So its been about a week since I updated. The 60 hour week went down the tube. What a time to start a downswing, I played hard for 3 days and couldnt win anything, so instead of playing more I decided to take off a day or two. I went to Kent on saturday for their homecoming and had a lot of fun. I don't really remember but I think I took friday saturday and sunday off..came back refreshed.
I final tabled the $3r $14.5k GTD on ftp only to bust out 6th. It was pretty epic....there were around 2900-3000 runners and CHRISP200 and I both made it to the final 2 tables. He ended up going out 11th. So close to a final table...we've never made the same final table of a big tournament like that before. Also I won a small tournament too for 2 FTs. The next day I had some nice runs but nothing really came thru. I ran like poopoo but some how FT the $22 Big Antes 360 CAP. I shipped it for around $1475 (no ss:(). So for 2 weeks I was on a $1300-$1400 downswing and took a break....came back and within 2-3 days went on a $2kish upswing. Thats where I'm at now...I took yesterday off to get some stuff straightened around and just relax. Back at it today, hopefully the upswing continues and I can FT a few today. Gl out there today
Friday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
updates
Updates real quick on this week...I've played everyday this week. Been switching my schedule up to play during the night..usually 8 or 9pm to 3-4am. The play is pretty laughable. It seems you can gain better stacks during the night play but then again it might just be me. I like it though and will continue to play that a few times a week. The sun is out today and there is nothing better than grinding when the weather is good. Good weather, Good attitude.
Anyways...3 days and a shitty as 19.5 hours played. Day 1- 9.5hrs , Day 2-5hrs , Day 3-5hrs. So I have 4 days to get 40.5 hours in. Today I will be registering from about 1:30-2pm to 11pm or longer. Need atleast 10-12 hours today, shouldnt be too hard.
I final tabled $22 360 CAP Big antes last night and had an all in with AK vs AQ vs JJ for 200K (chip lead with 6 to go) if i would have won the flip. JJ held. nothing else really...lets hope for a ship tonight.
Also last month it was hard coming up with 10 final table songs (brag) so this month I've decided to just designate one. Enjoy and gl
Anyways...3 days and a shitty as 19.5 hours played. Day 1- 9.5hrs , Day 2-5hrs , Day 3-5hrs. So I have 4 days to get 40.5 hours in. Today I will be registering from about 1:30-2pm to 11pm or longer. Need atleast 10-12 hours today, shouldnt be too hard.
I final tabled $22 360 CAP Big antes last night and had an all in with AK vs AQ vs JJ for 200K (chip lead with 6 to go) if i would have won the flip. JJ held. nothing else really...lets hope for a ship tonight.
Also last month it was hard coming up with 10 final table songs (brag) so this month I've decided to just designate one. Enjoy and gl
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Day 1
Played about 35 yesterday for -$381. I had a few hopefuls but they ended up falling through. Played pretty good though so nothing to complain about. I clocked in 9.5 hours for day 1 and started day 2 at 730pm tonight. I'm registered till about 2am so looking for another long session and hopefully put me back in the green. Havent ran too well just yet, knocked out of about 4 but got a lot more coming. and tonight is turbo night on stars...starts at 11pm..hopefully ship something...gllglgl
Monday, October 4, 2010
60 Hour Poker Challenge
Alright I know this is prob easy for most pro grinders because they play 50-60 hours a week. I set this goal at about an avg of 10 hour days 6 days this week..maybe more. I'll register for 8 hours min. which should hopefully give me over 60 hours.
1 week...60 hours...hopefully at least 4 figure profits.
Started at 9am this morning and will update throughout. Busted out of a few already and I'm registered till 5pm on FTP and PS.
1 week...60 hours...hopefully at least 4 figure profits.
Started at 9am this morning and will update throughout. Busted out of a few already and I'm registered till 5pm on FTP and PS.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
I love 2nd place
I Final Tabled 2 tournaments yesterday. 1 was a small $2 rebuy on ftp...500 for first, got to heads up..had about 1.1 mill to his 475kish.....All in pre AGAIN A8o vs A6...spikes the 6....from there is was a battle...i had him all in twice when i was ahead and he caught both...ended up taking 2nd. FT the 360 CAP $22 big antes....entered 4/9 with about 45 bigs....had perfect seat ....CL was 2 to my right. few hands in i wake up with AQ on the button...cl raises and instead of smooth calling i 3 bet...he 4bet and imade a terrible 5bet jam....he showed AK...gg out in 9th. Didn't like how i played that at all.
$3r $60k GTD on stars.....was short stacked to 9 bigs at one point in the money, played solid patient poker to and was up to about 40 bigs...then hit a brick wall and was up and down from 12-30 bigs...got to about 100 people and i have 27 bbs on button. aggor raises from the HJ....image is pretty loose...my image, ehh i just won a huge pot 3 bet shoving with KK a few hands before to double up. blinds 12.5k/25k plus ante..he raises 58k....he's raise/folded before and we both have around the same stacks....he might have me by 20k in chips. i thought about it and i shoved. he insta called with 77 board flopped open ender but i couldnt get there.
in hindsight this shove was terrible. here i am short stack ninja'in my way thru 7100 people for a shot at 12k, up to 27 bigs and i spewwww. pretty upset with my self but nothgni you can do. learn from mistakes and press on.
I'd like to leave with a hand from yesterday. Lately against thinking/good players I like to make calls like this oop with pp because they are firing off a Cbet most of the time.
PokerStars Game #50452447526: Tournament #314010910, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (200/400) - 2010/10/01 13:52:38 ET
Table '314010910 9' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Minus790 (24532 in chips)
Seat 2: grompok (22573 in chips)
Seat 3: Hoppi777 (5126 in chips)
Seat 4: teddyrowe9 (19147 in chips)
Seat 5: OMGitshunt (9078 in chips)
Seat 6: FoRsAkEn03 (15464 in chips)
Seat 7: paultorico (5123 in chips)
Seat 9: cusexcuse (4780 in chips)
Minus790: posts the ante 80
grompok: posts the ante 80
Hoppi777: posts the ante 80
teddyrowe9: posts the ante 80
OMGitshunt: posts the ante 80
FoRsAkEn03: posts the ante 80
paultorico: posts the ante 80
cusexcuse: posts the ante 80
teddyrowe9: posts small blind 200
OMGitshunt: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FoRsAkEn03 [Ts Th]
FoRsAkEn03: raises 511 to 911
paultorico: folds
cusexcuse: folds
Minus790: raises 2426 to 3337
grompok: folds
Hoppi777: folds
teddyrowe9: folds
OMGitshunt: folds
FoRsAkEn03: calls 2426
*** FLOP *** [7c 6h Qh]
FoRsAkEn03: checks
Minus790: bets 3337
FoRsAkEn03: calls 3337
*** TURN *** [7c 6h Qh] [Tc]
FoRsAkEn03: checks
Minus790: bets 8337
FoRsAkEn03: raises 373 to 8710 and is all-in
Minus790: calls 373
*** RIVER *** [7c 6h Qh Tc] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FoRsAkEn03: shows [Ts Th] (three of a kind, Tens)
Minus790: shows [Kd Ah] (high card Ace)
FoRsAkEn03 collected 32008 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 32008 | Rake 0
Board [7c 6h Qh Tc 4d]
Seat 1: Minus790 showed [Kd Ah] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: grompok folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Hoppi777 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: teddyrowe9 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: OMGitshunt (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: FoRsAkEn03 showed [Ts Th] and won (32008) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 7: paultorico folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: cusexcuse folded before Flop (didn't bet)
heres my thought process....first....dude is a supernova...2nd his 3bet sizing screams 1 hand to me..AK. he re raised me 3.6x which is huge....why would you raise in position any other hand (maybe AQ) that huge...even this is huge. i mean obv if he raises 2.5-3x I'm still calling. (note: this is why you should keep your 3bets pretty effing close to the same whether youre bluffing or not so you arent playign with your cards face up) any ways...at the point he 3 bet me, i dont think you have to 4bet shove all in or 4 bet at all...you are oop but set mining with his stack here isnt terrible...now obv we cant just assume he has AK here all the time because of his bet sizing but TT should fare well here...flop comes and its Q high...ugh not too good for me yet i still feel im a head in this hand. the plan was to check/call no matter what....i think there was well over 7k in the pot post flop...he fired out same bet...3337. hmmm...interesting...jj? nope ak obv...i know it mr supernova......turn BOOM T ....gg rest played out fine and he showed up with AK
the only thing maybe different.....i should prob check/raise the flop...i got lucky on the turn but felt like if a K or A showed on the turn i could get away from my hand...moral of the story...if you are up against a thinking player dont be afraid to call the cbet...esp if you are running HEM and he's cbet 100%....either check/call and take it away on the turn...or check/raise the flop and get him to fold. you'll be surprised how many of them will fire out a cbet and check down the river and you flip over 44 and take the pot. pay attention to the habitual c-bettors. and also note yourself so you cant be exploited....mix up the play....check top pair....delay c-bet on the turn. etc etc , stay fresh, dont be a book.
September was a good month....played a little over 400 games and profited around $4500-$4600ish. sooolidddd. I didn't play 600+ like I wanted to. Oct goal is 600 games with atleast $4K profit.
$3r $60k GTD on stars.....was short stacked to 9 bigs at one point in the money, played solid patient poker to and was up to about 40 bigs...then hit a brick wall and was up and down from 12-30 bigs...got to about 100 people and i have 27 bbs on button. aggor raises from the HJ....image is pretty loose...my image, ehh i just won a huge pot 3 bet shoving with KK a few hands before to double up. blinds 12.5k/25k plus ante..he raises 58k....he's raise/folded before and we both have around the same stacks....he might have me by 20k in chips. i thought about it and i shoved. he insta called with 77 board flopped open ender but i couldnt get there.
in hindsight this shove was terrible. here i am short stack ninja'in my way thru 7100 people for a shot at 12k, up to 27 bigs and i spewwww. pretty upset with my self but nothgni you can do. learn from mistakes and press on.
I'd like to leave with a hand from yesterday. Lately against thinking/good players I like to make calls like this oop with pp because they are firing off a Cbet most of the time.
PokerStars Game #50452447526: Tournament #314010910, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (200/400) - 2010/10/01 13:52:38 ET
Table '314010910 9' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Minus790 (24532 in chips)
Seat 2: grompok (22573 in chips)
Seat 3: Hoppi777 (5126 in chips)
Seat 4: teddyrowe9 (19147 in chips)
Seat 5: OMGitshunt (9078 in chips)
Seat 6: FoRsAkEn03 (15464 in chips)
Seat 7: paultorico (5123 in chips)
Seat 9: cusexcuse (4780 in chips)
Minus790: posts the ante 80
grompok: posts the ante 80
Hoppi777: posts the ante 80
teddyrowe9: posts the ante 80
OMGitshunt: posts the ante 80
FoRsAkEn03: posts the ante 80
paultorico: posts the ante 80
cusexcuse: posts the ante 80
teddyrowe9: posts small blind 200
OMGitshunt: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FoRsAkEn03 [Ts Th]
FoRsAkEn03: raises 511 to 911
paultorico: folds
cusexcuse: folds
Minus790: raises 2426 to 3337
grompok: folds
Hoppi777: folds
teddyrowe9: folds
OMGitshunt: folds
FoRsAkEn03: calls 2426
*** FLOP *** [7c 6h Qh]
FoRsAkEn03: checks
Minus790: bets 3337
FoRsAkEn03: calls 3337
*** TURN *** [7c 6h Qh] [Tc]
FoRsAkEn03: checks
Minus790: bets 8337
FoRsAkEn03: raises 373 to 8710 and is all-in
Minus790: calls 373
*** RIVER *** [7c 6h Qh Tc] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FoRsAkEn03: shows [Ts Th] (three of a kind, Tens)
Minus790: shows [Kd Ah] (high card Ace)
FoRsAkEn03 collected 32008 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 32008 | Rake 0
Board [7c 6h Qh Tc 4d]
Seat 1: Minus790 showed [Kd Ah] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: grompok folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Hoppi777 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: teddyrowe9 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: OMGitshunt (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: FoRsAkEn03 showed [Ts Th] and won (32008) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 7: paultorico folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: cusexcuse folded before Flop (didn't bet)
heres my thought process....first....dude is a supernova...2nd his 3bet sizing screams 1 hand to me..AK. he re raised me 3.6x which is huge....why would you raise in position any other hand (maybe AQ) that huge...even this is huge. i mean obv if he raises 2.5-3x I'm still calling. (note: this is why you should keep your 3bets pretty effing close to the same whether youre bluffing or not so you arent playign with your cards face up) any ways...at the point he 3 bet me, i dont think you have to 4bet shove all in or 4 bet at all...you are oop but set mining with his stack here isnt terrible...now obv we cant just assume he has AK here all the time because of his bet sizing but TT should fare well here...flop comes and its Q high...ugh not too good for me yet i still feel im a head in this hand. the plan was to check/call no matter what....i think there was well over 7k in the pot post flop...he fired out same bet...3337. hmmm...interesting...jj? nope ak obv...i know it mr supernova......turn BOOM T ....gg rest played out fine and he showed up with AK
the only thing maybe different.....i should prob check/raise the flop...i got lucky on the turn but felt like if a K or A showed on the turn i could get away from my hand...moral of the story...if you are up against a thinking player dont be afraid to call the cbet...esp if you are running HEM and he's cbet 100%....either check/call and take it away on the turn...or check/raise the flop and get him to fold. you'll be surprised how many of them will fire out a cbet and check down the river and you flip over 44 and take the pot. pay attention to the habitual c-bettors. and also note yourself so you cant be exploited....mix up the play....check top pair....delay c-bet on the turn. etc etc , stay fresh, dont be a book.
September was a good month....played a little over 400 games and profited around $4500-$4600ish. sooolidddd. I didn't play 600+ like I wanted to. Oct goal is 600 games with atleast $4K profit.
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