Cash Games are so unkind

Well I grinded out 1300 hands last night, yes a pretty long session. At the end I was down $4. I had KK vs 85 lose to trip 5s I got my money in bad here. I did raise huge preflop. I also had QQ busted by 64 when the board flopped a 6 we got it all in and he turned a 4.

I managed some comebacks by pushing AA preflop and getting called by JJ and 99 on two different hands. I am still not sure if I am doing well or not in ring games yet. I am about 4BB/100 which is no where near where I think I should be, I just cant beat luck.

I had tons of AK, AQ last night and I missed them all, I raised 3BB in each of those hands or called a raise. No one folds at this level preflop and I missed every one. I think I should just flat call with these hands and decided after the flop. I am going to try that this time.

7100 ish cash game hands this month. Way to many as my edge in these ring games is not as great as SNGs or MTTs but I want to get better at ring games.

Current Bankroll is $355. I play to move to $5.50 sngs in April. I think what I shall do is play SNGS and MTTS first and then dabble once or twice a week in cash depending on where I am at profit wise.

Goal for April 80ish SNGs a week. Monthly goal $200.

Just an update

Sorry fans, I have just been really busy and working on my game. Well the cash games are not going as good as I had hoped. I just can seem to avoid the bad beats. The other night I had AA 7 times and KK 10 times and only won a dollar. I lost all in preflop AA vs KK, he flopped a K. All in KK vs KQ on the flop and he went run run for the straight. 99 vs AQ vs AK flop AQ9, we get it all in goes JT for the win.

Enough about that here are my totals for cash: 5642 hands played +22.43, 3.98 BB/100. I really need this to move to about 7 or 8 before I move up in levels. I have been trying for 2500 hands per week in cash so my SNGS have been lacking. I think I am going to play a few more of those and probably cut back to cash to 1500 hands or so a week.

My SNGS results are awesome 38% ROI + 77.85 over 91 sngs. Not to shabby.

Current bankroll at $345.00. I play to move to the $5.50 sngs in April. Thas all for now.

I have switched to Cash

I plan on taking my $270 roll on FT and start grinding out some cash games with some MTTs moved in. Partly because I am board with SNGS and Partly because my cash game skills are lacking.

I am going to start at the bottom 5NL and move up after I win $100. Through 767 hands I am up $10 and some change after two nights. I will continue this and will also play the $2.25 45 mans and the Midnight Maddness on the weekends and hope for a big score.

Still Running Bad

I am still running bad, really don't know what I can do different. Guys are hitting those 3 outers and such. I am losing every 50/50 and I cant beat luck.

This month so far:

36 sngs 36.11% in the money, down $10.80 ROI -13.33% Less than 5 buyins
7 27 man 14.29% in the money, down $9.27 best finish 4th. Less than 4 buyins
1 18 man no cashes down $2.25 One buyin

Monthly Totals

44 tournaments 31.82% in the money, -$22.23, ROI -22.55% Down 10 buyins

I am only 5 days into the month, so much for that $400 goal, the way I am running I just hope to stay positive. Current Bankroll is $225, I got 100 buyins. Thanks to my over zealousness, OK so I took a shot and it didn't pay off. The plan to get to $300 buy mid march, $400 by the end of march I hope things turn around.

Two 27 man sngs

Tonight, I didnt do much in regards to poker I did attempt to play some 27 man sngs. I think this is a good way to build the bankroll. I only have to win 1 in 8 to be profitable, with in my opinion should be easy to do.

I went 0 for 2, so I hope something goes my way soon. Down $4.50 which is no biggie. My bust out hands are as follows:

FullTiltPoker Game #10954251676: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (82433565), Table 3 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:28:45 ET - 2009/03/04
Seat 1: Mudcat9 (1,155)
Seat 3: Vanman733 (760)
Seat 4: chambert (2,685)
Seat 5: Shizcoco (8,800)
Seat 7: gcuban (1,175)
Seat 9: mega_pixel_26 (4,690)
chambert posts the small blind of 100
Shizcoco posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vanman733 [Kc Qd]
gcuban calls 200
mega_pixel_26 folds
Mudcat9 folds
Vanman733 raises to 760, and is all in
chambert folds
Shizcoco has 15 seconds left to act
Shizcoco raises to 8,800, and is all in
gcuban calls 975, and is all in
Shizcoco shows [3s As]
gcuban shows [8c 9c]
Vanman733 shows [Kc Qd]
Uncalled bet of 7,625 returned to Shizcoco
*** FLOP *** [Kd 4h 7c]
*** TURN *** [Kd 4h 7c] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 4h 7c Ac] [Td]
Shizcoco shows a pair of Aces
gcuban shows Ace King high
Shizcoco wins the side pot (830) with a pair of Aces
Vanman733 shows a pair of Kings
Shizcoco wins the main pot (2,380) with a pair of Aces
Vanman733 stands up
gcuban stands up
Mudcat9 stands up
chambert stands up
Shizcoco stands up
mega_pixel_26 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,210 Main pot 2,380. Side pot 830. | Rake 0
Board: [Kd 4h 7c Ac Td]
Seat 1: Mudcat9 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Vanman733 (button) showed [Kc Qd] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: chambert (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Shizcoco (big blind) showed [3s As] and won (3,210) with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: gcuban showed [8c 9c] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 9: mega_pixel_26 didn't bet (folded)

I have no idea how A3 called preflop, but anyways I out flop him and he rivers me. Out 11th.


FullTiltPoker Game #10955231463: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (82438560), Table 2 - 250/500 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:50:20 ET - 2009/03/04
Seat 2: beachaday (12,250)
Seat 3: danica KK (2,165)
Seat 4: Vanman733 (3,395)
Seat 5: Coeur-de-Pier09 (6,020)
Seat 7: Nightjump (4,360)
Seat 8: QuadmansLady (5,810)
Seat 9: redboot (6,500)
beachaday posts the small blind of 250
danica KK posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vanman733 [Kc As]
Vanman733 raises to 3,395, and is all in
Coeur-de-Pier09 folds
Nightjump folds
QuadmansLady folds
redboot folds
beachaday calls 3,145
danica KK folds
Vanman733 shows [Kc As]
beachaday shows [Jd Js]
*** FLOP *** [9c 7h Qh]
*** TURN *** [9c 7h Qh] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [9c 7h Qh 3d] [6c]
Vanman733 shows Ace King high
beachaday shows a pair of Jacks
beachaday wins the pot (7,290) with a pair of Jacks
Vanman733 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,290 | Rake 0
Board: [9c 7h Qh 3d 6c]
Seat 2: beachaday (small blind) showed [Jd Js] and won (7,290) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 3: danica KK (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Vanman733 showed [Kc As] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 5: Coeur-de-Pier09 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Nightjump didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: QuadmansLady didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: redboot (button) didn't bet (folded)

There is really no way I fold AK with 6 BB left, at least this guy woke up with a hand and I was actually behind. I would have been pissed if he had a lesser Ace and hit. Oh well out 7th.

Stats through 22 sngs, down $6.30, Lets get something started. I will be back tomorrow playing 16 sngs and I might try and fit a couple more of these in if win some playing sngs.

One site

I am going to stick to one site, trying to manage bankrolls on multiple sites is just hard. I picked FT because I have rake back on there and at these levels it better than points on PS, especially since I am not going to get supernova. I kept $17 on there to dabble with every now and again and I have my points on there. I have 4 more chances, to win $11 tourney dollars with my points; I am 1 for 3 in those tourneys they are super soft; in all reality I should be 3 for 3. The other two I had KQ vs KT and he hit and tonight I had AA vs KsQs I flop a set with one spade and it goes runner runner spades. I am really not regretting moving to FT at this moment. Joker Stars I have had enough.

12 more sngs tonight. +1.80, not real good but its positive. I cashed 5 out of 12, with only one first. I keep getting sucked out on Q rag seems to be the hand that kills me. I have a 40% ITM but am still down, but its less than one buyin.

I reset my poker tracker and bankroll to March 1st. Basically that means I am wiping the slate clean of those $11 sngs, and just keeping track of all $2.25s. I am going to see if I can play 150 sngs this week, plus a MTT here or there. If I can I should be up somewhere between $50 and $75 winning back my losses and putting my bankroll back at $300. If I can do that I will make a jump to the $5.50s and hopefully keep it rolling. I am still shooting for a $400 dollar month, its just going to be hard if I can't move up to the $5.50 level quickly.

I am off tomorrow so see you later.

Second Session, Still Running GUD

So I played 8 more sngs on FT, I dropped down to the $2.25 and I still suck. Its really starting to annoy me. I want so bad to put in the volume and the hours but man the suck outs are so brutal, its not even fun anymore. I know the suckouts are going to come. Its like I expect it. I need quads to win and god knows how often that happens.

FT 3 out of 8, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd. Down $3.30, 1.5 buyins. Not bad I guess.

The hand that killed me was QJ vs 66 flop is QQ7, dream flop for me, we get it all in guy turns over 66. Turn and river are both 6's.

On PS I played 8 more, with much less success. I am playing the $3.40s there. I cashed 2 out of 8. Down $13.60, 4 buyings. So I had AA vs TT cracked on a turned T. AA cracked by K9 with turn K river K, which is the only way he could win since the board paired on the flop. I finished 2nd to a donky. I had him in AJ vs Q4 blocked his suits and he hits a 4. Had him all in A9 vs 85, flops a 5 finally I had him all in 66 vs A9, the best situation for him and he hits the 9 and then tells me he runs good. No shit Sherlock, get a day job.

Recap:
7 Bad beats to take me out, thats almost 50% of the SNGS I played in.
5 50/50 situations and I lost them all.
3 hands I pushed into a dominated situation

If you look at the big picture this might look good. If I dont take those 7 bad beats, I actually would have made money. If I just won 2 of those races it would have been a great night. Oh well.

I have said it before and will say it again, I can't beat luck or employees. Their luck has to stop sometime, doesn't it. I looked at my sharkscope and I am down over the last 400 sngs. Oh well, at least I have a day job. I guess my dreams of playing in the series this year will be crushed again.

I am starting my diet, and exercise program tomorrow so hopefully all the stress and stuff will be left there and I can actually get catch some breaks. This months goal looks bleak at best. Down $125 today it will probably take me all month to make that up if my hands can hold up. If I keep going like this I will probably be broke and done playing online by the end of the month. It will have been good while it lasted, I have not made a deposit in over 3 years and plan on keeping that up.

First Session, I RUN GUD!

Just the highlights, just the facts.

FT 1 for 6 down $48.00 ouch.

1 suck out KK vs AJ, that's how I run
5 50/50's I won one, I am taking to many chances on these this should be alot lower.

PS 1 for 8 down $61.00 double ouch.

4 suck outs.
1 cooler AK vs QT flop AKJ.
2 50/50 I won one, WHOOT.
1 missed flush draw, I never push all in on draws, this is why. However they sure hit against me.

Total down $109. Maybe I just jumped the gun moving to $11's. Maybe, Maybe Maybe.

I digress, I cashed out $200 on PS, I need to get the feeling of cashing out back. I have not cashed out in about 3 months. New rule is: cash out 50% of my winnings each month. If I don't have a wining month well that's going to suck isn't it.

I am jumping back down to $2.25 on FT and $3.40 on PS, The juice is higher but I need some confidence back and get some of my losses back. If I can put in the volume I should cover my first day losses with two weeks. Man one day's loss is going to take two weeks. Wow, poker kind of sucks. Good thing its just an obsessive hobby of mine.

Also no cash games, I dabbled in them and I just don't have the edge I have in the SNG or MTT. If I want to gamble I will play a MTT. Wish me luck, actually don't wish me luck, just wish me that my hands will hold up I am tired of getting the 3 outer hit on me.

Oh well, I will try and play another session tonight on FT and PS hopefully I can get $20 of that back tonight.

Feb Summary, March Goals

Not much good happened for me with regards to poker in the month of February. I pretty much ran bad and had a negative month. My ending bankroll on FT was $295, but my net was actually -$15 because I got $20 in rackback.

On Stars I ended with $492,down $13. So so the totals for the month down $28.

I went deep in a 2600 person MTT, cashed in 169 lost a race but made $14.

This months plan is to keep playing some MTTs on weekends and I also plan to start playing the $10+1 SNGS.

This months goal $400. I hope it goes well.