Monday, July 28, 2008

Just cant get back to even.....What is wrong

Over the last 8 Sngs I have actually won, I know can you believe it. Up 14.50. Tonight, it really looked bleak. I had QQ vs QJ, Lost, Had QQ vs AJ lost, 99 ran into AA and on the very next hand picked up QQ and ran into AA against the same guy. My saving grace for the night was this hand. I won the tourney and made .50 cents tonight.

PokerStars Game #19185808836: Tournament #98665080, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/07/29 - 00:20:26 (ET)
Table '98665080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: vanman733 (7890 in chips)
Seat 7: CRB23 (5610 in chips)
CRB23: posts small blind 100
vanman733: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to vanman733 [7d 8d]
CRB23: calls 100
vanman733: checks
*** FLOP *** [5d 3s 6d]
vanman733: checks
CRB23: bets 600
vanman733: calls 600
*** TURN *** [5d 3s 6d] [2d]
vanman733: checks
CRB23: bets 4810 and is all-in
vanman733: calls 4810
*** RIVER *** [5d 3s 6d 2d] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vanman733: shows [7d 8d] (a straight flush, Four to Eight)
CRB23: shows [4h 5s] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
vanman733 collected 11220 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11220 | Rake 0
Board [5d 3s 6d 2d 4d]
Seat 2: vanman733 (big blind) showed [7d 8d] and won (11220) with a straight flush, Four to Eight
Seat 7: CRB23 (button) (small blind) showed [4h 5s] and lost with a straight, Deuce to Six

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Just a small win, but a win none the less

Just won $3 tonight but at least I am wining.

Full Tilt Poker Game #7351992479: Table La Jolla - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:09:35 ET - 2008/07/24
Seat 1: gwenj ($7.65)
Seat 2: spamhorse ($8.60)
Seat 3: villamendez ($3)
Seat 4: HooverHawk ($9.55)
Seat 5: slinjo77 ($9.30)
Seat 6: kevinmnola ($12.75)
Seat 7: BrinkTD2 ($3.60)
Seat 8: Dogdrake ($5)
Seat 9: Vanman733 ($13.30)
Vanman733 posts the small blind of $0.05
gwenj is sitting out
spamhorse is sitting out
villamendez posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vanman733 [7s 7h]
gwenj stands up
HooverHawk folds
spamhorse stands up
slinjo77 raises to $0.35
kevinmnola folds
BrinkTD2 has 15 seconds left to act
BrinkTD2 folds
Dogdrake folds
Vanman733 calls $0.30
villamendez folds
*** FLOP *** [7d 2d 7c]
Vanman733 checks
slinjo77 has 15 seconds left to act
Greed_hohol sits down
GReeNACReS3 sits down
slinjo77 checks
Greed_hohol adds $2
*** TURN *** [7d 2d 7c] [2h]
GReeNACReS3 adds $5.60
Vanman733 checks
slinjo77 checks
*** RIVER *** [7d 2d 7c 2h] [Qd]
Vanman733 has 15 seconds left to act
Vanman733 bets $0.80
slinjo77 folds
Uncalled bet of $0.80 returned to Vanman733
Vanman733 mucks
Vanman733 wins the pot ($0.75)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $0.80 | Rake $0.05
Board: [7d 2d 7c 2h Qd]
Seat 1: gwenj is sitting out
Seat 2: spamhorse is sitting out
Seat 3: villamendez (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: HooverHawk didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: slinjo77 folded on the River
Seat 6: kevinmnola didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: BrinkTD2 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: Dogdrake (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Vanman733 (small blind) collected ($0.75), mucked

Sums up my month Flop the nuts get no action, oh wait a few minutes later

Full Tilt Poker Game #7352112189: Table Coconut Grove - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:23:26 ET - 2008/07/24
Seat 1: Debilidad ($2)
Seat 2: Vanman733 ($11)
Seat 3: dididavid ($4.60)
Seat 4: moment ($1.85)
Seat 5: RELsezHIGH ($10)
Seat 6: Ice Coy ($4.85)
Seat 7: japanesejoe ($8.10)
Seat 8: Inthaplass ($2.80)
Seat 9: mdmanser ($6.65)
Vanman733 posts the small blind of $0.05
dididavid posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vanman733 [Qd Jd]
moment calls $0.10
Ice Coy folds
japanesejoe calls $0.10
Inthaplass calls $0.10
mdmanser folds
Debilidad folds
Vanman733 calls $0.05
dididavid raises to $0.30
moment calls $0.20
japanesejoe calls $0.20
Inthaplass folds
Vanman733 has 15 seconds left to act
Vanman733 calls $0.20
*** FLOP *** [Kc Tc 9h]
Vanman733 checks
dididavid bets $1.30
moment folds
japanesejoe folds
Vanman733 calls $1.30
*** TURN *** [Kc Tc 9h] [4c]
Vanman733 checks
dididavid bets $1.50
Vanman733 calls $1.50
*** RIVER *** [Kc Tc 9h 4c] [7s]
Vanman733 bets $1.70
dididavid calls $1.50, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $0.20 returned to Vanman733
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Vanman733 shows [Qd Jd] a straight, King high
dididavid mucks
Vanman733 wins the pot ($8.95) with a straight, King high
dididavid is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $9.90 | Rake $0.95
Board: [Kc Tc 9h 4c 7s]
Seat 1: Debilidad (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Vanman733 (small blind) showed [Qd Jd] and won ($8.95) with a straight, King high
Seat 3: dididavid (big blind) mucked [Kd Td] - two pair, Kings and Tens
Seat 4: moment folded on the Flop
Seat 5: RELsezHIGH is sitting out
Seat 6: Ice Coy didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: japanesejoe folded on the Flop
Seat 8: Inthaplass folded before the Flop
Seat 9: mdmanser didn't bet (folded)

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

A few more hands

So tonight I played 480 hands and netted $5 dollars. Way too little for 2.5 hours of play. Oh wait I dropped $10 in the first 5 minutes to some nasty coolers. So most of the night I was playing behind, and at one point got down $15. So any profit from that I will take.

The hand that made me profitable was AhKh. There was a raise in front of me and I had position so I decided to call. Flop was Jhh, and the preflop raiser bets out. I put him on a PP like QQ, TT, 99, AQ, AJ so I decided I would call because mathematically I was a favorite. I bricked the turn and he lead out. The river was an ace of clubs and he bet out again, but since I chased this far I have to call with the amount of money in the pot. He showed KK. Then he said the following:

NoLimitSoulja11: I hate your life you worthless piece of sh.it
NoLimitSoulja11: As.shole go play in traffic
NoLimitSoulja11: donks like you
NoLimitSoulja11: and this fu.cking site
NoLimitSoulja11: who allows dipsh.its like you to catch their shi.t

First suck out I gave in a long time and it felt good, but after this display it really felt good. I think its going to turn around for me now.


I also decided to play a token tourney on Full Tilt for 1800 points and won a $26 token which I can use to play in bigger tourneys. I hope I can turn that into cash and have a nice finish. I plan to play it on Sunday.

I will probably take the next few nights off just to wrap my head around things and take a break.

The Poker Gods must hate me this month.

I think someone really really wants me to not be profitable this month. Switched over to cash games played 1000 hands and only up $11.25. I lost $20 tonight on FT but up on PS but just barely.

Tonight was really strange, I missed every flop, ran into every cooler and everyone out drew on me. I had 10 pocket pairs in the first 20 min on one table lost every hand. It was incredible. I finally reloaded and had J8 in the BB flop top two, we got it all in and he had pocket 8's. I couldn't beat this guy, He call my preflop raise all night and hit every time.

Oh well back to the grind of work and poker tomorrow. I am hopeful to get another 1000 hands in before this weekend and try for 2000 by Sunday.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Cash Games

So I have decided to give SNGs a break. They are really frustrating me at the moment. In SNGS you risk your whole equity on A8 off and get called by Q3 because its the right thing to do. Those types of things don't happen in cash games. I would never push all in preflop with A8, why? Its just not profitable. Cash is about building pots and winning them, tourneys you have to gamble at some point because you getting blinded out. So with that I am moving back to cash for a while.

My bread and butter has been the cash game I ran $25 up to $4000 before I can do it again. I plan to play cash the rest of the month and probably next month mix in cash and tourneys we will just have to see. I also plan on playing my points for tourney entries and hope to hit a big score in one of those.

I will start playing by the 20 buyin bankroll rule which at this moment means I play .05/.10 NL because my bankroll is split between two sites. I will import all my stats into Poker Tracker and provide the details in my blog.

Two sessions so far and up $27. I have had a few interesting hands. I had QQ and the flop came J9Q rainbow. The preflop raiser bets out I reraised he just called. I figured he didn't have KT most likely a KX holding as he would have shoved after my reraise. The turn a Td which put a two flush out. He bet out $2 and I decided to call because I had a 20% chance for a redraw and figured if I hit I would stack him. The river blanked a diamond and he check and I checked and he showed AK. Personally I would have bet the river, my reraise on the flop doesn't suggest diamonds but most likely a QX. If he comes over the top then I have a decsion.

The other hand I had my top set of 8s out run by runner runner straight. I bet it the whole way and he chased with nothing and hit the gutshot on the river. Oh well, I love these guys in cash games.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Just more suck outs as usual

Played 6 tonight cashed in 1 for second and had him dominaed when he hit on the river. Down $12.50 for the month. I am not sure whats going on. I have to believe someday my hands will hold up.

I have played 33 SNG on Poker Stars and cashed in 10, sucks I know. Here are a couple of Gems I took tonight. If I get to $300 on Stars its going to be cash out time. Also I am not playing on Stars for a week, hope something can turn it around.


PokerStars Game #18953340238: Tournament #96754498, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/07/20 - 01:43:35 (ET)
Table '96754498 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: jrancor (1460 in chips)
Seat 2: TheHitdog (1000 in chips)
Seat 3: drm2006 (1540 in chips)
Seat 4: alextoobad (1450 in chips)
Seat 5: vanman733 (1540 in chips)
Seat 6: binocular00 (1250 in chips)
Seat 7: andydufreis (1460 in chips)
Seat 8: ImFedUpA6 (1740 in chips)
Seat 9: pizzaaking (2060 in chips)
binocular00: posts small blind 10
andydufreis: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to vanman733 [Kh Kc]
ImFedUpA6: folds
pizzaaking: calls 20
jrancor: folds
TheHitdog: folds
drm2006: folds
alextoobad: folds
vanman733: raises 80 to 100
binocular00: folds
andydufreis: calls 80
pizzaaking: calls 80
*** FLOP *** [Ah Ks Td]
andydufreis: checks
pizzaaking: bets 140
vanman733: calls 140
andydufreis: calls 140
*** TURN *** [Ah Ks Td] [Ac]
andydufreis: checks
pizzaaking: checks
vanman733: bets 100
andydufreis: calls 100
pizzaaking: folds
*** RIVER *** [Ah Ks Td Ac] [9c]
andydufreis: bets 720
vanman733: raises 480 to 1200 and is all-in
andydufreis: calls 400 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (80) returned to vanman733
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vanman733: shows [Kh Kc] (a full house, Kings full of Aces)
andydufreis: shows [Ad Kd] (a full house, Aces full of Kings)
andydufreis collected 3170 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3170 | Rake 0
Board [Ah Ks Td Ac 9c]
Seat 1: jrancor folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: TheHitdog folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: drm2006 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: alextoobad folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: vanman733 (button) showed [Kh Kc] and lost with a full house, Kings full of Aces
Seat 6: binocular00 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: andydufreis (big blind) showed [Ad Kd] and won (3170) with a full house, Aces full of Kings
Seat 8: ImFedUpA6 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: pizzaaking folded on the Turn

PokerStars Game #18954222089: Tournament #96758018, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/07/20 - 02:55:26 (ET)
Table '96758018 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: vanman733 (1210 in chips)
Seat 2: eddieace (2665 in chips)
Seat 4: Creamedcage1 (1880 in chips)
Seat 5: m@verick1123 (5225 in chips)
Seat 7: VietBoyDman (1155 in chips)
Seat 9: sallyb0tzz (1365 in chips)
vanman733: posts small blind 75
eddieace: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to vanman733 [8h 8c]
Creamedcage1: folds
m@verick1123: calls 150
VietBoyDman: calls 150
sallyb0tzz: folds
vanman733: calls 75
eddieace: checks
*** FLOP *** [5c 4d 2c]
vanman733: bets 1060 and is all-in
eddieace: folds
m@verick1123: folds
VietBoyDman: calls 1005 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (55) returned to vanman733
*** TURN *** [5c 4d 2c] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [5c 4d 2c 4h] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vanman733: shows [8h 8c] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
VietBoyDman: shows [5h 5d] (four of a kind, Fives)
VietBoyDman collected 2610 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2610 | Rake 0
Board [5c 4d 2c 4h 5s]
Seat 1: vanman733 (small blind) showed [8h 8c] and lost with two pair, Eights and Fives
Seat 2: eddieace (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Creamedcage1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: m@verick1123 folded on the Flop
Seat 7: VietBoyDman showed [5h 5d] and won (2610) with four of a kind, Fives
Seat 9: sallyb0tzz (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Friday, July 18, 2008

I can't beat luck

Thats my new phrase. Check out this hand.

Rant On -----
On line poker is rigged. It has to be. There is just know way I can be running this bad. I consistently get my money in way ahead just to get sucked out on. I have had it with this one.

Poker Stars is dead to me. I have dropped $90 this month on suck out after suck out, it truely amazing. I win this hand I win the SNG.

Rant Off -----

PokerStars Game #18926785458: Tournament #96531086, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/07/19 - 00:22:24 (ET)
Table '96531086 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: pistilwhip (1260 in chips)
Seat 2: vanman733 (3090 in chips)
Seat 3: beavishead12 (1920 in chips)
Seat 5: BraamDePace (3570 in chips)
Seat 6: geeger (810 in chips)
Seat 7: Assgott84 (1505 in chips)
Seat 9: mkbwhizkid77 (1345 in chips)
BraamDePace: posts small blind 15
geeger: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to vanman733 [4h 5h]
Assgott84: calls 30
mkbwhizkid77: folds
pistilwhip: folds
vanman733: calls 30
beavishead12: raises 75 to 105
BraamDePace: calls 90
geeger: folds
Assgott84: calls 75
vanman733: calls 75
*** FLOP *** [2d Ah 3d]
BraamDePace: bets 250
Assgott84: folds
vanman733: raises 350 to 600
beavishead12: raises 1215 to 1815 and is all-in
BraamDePace: calls 1565
vanman733: raises 1170 to 2985 and is all-in
BraamDePace: calls 1170
*** TURN *** [2d Ah 3d] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [2d Ah 3d 7d] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BraamDePace: shows [Ks Ad] (a flush, Ace high)
vanman733: shows [4h 5h] (a straight, Ace to Five)
BraamDePace collected 2340 from side pot
beavishead12: shows [As Kh] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
BraamDePace collected 5895 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8235 Main pot 5895. Side pot 2340. | Rake 0
Board [2d Ah 3d 7d Kd]
Seat 1: pistilwhip folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: vanman733 showed [4h 5h] and lost with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 3: beavishead12 (button) showed [As Kh] and lost with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 5: BraamDePace (small blind) showed [Ks Ad] and won (8235) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 6: geeger (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Assgott84 folded on the Flop
Seat 9: mkbwhizkid77 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

This month is all about taking suck outs. If my hands would hold up I would be unstoppable. The reality is I know I will get sucked out on, its just the large number of suck outs I have had in the last two weeks has been unreal. Tonight I went 3/5 down $2.50 because I played two $11 sns, lost them both, on to A6 vs 55 I flopped A6 he caught a set, and top pair with nut flush draw and missed and he out kicked me.

The two I cashed one was for a first and the other a second in which I had a huge chip lead and lost to 3 suck outs in a row before I finally had to go all in because I was short stacked, and I out flopped him only to have him catch the flush on the river.

I started to play some cash to help the varience this month. Won $18 in the cash game so I am back up for the month. A whopping $7.50. I hope my SNG luck changes soon, a nice run puts me back to even for the month on Stars.