Saturday, November 29, 2008

Waiting for rake to update....

Then will probably be pulling my cash off of AP. I was uncomfortable playing there for the obvious reasons but their software being complete garbage has finally annoyed me for the last time. It's clunky and dated. And finally, no time function just pisses me off to no end.

I enjoy pokerstars. The software is great and also worry free. I can mass mutli-table FR if I want (which I did tonight for 1.5 hours to the tune of 6 buy-ins at 10NL).

The only thing missing is micro-limit HU. I did enjoy doing that at AP which was quite profitable.

Anyways, I'm headed back to PS as soon as I get my rake deposit and I'll go from there.

Friday, November 28, 2008

Mixed it up and played a couple 45 man $5 on Stars...

Donked out of first one when I ran my last 800 chips with blinds at 50/100 with A7 from button into BB's QQ.

Second try went a bit better:

Thursday, November 27, 2008

on cruise control

approaching 3x my initial deposit already. man the players are terrible on the site i'm playing on for now.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

....sigh...curse is back

88.6% Equity




and

68.2% Equity




2 full buy-ins gone in 20 minutes without ever getting my money in behind on all-ins. Nice.

UPDATE: I immediately closed my tables after the 2nd beat and took a 15 minute break. Came back and ended the session up 1.5 buy-ins. The players at AP really are quite terrible.

Friday, November 21, 2008

Up 6 BI on AP

The players there are ABSOLUTELY 100% POSITIVELY TERRIBLE!

The Avg VPIP per TABLE is over 50% at 10NL. Since I've adjusted, I've been cruising. There are very few good regs and those are easy to spot. Just avoid them, sit back, wait for the good hands and take the donks to the bank.

If you have an old (inactive for 6+ months) and want rakeback, sign up through my rakeback provider, rakeupdate.com. They can get you rakeback on an inactive account through AP. It's worth it.

DubsPoke

Thursday, November 20, 2008

WTF?

http://www.tightpoker.com/news/become-a-professional-poker-player-poker-odds.shtml

His great strategy is to take a flop with ATC. wtf?

Back in control...

Switched away from Pokerstars for now. Someday when I have a big enough bankroll, perhaps I'll move back. But for now, I need a site with Rakeback and other assorted bonus programs.

My rakeback provider was recently able to get old accounts moved under them and given rakeback. I took $100 out of Pokerstars and am now playing on Absolute Poker. Yeah, I know about their scandal.

BUT I also play poker to win money. Rakeback is crucial for small stakes players who log a ton of hands. I'm one of those players. This will help me build my bankroll quickly while also help reduce the volatility of my bottom line.

I didn't start off well at Absolute Poker either. The players are absolutely terrible and I didn't adjust correctly at first. I thought terrible = loose passive. Well, terrible can also mean loose passive STATION. Cbetting stations and playing TopPair hands too aggressively can equal quick losses.

I've since cut back on my aggression. I'm c-betting and firing double-barrels much more effectively. I have to give props to Ed Miller for an excellent article on second barreling. Some great insight on board texture and how that affects firing 2nd barrels at donkeys. It's stuff I knew but have not been implementing at all recently.

I'm back on an upswing. Let's keep it up.

DubsPoke

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

LOL - I'm cursed!

By the runner runner flush against my sets!!!

AP:

Time to Find Some Leaks

Will be keeping a journal beside my as I play and notating various spots where leaks may be occurring.

Like stacking off with TPTK.

EDIT:

Let's start off with the 3rd hand of the morning, wonderful AA. What do you do different? Runner runner flushes are becoming a theme....

PokerStars Game #22173976834: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/19 8:37:33 ET
Table 'Eurydike' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: DidYouSeeWHy ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: c17h22no4 ($39.40 in chips)
Seat 3: pakkeper ($14.65 in chips)
Seat 4: Silly Doc ($35.65 in chips)
Seat 5: TurfToeJoe ($36.85 in chips)
Seat 6: DubsPoke ($25 in chips)
TurfToeJoe: posts small blind $0.10
DubsPoke: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Ad As]
DidYouSeeWHy: folds
c17h22no4: folds
pakkeper: calls $0.25
Silly Doc: folds
TurfToeJoe: folds
DubsPoke: raises $0.75 to $1
pakkeper: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [4s 3h Qd]
DubsPoke: checks
pakkeper: bets $1
DubsPoke: raises $1.50 to $2.50
pakkeper: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [4s 3h Qd] [Td]
DubsPoke: bets $5
pakkeper: calls $5
*** RIVER *** [4s 3h Qd Td] [4d]
DubsPoke: bets $6.50
pakkeper: calls $6.15 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($0.35) returned to DubsPoke
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DubsPoke: shows [Ad As] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
pakkeper: shows [5d 3d] (a flush, Queen high)
pakkeper collected $28 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $29.40 | Rake $1.40
Board [4s 3h Qd Td 4d]
Seat 1: DidYouSeeWHy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: c17h22no4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: pakkeper showed [5d 3d] and won ($28) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 4: Silly Doc (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: TurfToeJoe (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: DubsPoke (big blind) showed [Ad As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Fours

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Another beauty, did I lose the min? Villian is a 43/13/5 player.

PokerStars Game #22174328707: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/19 9:01:30 ET
Table 'Eurydike' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: DidYouSeeWHy ($26.60 in chips)
Seat 2: c17h22no4 ($45.20 in chips)
Seat 3: Metchf3 ($20.05 in chips)
Seat 4: Silly Doc ($32.50 in chips)
Seat 5: LESEB33 ($23.15 in chips)
Seat 6: DubsPoke ($25.90 in chips)
Metchf3: posts small blind $0.10
Silly Doc: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [9s 9c]
LESEB33: folds
DubsPoke: raises $0.75 to $1
DidYouSeeWHy: folds
c17h22no4: folds
Metchf3: folds
Silly Doc: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [4c 2s 6c]
Silly Doc: bets $0.75
DubsPoke: raises $1.75 to $2.50
Silly Doc: calls $1.75
*** TURN *** [4c 2s 6c] [As]
Silly Doc: checks
DubsPoke: checks
*** RIVER *** [4c 2s 6c As] [Qh]
Silly Doc: checks
DubsPoke: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Silly Doc: shows [Ad 5s] (a pair of Aces)
DubsPoke: mucks hand
Silly Doc collected $6.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7.10 | Rake $0.35
Board [4c 2s 6c As Qh]
Seat 1: DidYouSeeWHy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: c17h22no4 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Metchf3 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Silly Doc (big blind) showed [Ad 5s] and won ($6.75) with a pair of Aces
Seat 5: LESEB33 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: DubsPoke mucked [9s 9c]

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

I'm not $hitting you, 2nd hand of my night....

Previous history with d11dozer is that he was a complete and utter moron.

Proved it.

yet i still lose.....

PokerStars Game #22165288051: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/18 22:06:03 ET
Table 'Giomus III' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Shap Shot ($2.05 in chips)
Seat 2: CoiLNovANeS ($60.30 in chips)
Seat 3: d11dozer ($11.90 in chips)
Seat 4: pingmaoxie ($8.95 in chips)
Seat 5: DubsPoke ($25.75 in chips)
Seat 6: CSPT_SunTzu ($34.25 in chips)
DubsPoke: posts small blind $0.10
CSPT_SunTzu: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Ac As]
Shap Shot: calls $0.25
CoiLNovANeS: calls $0.25
d11dozer: raises $0.75 to $1
pingmaoxie: calls $1
DubsPoke: raises $2.25 to $3.25
CSPT_SunTzu: folds
Shap Shot: folds
CoiLNovANeS: folds
d11dozer: raises $8.65 to $11.90 and is all-in
pingmaoxie: folds
DubsPoke: calls $8.65
*** FLOP *** [6c 4s 2h]
*** TURN *** [6c 4s 2h] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [6c 4s 2h 4h] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DubsPoke: shows [Ac As] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
d11dozer: shows [9c 9s] (a full house, Nines full of Fours)
d11dozer collected $24.30 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $25.55 | Rake $1.25
Board [6c 4s 2h 4h 9d]
Seat 1: Shap Shot folded before Flop
Seat 2: CoiLNovANeS folded before Flop
Seat 3: d11dozer showed [9c 9s] and won ($24.30) with a full house, Nines full of Fours
Seat 4: pingmaoxie (button) folded before Flop
Seat 5: DubsPoke (small blind) showed [Ac As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 6: CSPT_SunTzu (big blind) folded before Flop

and it continues.....

Another losing session.

PokerStars Game #22157699582: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/11/18 17:19:20 ET
Table 'Burgi III' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: JoachimHopp ($23.70 in chips)
Seat 2: DubsPoke ($15.95 in chips)
Seat 3: Gandalf_Zgz ($12.80 in chips)
Seat 4: deeznutz123 ($7.55 in chips)
Seat 5: PeterPoker21 ($11.45 in chips)
Seat 6: pureYYbluff ($6 in chips)
DubsPoke: posts small blind $0.05
Gandalf_Zgz: posts big blind $0.10
pureYYbluff: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [7c 7h]
deeznutz123: folds
PeterPoker21: folds
pureYYbluff: raises $0.10 to $0.20
JoachimHopp: folds
DubsPoke: calls $0.15
Gandalf_Zgz: calls $0.10
*** FLOP *** [Qd 7d 4h]
DubsPoke: bets $0.40
Gandalf_Zgz: folds
pureYYbluff: calls $0.40
*** TURN *** [Qd 7d 4h] [8h]
DubsPoke: bets $0.90
pureYYbluff: calls $0.90
*** RIVER *** [Qd 7d 4h 8h] [3h]
DubsPoke: bets $14.45 and is all-in
pureYYbluff: calls $4.50 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($9.95) returned to DubsPoke
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DubsPoke: shows [7c 7h] (three of a kind, Sevens)
pureYYbluff: shows [Qh 5h] (a flush, Queen high)
pureYYbluff collected $11.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12.20 | Rake $0.60
Board [Qd 7d 4h 8h 3h]
Seat 1: JoachimHopp (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: DubsPoke (small blind) showed [7c 7h] and lost with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 3: Gandalf_Zgz (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: deeznutz123 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: PeterPoker21 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: pureYYbluff showed [Qh 5h] and won ($11.60) with a flush, Queen high

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PokerStars Game #22156895390: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/11/18 16:52:10 ET
Table 'Burgi III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: JoachimHopp ($16.35 in chips)
Seat 2: DubsPoke ($10 in chips)
Seat 3: Gandalf_Zgz ($14.55 in chips)
Seat 4: shlomi31 ($2 in chips)
Seat 6: Shakedown88 ($9.90 in chips)
JoachimHopp: posts small blind $0.05
DubsPoke: posts big blind $0.10
shlomi31: posts small & big blinds $0.15
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Qc Jd]
Gandalf_Zgz: folds
Trust2000 leaves the table
shlomi31: checks
Shakedown88: folds
JoachimHopp: calls $0.05
DubsPoke: raises $0.40 to $0.50
Heavenstouke joins the table at seat #5
shlomi31: calls $0.40
JoachimHopp: calls $0.40
*** FLOP *** [Qh 3h Tc]
JoachimHopp: checks
DubsPoke: bets $1.10
shlomi31: folds
JoachimHopp: calls $1.10
*** TURN *** [Qh 3h Tc] [Jc]
JoachimHopp: checks
DubsPoke: bets $3.10
JoachimHopp: calls $3.10
*** RIVER *** [Qh 3h Tc Jc] [Th]
JoachimHopp: bets $5.30
DubsPoke: calls $5.30 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JoachimHopp: shows [Ah 2h] (a flush, Ace high)
DubsPoke: mucks hand
JoachimHopp collected $19.55 from pot
DubsPoke said, "goddamn f'in idiot"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.55 | Rake $1
Board [Qh 3h Tc Jc Th]
Seat 1: JoachimHopp (small blind) showed [Ah 2h] and won ($19.55) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: DubsPoke (big blind) mucked [Qc Jd]
Seat 3: Gandalf_Zgz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: shlomi31 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Shakedown88 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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PokerStars Game #22156992552: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/11/18 16:55:31 ET
Table 'Hippokoon V' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Herteleer ($11.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Mat147 ($13.10 in chips)
Seat 4: migcho77 ($1.70 in chips)
Seat 5: DubsPoke ($10.05 in chips)
Seat 6: dondiddone ($9.85 in chips)
Herteleer: posts small blind $0.05
Mat147: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Qs Qh]
migcho77: calls $0.10
DubsPoke: raises $0.30 to $0.40
gasso1958 joins the table at seat #2
dondiddone: calls $0.40
Herteleer: folds
Mat147: folds
migcho77: calls $0.30
*** FLOP *** [9h 8c Js]
migcho77: checks
DubsPoke: bets $0.80
gasso1958 leaves the table
dondiddone: raises $0.80 to $1.60
migcho77: folds
DubsPoke: raises $1.30 to $2.90
dondiddone: raises $6.55 to $9.45 and is all-in
DubsPoke: calls $6.55
*** TURN *** [9h 8c Js] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [9h 8c Js Ac] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DubsPoke: shows [Qs Qh] (a pair of Queens)
dondiddone: shows [Tc Qc] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
dondiddone collected $19.25 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.25 | Rake $1
Board [9h 8c Js Ac 3d]
Seat 1: Herteleer (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Mat147 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: migcho77 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: DubsPoke showed [Qs Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: dondiddone (button) showed [Tc Qc] and won ($19.25) with a straight, Eight to Queen

Chances of this 13/10 player having QT were minimal, especially since I held two of the queens. Guess I was wrong.

Has the doomswitch been flipped?

PokerStars Game #22147625049: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/18 10:57:13 ET
Table 'Elinor II' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: asthenosfear ($39.85 in chips)
Seat 2: cut7iiron ($11.60 in chips)
Seat 3: kogemand ($7.95 in chips)
Seat 4: MaDDe1337 ($14.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Sick Joke. ($14.85 in chips)
Seat 6: DubsPoke ($25 in chips)
Sick Joke.: posts small blind $0.10
DubsPoke: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [5s 5h]
asthenosfear: folds
cut7iiron: calls $0.25
kogemand: calls $0.25
MaDDe1337: folds
Sick Joke.: calls $0.15
DubsPoke: checks
*** FLOP *** [5d Ac As]
Sick Joke.: checks
DubsPoke: checks
cut7iiron: checks
kogemand: bets $0.50
Sick Joke.: folds
DubsPoke: calls $0.50
cut7iiron: calls $0.50
*** TURN *** [5d Ac As] [5c]
DubsPoke: checks
cut7iiron: checks
kogemand: bets $1
DubsPoke: calls $1
cut7iiron: raises $1 to $2
kogemand: raises $5.20 to $7.20 and is all-in
DubsPoke: calls $6.20
cut7iiron: calls $5.20
*** RIVER *** [5d Ac As 5c] [6d]
DubsPoke: bets $6
cut7iiron: calls $3.65 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($2.35) returned to DubsPoke
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DubsPoke: shows [5s 5h] (four of a kind, Fives)
cut7iiron: mucks hand
DubsPoke collected $7 from side pot
kogemand: mucks hand
DubsPoke collected $22.90 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $31.40 Main pot $22.90. Side pot $7. | Rake $1.50
Board [5d Ac As 5c 6d]
Seat 1: asthenosfear folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: cut7iiron mucked [Ah 3h]
Seat 3: kogemand mucked [9s Ad]
Seat 4: MaDDe1337 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Sick Joke. (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: DubsPoke (big blind) showed [5s 5h] and won ($29.90) with four of a kind, Fives

Update:

A resounding NO. Yet another session with a positive EV per HEM with a negative real result. @$^@#^ @#^ @#^ @#!^ @ #^@# ^


PokerStars Game #22152914348: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/18 14:40:49 ET
Table 'Galt III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Luis 151 ($13.75 in chips)
Seat 2: DubsPoke ($28.40 in chips)
Seat 3: blaine1234 ($10.10 in chips)
Seat 4: versting 10 ($24.05 in chips)
Seat 5: Kekslord ($5.90 in chips)
Seat 6: ervinsm ($25.80 in chips)
Luis 151: posts small blind $0.10
DubsPoke: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Ah Qd]
blaine1234: calls $0.25
versting 10: calls $0.25
Kekslord: calls $0.25
ervinsm: folds
Luis 151: calls $0.15
DubsPoke: raises $1.75 to $2
blaine1234: folds
versting 10: folds
Kekslord: calls $1.75
Luis 151: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jd Qc 4h]
DubsPoke: bets $3.50
Kekslord: raises $0.40 to $3.90 and is all-in
DubsPoke: calls $0.40
*** TURN *** [Jd Qc 4h] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Qc 4h Ts] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DubsPoke: shows [Ah Qd] (a pair of Queens)
Kekslord: shows [9s Kd] (a straight, Nine to King)
Kekslord collected $11.95 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12.55 | Rake $0.60
Board [Jd Qc 4h Ts 6h]
Seat 1: Luis 151 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: DubsPoke (big blind) showed [Ah Qd] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: blaine1234 folded before Flop
Seat 4: versting 10 folded before Flop
Seat 5: Kekslord showed [9s Kd] and won ($11.95) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 6: ervinsm (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)


And later on against the same dumbass:


PokerStars Game #22153117888: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/18 14:48:00 ET
Table 'Galt III' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Luis 151 ($14 in chips)
Seat 2: DubsPoke ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: blaine1234 ($9.85 in chips)
Seat 4: versting 10 ($27.05 in chips)
Seat 5: Kekslord ($7.85 in chips)
Seat 6: ervinsm ($25.45 in chips)
versting 10: posts small blind $0.10
Kekslord: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Jd Js]
ervinsm: folds
Luis 151: folds
DubsPoke: raises $0.75 to $1
blaine1234: folds
versting 10: folds
Kekslord: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [Kd Ks 8h]
Kekslord: checks
DubsPoke: bets $1.50
Kekslord: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [Kd Ks 8h] [6d]
Kekslord: checks
DubsPoke: checks
*** RIVER *** [Kd Ks 8h 6d] [3d]
Kekslord: checks
DubsPoke: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Kekslord: shows [Kc 3h] (a full house, Kings full of Threes)
DubsPoke: mucks hand
Kekslord collected $4.85 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5.10 | Rake $0.25
Board [Kd Ks 8h 6d 3d]
Seat 1: Luis 151 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: DubsPoke mucked [Jd Js]
Seat 3: blaine1234 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: versting 10 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Kekslord (big blind) showed [Kc 3h] and won ($4.85) with a full house, Kings full of Threes
Seat 6: ervinsm folded before Flop (didn't bet)

The OBFV: Maximizing Returns Against Fish

While I was waiting for sleep to arrive last night, I got to thinking about why I was able to fly up through 2NL and 5NL so quickly yet have some slight struggles at 10NL and 25NL.

"What is different?" was the question I was asking.

The OBFV. The Overbet For Value has disappeared a bit from my game. For those not familiar with the concept, check out Fuell55's blog, Creativity Breeds Madness and look for a few of his archives.

Essentially, when you have a lock in a hand or are a very heavy favorite.....Shove. The fish will call. You have to choose your spots and your victims carefully but, over the long term, the small value you miss by not betting smaller is more than made up for by the large return you get when they do call.

I haven't been doing ANY OBFV for the most part. As a result, I'm winning a lot of small to medium pots while not winning big ones.

That changes today. I'll let you know how it works out after my first session this morning.

Wish me luck! (Apparently I need it right now!!!)

DubsPoke

Monday, November 17, 2008

What do you do on turn?

Going to try REALLY hard to avoid become results focused, so going to try to just work on improving the only thing I have control over, my play.

PokerStars Game #22135812286: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/11/17 21:35:02 ET
Table 'Wetherill V' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: DuckMySick88 ($11 in chips)
Seat 2: DubsPoke ($10 in chips)
Seat 3: OsmosisMo ($10 in chips)
Seat 4: speedcake ($11.75 in chips)
Seat 5: Kretz,C ($18.25 in chips) <----played every hand for first 10 hands, raise 55%
Seat 6: chiefs0022 ($41.85 in chips)
Kretz,C: posts small blind $0.05
chiefs0022: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Jh Kh]
DuckMySick88: raises $0.30 to $0.40
DubsPoke: calls $0.40
OsmosisMo: folds
speedcake: folds
Kretz,C: calls $0.35
chiefs0022: calls $0.30
*** FLOP *** [2s 2d Jd]
Kretz,C: checks
chiefs0022: checks
DuckMySick88: checks
DubsPoke: bets $1.10
Kretz,C: calls $1.10
chiefs0022: folds
DuckMySick88: folds
*** TURN *** [2s 2d Jd] [8d]
Kretz,C: checks
DubsPoke: checks
*** RIVER *** [2s 2d Jd 8d] [5d] <-----@#%@#^
Kretz,C: bets $4 <----he could have anything, all of which beats me
DubsPoke: folds
Uncalled bet ($4) returned to Kretz,C
Kretz,C collected $3.65 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.80 | Rake $0.15
Board [2s 2d Jd 8d 5d]
Seat 1: DuckMySick88 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: DubsPoke folded on the River
Seat 3: OsmosisMo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: speedcake (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Kretz,C (small blind) collected ($3.65)
Seat 6: chiefs0022 (big blind) folded on the Flop

For what it's worth, Kretz stacked off 2 hands later with A8o vs AA on a total bluff. Later on, he would double through me with a river Q vs my JJ. his hand Q5o, all in on undercard board at turn.

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Villian is a 67/33 player who is constantly full of shit:

PokerStars Game #22136613961: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/11/17 22:07:11 ET
Table 'Galilea' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: ELO65 ($27.15 in chips)
Seat 2: DubsPoke ($10 in chips)
Seat 3: H@BB@KUK ($10 in chips)
Seat 4: McManus06 ($10.75 in chips)
Seat 5: faisdf ($10.15 in chips)
Seat 6: ItsHolliday ($10 in chips)
faisdf: posts small blind $0.05
ItsHolliday: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [8d 8c]
ELO65: calls $0.10
DubsPoke: raises $0.30 to $0.40
H@BB@KUK: folds
McManus06: folds
faisdf: folds
ItsHolliday: folds
ELO65: raises $0.60 to $1
DubsPoke: calls $0.60
*** FLOP *** [7d 3c 2s]
ELO65: bets $2.20
DubsPoke: raises $6.80 to $9 and is all-in
ELO65: calls $6.80
*** TURN *** [7d 3c 2s] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [7d 3c 2s Jh] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ELO65: shows [Ac Jd] (three of a kind, Jacks)
DubsPoke: mucks hand
ELO65 collected $19.15 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.15 | Rake $1
Board [7d 3c 2s Jh Jc]
Seat 1: ELO65 showed [Ac Jd] and won ($19.15) with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 2: DubsPoke mucked [8d 8c]
Seat 3: H@BB@KUK folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: McManus06 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: faisdf (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: ItsHolliday (big blind) folded before Flop


You do anything different?

I HATE negative variance...

Seriously, this is getting borderline ridiculous. F that. This is ridiculous.

1k hand session at 10NL.

Expected Value: +14.25
Real Value -23.8

Those values don't even include the wonderful times where AA < 66 and villain flops a set on flop or turn and similar bullshit setup type crap.

It's going to change soon. It has to.

I suppose the most frustrating element of this is that I am practicing active seat selection, looking for the 70/15 type of fish.

I find them, make sure they are on my right, get them in the position I want. Get them to commit their chips when behind 70/30, 80/20, hell even a few 90/10s.

AND WHAM! Ship the chips their way.

So what am I doing wrong? Are my hands too vunerable to be doing what I'm doing? I'm playing a 20.1/13.3/2.1 style over 33k hands at 10NL.

I've downloaded camtasia and will be trying to do a video so perhaps you all can see exactly what I'm going through...

...sigh...now it's happening at 10NL as well

Over 100 hands, villian is stealing 53% of time from button.

So I repop him for the 1st time. Of course:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com



MP ($10)

Button ($8)

Hero (SB) ($13.90)

BB ($10.30)

UTG ($11.70)



Preflop: Hero is SB with A, K

2 folds, Button raises to $0.40, Hero raises to $1.30, 1 fold, Button raises to $3.90, Hero raises to $13.90 (All-In), Button calls $4.10 (All-In)



Flop: ($16.10) 9, 7, J (2 players, 2 all-in)



Turn: ($16.10) 8 (2 players, 2 all-in)



River: ($16.10) 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)



Total pot: $16.10 | Rake: $0.80



Results:

Button had A, J (one pair, Jacks).

Hero had A, K (high card, Ace).

Outcome: Button won $15.30

this $hit better not be leaking into my 10NL game too...

Villian is 60/3/1 player.

PokerStars Game #22129114197: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/11/17 17:25:04 ET
Table 'Tatry' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: samthemad ($26.80 in chips)
Seat 2: DubsPoke ($13.45 in chips)
Seat 3: CubeVII ($9.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Onur8 ($10 in chips)
Seat 5: diperdo ($10 in chips)
Seat 6: H@BB@KUK ($17.65 in chips)
diperdo: posts small blind $0.05
H@BB@KUK: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Qh Ah]
samthemad: calls $0.10
DubsPoke: raises $0.40 to $0.50
CubeVII: folds
Onur8: folds
diperdo: folds
H@BB@KUK: folds
samthemad: calls $0.40
*** FLOP *** [9s 8h 9h]
samthemad: bets $0.60
DubsPoke: calls $0.60
*** TURN *** [9s 8h 9h] [3h]
samthemad: bets $0.60
DubsPoke: raises $1.80 to $2.40
samthemad: calls $1.80
*** RIVER *** [9s 8h 9h 3h] [Js]
samthemad: bets $2.50
DubsPoke: calls $2.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
samthemad: shows [9c Jh] (a full house, Nines full of Jacks)
DubsPoke: mucks hand
samthemad collected $11.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12.15 | Rake $0.55
Board [9s 8h 9h 3h Js]
Seat 1: samthemad showed [9c Jh] and won ($11.60) with a full house, Nines full of Jacks
Seat 2: DubsPoke mucked [Qh Ah]
Seat 3: CubeVII folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Onur8 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: diperdo (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: H@BB@KUK (big blind) folded before Flop

Can't win

can't beat 25NL. Pathetic really.

Against a goddamn monkey fuckin' retard:

PokerStars Game #22124364470: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/17 14:48:47 ET
Table 'Castor II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Dejo123 ($45 in chips)
Seat 3: Ricardo000 ($29.55 in chips)
Seat 4: DubsPoke ($36 in chips)
Seat 5: Swiss777 ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: jarskis ($25.35 in chips)
Dejo123: posts small blind $0.10
Ricardo000: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Jd Ks]
DubsPoke: raises $0.75 to $1
Swiss777: folds
jarskis: calls $1
Dejo123: calls $0.90
Ricardo000: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jh 3c 5d]
Dejo123: bets $2.50
tinyvessels joins the table at seat #2
DubsPoke: raises $3.75 to $6.25
jarskis: folds
Dejo123: raises $6.75 to $13 <---------yep, he's a retard
DubsPoke: calls $6.75
*** TURN *** [Jh 3c 5d] [6s] <---------and retard's get rewarded apparently.
Dejo123: bets $10
DubsPoke: calls $10
*** RIVER *** [Jh 3c 5d 6s] [Qs]
Dejo123: bets $21 and is all-in
DubsPoke: calls $12 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($9) returned to Dejo123
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Dejo123: shows [6d 6h] (three of a kind, Sixes)
DubsPoke: mucks hand
Dejo123 collected $71.25 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $73.25 | Rake $2
Board [Jh 3c 5d 6s Qs]
Seat 1: Dejo123 (small blind) showed [6d 6h] and won ($71.25) with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 3: Ricardo000 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: DubsPoke mucked [Jd Ks]
Seat 5: Swiss777 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: jarskis (button) folded on the Flop

And don't tell me I could have gotten away from it. This guy was a f'in moron, had proved it repeatedly. Have to be willing to call this fucktard down light. TPKK is certainly good enough against this piece of shit.

I've lost twice to runner runner after flopping top two and getting it all in. I've lost a flopped 2nd nut flush when river brought 4th flush card for a goddamn idiot who had no business being in the hand at that point. KK < QT runner runner flush style, all in on T high board off flop.

Oh and for even more fun, I have QJ on a J4222 board. Villian had 44 of course.

I'm down to just over $500 in the account. If I drop below $500, I will be forced to 10NL until I build back up to $625.

EDIT: It happened. Below $500. Same asstard as above 4bet shoved KQ into my AA. Flop: KxK. @#% @#% @#% @#%@#%@ #^@#%$ !@#%@#^

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Mass Multi-Tabling 10NL FR

Experiment went well. Had anywhere from 14 - 18 tables of Full Ring 10NL going. Won a little over 5 buy-ins over 2 hours and 1730 hands. And actually, as the theme for the day apparently, ran below expectations by a couple buy-ins.

A couple beauts was flopping the nut straight to lose to a rivered full house. Guy flopped top two, can't blame him for getting it in but still sucks that I lost the 80/20.

The second awesome hand was flopping top two, getting it all in versus the royal flush draw. It came in on the turn of course. Even with top two, I was a slight dog (48/52). Par for the day for me.

The other wonderful hand was KK < 99 AIPF for a full stack. Gotta wonder what 99 was doing calling a 4 bet shove, especially since he wasn't nearly pot committed at that point.

Despite all that, still was positive for 5 buy-ins. That tells me that 10NL Full Ring is ridiculously easy to crush. It was a blast too. Tons of action but still quite a bit lower variance than 6max has been for me recently. Great way to stay focused on playing ABC poker as well which is really what I need to be focusing on for now.

I think I'm going to continue this mass multi-tabling of 10NL Full Ring for a few days to build back up to a comfortable level for 25NL. Then I'll give that wretched level another shot.

Wish me luck!

DubsPoke

Down 6 BI's

Just completed my review of losing hands during my 2 sessions for the day. Some wonderful stuff:

-30.95: TT vs AQ heads up, AIPF. He called my 4bet shove deepstacked (each had about $30 to begin the hand.) He turned a Q.

-25: QQ vs KK, all in on flop of 229.

-25: AK vs 66, all in on A62 flop. Villian was a 42/14 player who had history of being kicker ignorant.

-25: AT vs TJ, all in on TTx board. (Hand in previous post). Runner runner straight.

-25: KsTs vs 99, flop came A9K, two spades. River gave me two pair. 3 way pot. Pot committed by river.

-23.90: QQ vs KK, all in on flop of 339

-19.20: 55 vs TT, flop came J5T, turn J and we got it all in. Nice cooler.

-17.20: 44 vs K5, all in on turn, board was K43K. River 5 gave him bigger FH.

-14: AQ vs 33 on QQ3 flop. Standard cooler.

-13.50: AK vs AJ. Amazing I didn't lose more actually. Played the hand for minimal loss.

-11.30: KJ vs A5. I floated 247 flop in position, hit my top pair and put in big turn raise. He hit 3 on river and stupidly checked ahead. I checked behind and was fortunate not to lose more once again.

-10: AQ vs J9. He called my SB raise from CO. Flop came J9A and I was up against a 56/20 moron. River gave him a FH just to rub it in a little more.

-8.75: AK < 22. Flop come AJ6. He flatted my 3/4 pot cbet and turned a set.

-8: AQ < AT. Against a shorty, AIPF.

-7.9: Flopped straight vs turned flush against a shorty.

-7.30: AA < QQ, AIPF. Flopped a Q.

and then a whole bunch of hands between -3 and -5 where I was preflop raiser and had to fold at some point during hand after I missed.

I definitely didn't play great but I ran absolutely terribly. Man this sucks. All the way back to 10NL and will be there for a while. Again.

Very rough start to today...

Coolers galore.

QQ < KK not once but TWICE!
Two Pair + nut flush draw + gutter misses against bottom set.
FH < FH (set over set with board pairing)

and as I'm typing this....

This fuckin' bullshit looney ass motherfuckin' crap happens:

PokerStars Game #22003811365: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/13 11:49:20 ET
Table 'Lucidor III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: benston ($27.70 in chips)
Seat 2: bigtimin ($25.35 in chips)
Seat 3: RunGOODplz ($26.65 in chips)
Seat 4: demuddi ($78 in chips)
Seat 5: DubsPoke ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: banger2007 ($14.80 in chips)
benston: posts small blind $0.10
bigtimin: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Tc Ah]
RunGOODplz: raises $0.75 to $1
demuddi: calls $1
DubsPoke: raises $2.50 to $3.50
banger2007: folds
benston: folds
bigtimin: folds
RunGOODplz: calls $2.50
demuddi: calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [Ts Td Jc]
RunGOODplz: bets $6
demuddi: folds
DubsPoke: raises $7.25 to $13.25
RunGOODplz: raises $9.90 to $23.15 and is all-in
DubsPoke: calls $8.25 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($1.65) returned to RunGOODplz
*** TURN *** [Ts Td Jc] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Ts Td Jc 7s] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RunGOODplz: shows [Th 9h] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
DubsPoke: mucks hand
RunGOODplz collected $51.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $53.85 | Rake $2.65
Board [Ts Td Jc 7s 8d]
Seat 1: benston (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: bigtimin (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: RunGOODplz showed [Th 9h] and won ($51.20) with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 4: demuddi folded on the Flop
Seat 5: DubsPoke mucked [Tc Ah]
Seat 6: banger2007 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Down 3 buy-ins now and will be forced to drop to 10NL

AGAIN.

I'm so f'in pissed right now.

EDIT: FYI - I shut down the tables after that last hand. A couple hour break for now.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Decent Session + Some 2 Interesting Spots

Very very swingy. Found a HUGE fish that made it a positive day. This guy would stack off with ANYTHING. I limped a ton of pots into him and just took him to town. My stats are all goofed as a result but it was so worth it.

Anyways, here's a couple interesting hands from elsewhere in the session:

Good bluff?

Villian is 75/34/25 steal/18.2 3bet, 1.0 aggression


PokerStars Game #21974731566: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/12 10:52:37 ET
Table 'Dike' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Cathy86 ($44.85 in chips)
Seat 2: cliffhang1 ($55.40 in chips)
Seat 3: paulussus777 ($46.70 in chips)
Seat 4: vith1 ($14.75 in chips)
Seat 5: OzO900 ($25.60 in chips)
Seat 6: DubsPoke ($43.80 in chips)
cliffhang1: posts small blind $0.10
paulussus777: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Kc Jd]
vith1: calls $0.25
OzO900: raises $1 to $1.25
DubsPoke: calls $1.25
Cathy86: folds
cliffhang1: folds
paulussus777: folds
vith1: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Qh 2d 4h]
vith1: checks
OzO900: bets $1
DubsPoke: calls $1
vith1: folds
*** TURN *** [Qh 2d 4h] [5h]
OzO900: bets $0.75
DubsPoke: raises $4 to $4.75
OzO900: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [Qh 2d 4h 5h] [5c]
OzO900: checks
DubsPoke: bets $12
OzO900: folds
Uncalled bet ($12) returned to DubsPoke
DubsPoke collected $14.85 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $15.60 | Rake $0.75
Board [Qh 2d 4h 5h 5c]
Seat 1: Cathy86 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: cliffhang1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: paulussus777 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: vith1 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: OzO900 folded on the River
Seat 6: DubsPoke collected ($14.85)

Not sure if it was the correct play, but it worked. Gotta love position.

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Awesome Sequence:

Note on villian:

TAG- steal from liberally


PokerStars Game #21975869148: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/12 11:50:25 ET
Table 'Wesson' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: DubsPoke ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: Captain Rabi ($26.45 in chips)
Seat 3: psyworm ($50 in chips)
Seat 4: R_P_No1 ($51.30 in chips)
Seat 5: mazga ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: Ghana10 ($27.60 in chips)
Captain Rabi: posts small blind $0.10
psyworm: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [4s Th]
R_P_No1: folds
mazga: folds
Ghana10: folds
DubsPoke: raises $0.75 to $1
Captain Rabi: folds
psyworm: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [Ts 8s 7h]
psyworm: checks
DubsPoke: bets $1.50
psyworm: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [Ts 8s 7h] [8h]
psyworm: bets $2.50
DubsPoke: calls $2.50
*** RIVER *** [Ts 8s 7h 8h] [3d]
psyworm: checks
DubsPoke: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
psyworm: shows [Ks Jd] (a pair of Eights)
DubsPoke: shows [4s Th] (two pair, Tens and Eights)
DubsPoke collected $9.65 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $10.10 | Rake $0.45
Board [Ts 8s 7h 8h 3d]
Seat 1: DubsPoke (button) showed [4s Th] and won ($9.65) with two pair, Tens and Eights
Seat 2: Captain Rabi (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: psyworm (big blind) showed [Ks Jd] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 4: R_P_No1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: mazga folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Ghana10 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

So now he's thinking that I'm a HUGE donkey.

Very next hand:


PokerStars Game #21975882501: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/12 11:51:05 ET
Table 'Wesson' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: DubsPoke ($29.65 in chips)
Seat 2: Captain Rabi ($26.35 in chips)
Seat 3: psyworm ($45 in chips)
Seat 4: R_P_No1 ($51.30 in chips)
Seat 5: mazga ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: Ghana10 ($27.60 in chips)
psyworm: posts small blind $0.10
R_P_No1: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Ah Jc]
mazga: folds
Ghana10: folds
DubsPoke: raises $0.75 to $1
Captain Rabi: folds
psyworm: calls $0.90
R_P_No1: folds
*** FLOP *** [5s Js Th]
psyworm: checks
DubsPoke: bets $1.60
Captain Rabi leaves the table
psyworm: raises $3.90 to $5.50
DubsPoke: raises $6 to $11.50
psyworm: raises $32.50 to $44 and is all-in
DubsPoke: calls $17.15 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($15.35) returned to psyworm
*** TURN *** [5s Js Th] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [5s Js Th 4h] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
psyworm: shows [Ts As] (a pair of Tens)
DubsPoke: shows [Ah Jc] (a pair of Jacks)
DubsPoke collected $56.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $59.55 | Rake $2.95
Board [5s Js Th 4h 8h]
Seat 1: DubsPoke showed [Ah Jc] and won ($56.60) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: Captain Rabi (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: psyworm (small blind) showed [Ts As] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 4: R_P_No1 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: mazga folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Ghana10 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I like my call there. I think I'm well ahead of his range, especially after the previous hand. I abused this guy's blind ALL the time. It was fun.

Back on my A game

Simple advice: If struggling, cut down on the number of tables.

Now if people would just stop hitting any draw against me, I'd be winning.

On back-to-back-to-back hands on 3 tables, I managed to lose an 80-20, a 70-30, and a 85-15 ON THE TURN! You know you are playing well when you get yourself into that position.

Went from a big day to a break-even day. Oh well...for once, as long as I know I'm playing well, I know the results will come with time.

I'm feeling good.

EDIT: Just watched a Cardrunners video by Daut. Makes a great point that he plays optimally at 6max on 4 tables, slight decrease on 6 tables, and poorly on 8 tables. Very true for me too! He only multi-tables FR. Interesting video on cascading technique. Might try this at 5NL at some point to mix things up.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

My Chat Has Been Banned

Enough said:

PokerStars Game #21949513487: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/11 13:25:18 ET
Table 'Adrastea II' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: benston ($24.20 in chips)
Seat 2: Carsiwolf ($17.40 in chips)
Seat 3: DubsPoke ($67.35 in chips)
Seat 4: Tawi1987 ($40.30 in chips)
Seat 5: notagg ($129.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Croaten01 ($23.40 in chips)
Carsiwolf: posts small blind $0.10
DubsPoke: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [9c 9h]
Tawi1987: calls $0.25
notagg: raises $1 to $1.25
Croaten01: folds
Tawi1987 said, "J10"
benston: folds
Carsiwolf: calls $1.15
DubsPoke: calls $1
Tawi1987: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [9s Ad 4c]
Carsiwolf: checks
DubsPoke: checks
Tawi1987: checks
notagg: bets $3.25
Carsiwolf: calls $3.25
DubsPoke: calls $3.25
Tawi1987: folds
*** TURN *** [9s Ad 4c] [Ts]
Tawi1987 said, "noooo"
Carsiwolf: bets $12.90 and is all-in
DubsPoke: calls $12.90
notagg: folds
*** RIVER *** [9s Ad 4c Ts] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Carsiwolf: shows [Td Ac] (a full house, Tens full of Aces)
DubsPoke: mucks hand
Carsiwolf collected $38.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $40.55 | Rake $1.95
Board [9s Ad 4c Ts Tc]
Seat 1: benston (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Carsiwolf (small blind) showed [Td Ac] and won ($38.60) with a full house, Tens full of Aces
Seat 3: DubsPoke (big blind) mucked [9c 9h]
Seat 4: Tawi1987 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: notagg folded on the Turn
Seat 6: Croaten01 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Have to post the ones that go your way too....

To say I got fortunate is an understatement. This is a table I probably shouldn't have been on as there was no easy fish (outside me perhaps!). All players are aggressive, with everyone except notagg being classing slightly LAG (22/20) type players. I was playing AK very passively/trappy here. Check it out:

PokerStars Game #21945612256: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/11 10:29:57 ET
Table 'Adrastea II' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Pr0fiteer ($67.15 in chips)
Seat 2: Tatli Siken ($15.80 in chips)
Seat 3: DubsPoke ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: AgatheB ($35.65 in chips)
Seat 5: notagg ($25.25 in chips)
Seat 6: TRBasket ($34.20 in chips)
Tatli Siken: posts small blind $0.10
DubsPoke: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Kd Ah]
AgatheB: raises $0.75 to $1
notagg: folds
TRBasket: folds
Pr0fiteer: raises $2.25 to $3.25
Tatli Siken: folds
DubsPoke: calls $3
AgatheB: calls $2.25
*** FLOP *** [9c Kh Jc]
DubsPoke: checks
AgatheB: checks
Pr0fiteer: bets $6
DubsPoke: raises $15.75 to $21.75 and is all-in
AgatheB: folds
Pr0fiteer: calls $15.75
*** TURN *** [9c Kh Jc] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [9c Kh Jc Kc] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DubsPoke: shows [Kd Ah] (a full house, Kings full of Aces)
Pr0fiteer: mucks hand
DubsPoke collected $50.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $53.35 | Rake $2.60
Board [9c Kh Jc Kc Ad]
Seat 1: Pr0fiteer (button) mucked [Jd Jh]
Seat 2: Tatli Siken (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: DubsPoke (big blind) showed [Kd Ah] and won ($50.75) with a full house, Kings full of Aces
Seat 4: AgatheB folded on the Flop
Seat 5: notagg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: TRBasket folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Of course it gets balanced out when donkey fucktwads playing 70/30 cooler me with KK vs AA, and QQ vs bottom set

Monday, November 10, 2008

This bullshit is why I can't move up

PokerStars Game #21932072879: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/10 20:04:04 ET
Table 'Naos V' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: cut7iiron ($4.75 in chips)
Seat 2: yukon200 ($35.40 in chips)
Seat 3: DubsPoke ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: cynic_dc ($32.85 in chips)
Seat 5: Gregcou ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: cmdmac ($19.35 in chips)
cut7iiron: posts small blind $0.10
yukon200: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Jc Ac]
DubsPoke: raises $0.75 to $1
cynic_dc: folds
Gregcou: calls $1
cmdmac: calls $1
cut7iiron: folds
yukon200: folds
*** FLOP *** [7h As 5d]
DubsPoke: bets $2.90
Gregcou: calls $2.90
cmdmac: folds
*** TURN *** [7h As 5d] [Ah]
DubsPoke: bets $4.95
Gregcou: raises $4.95 to $9.90
DubsPoke: calls $4.95
*** RIVER *** [7h As 5d Ah] [8d]
DubsPoke: bets $11.20 and is all-in
Gregcou: calls $11.20 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DubsPoke: shows [Jc Ac] (three of a kind, Aces)
Gregcou: shows [8s Ad] (a full house, Aces full of Eights)
Gregcou collected $48.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $51.35 | Rake $2.45
Board [7h As 5d Ah 8d]
Seat 1: cut7iiron (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: yukon200 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: DubsPoke showed [Jc Ac] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 4: cynic_dc folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Gregcou showed [8s Ad] and won ($48.90) with a full house, Aces full of Eights
Seat 6: cmdmac (button) folded on the Flop

Back to 10NL....

Man this shit is getting old. Nothing went right today. Big hands beat by bigger hands. Suckouts galore. Only flopped one set and that lost to runner runner flush. 5 BI downswing at 25NL has forced me to retreat back to 10NL and begin the grind back to 30 BIs for 25NL once again.

Damnt.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Bad start to 25NL

Not everyday K3 > AA

PokerStars Game #21842573752: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/07 18:06:04 ET
Table 'Coelestina III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: gergoPS ($24.75 in chips)
Seat 2: marianoboni ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: DubsPoke ($25.40 in chips)
Seat 4: GigiPoker fr ($35.60 in chips)
Seat 5: AlbatrossJR ($35.95 in chips)
Seat 6: Bassbox 99 ($18.45 in chips) (70/20 dumbass)
gergoPS: posts small blind $0.10
marianoboni: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Ah As]
DubsPoke: raises $0.50 to $0.75
GigiPoker fr: folds
AlbatrossJR: folds
Bassbox 99: calls $0.75
gergoPS: folds
marianoboni: folds
*** FLOP *** [4h 3d Kh]
DubsPoke: bets $1.50
Bassbox 99: raises $2.50 to $4
DubsPoke: raises $6.25 to $10.25
Bassbox 99: raises $7.45 to $17.70 and is all-in (could easily be any ace or any flush draw)
DubsPoke: calls $7.45
*** TURN *** [4h 3d Kh] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [4h 3d Kh 3s] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DubsPoke: shows [Ah As] (two pair, Aces and Threes)
Bassbox 99: shows [Kd 3c] (a full house, Threes full of Kings)
Bassbox 99 collected $35.40 from pot
DubsPoke said, "wow"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $37.25 | Rake $1.85
Board [4h 3d Kh 3s Td]
Seat 1: gergoPS (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: marianoboni (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: DubsPoke showed [Ah As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 4: GigiPoker fr folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: AlbatrossJR folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Bassbox 99 (button) showed [Kd 3c] and won ($35.40) with a full house, Threes full of Kings (....sigh....here we go again....25NL curse strikes again)

Wowza...

So what goes down, must come up? I'm now positive $130 for the day. $67 per hour. Man i wish that rate was sustainable. Bankroll is now ABOVE $800.

That's above my 30 buy-ins target at 25NL. I've already been playing 6 tables at a time. 3 10NL 6max, 1 25NL 6max, and 2 25NL Full Ring. My plan is to replace one 10NL table per day as I get comfortable with the swings of the limit. If I drop below $750, I will subtract one 25NL table. If I drop below $700, I will go back to my previous setup with 2 25NL FR, 3 10NL 6max, and 1 25NL 6max. If I drop below $650, I will go all 10NL with only 1 25NL Full Ring table.

Any suggestions?

Wish me luck!

The Importance of Notes

Well...that was quick. Now positive on the day over $40. The following hand is exemplary of why notes are so important. My notes on the villain from a previous confrontation:

Mankonspank:
25nl 6max:
-3bet in position with 7c8c, bet at 7xJ flop, check turn and river


PokerStars Game #21830934629: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/07 9:59:15 ET
Table 'Ohio' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: IReadUSoGood ($27.65 in chips)
Seat 2: Lovethesea ($4.65 in chips)
Seat 3: PokerZerg ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: virtua_fish ($42.35 in chips)
Seat 5: Jesus Lester ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: DubsPoke ($37.25 in chips)
Seat 7: mankonspank ($32.35 in chips)
Seat 8: Chris1804 ($36.15 in chips)
Chris1804: posts small blind $0.10
IReadUSoGood: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [9d 9s]
Lovethesea: folds
PokerZerg: folds
virtua_fish: folds
Jesus Lester: folds
DubsPoke: raises $0.75 to $1
mankonspank: raises $1.50 to $2.50 <----based on notes, I call bullshit
Chris1804: folds
IReadUSoGood: folds
martin6887 leaves the table
DubsPoke: raises $3.50 to $6 <----and that's how you call bullshit in poker
mankonspank: calls $3.50
*** FLOP *** [4h 5c Js]
DubsPoke: bets $8.25 <-----get away fish
mankonspank: calls $8.25 <------well, not exactly what I wanted, what is his range!?

*** TURN *** [4h 5c Js] [3d]
DubsPoke: bets $23 and is all-in <-----that's a safe card, I'm putting myself as a pretty good chance to be ahead, this guy would 4bet shove pre with big pairs, his in the range of hands, TT is a small possibility. Based on history, more likely he has some sort of connector with a pair or perhaps a draw. let's put him to the test for his $$.

EDIT: MAKE SURE TO READ WAFFLES NOTES. Excellent point.

midas281 joins the table at seat #9
mankonspank: calls $18.10 and is all-in <-----that probably isn't a good sign, set mined? tt? TJ?
Uncalled bet ($4.90) returned to DubsPoke
*** RIVER *** [4h 5c Js 3d] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DubsPoke: shows [9d 9s] (three of a kind, Nines) <----booyah!
mankonspank: mucks hand
DubsPoke collected $62.05 from pot
DubsPoke said, "ouch"
DubsPoke said, "sorry bud" <------figured I just put a massive beat on him

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $65.05 | Rake $3
Board [4h 5c Js 3d 9h]
Seat 1: IReadUSoGood (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Lovethesea folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: PokerZerg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: virtua_fish folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Jesus Lester folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: DubsPoke showed [9d 9s] and won ($62.05) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 7: mankonspank (button) mucked [6s 5s] <--------WTF?!?!
Seat 8: Chris1804 (small blind) folded before Flop



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As I was putting that one together, here's another WTF:

WTF?!?

PokerStars Game #21831127294: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/11/07 10:10:18 ET
Table 'Ohio' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: IReadUSoGood ($27.30 in chips)
Seat 2: Lovethesea ($4.35 in chips)
Seat 3: PokerZerg ($24.15 in chips)
Seat 4: virtua_fish ($39.95 in chips)
Seat 5: Jesus Lester ($25 in chips) <----over 122 hands, 9/8/13. However, SUPER aggressive when entering a hand
Seat 6: DubsPoke ($70.80 in chips)
Seat 7: mankonspank ($25 in chips)
Seat 8: Chris1804 ($36.05 in chips)
Seat 9: midas281 ($5 in chips)
Jesus Lester: posts small blind $0.10
DubsPoke: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Ah As] <---booyah!
mankonspank: folds
Chris1804: folds
midas281: folds
IReadUSoGood: folds
Lovethesea: folds
PokerZerg: folds
virtua_fish: folds
Jesus Lester: raises $0.75 to $1
DubsPoke: raises $1.50 to $2.50
Jesus Lester: calls $1.50 <-----he's got a pocket pair under QQ, most likely under JJ; everything else is going in PRE for this type of player)
*** FLOP *** [Td 4h 8d] <----only behind TT, 44, 88
Jesus Lester: checks <-----hmmmm....
DubsPoke: bets $4.25 <----gotta bet Aces!
Jesus Lester: raises $18.25 to $22.50 and is all-in <----shit, set.
DubsPoke: calls $18.25 <------I'm a donkey and can't fold Aces in a blind battle. Plus, based on my read, I know this guy doesn't like to fold once he gets involved. He will try to push me out with any pocket pair if he puts my on a big Ace. Which is certainly in my range as I have a slightly loose image and an 8% 3bet rate going over 120 hands

*** TURN *** [Td 4h 8d] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [Td 4h 8d Qd] [7s] <----don't like that river, out of his range, I'm only ahead of 22, 33, 55, 66, and 99, perhaps JJ. So out of the 9 hands I put in his range, I beat 5 of them. Oh well, money is in. Time for showdown.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jesus Lester: shows [6d 6s] (a pair of Sixes) <-----perhaps he thought I was playing AK?
DubsPoke: shows [Ah As] (a pair of Aces)
DubsPoke collected $47.55 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $50 | Rake $2.45
Board [Td 4h 8d Qd 7s]
Seat 1: IReadUSoGood folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Lovethesea folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: PokerZerg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: virtua_fish (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Jesus Lester (small blind) showed [6d 6s] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 6: DubsPoke (big blind) showed [Ah As] and won ($47.55) with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: mankonspank folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Chris1804 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: midas281 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

You know you are starting off well....

when in the first 15 minutes your expected value of return is +$5 and your real results are -$40.

Gonna take a while to make this a profitable day, especially if this keeps up. Wish me luck!

Monday, November 3, 2008

This one hurt....

PokerStars Game #21736267816: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/11/03 18:09:59 ET
Table 'Irpedina' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: AndScott ($14 in chips)
Seat 2: mcnny ($15.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Jerome257 ($73.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Nuc_RJ ($9.80 in chips)
Seat 5: DubsPoke ($10.75 in chips)
Seat 6: Mr_Kurns ($10.45 in chips)
DubsPoke: posts small blind $0.05
Mr_Kurns: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DubsPoke [Qh Qs]
AndScott: calls $0.10
mcnny: calls $0.10
Jerome257: folds
Nuc_RJ: raises $0.50 to $0.60
DubsPoke: raises $1.30 to $1.90
Mr_Kurns: folds
AndScott: folds
mcnny: folds
Nuc_RJ: raises $7.90 to $9.80 and is all-in
DubsPoke: calls $7.90
*** FLOP *** [9h 6d 9d]
*** TURN *** [9h 6d 9d] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [9h 6d 9d 9s] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DubsPoke: shows [Qh Qs] (four of a kind, Nines)
Nuc_RJ: shows [Qd Ac] (four of a kind, Nines - Ace kicker)
Nuc_RJ collected $18.95 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $19.90 | Rake $0.95
Board [9h 6d 9d 9s 9c]
Seat 1: AndScott folded before Flop
Seat 2: mcnny folded before Flop
Seat 3: Jerome257 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Nuc_RJ (button) showed [Qd Ac] and won ($18.95) with four of a kind, Nines
Seat 5: DubsPoke (small blind) showed [Qh Qs] and lost with four of a kind, Nines
Seat 6: Mr_Kurns (big blind) folded before Flop

Jerome257 -> you are a little bitch. Next time, mind your own business and i won't have to suggest kindly that you massage your brain by licking your a$$hole and perhaps that'll help you think before you talk.

and oh yeah, don't be a little bitch and call the moderator on me. I've had my chat banned at least 6 times now; it obviously does no good.

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Despite that terrible hand, I ended up on the day $50 bringing me to less than $100 until I am fully rolled for 25NL...again...

We'll see how it goes.

DubsPoke