Well, the move up to $100 didn't quite go as planned. I don't know why but every time I move up, it's like fulltilt realizes I'm out of my comfort zone and crushes me for a couple buyins until I give in and drop back down.
This week when I moved up, I dropped about 5 buyins, the last blow coming when my AJ lost an all in on a flop of AJ4 to a guy who obviously had aces. Can't complain about the other player at all, but really, how often in heads up play are you going to flop top 2 pair and be up against top set...just bad luck.
So, I did what I've always done, dropped back to a level where I'm more comfortable. For whatever reason, I seem to just kill 50nl, then run like garbage when I move up to 100. For now, I'm chalking it up to bankroll concerns. I am a lot more willing to make a tough call and go with a read when it's at 50nl where I'm properly bankrolled. Here's one I made from yesterday, which was a totally read based call. I don't think I make this same call at 100nl if it's for double the amount of money:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (SB) ($72.35)
Button ($39.10)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 9d, Ad
Button raises to $1.75, Hero calls $1.25
Flop: ($3.50) 4s, 5s, Ah (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $2.85, Hero calls $2.85
Turn: ($9.20) Jc (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $7, Hero calls $7
River: ($23.20) 7s (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $27.50 (All-In), Hero calls $27.50
Total pot: $78.20 | Rake: $0.50
Results in white below:
Button had 6c, 7c (one pair, sevens).
Hero had 9d, Ad (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $77.70
Like I say, I don't think I make that call on the river if it's at 100nl. I need to get myself past that mental hurdle, and the only way I think I'll do that is by grinding more at 50 and getting a better bankroll cushion for moving up to 100.
I'm closing in on my 30,000th hand at 50nl, here's my graph to date...I'm just going to focus on grinding this for a while and improving on my winrate hopefully.
edit - graph didn't work, i'll have to fix that
Friday, October 24, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Mega Update
Wow, haven't updated this in a while -- to say I've been busy is an understatement.
Jodi and I got married on October 4th and had our honeymoon in Las Vegas from the 6th-10th. Some wedding photos can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smhmississauga/sets/72157607768042391/
Played some poker in vegas, mostly in tournaments. Went out of two where I think I made the right plays and got unlucky, and the third I got coolered by running my queens on the button in to the big blind's pocket aces.
In one tourney I had KT on a flop of KQ3, check raised a guy all in and he called. He shows Q5 offsuit, obviously turns his 5 and I'm out.
The second one I had 55 on a 569 all spade flop. Check raised a guy there for 4k of his 6k chipstack, he calls with 88 (no spade), turn is a 7 of course to make his straight and it's gg for me.
I really didn't feel bad about going out of any of the tourneys given how I played. The QQ < AA one is just a cooler, and the other two I forced the other players to make what I think are terrible calls for substantial portions of their stack and they happened to get lucky.
Once we got back, it was time to jump in to the online pokers again. It was nice to have a week off where I didn't play a hand of heads up at all-- a good mental break that reenergized me. I came back with a lot of confidence and am going to do my best to play at $100hu for the rest of the month. I've done well since I got back, though since I've had to go back to work I haven't been able to play many hands. Hopefully next week I can get back at it and finish out the month strong.
I also had an email waiting when I got home from Absolute Poker. I haven't played there in quite some time, and they sent me a free $10 to come back. I was bored and decided to play in a $3 rebuy that was starting up the other night just while I was watching some hockey.
A couple hours later, I caught a few lucky breaks, won a few races, and found myself at the final table. In a tourney with over 700 entrants, on a $6 initial entry, I ended up chopping 2nd and 3rd with another shortstacked player, taking home a tidy $980. Not bad on their free $10 offer!!
I'd been looking at getting a new laptop for the past little while, but just couldn't justify the expense, with a wedding to plan and pay for, etc etc. This tourney cash was just what I needed, so I went ahead and ordered it. Should be here tomorrow and I look forward to making more blog posts (and playing more pokers) on our shiny new hopefully faster hopefully more stable wirelessly connected laptop....lol
Here's the computer I ordered:
http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-DV9930US-17-inch-Processor-Premium/dp/B001ANLSU2
Let me run good at 100hu one time!!
Jodi and I got married on October 4th and had our honeymoon in Las Vegas from the 6th-10th. Some wedding photos can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smhmississauga/sets/72157607768042391/
Played some poker in vegas, mostly in tournaments. Went out of two where I think I made the right plays and got unlucky, and the third I got coolered by running my queens on the button in to the big blind's pocket aces.
In one tourney I had KT on a flop of KQ3, check raised a guy all in and he called. He shows Q5 offsuit, obviously turns his 5 and I'm out.
The second one I had 55 on a 569 all spade flop. Check raised a guy there for 4k of his 6k chipstack, he calls with 88 (no spade), turn is a 7 of course to make his straight and it's gg for me.
I really didn't feel bad about going out of any of the tourneys given how I played. The QQ < AA one is just a cooler, and the other two I forced the other players to make what I think are terrible calls for substantial portions of their stack and they happened to get lucky.
Once we got back, it was time to jump in to the online pokers again. It was nice to have a week off where I didn't play a hand of heads up at all-- a good mental break that reenergized me. I came back with a lot of confidence and am going to do my best to play at $100hu for the rest of the month. I've done well since I got back, though since I've had to go back to work I haven't been able to play many hands. Hopefully next week I can get back at it and finish out the month strong.
I also had an email waiting when I got home from Absolute Poker. I haven't played there in quite some time, and they sent me a free $10 to come back. I was bored and decided to play in a $3 rebuy that was starting up the other night just while I was watching some hockey.
A couple hours later, I caught a few lucky breaks, won a few races, and found myself at the final table. In a tourney with over 700 entrants, on a $6 initial entry, I ended up chopping 2nd and 3rd with another shortstacked player, taking home a tidy $980. Not bad on their free $10 offer!!
I'd been looking at getting a new laptop for the past little while, but just couldn't justify the expense, with a wedding to plan and pay for, etc etc. This tourney cash was just what I needed, so I went ahead and ordered it. Should be here tomorrow and I look forward to making more blog posts (and playing more pokers) on our shiny new hopefully faster hopefully more stable wirelessly connected laptop....lol
Here's the computer I ordered:
http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-DV9930US-17-inch-Processor-Premium/dp/B001ANLSU2
Let me run good at 100hu one time!!
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