[Closed] Taking the Ego out of Poker

good to see some1 with the same sorta goals as me, and playing similar tables as me.
Ive just started NL2 BSS with my ~$110 BR, usually 6 tabling, and some SSS on NL10..will be way more productive when exams for uni are over.
unfortunately am on Partypoker (i hate it) so will prob transfer to FT or Stars..eventually..but ill definetly keep tabs on ur blog with great intent..

Grind away on them microstakes!! its kinda boring/depressing at times, but if u can strive thru those periods that will truely define u as a poker player and wether u really wanna acheive or not... lol i sound like a retarded philosopher

peace and good skills at the tables!

if u can, sign up with full tilt through here, get the rakeback deal and get tracked for PS points... win win!

well... i guess this blog must be lucky for me!

1086 hands, $14.05 profit
32.34 BB/100

BR: $143.94

couple of interesting hands:

$0.01/$0.02 No Limit Holdem
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG DachRalter ($1.09)
UTG+1 pokercaw ($1.72)
CO BIVVV ($2.67)
BTN skillzz11 ($4.95)
SB YG Tilt ($2)
BB Hero ($3.68)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03, 6 players) Hero is BB A♦ A♣
DachRalter calls $0.02, 2 folds, skillzz11 raises to $0.08, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.26, DachRalter folds, skillzz11 raises to $0.80, Hero raises to $1.34, skillzz11 calls $0.54

Flop: J♦ 8♥ 7♦ ($2.71, 2 players)
Hero goes all-in $2.34, skillzz11 calls $2.34

Turn: 2♥ ($7.39, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: 4♦ ($7.39, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $7.39
skillzz11 shows
K♥ K♦
Hero shows
A♦ A♣

Hero wins $6.90 ( won +$3.22 )

skillzz11 lost -$3.68
DachRalter lost -$0.02

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$0.01/$0.02 No Limit Holdem
9 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG buffalobill85 ($2.74)
UTG+1 toxone13 ($2.01)
MP1 imconfucius696 ($1.28)
MP2 makalg ($2)
MP3 frenchnurse ($6)
CO CyKill_13 ($1.62)
BTN shw1190 ($2.14)
SB Hero ($4.38)
BB forkware ($1.97)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03, 9 players) Hero is SB 8♦ 8♠
3 folds, makalg calls $0.02, 1 fold, CyKill_13 raises to $0.10, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.32, 1 fold, makalg calls $0.30, CyKill_13 calls $0.22

Flop: 5♠ A♥ 9♥ ($0.98, 3 players)
Hero checks, makalg checks, CyKill_13 bets $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, makalg folds

Turn: A♣ ($1.18, 2 players)
Hero checks, CyKill_13 goes all-in $1.19, Hero calls $1.19

River: 10:diamond: ($3.56, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $3.56
CyKill_13 shows
Q♠ 3♠
Hero shows
8♦ 8♠

Hero wins $3.34 ( won +$1.73 )

makalg lost -$0.32
CyKill_13 lost -$1.61

Need to explain this one... had a note on the guy where i'd seen him shove 100BB pre a few hands before with J6o... so really felt my hand was good here... the read was the reason why i played the hand different to normal

Hey Martin,

Welcome back to the community and good to see you have created a blog.

Nice graphs so far. Keep it up.

catch ya round mate.

Regards,

Kyle.

wow... what an average session...

just alot of crappy spots... QQ vs KK, AK vs 99 and miss when i flop a FD... i'm glad i got it back out of the hole tho, i consider the session a win really... could have ended alot worse than it did

BR: $142.24

BR: $147.67

only one really big hand, cut the session short due to connection issues, altho the tables were all super juicy

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Implied Pot Odd's with a Maniac!

$0.01/$0.02 No Limit Holdem
7 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG yoyo5121 ($2.32)
UTG+1 WSkhong ($0.79)
MP Hero ($2.58)
CO greattrader ($2.83)
BTN AnyaNero ($1.97)
SB buckrogers48 ($0.78)
BB newway098 ($1.98)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03, 7 players) Hero is MP 6♦ A♦
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.08, greattrader calls $0.08, 3 folds

Flop: 8♦ 3♠ 7♦ ($0.19, 2 players)
Hero bets $0.08, greattrader raises to $0.43, Hero calls $0.35

Turn: 4♦ ($1.05, 2 players)
Hero checks, greattrader goes all-in $2.32, Hero goes all-in $2.07

River: 5♦ ($5.44, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $5.44
Hero shows
6♦ A♦
greattrader shows
8♣ 10:club:

Hero wins $4.85 ( won +$2.27 )
greattrader wins $0.25 ( lost -$2.58 )

BR: $159.71

just had a good session, rocky start but ended good. big props to justkyle88 for the sweat and helping me run good

most of the hands were pretty standard, even down to the suckouts... frustrating tho when i had like 4 suckouts within 5min...

and the top hand of the session? i'm glad you asked!

$0.01/$0.02 No Limit Holdem
8 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Hero ($6.39)
UTG+1 xenocide0999 ($0.93)
MP1 Iamparts ($2)
MP2 Dark Aqua ($2.49)
CO Danil_ka ($0.40)
BTN Kingofda Throne ($0.93)
SB fijeriko ($3.94)
BB Foxhound32 ($1.79)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03, 8 players) Hero is UTG A♥ Q♥
Hero raises to $0.08, 4 folds, Kingofda Throne raises to $0.14, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.06

Flop: J♥ K♥ 10:heart: ($0.31, 2 players)
Hero checks, Kingofda Throne checks

Turn: 10:diamond: ($0.31, 2 players)
Hero bets $0.14, Kingofda Throne calls $0.14

River: J♦ ($0.59, 2 players)
Hero goes all-in $6.11, Kingofda Throne goes all-in $0.65

Final Pot: $7.35
Kingofda Throne shows
2♦ 2♣
Hero shows
A♥ Q♥

Hero wins $7.23 (net +$0.84)

Kingofda Throne lost $0.93

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so, looking back at my goals, i'm well on my way to hitting $200. haven't gotten the $50 for TAF yet, but my housemate has just got her roll, and is SSS at NL5 atm, so hopefully she will clear it soon for me ♦ or i might have to give her a hand

going to try stepping upto 16 tables tonight (the max on FT)

wish me luck!

BR: $164.98

This was an interesting session, was my first attempt at 16 tables, which once i got into the hang of it felt fine, except...

when i was 12 tabling, i was playing on average, 581 hands/hour. my first session with 16 tables, i saw a stupid 1045 hands/hour!!!!
the session did feel alot more hectic for me, and obviously there was the reason for that... my win rate was only 11BB/100, as opposed to every other winning session i've posted with 12 tables, where i was running at least 20BB/100

Session Graph:

Go Go Go.

Originally posted by AlCaTrAzzALZ

Very nice!

Hello AlCaTrAzzALZ,

Good to see you blogging, will follow with interest, good luck buddy.

Btw, you work with Kyle? you have my sympathy

lol no seriously, he's a really nice chap and good friend, thanks for introducing him to PokerStrategy.

Wishing you every success, enjoy your poker.

Best regards,

Bart

Thanks Bart... It's funny when you think about it, i refered Kyle to this site and now he's coaching me to improve my game ♠_cool:

i like your brm with 40bi / 25bi set, gonna implement it from now on

Originally posted by Dendra
i like your brm with 40bi / 25bi set, gonna implement it from now on

i know it seems very conservative, but at the rate i'm going, it just means i'm going to be on NL2 for an extra week i'd say... plus hopefully it'll help me handle the 5BI swings a bit later on.

New Goal: it's 9:30am monday here... by this time next week, my BR will be over 200 and i'll be moving up to NL5 BSS ♦

Question: I have 1,120 FPP on Full Tilt. Whats the best way to convert those into dollars? i kno there's another blog on here on stars where a player had like 4k fpp, and turned em into T$, then grinded those into real dollars... any advice/suggestions?

Variance is a bitch

BR: $171.95

wow, how can AlCaTrAzz complain? his BR is up from last time??? easy, check out this EV graph

oh, but maybe you were getting it in with the worst of it? haha, sure:

$0.01/$0.02 No Limit Holdem
8 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Hero ($2.22)
UTG+1 chupry ($0.65)
MP1 jakovasaure ($5.35)
MP2 sofranindian ($3.08)
CO Skipda Fourplae ($2.74)
BTN Ycuk ($1.80)
SB JUANCYTAG ($0.33)
BB HD-Ziegel ($2.03)

Pre-Flop: ($0.03, 8 players) Hero is UTG A♠ A♣
Hero raises to $0.08, 1 fold, jakovasaure raises to $0.27, 5 folds, Hero raises to $0.52, jakovasaure goes all-in $5.35, Hero goes all-in $1.70

Flop: K♣ 10:spade: 5♥ ($7.60, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: 3♥ ($7.60, 2 players, 2 all-in)

River: 10:club: ($7.60, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $7.60
jakovasaure shows a full house, Kings full of Tens
K♠ K♦
Hero shows two pair, Aces and Tens
A♠ A♣

jakovasaure wins $7.31 (net +$1.96)

Hero lost $2.22

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Now, this is why we have BRM... normally, beats like that would hurt... i barely felt it, just shrugged and moved on to the next hand... feeling very confident of my goal of hitting 200 by the end of this weekend!!!!!

very nice blog man, keep it up wish u best luck.. ♠_cool:

Originally posted by johnylee
very nice blog man, keep it up wish u best luck.. ♠_cool:

thanks man... it's not as cool as reading about the guys with 4 and 5 figure bankrolls... but i'll get there