaps even J8. 77+ are in his range too. Should I 4bet turn and try to stick as much in as possible?

Welcome to our blog section NIVEKii:)

Ingrid

Hey NIVEKii,

I have no experience on the fixed limit hold em but it looks like to me that you have some good goals here.

I am sure this blog will become great!

Welcome and take care!

I certainly cap turn and raise river with 88.

I think those, long term, are missed bets.

You still owe me money from playing more hands in 2010 ♦

Originally posted by TobyCS
You still owe me money from playing more hands in 2010 ♦

Haha, I totally forgot about that. Weren't we aiming for 500k? That sure as hell didn't turn out right. I actually forgot what our bet was...

Me too but I think it's ok we can just play hu for rollz sometime soon

Started out with a lot of good intentions, but I think I'm getting sick. Not feeling optimal and cut my morning session short (again, like my evening session yesterday). I shouldn't be playing when I'm not feeling 100% obviously, but if this goes on for a couple of more days I'm afraid I won't get the 20k hands in.

Anyhow, results of the morning session:

Time played: 37 mins
Results: + 15.4BB
Hands played: 229

Total for the month:

Time played: 1.03h
Results: + 12.6BB
Hands played: 362/20,000

Didn't come across any noteworthy hands, just standard bet bet bet when I had a hand and opponents showed weakness.

Played a decent session, got quite a few hands in, ran well, hit good, donks paid my monsters, pretty standard

This hand made me think, I get 14 to 1 or something on that river, although, due to the line he took, I was pretty sure he had KK or QQ. I decided to bet bet bet as long as they didn't show resistance, because they only raise on these limits when they have a very strong hand. Mafkees51 played like 95/27 over 50-60 hands, annytiggar seems a "regular". Obviously I can fold river, but come on, 14 to 1 odds. That being said, not sure what hands would raise river there that I have beat.

$0.10/$0.20 Limit Holdem
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6 Players
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Stacks:
UTG MeRunSoHot ($3.43)
UTG+1 Hero ($8.96)
CO mafkees505 ($4.46)
BTN annytigar ($10.36)
SB olakaligyl ($6.17)
BB KKAAESSAR ($4)

Pre-Flop: (1.5 SB, 6 players) Hero is UTG+1 A♠ A♥
1 fold, Hero raises, mafkees505 calls, annytigar 3-bets, 2 folds, Hero 4-bets, mafkees505 calls, annytigar calls

Flop: 6♣ 7♦ K♦ (13.5 SB, 3 players)
Hero bets, mafkees505 calls, annytigar calls

Turn: 10:heart: (8.3 BB, 3 players)
Hero bets, mafkees505 calls, annytigar calls

River: Q♠ (11.3 BB, 3 players)
Hero bets, mafkees505 calls, annytigar raises, Hero calls, mafkees505 calls

Final Pot: 17.3 BB
Hero shows
A♠ A♥
mafkees505 shows
J♥ K♠
annytigar shows
Q♥ Q♣

annytigar wins 16.4 BB (net +10.9 BB)

Hero lost 5.5 BB
mafkees505 lost 5.5 BB

Results of the afternoon / early evening session

Time played: 124 mins
Results: + 8.4BB
Hands played: 729

Making a total for this month:

Time played: 3.10h
Results: +21.0BB (1.92BB/100)
Hands played: 1,091/20,000

All in all, can't complain, at this pace I should get the 20k hands mark well before the month is up, hope the results keep this positive and most importantly, that my game improves for August, where I can hopefully get my 500BB roll for the next level in September.

Alright, regged to a 6m sng 235FPP sat to the $11 20k GTD and shipped a ticket. Not too sure if I should unreg and collect the T-USD or try and make a run for it...

I registered a Pocketfives.com account today so I'll probably try to get a third MTT cash on that one, my previous ones being a pretty good run in the 1/4 Mill and apparently a 75/3,037 position in a $1 Micro Mania MTT or something.

Ah well, I'll just look those results up and post them here:

Jul 11th, 2010 / MicroMania $1 NLHE Special [$1,000 Added]: 75/3,037 for $6.45
Sep 12th, 2010 / $11 Sunday ¼ Million [$250K Guaranteed]: 875/28,687 for $63.11

Guess I'll just try to look a little more pro on my P5 acc with a third cash. MTT pro's watch out!

Still in the 20k with around 1k players left. Top 360 get paid out. Got kind of shortish and couldn't find a spot to shove. Average stack was getting to 7k and then I got AQs.

No Limit Holdem Tournament
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9 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Maccarini (9,575)
UTG+1 abeiamelo (4,435)
MP1 Riag (8,650)
MP2 omg itm 1888 (1,308)
MP3 Hero (2,160)
CO rbg187 (1,369)
BTN GazmanOIA (3,470)
SB BigStuff3985 (13,045)
BB pachocha33 (8,327)

Blinds: 75/150 Ante 20

Pre-Flop: (405, 9 players) Hero is MP3 A♥ Q♥
4 folds, Hero goes all-in 2,140, rbg187 calls 1,349, 3 folds

Flop: 3♥ 2♦ 9♥ (3,894, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: 5♥ (3,894, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: 5♣ (3,894, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: 3,894
Hero shows
A♥ Q♥
rbg187 shows
10:diamond: 10:heart:

Hero wins 3,894 (net +1,734)

rbg187 lost 1,369

3.4k stack at 100/200/25

6.5k at 100/200/25, 950 remaining.

No Limit Holdem Tournament
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9 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG abeiamelo (9,850)
UTG+1 Riag (7,700)
MP1 nord96 (3,906)
MP2 Hero (3,389)
MP3 caracabra25 (12,358)
CO GazmanOIA (2,945)
BTN BigStuff3985 (11,585)
SB pachocha33 (8,202)
BB Maccarini (9,125)

Blinds: 100/200 Ante 25

Pre-Flop: (525, 9 players) Hero is MP2 J♣ A♦
3 folds, Hero raises to 500, 3 folds, pachocha33 calls 400, 1 fold

Flop: 9♥ A♠ 4♦ (1,425, 2 players)
pachocha33 checks, Hero bets 699, pachocha33 goes all-in 7,677, Hero calls 2,165

Turn: 8♣ (11,966, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: Q♦ (11,966, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: 11,966
Hero shows
J♣ A♦
pachocha33 shows
A♥ 10:spade:

Hero wins 7,153 (net +3,764)

pachocha33 collects 4,813 (net -3,389)

Originally posted by NIVEKii

Originally posted by TobyCS
You still owe me money from playing more hands in 2010 ♦

Haha, I totally forgot about that. Weren't we aiming for 500k? That sure as hell didn't turn out right. I actually forgot what our bet was...

LOL, who wants to do a bet with me, how bout 500k till 2012? If we both do it its a wash

Out in 400th place, obviously couldn't win the 77 vs AQo flip when it mattered. Not that I'd go far anyhow, was floating between 5-12bb's for the last 90 minutes. Kind of sucks I didn't cash though.

Skipped on my morning session, wasn't feeling like it. Railed some 100nl reg on Mikogo and asked some questions. Nothing that could really help me with my FL play, but fun none the less.

I have nowhere to go tonight, had to cancel two rehearsals this week because I'm sick. Actually I don't have anything to do today, so I'm going to pick up the pace this afternoon and hopefully record a monstersession, both playing A-game wise as BB profits wise! Hope to at least break the 2k hands mark today.

hey kev, just wanted to drop in and say hi glad to see you playing again.

Originally posted by MarcPS
I certainly cap turn and raise river with 88.

I think those, long term, are missed bets.

Hey MarcPS, thanks for your insight. I absolutely agree with you, I did not play this optimally.

Originally posted by purplefizz
hey kev, just wanted to drop in and say hi glad to see you playing again.

Hey Wendy, it feels good to be back and more importantly, be back with a goal. Althought it's microlimits I'm having fun playing poker, and that is just as important as winning $$.

I can't seem to play sessions longer than 60 minutes. It's really strange, I could play for three hours straight last year and still have the urge to grind it out, but nowadays I feel my focus (and enjoyment in the game) drop quite quick. Anyone else had this 'problem'?

I hope with playing more I can steadily improve the length of my sessions without losing too much concentration... Especially if I want to climb up limits and become an FPP pro

Anyhow, first session of today:

Time played: 44 mins
Results: + 25BB
Hands played: 250

Making the total of this month:

Time played: 3.87h
Results: +46.7BB ( even running like 11BB under EV )
Hands played: 1,341/20,000

It of course helps when you you flop set > set

$0.10/$0.20 Limit Holdem
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6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Hero ($7.92)
UTG+1 pixx123 ($5.46)
CO crizizpro ($5.20)
BTN dimars968 ($3.70)
SB annytigar ($12.17)
BB August31 ($4.19)

Pre-Flop: (1.5 SB, 6 players) Hero is UTG K♦: K♥:
Hero raises, 1 fold, crizizpro 3-bets, dimars968 4-bets, 2 folds, Hero calls, crizizpro calls

Flop: 8♣: K♠: T♣: (13.5 SB, 3 players)
Hero checks, crizizpro bets, dimars968 calls, Hero raises, crizizpro 3-bets, dimars968 calls, Hero 4-bets, crizizpro calls, dimars968 calls

Turn: 9♣: (12.8 BB, 3 players)
Hero checks, crizizpro bets, dimars968 calls, Hero calls

River: 9♦: (15.8 BB, 3 players)
Hero checks, crizizpro bets, dimars968 calls, Hero raises, crizizpro 3-bets, dimars968 folds, Hero 4-bets, crizizpro calls

Final Pot: 24.8 BB
Hero shows
K♦: K♥:
crizizpro shows
T♥: T♦:

Hero wins 23.8 BB (net +14.8 BB)

crizizpro lost 9.0 BB
dimars968 lost 6.0 BB

Just as I said I couldn't handle longer sessions I recorded a 159 minutes session that went quite ok, not to say, excellent. A perfect mixture of terribad players and the best rungood I've had in more than a year are resulting in the start of an epic graph, that is to say, if the downswing doesn't come immediately. Something I'm not hoping for!

Last session:
Time played: 159.5 mins
Results: +69.8BB
Hands played: 823

Today's results:
Time played: 204.7 mins
Results: +95.45BB
Hands played: 1,073

Monthly results:

Time played: 6.60h
Results: +116.5BB
Hands played: 2,164/20,000
Silverstar goal: 108.74/750

Obviously I'm very happy that I'm running this good. The players do allow for good winrates though. Will post graphs for every 2k hands I add to my monthly total. Time for the first one! Also, since I'm going for Pokerstars Silverstar, I'll add my VPP counter too from now on. Still a bit behind on Silverstar pace, but I didn't play any hands until yesterday basically so that'll be ok too. I've added the goal to my OP.

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