3K Bankroll

after stringing together consecutive winning sessions since 12dec my BR is looking pretty nice. ive played 17k hands since moving to 8tables and my bb/100 has gone up which is weird. i just finished off my 600$ bonus too.

i been trying to do some research to find out what optimal stats should look like. mine seem pretty weird compared to most peoples. my W$SD is much bigger than normal and W%WSF slightly low. maybe it means im not agressive enough. this means my red line is really negative and blue line huge. mayb i just play an odd style. here is a graph since i started 8tabling...














my general stats show once again that PL must have worse players or something, as i dont play it any different to NL.

my position stats show im way down in the sb, possibly a leak. although looking at my hand history i have had a lot of coolers in ths spot with my big pairs. i think completing in the sb less may be optimal as its hard to win a big pot when its limped and ur oop. i wish i could figure out how to view my stats better, as id like to look at my profit when folded to in the sb and i try steal.




as u can see my stats are pretty nitty in general. i tihnk the biggest improvement to my game lately has been that i can lay down overpair hands to the minbet when i feel im beat. what i need to iomprove on is barraling and getting ppl to lay down weak hands. it just seems like whenever i think its a good spot to double barrall they call me so light...

im at 38k hands at NL50. as long as im feeling confident, ill try moving up after 50k hands. got a bit of a break off work atm so will be trying to put in a session most days.

u should post ur stats up luke so i can have a look at them

Tilt: $2572 (+$350)
Stars: $222.96

Total: $3145

not much to say really

went to the casino torny. we start with 50bb and it was going up fast. i lost half my stack on the second orbit of PLO. Had A356 with a suited ace and limped behind 2ppl in late position. Flop of K33 is checked to me and i bet 3/4. 1 caller. i bet turn for 1/2 pot and he mumble calls. river is a K for K332K. check and he does too. has a K of course. i have like 1200 chips. soon i shove ATs in cutoff with 10bb and get blinds. shove AQ w 10bb from utg and take blinds. before i know it the blinds are 200/400 and i have 1100 still. just as it went up it was my bb and i have 55 so i call for 700more with 2 all ins infront, just hoping to get lucky and i dont. gg

Owning It

Played nearly 5k hands this weekend. Love 8 tables, its so fast. There apear to be even more morons playing, possibly due to the holiday season - and im not complaining!

Biggest pot of weekend. Villain was a standard 70VPIP fish, and I had been at his table for nearly 300hands trying to get his stack. When i finally got it it was tooo easy...



i think both these guys played the hand as badly as possible


made a really costly mistake in this hand. we area really deep and i try to play it way too fast. should have called the reraise on the flop, i had position and this would easily look like a AJ QQ KK hand. dude said he had AA. by playing it so fast i made it an easy laydown for him


Tilt: $2413 (+$350)
Stars: $222.96

Total: $2986

So close to the 3k BR but im really tired so i dont wana push it. i was having probs with my mic so i didnt record anything today, would have liked too. casino tourney tomorow should be interesting... im pretty much a tourney noob but it should be fun. have a fairly decent holiday break from work after tue so might try hit the casino up a few more times. should be lots of people on holiday coming in for a gamble :)

Its all over baby

Last day of the bet. I think i did really well in then end, and will be surprised if i lose. my weekend session pulled me out of a bad stretch which helped. my graph for my NL50 career so far:














My BR proof:


















Breakdown:


Tilt: $1856 (+$350)
Stars: $222.96

Total: $2429

Total gain since 15 Nov= $1026

rake earned: $170
bonus earned: $480

win or lose was a fun bet. we should try another one some time in the future

Huge Weekend Session

Played 9k hands this weekend. when compared to my months total before this of ~18k this was a pretty huge effort. I moved up to 8 tables and found the adjustment surprisingly easy. the side effect was i played a bit tighter with a vpip/pfr of 17/13, although playing tighter may not be a bad thing...

luke joined one of my tables for a while and had an unlucky session, lost like 3 buy ins or something. but this can only help me in the bet :)

had an intersting hand verse luke...



on the flop luke calls my c-bet and he could have anything. i check the turn cause i feel like im either way ahead or way behind. Q9 or a set were obviously likely, and betting would make most other pair hands fold. plus i know luke would float me and want to bluff so i give him the opportunity . when he bets the river and all the draws miss it was a very hard call to make. a hand like JT or just a flush draw are likely. i tank call and it was a crying call. i decided he would not bet a AQ KQ here, so it was either a set or air. he didnt raise the flop on a drawy board like a set would probably do, and im thinking luke would love to pull a move on me. 60:40 bluff:made-hand ratio so i just called. verse an unknown would fold for sure..... was a very kool hand anyway and i will admit i fist pumped when he showed the busted draw!

had another crazy hand, where i made a big laydown maybe? im super deep after a A high flush over flushed a K when we both had $100. i feel like i needed to raise the flop for value from draws or AK, but the action on the turn im sure he would not do with at least AQ+.



do u think i made the right plays here????


so anyway i guess we wait till tue to see how well/bad each of us did. i probly cant play much more and i wont get this weekends rakeback which sucks. i have no idea how lukes doing but he said he will be playing alot before tue night so good luck!

Sometimes u gotta laugh

Just took the sickest of gross beats. So much worse than some guy turning trips on u or hitting a gutshot, cause he litteraly played this hand as badly as he could and got payed off. the worst thing is he tank called my all in, so he actually must have though about it.....



Good times...

Well timed minor downswing

Couldnt play for long today but lost 3 buyins. Got $50 in rakeback and bonus tho which helped a bit. Sooooooo should have folded this hand but he was such a huge fish :(



Looking back i think this is such an easy fold. Bad play....

The bet is guna be a close finish. Havent heard from luke in a couple days so i assume he hasnt won anymore cause he always blogs when hes winning lol.

Tilt: $1485 (+$350)
Stars: $222.96

Total: $2055

Total gain since 15 Nov= $655


Goals for Dec:

This month i think i just want to play as much as i can and get a steadier win rate at NL50. i dont feel like im "beating" this limit like i felt at NL10 or NL25.

Will put in a large session tomorow!