schris sng journey(2012 Recap)

REVIEW OF FEBRUARY

February was a decent month i can say.I put more volume than used to , i was discipline in most of my sessions and kept em (time - wise) according to the original plan.I am also happy that i ve managed to push myself to play every day and create a routine that didnt bored me.

When i started this month my first mission was to be a regular at shorthanded sngs .I can say that project totally failed not because it was hard to achieve just that i found more interesting types of poker to play.Rush poker was one of them , mtts was the other .A mix of them is what breaks my routine and make that game funny and enjoyable.When i feel i wanna play a bit "creative" poker rush is the one that gives me the opportunity , when i need a more "mechanic" , "brainless" game sngs offers me that.

As far as my goals i ll make a small adjustment since they were only for sngs.So for the volume goal i will try to calculate how i can for example represent 15 sngs into cash games.
I will adjust em points wise.For example , i needed like 15 sngs of 11+1$ to achieve the 100-105 points on iron man promotion, for cash game i need on average 1500 hands to achieve the same, so its fair to say that every 1500 hands i ve played its like 15sngs.

Goals of the month :

Achieve >10$ roi COMPLETED (15.4%)

Achieve >40% ITM FAILED (34.5%)

Volume >500 sngs COMPLETED (210 + 35000hands = 535)

Achieve iron man month COMPLETED (Gold status)

Overall i am satisfied , i completed almost all my goals , the only thing that i would have changed is more time with my sweat partners, i didnt find the time i needed for them , they found new sweat partners + probably i disapointed em a bit so that part didnt go well ,i hope in the future we could work that again with better results.

Graphs will follow and new month goals will follow in a new post in few days.

br stands at 2810$

They say " 1 picture = 1000 words " so ,

Allthough the nice place i ve got i am a little bit disappointed with the way i busted.

Full Tilt Poker No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10000.00/t20000.00 Blinds - 3 players - View hand 569530
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BTN: t418074.00 M = 13.94
SB: t428258.00 M = 14.28
Hero (BB): t439168.00 M = 14.64

Pre Flop: (t30000) Hero is BB with A Q
BTN raises to t40000, SB raises to t425758, Hero raises to t436668, 1 fold

Flop: (t891516) 2 K T

Turn: (t891516) 2

River: (t891516) 9

Final Pot: t891516
SB shows Q T
Hero shows A Q
SB wins t899016.00
(Rake: t-7500)

Wasy8 (hoorai) was railing me and helped me in a lot situations so i own him a big thx cause i believe without him i wouldn't end so deep.He can also assure you how bad the last 2 people were and how +++++++EV was my call in the last hand vs that guy.It was incredible that this guy had one strategy only , it was a push or fold strategy without taking notice who was raising him or how big were the stacks or how big were the blinds he was just shoving 20-40 bbs even if he was the first one that was raising. As far as the other guy i cant find the hand but it was like this " he raised pre flop utg a guy shoved him and he called with 69o, of course he wasnt having the odds to call that ." Still that guy managed to win that tournament , hilarious.

Also i am very happy cause this was the first day in my poker career i ve managed to make a 1k+ profit in one day ! I ve won like 10 bis playing 9h sngs while playing that mtt.
This was my 4th final table from the february where i started playing mtt more seriously and still seeking a win .I hope i ll get one until the end of this month and also hope to reach a final table at mini-ftops!


br stands at : 3800$

Wow, awesome cash - well done!

Sick cash, remember though all your icons are visible on your desktop.

congrats dude! i know you felt a MTT win coming on. you probably deserved the win. ♦

keep it up

thx guys i hope i ll reach that first place in the near future !

Originally posted by 8979687
Sick cash, remember though all your icons are visible on your desktop.

true, and ?

I can see W3 TFTon ur destkop.... are you by any chance Dota player?
oh.. congratz to nice cash obv

Originally posted by GooRukYONG
I can see W3 TFTon ur destkop.... are you by any chance Dota player?
oh.. congratz to nice cash obv

Actually i was playing regular w3 for some time ,attending to tournaments ,playing for clans etc but when w3 died in Greece at first i was playing dota same way (tours,clans) but i found it less interested and u needed less skill to play it so it didnt last long

Originally posted by Schris7
thx guys i hope i ll reach that first place in the near future !

Originally posted by 8979687
Sick cash, remember though all your icons are visible on your desktop.

true, and ?

Expect challenges 8)

I think its about time for an update...
maybe...
well...
yeah...
im pretty sure

c'mooooooon

Originally posted by Schris7

Originally posted by GooRukYONG
I can see W3 TFTon ur destkop.... are you by any chance Dota player?
oh.. congratz to nice cash obv

Actually i was playing regular w3 for some time ,attending to tournaments ,playing for clans etc but when w3 died in Greece at first i was playing dota same way (tours,clans) but i found it less interested and u needed less skill to play it so it didnt last long

DoTa sucks ♦ Tree Tag and Hero Wars ftw

Okay since someone(arnold) decided to revive my blog at least i can make an update .

I need to scroll a bit to see what i wrote in my last update sooo wait a second .... okay .

So as i saw my last adventure was some mtt grinding..I have to say i ve managed to ship my first tournament(a 10$ one ) even if it was a deal at the hu but the prize wasnt too high.I had the help of arnold89 , we also made some more mtt sessions together it was funny and i am still interesting on mtts and looking forward to do another session but... for now it seems sngs are my main focus at the moment.

Last time i was a regular in the 11$ .Along with lessonthree we decided from this month it was time to climb to a new limit (since both our bankroll was too nitty even for the 33$ ). First session was good , it was a mix of 11$ and 24$ to get used to the new limit and was up 10 bis from the 11$ and 4 from the 24$ .It was an ideal session that boosted my confidence until ... the next session.. Next session i decided it was time to focus only at the 24$ and this is what happened ..

Allthough it was only 14 bis which is not unusuall in sngs climbing to a new limit and seeing a loss of 370$(ok it was a 2 day session not one) it just makes you wanna cry..
I took 1 week off trying to regroup myself.I did a little research about my opponents (mostly the regulars)and saw that most of them were either loosers ,breakeven or small winner players. I didnt see any remarkable player and that made me think that either the players are soo bad or that players are so good that there is no edge .In the first days i was going for the second option since lessonthree wasnt doing any better but then he started to have multiple winning sessions in a row .That encouraged me to try more and it was like "if he can do that i can too !" (not trying to sound cocky or better than u <3 but i find that we dont have much difference the two of us as players ♦:D) .

So after my mind was cleared and my mood for poker was on the top after 1 week i ve started grinding the 24$ again.The result ? I think the graph speaks for itself..

Since my post became a little too big i ll stop writing now and i will continue the update in a second part later in the day or tomorrow. I still have to mention another downswing that occured and then probably the best session i ever had in my poker career as a sng player.Stay tuned...

Update part 2 .

So after that nice run i was waiting for a downswing , i mean i was running hot for 70 sngs and thats usually 4-5 sessions of me since i only 6tabling and not playing many hours . Every day after the first hot run i was expecting a downswing and everyday i was up , it was really weird it was like 4-5 winning days in a row which i never had before..Finally the downswing came but it wasnt so brutal as i thought.

Of course the tiny voice inside me started to put bad thoughts about my skill and if it was just a lucky session so far .Then ... today i finally understood what it means if poker gods favours you ..

You will now say " ok 12 sngs big deal " but thats my normal session routine and first time i see a roi of 100.6% even if its 12 sample size. I just couldnt loose no matter what hand i had .ITM 75% (lol) and 3 wins in a row ( didnt break my 4 wins in a row i had once .. ye only once )

Anyway at the moment i feel comfortable with the new limit not very much yet since my sample is still small but i am happy to see that not only my roi is raising but also my ev roi is on profits.I adjust well to the regulars and i feel that adjusting to everyone and not just play 12tables robotic way is the key .

For last i ll show my current stats for this month .(some tours are missing)

sngs : 144
roi : 20.9%
itm: 43.1%
ev roi : 4.3%

nice heater mate. you deserve it

very swingy limit...

So after my nice upswing, the last sessions i struggle a bit . First a nice 10bi downswing followed by another unprofitable 3 bi session, according to hem i have 12 bis difference with the ev (for the ev believers ♦ ).I ve got a little back today ( 3bis) but i am confident another upswing will follow in the next sessions.

I still try to get used to the new limit and the swings it has . I dont find big difference between the 11$ to 22$ limits and i am not impressed from the regulars so far . It seems the biggest difference i ve seen is that people are willing to gamble a lot more and many of them even regulars dont afraid or have no clue about bubble which is nice but makes the limit more swingy.

I have some funny hands to post . I guess u got to love weekends .

No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 20/40 Blinds (8 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 (t1485)
MP2 (t1440)
CO (t2910)
Hero (Button) (t1450)
SB (t1120)
BB (t1785)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1810)

Hero's M: 24.17

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6, 6
UTG calls t40, UTG+1 calls t40, 2 folds, CO calls t40, Hero calls t40, SB bets t420, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls t400, 2 folds

Flop: (t1040) 10, Q, 4 (2 players)
SB bets t680 (All-In), UTG+1 calls t680

Turn: (t2400) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2400) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t2400
Main pot: t2400 between SB and UTG+1, won by SB

Results below:
SB had 4, J (two pair, Jacks and fours).
UTG+1 had 10, K (one pair, tens).
Outcome: SB won t2400

No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 50/100 Blinds (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB (t2008)
UTG (t4237)
MP (t1792)
Button (t3510)
Hero (SB) (t1953)

Hero's M: 13.02

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, K
3 folds, Hero bets t250, BB raises t1908 (All-In), Hero calls t1653 (All-In)

Flop: (t3906) 3, 7, 2 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t3906) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t3906) Q (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t3906
Main pot: t3906 between BB and Hero, won by Hero

Results below:
Hero had K, K (one pair, Kings).
BB had 4, 9 (high card, Queen).
Outcome: Hero won t3906

Another b/e session ended today ( almost 1 bi up ).Still i cant lift off that curse in the weekends that make my sessions not to be profitable at all.It seems i cannot adjust to the weekend donks .In fact i prefer to play vs regulars as it seems i can exploit them than vs donks that i have no clue what they are thinking .

donk nr 1
No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 20/40 Blinds (8 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 (t1485)
CO (t1485)
Button (t1390)
SB (t1640)
Hero (BB) (t1380)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1500)
MP1 (t3120)

Hero's M: 23.00

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, Q
2 folds, MP1 calls t40, 1 fold, CO calls t40, Button bets t120, SB raises t300, Hero raises t1340 (All-In), 3 folds, SB calls t1060

Flop: (t2960) J, 5, K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t2960) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2960) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t2960

Results below:
SB had 9, 9 (two pair, Kings and nines).
Hero had Q, Q (two pair, Kings and Queens).
Outcome: Hero won t2960

some will question my all in pre flop vs a reraiser but hey its weekend !

donk nr2 ( k he isnt a donk he was a regular but wtf we are on bubble man ! )

No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 100/200 Blinds (4 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB (t595)
BB (t6640)
Hero (UTG) (t1905)
Button (t4360)

Hero's M: 6.35

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9, Q
1 fold, Button bets t4360 (All-In), 1 fold, BB calls t4160

Flop: (t8820) 5, J, Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t8820) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t8820) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t8820

Results below:
Button had Q, A (two pair, Queens and fives).
BB had A, A (two pair, Aces and fives).
Outcome: BB won t8820

donk nr 3 They just cant lay down their A high !

No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 25/50 Blinds (8 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO (t1360)
Button (t2320)
SB (t1040)
BB (t1405)
UTG (t1960)
Hero (UTG+1) (t1440)
MP1 (t2540)
MP2 (t1435)

Hero's M: 19.20

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with J, J
1 fold, Hero bets t150, 4 folds, SB calls t125, 1 fold

Flop: (t350) 6, Q, 7 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t220, SB raises t890 (All-In), Hero calls t670

Turn: (t2130) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2130) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t2130

Results below:
SB had J, A (high card, Ace).
Hero had J, J (one pair, Jacks).
Outcome: Hero won t2130

donk nr 4(This is from an mtt )

No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 80/160 Blinds (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG (t10672)
Hero (UTG+1) (t3845)
MP1 (t3330)
MP2 (t5336)
MP3 (t11597)
CO (t7853)
Button (t3038)
SB (t4457)
BB (t15430)

Hero's M: 16.02

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with J, K
1 fold, Hero bets t400, MP1 calls t400, 6 folds

Flop: (t1040) 7, 10, Q (2 players)
Hero bets t650, MP1 calls t650

Turn: (t2340) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets t1400, MP1 calls t1400

River: (t5140) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets t1395 (All-In), MP1 calls t880 (All-In)

Total pot: t6900

Results below:
Hero had J, K (straight, King high).
MP1 didn't show (Villain had AKo)
Outcome: Hero won t6900

no comments..

So in normal days i should be happy with these plays cause its +ev but i face them every weekend and still cant make a profit because for every bad play they do they make 3 suckouts.. This post is mostly a whinning post and not a post that "oh poker is rigged or so.."

I have the feeling that tomorrow ,last day of the month , my heater will come if not the day after tomorrow will be the heater for sure which that means nice start for the new month ♦

After 3 months it is time to get a Review of the Month .

As i ve stated before this month i ve started to play on a new limit (24$).A downswing in the beginning hold me back for a while but i was determined not to let a downswing to take me down despite it was on a new limit. More study, more adjustments and more confidence to myself were the keys to overcome the first downswing.

Good days passed , bad passed as well but in the end it seems the winning days were more profitable in comparison with the loosing days.Volume is still a big problem of me having that for quite a long time . I ve found myself without motivation many times and the habbit to be able to watch all my tables in a quite good size(and not overlaping them) makes multitabling more difficult since my monitor isnt big enough for me to add more tables.To defend me a bit though when u play to a new limit you hesitate to multitable as you could in a previous limit until you have to feel more comfortable with the limit first.

Games played : 229
ROI : 12.4%
ITM : 42.4%
Winnings : 681.60$ ( with rakeback 805.2$)
Time played : 26.6 hours
$/hr : 25.62$ (31.24$ with rakeback)

gratz for climbing into new limit
and gl on even more successive next month at these 24's

Originally posted by snaker3
gratz for climbing into new limit
and gl on even more successive next month at these 24's

Thanks man . I hope i can keep the same roi (if not more ) for the next month with at least double the volume allthough it will be hard cause university exams start in 3 weeks .

nice month schris. teach me to run that good