I am in Vegas for a week. Staying in the Wynn. It's ridiculous. Such a nice room, and hotel.
Thought I'd play a post-drinking session as always. Didn't go well. Ended -13k or so. I lost 15 to a really tight HU player who just got in some really good spots v me. All of FTP, which doesn't seem to like me at all.
I am now -14k for the month. I have only played 13k hands, because of travelling here and to Malta. I'm down 20k in EV again, which is annoying. I'm not sure I'll be able to get very many hands in for the rest of the month, so it may be my first losing month ever! (first under 10k profit too!).
I'm gonna try to buy a camera and take some pics of this room, it really is amazing.
Rob
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Friday, 5 June 2009
Uhhhhhhh
Definitely just lost the biggest pot I have ever played:
$25/$50 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com
Stacks:
Pre-flop: ($75, 6 players) Hero is BTN
UTG raises to $175, 2 folds, Hero calls $175, 1 fold, BB calls $125
Flop:
($550, 3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $425, Hero raises to $1,300, BB folds, UTG raises to $4,400, Hero raises to $8,545.50, UTG calls $4,145.50
Turn:
($17,641, 2 players)
River:
($17,641, 2 players)
Final Pot: $17,641
Hero shows:
UTG shows:
UTG wins $17,638 ( won +$8,917.50 )
Hero lost -$8,720.50
BB lost -$175
Makes it worse by the fact he was playing really badly, tilting and getting allin with a lot of crappy hands. This is the worst shape I can possibly be in... I have 0.1% equity on the flop, which basically means I should be winning 1 out of 1000. Great.
I finished up the night +5k though, so I was happy with that.
$25/$50 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com
Stacks:
| UTG | ($12218.00) | ||
| UTG+1 | ($10569.00) | ||
| CO | ($4750.00) | ||
| Hero (BTN) | ($8720.50) | ||
| SB | ($3069.00) | ||
| BB | ($4267.00) |
Pre-flop: ($75, 6 players) Hero is BTN
UTG raises to $175, 2 folds, Hero calls $175, 1 fold, BB calls $125
Flop:
($550, 3 players)BB checks, UTG bets $425, Hero raises to $1,300, BB folds, UTG raises to $4,400, Hero raises to $8,545.50, UTG calls $4,145.50
Turn:
($17,641, 2 players)River:
($17,641, 2 players)Final Pot: $17,641
Hero shows:
UTG shows:
UTG wins $17,638 ( won +$8,917.50 )
Hero lost -$8,720.50
BB lost -$175
Makes it worse by the fact he was playing really badly, tilting and getting allin with a lot of crappy hands. This is the worst shape I can possibly be in... I have 0.1% equity on the flop, which basically means I should be winning 1 out of 1000. Great.
I finished up the night +5k though, so I was happy with that.
Sunday, 31 May 2009
End of May! End of Guildford for now.
Friday was the last day of uni for me, which ended 2 weeks of going out and doing whatever the hell we all wanted. Was v fun. Apart from one very obvious shit day (hint it wasn't the -20k day).
Sucks to leave Gtown, but, me and 4 friends will be moving into a new house around end of July ready for the 2nd year.
As for poker:
I think this is the 2nd least I have ever played in a month (and the least was when I went to Thailand for ~1month last year). Also I'd estimate at 80% of the hands having been played when I was hungover - which can't be that great of an idea, but hey, if I hadn't I'd never have played at all. Added to that I had final exams for 1st year to revise for/ take.
Considering this, I have to say I am pleased with earning ~$50k this month.
Ah well, back to the life of a poker pro for 4 months!
Sucks to leave Gtown, but, me and 4 friends will be moving into a new house around end of July ready for the 2nd year.
As for poker:
I think this is the 2nd least I have ever played in a month (and the least was when I went to Thailand for ~1month last year). Also I'd estimate at 80% of the hands having been played when I was hungover - which can't be that great of an idea, but hey, if I hadn't I'd never have played at all. Added to that I had final exams for 1st year to revise for/ take.
Considering this, I have to say I am pleased with earning ~$50k this month.
Ah well, back to the life of a poker pro for 4 months!
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Lose lose lose!
That's the month so far! Not even too bad really, just annoying as I was up a tonne more. Over a $30k downswing at the moment... which hurts a little.
Positives:
- Played 25/50... for a bit.. lost $700 but I played well.
- In the process of organising Vegas!
- Put money onto a 4th site, so I can play more games.
- To put the downswing into perspective... here are the hands on my laptop since coming to uni:
Friday, 15 May 2009
Finished with uni for the year!
Had 3 exams this week and completed them. I've got about 2 weeks left at uni before the holidays, just to do whatever we feel like doing, really.. so it should be fun. Technically I do have lots of time to play.. realistically I doubt i'll play too much.
Put in a session today. Went well, actually. Was pretty fun too, despite having a hangover from post exam partying.
I've played just over 6k hands this month, and am up $41k, which is pretty outrageous. Most of it is from heads-up play. Hope it continues when I start to play a bit more.
Also halfway through the month, and haven't reached the goal I set myself yet... oops!
Put in a session today. Went well, actually. Was pretty fun too, despite having a hangover from post exam partying.
I've played just over 6k hands this month, and am up $41k, which is pretty outrageous. Most of it is from heads-up play. Hope it continues when I start to play a bit more.
Also halfway through the month, and haven't reached the goal I set myself yet... oops!
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Quick out the blocks.
Hardly played at all though.
Exam time now, so I'll probably be playing little to no poker over the next 7 days. Ughhhh!
Sunday, 3 May 2009
Mayyyyyyyyyyyy
Month started off in a verrrrrry annoying fashion. Dropped 12k, to a very bad player. Like really bad. Just as I was starting to claw it back, the uni internet decided to block ipoker, spotify and ftp.
When I was able to reconnect he had gone and no games were running anymore.
Sample:
$10/$20 No Limit Holdem
3 players
Converted at weaktight.com
Stacks:
Pre-flop: ($30, 3 players) Hero is BTN
Hero raises to $50, SB folds, BB calls $30
Flop:
($110, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $80, BB raises to $175, Hero raises to $550, BB raises to $7,269, Hero calls $1,733
Turn:
($9,662, 2 players)
River:
($9,662, 2 players)
Final Pot: $9,662
BB shows:
BB wins $9,660 ( won +$2,341 )
Hero lost -$2,333
Bah, I was only a 90% favourite after working it out. Thought it was more. Still pretty awful way to lose a hand. I only ended -3k on the day which was a big result.
Yesterday I played this hand:
$10/$20 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com
Stacks:
Pre-flop: ($30, 6 players) Hero is SB
UTG calls $20, 1 fold, CO raises to $80, BTN calls $80, Hero calls $70, BB calls $60, UTG calls $60
Flop: 
($400, 5 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks, CO bets $280, 1 fold, Hero calls $280, BB folds, UTG calls $280
Turn: ($1,240, 3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, CO bets $920, Hero raises to $6,392, UTG folds, CO calls $3,163.40
River: ($11,715.40, 2 players)
Final Pot: $11,715.40
CO shows:
Hero wins $11,712.40 ( won +$4,960.40 )
CO lost -$4,443.40
BTN lost -$80
BB lost -$80
UTG lost -$360
Which was fun. More of these please, May!
When I was able to reconnect he had gone and no games were running anymore.
Sample:
$10/$20 No Limit Holdem
3 players
Converted at weaktight.com
Stacks:
| Hero (BTN) | ($2333.00) | ||
| SB | ($4081.00) | ||
| BB | ($7319.00) |
Pre-flop: ($30, 3 players) Hero is BTN
Hero raises to $50, SB folds, BB calls $30
Flop:
($110, 2 players)BB checks, Hero bets $80, BB raises to $175, Hero raises to $550, BB raises to $7,269, Hero calls $1,733
Turn:
($9,662, 2 players)River:
($9,662, 2 players)Final Pot: $9,662
BB shows:
BB wins $9,660 ( won +$2,341 )
Hero lost -$2,333
Bah, I was only a 90% favourite after working it out. Thought it was more. Still pretty awful way to lose a hand. I only ended -3k on the day which was a big result.
Yesterday I played this hand:
$10/$20 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com
Stacks:
| UTG | ($2090.50) | ||
| UTG+1 | ($2686.00) | ||
| CO | ($4443.40) | ||
| BTN | ($1877.00) | ||
| Hero (SB) | ($6752.00) | ||
| BB | ($2000.00) |
Pre-flop: ($30, 6 players) Hero is SB
UTG calls $20, 1 fold, CO raises to $80, BTN calls $80, Hero calls $70, BB calls $60, UTG calls $60
Flop:
($400, 5 players)Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks, CO bets $280, 1 fold, Hero calls $280, BB folds, UTG calls $280
Turn:
($1,240, 3 players)Hero checks, UTG checks, CO bets $920, Hero raises to $6,392, UTG folds, CO calls $3,163.40
River:
($11,715.40, 2 players)Final Pot: $11,715.40
CO shows:
Hero wins $11,712.40 ( won +$4,960.40 )
CO lost -$4,443.40
BTN lost -$80
BB lost -$80
UTG lost -$360
Which was fun. More of these please, May!
Thursday, 30 April 2009
April over. Eventful!
-$14k on the desktop at home. Makes the total at around $51k in 33k hands before rakeback.
I think I'm pretty pleased with the month. I had my 3 biggest losing days ever this month. Ran ~$40k below EV, and still made a decent amount, i'm fairly sure I can't complain.
Next month I won't be able to play too much, I don't think. I have exams in the middle of the month also lessons, and a project (I think?) to complete. Then after the exams the month will get crazy with nights out here.
Thoughhhh.. I am gonna set myself a goal of playing a soft 25/50 table. Lets hope I can manage the strenuous goals I set myself.....
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
20BI!
Hit 20Buyins below EV today. That's $40k below EV on the month.
Brightside (pretty big one); I'm still +$41k in 30k hands for the month. Lets hope for a good run in.
Brightside (pretty big one); I'm still +$41k in 30k hands for the month. Lets hope for a good run in.
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