Day 17/ yesterdays play

I wouldn't really consider yesterdays play a session but i did make a little over a k. I'm saying that it wasn't a session because i only played for around a hour on bodog just 2 tabling. I played a 3/6 table and a 5/10 table with some pretty decent results for the short amount of time that i played. I was playing pretty well but lost a pretty big pot right before i quit(nothing i hate more) where i laid down qq on a 983. I'm pretty sure i was beat but i just cant stand getting involved in big pots before quitting, win or lose. After my mini session i went to our Tuesday night game at a friends house and was pretty disappointed this week with the game. Since i was out in Vegas and he just got back from Florida i haven't played in the game in almost a month and was kind of looking forward to it. You might remember me saying it was the best home game i have ever played in, which it is, but this week was kind of dead. Usually we play from about 8pm til around 5 am with there being over 1k in the pot by the end of the night but yesterday we finished at midnight, lame. Still the sickest home game of all time but it was just an off night and i think i ended up making like 20 bucks which i guess i cant complain because i was down about 70 to start. Midnight is just to early to quit playing so being the degenerates that we are, a buddy and I went back to my place and played a 100 H.O.R.S.E. cash game. It was a pretty back and forth match for a good 3 hours until we got it all in during plo where i flopped the straight and he had nut flush draw. Somehow i managed to avoid a club hitting and the match was over with me ending up around 120 on the night. Well i think I'm starting to babble so I'm going to wrap this up. I'm probably going to get a session in later so check back to see how that goes and I'm out.

Yesterdays total- 1,149.26

Bodog bankroll- 4755.28

-Nechita-

Day 16/Bodog now owns me!!!

With it being so nice out this weekend i didn't really play a lot of poker but when i did play it didn't go very well. I don't think that i was playing bad i just ran into some big hands, had to make so big lay downs, and when i got the money in the middle with the best hands they weren't holding up. As the title says bodog now officially owns me, not really but i did have a bad weekend on there but i guess i was due since i don't think I've even had a losing session on there yet. Also i lost 300 on game 6 of the pistons series where they were eliminated by titty or whatever the fuck Gibson's name is. Losing the 300 sucks but i think listening to everybody ride lebrons cock for the next 2 weeks is going to be worse than losing the money. Anyways I'm starting to ramble so here are some hands from the past few days and I'm out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1144984
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1144985
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1144987
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1144991
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1144996 - here is the one hand from the weekend that I'm still not sure of whether i like the way i played it or not. This guy had been raising my blinds a lot so i make a standard re raise and obviously wasn't hoping for a call then re raise. I'm pretty sure the sb has a mid pair once he pushes for his last 80 but am pretty unsure of the buttons hand. I hit a great flop for my hand but I'm not exactly in love with it. Once the bb calls the 200 on the flop then bets so weakly on the turn I'm thinking 2 things, he has like ak and is betting so weak in hopes to check the river behind, or he has a monster. I put him on ak mainly due to the fact that he didn't re raise me preflop so i decide to make a smallish looking raise to represent a hand like qqq/kkk but it was just bad timing. Obviously once he re pushes the turn i know i now need a club and i don't get there, gg 1k. The way this hand was played out was pretty weird so I'm unsure of whether i like the way i played. If he does have a hand like ak here i think i get him to lay it down it was just a bad read and i guess played well by this guy? even though i hate his play of just calling my re raise because he now was giving the sb sick odds to call to and playing KK against 2 players just is a bad play in this situation. Anyways i guess he has the money so he played it perfect....

Weekend total- 3,128.84 (1,104.33 stars) (2,024.51 bodog) obviously after i open my mouth Friday about not having a losing session in a while the poker gods slap me down haha.

Goal/bodog bankroll- 3,606.02

-Nechita-

Quick update on yesterdays play.....

Yesterday i had another really good session which resulted in me putting up some good numbers. I had to earn almost 1000vpp points on pokerstars yesterday to keep my supernova status ( http://www.pokerstars.com/vip/?utm_id=1) so i was able to get in around 6 hours of play. The tables were playing pretty tough but i didn't want to lose my supernova status so i grinded it out and really played some good poker. I am playing so 5/10 on bodog right now but i wanted to put up yesterdays numbers real quick. Anyways i am going to get back to the games but here are a few hands from yesterday and check back later to see how i ended up doing today.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1138735 - here i hit a great flop for JJ but i don't like having 4 players in the pot. I make a standard continuation bet here and once this guy calls i have him on a draw or a mid pocket pair, maybe 44. The turn is a great card so i just decide that once i bet the 180 I'm playing this all the way if he shoves. His river bet kind of threw me off but i decide just to call here because i think if i push all in the only way I'm getting called is by hands that beat me.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1138766 - nice little 800 pot with ace high. I almost thought about folding here even though i was pretty sure i had the best hand. I was very confident i had the best hand but ak is still a drawing hand and i really wasn't in the mood to race for 800 on a coin flip. But after thinking about it for a good 20 seconds i kind of felt i had to make this call and pray for any decent flop.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1138780 - here this guy just gets extremely unlucky. Set over set is just impossible to get away from here especially 6 handed and anyones going to go broke with 88s here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1138786 - this was really the only bad beat i took yesterday and luckily it was a small pot.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1138796 - i would not suggest playing 96 in the bb facing a raise but here i am getting sick odds in a 5 way pot so i call the 20. I hit a decent flop for my hand and lucky me it gets checked around giving me a free turn which is a 6. So now i have a pair and flush draw and with no one showing any real interest on the flop i fire out 90 knowing even if i get called i have a good amount of outs. Once he calls i put him on some type of weak Q or a hand like 56. Now i hit a great card on the river giving me the flush and now its time to figure out how i can get the most chips out of him. I know he has a very weak hand here so i could check hoping he did have like 56 and would bluff but if he had a hand like qj he would just check behind me. So i make a bet that looks like I'm scared and when in reality im betting the 100 to entice him to raise thinking I'm weak and it works perfectly. Again i don't see any need in re raising his 250 because what hands is he going to call my re raise with? I had already ruled out him having a set so there is no need to push here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1138823 - here i pick up JJ against a pretty aggressive player. I know he continuation bets this flop with any 2 but will likely shut down on the turn to me if i call the flop. I know that he would probably check even kings here in this spot but i have him on ak and decide to check behind. Now you could make a argument that i need to bet here to protect my JJ against letting him hit a K or A on the river but what am i going to do if i bet out and he shoves all in? So i decide that I'm happy with the pot as it is and am glad to just show down the JJ.

Daily total- 2,294.54

Goal/Bodog roll- 5,630.53 (hopefully will be higher by the end of today)

-Nechita-

Shopping spree/ Nice little session on stars to pay for it haha.

Today i was able to put in about 3-4 hours on pokerstars and ended up with some decent results. Okay i didn't exactly go on an all out shopping spree but i did pick up a few things that i have been meaning to get for a while. I really didn't plan on playing at all due to the fact of it being about 100 degrees in my room but i went and bought an air conditioner and was good to go. I also bought a cable to hook up my lab top to my plasma and I'm surprised at how well it actually looks. I only screwed around with it for like 10 minutes but i brought up pstars and it looks like i will now be able to play 84 tables at once haha. Also the factory CD player in my explorer has been broken for some time now so i finally splurged and bought a new CD player that will be installed tomorrow. It was with the open item products but it is actually brand new, pioneer just came out with a new model of these so best buy had a few left they were getting rid of.
Here is the CD player http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/v3/pg/product/details/0,,2076_310069880_291147601,00.html
I'm not really a big car audio guy but i was able to get it for 260 and a 30 dollar gift card so i just thought this looked to good to pass up. Well that pretty much sums up my day of shopping now onto my poker session. The only site i played on today was pokerstars. I played 4 tables of the usual 5/10 nl and there were some pretty weak players at the tables handing out money. I am going to put together another lengthy session tomorrow so check back to see how that went. Oh, i almost forgot to mention i took my first decent hit playing omaha yesterday for about 1500 but it was mostly due to bad luck. I was playing my usual very aggressive style and when you play like that you A) have to eventually make hands after creating your maniac image and B) when you make a hand not get drawn out on and i couldn't do either of these. Its not really a big deal because i feel i was playing well and really in control of the table but the cards just didn't go my way, what are ya gonna do? Anyways here are some hands from today's session and I'm out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134977 - here i luck box another flop and thought for sure once he called my re raise on the flop we would get it all in. Once he folded the turn i was really surprised and i still have no clue what he couldve had here???
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134981 - this is a good summary of some of the donks that were playing 5/10 today. K8 off facing a raise preflop is horrible then calling me down is even worse.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134985 - here I'm getting sick odds to call so i take a flop and hit top 2. My original plan was to check raise but once this idiot bets out 100 under the gun i am a 100 % sure he has a big over pair. So rather than just shoving all in and hoping the board doesn't pair i elect to just call and bet hard on the turn. Board doesn't pair and the monkey isn't capable of folding an over pair.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134990 - don't really remember this hand
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134992 - I would check raise the flop here in many situations but these guys were kind of short and i didn't think they would fold. So i turn my double gutter and after seeing the guys j10 i think it was a good play by just calling the 40 and not getting it on the flop for like 250 with a draw.

Daily total- 1,804.55

Bodog bankroll/goal total- 5,630.53 (played 3/6 for like 5 minutes then bodog crashed)

-Nechita-

Day 14.... pretty solid day

As the title says i had a pretty solid day on the tables today. Unfortunately i had some things to do today and wasn't able to play in any of the big Sunday tourneys but i did manage to get in about 4 or 5 hours of cash games. I played on all 3 sites again today so i will talk about each site individually starting with stars. I wasn't really going to play any 5/10 on there today but the games looked pretty soft so i figured it would be -EV by not playing. I 3 tabled the 5/10 game for around 4 hours and was able to pick up a nice little profit on the day. I was playing fairly aggressive so I was involved in a lot of decent sized pots i would like to show you but the stupid site where i usually link the hands to at the end of my posts forgot to pay for their domain haha. I guess they are supposedly working on getting it taken care of so hopefully they take care of it so i can keep showing hands. On full tilt the 5/10 games were looking unusually tough so i decided to play some 3/6 pot limit omaha instead and it was a roller coaster. PLO is usually a game where you are going to have big swings in your win/loss rate but the way i play plo its even more swingy. When i play the 6 handed plo games i am raising probably close to 80% of the hands i get and you cant be afraid to drop a few buy ins by playing this way. The people at the table started saying shit thinking i was some stupid maniac player and that's exactly what i wanted them thinking. So i started off by getting sucked out on a few times and was down about 1k after a half hour but i knew that with the image i had created it would only be a matter of time before i get it back. Long story short i eventually started hitting some flops and had some hands hold up and after about an hour i went from down 1k to up about 1200. Last but not least is my play from bodog. I only played for about an hour of 5/10 on there today and did okay i guess for 1 tabling and the short amount of time i played. There wasn't much action on bodog today because i played so short but i think i can easily continue beating the 5/10 game here simply by playing ABC poker, which isn't doable on FT or Stars. By playing ABC poker i mean not really doing anything fancy because i really don't think the players are that good on bodog and theres no need to get fancy against weak players. Well that pretty much sums up my day in poker so check back tomorrow and I'm out.

Daily total- 3,723.60 (215.94 bodog) (1204.85 FT) ( 2,302.81 Stars)

Bodog Bankroll- 5,578.58

-Nechita-

Murdering some Omaha tables......

So i pretty much felt like shit all day due to the past couple nights of drinking and decided that i was going to stay in for the night. Its a really strange feeling not going out/drinking on a Saturday night but i just don't think i could do 3 nights in a row, old age is setting in. Since i decided pretty early in the day that i was just going to stay in for the night i decided that i could get a lot of poker in. I started playing some no limit on Full tilt where i got absolutely murdered today and played some 5/10 on bodog with some alright results. I probably only played on these 2 sites for about an hour but ran into some pretty big set ups on full tilt and lost a good amount in a short time. I got my aces sucked out on the river for about a 1k pot and about 10 minutes later I pick up 33 in late position and decide to call the preflop raise. 3 of us go to the flop which is 632 and the guy in the sb bets out, the original raiser re raises to like 150, i decide to slow play and just call. Now the original better from the sb pushes all in for like 400 and the preflop raiser thinks for like 10 seconds and he pushes all in for like 1k. I hadn't played with him that much and had him on a over pair so i call only to see him turn over 66 for a set of sixes and the sb turn over 22 meaning we all flopped sets haha. I didn't catch the last 3 but a 2 did come on the river giving the guy quads against our sets haha. So after that debacle on Ft i decided that i just wasn't really in the mood to play no limit. I decided to play some pot limit Omaha and all i have to say is that i absolutely murdered the Omaha games i was in. I was playing 2 six handed tables of 3/6 on stars and a 3/6 table on full tilt. I pretty much ended up breaking about even in the full tilt game but destroyed the stars games. Today was definitely a huge confidence boost for me in terms of my Omaha game. I really felt like i was playing great and was really just running over the tables. Since i am going to sleep pretty early tonight (before 6 am) i plan on playing in at least a couple of the big Sunday tournaments tomorrow. Anyways this post is starting to get pretty long and I'm getting tired so check back to see how tomorrows tournaments went and I'm out.

Daily total- 2,252.52 ( 1,502.54 FT) ( 349.22 Bodog) - from no limit. ( 3,405.84 Stars) all from Omaha

Goal/bodog bankroll total- 5,362.64

-Nechita-

Over due post....

Well i was going to wait until tomorrow to make a post but I'm still on Vegas time so its almost 5 a.m. here and i am wide awake. I still have to post part 2 of my trip to Vegas report but i don't have the pictures on my computer yet, hopefully i will get them by this weekend and put them up. As for the past few days i have been playing a lot of poker and have been able to put up some really good results. I have been playing primarily on stars the past few days but today i was playing tables on all 3 sites at once. On pokerstars i have just been playing/running pretty good over the past few days and i think it is due to game selection. There seems to be peak hours where the 5/10 games are just insanely difficult so i have really been trying to stay clear of those times and it seems to be working. Also I've been playing some 3/6, 5/10 pot limit omaha on stars the past few days and have really had some good results winning a little over 1k. I think this is really good because I've only been playing 1 plo table at a time, I've only played for a few hours, and I've never really read anything about plo I'm kind of self taught. As for full tilt i just realized today that I've only played there like 5 times in the past month so I'm going to try and get back in the swing of things on that site. I played 1 table of 5/10nl (was playing 1 FT,1 bodog, and 2 stars tables) on there and the table was playing pretty soft and i was able to win about 600 in a few hours. I really hate full tilts software compared to stars but the games are generally a lot softer so I'm going to start playing there more frequently. Last but not least is my play on Bodog. I played some more 5/10 on there and i have to say that of all 3 sites the 5/10 game on bodog is super soft. You just have players making bad plays, completely over playing weak hands, and as long as i don't get sucked out on i feel i can keep killing this game. After today in terms of the goal i am getting up to the point where i should move up to 10/20 but with the 5/10 being so profitable and weak i don't know if I'm going to bother moving up. I paid 20 dollars for this program to show hands from bodog to you guys but i cant get the stupid thing to work and i think I'm at the point of saying fuck it. I'm getting sick of emailing these retards every day about their shitty software that wont work but I'm waiting to hear back from them so hopefully this time it will work. Look at the stress i put myself through to deliver the goods to you the viewer haha. Anyways this is starting to get pretty lengthy so here are some hands from the past few days, check back for part 2 of the Vegas trip and I'm out.

I don't feel like explaining any of these.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1127814
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1127812
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1127808
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1127821
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1127807 - i will comment on this hand because just by viewing it, it looks like i played this horribly. When in fact i wouldnt change anything about the way i played it based on the info i have on this guy. I just made a bad read and got a little unlucky. I really put him on a hand like qq/kk so when i check the turn i want him thinking i just raised with a hand like ak and missed so i plan to check raise the turn. When he checks behind me on the turn i still have him on like qq/kk so i bet out a tiny 150 to make him think im making a defensive bet with like 99/1010 when in reality im praying he reraises me. He hit the time button and thought forever before finally reraising me and i thought 100% i had the best hand so i insta re shoved. Obviously i was wrong in this situation but i really feel i played this well and its a profitable line to take it just didnt work out this time and it was a bad read.

Daily total- 2,692.18 ( 593.54 FT) (1253.94 Bodog) ( 844.70 Stars)won 2800 on stars yesterday too.

Goal total/Bodog bankroll- 5,067.77

-Nechita-

Back from Vegas- Part 1.

Unfortunately i returned back home from Vegas Thursday morning to ice cold Michigan. I got tons of pictures and plan on putting some up but i don't have them on my computer yet. I'm not really going to go into detail about the trip until i get the pictures to go along with it. So for part 1 of my back from Vegas report is going to be about my poker experiences out there. This time out there my results were very up and down and i had some pretty big swings. The first day i played at the Wynn in the 2/5nl no cap game and was playing really well and managed to be up around 900 after a fairly short session of 4 hours. This was followed by a -1300 day playing in the same 2/5 no cap game but this time i was at Caesars. I don't know what it is about Caesars but it just seems like every time i play there i get killed/bad beats. I took a pretty sick beat with aces against this old idiot who was just playing every hand and catching everything imaginable. I have AA in the bb 3 limper's so i raise to 30 and the only caller is the old guy. Flop is J78 which isn't the greatest flop but i had been playing with this guy for a while and had a pretty good read on when he had a big hand and didn't. I bet out like 50 into the 70 pot and he calls immediately. Turn is a 2 which changes nothing and at this point i have him on like 89/J10 so i decide to take it down right here and almost bet the pot of around 150, he thinks for a few then calls. The river is a 4 which seems like a harmless card but i decide to check anyways with the intention of calling any bet. Once i check he instantly bets out 400 and i think for a good minute and finally call only to see him turn over 56 off for a rivered straight. I might have laid this down vs. certain players but i had seen this guy get caught twice bluffing with huge bets on the river. The next day i played in the 2/5 game at the bellagio for only a few hours but i managed to win close to 900 and the players were just horrible. I played in the 5/10 at the bellagio for like 5 hours and was absolutely card dead so i got blinded away for like 300. The last day out there i went back to the Wynn and pulled in like another 400 but lost close to 500 in the last half hour so i shouldve been up more. Overall i had a decent week playing poker pulling in around 1300 and also went 4 out of 5 on the sports bets i made. The sick thing is that i ended up coming home with the exact amount i went out there with, i guess you could say i spent a little bit of money out there haha. Anyways that pretty much wraps up my poker report while out there so check back in the next few days to read part 2(the party report)and see the pics.
Also i played some 3/6 and 5/10 on bodog yesterday and managed to slow play kings against this idiot in the 5/10 game and won about 1k. I still cant get this stupid hand reader thing to work so i still cant show you some hands on bodog but I'm working on it and hopefully will have some up in the next few days. Anyways check back for part 2 and I'm out.

Daily total- 1,137.14

Overall bankroll- 3,752.38

-Nechita-

Vegas../ I own Bodog

That's right i am leaving to go to Vegas tomorrow for a week and i own bodog haha. I haven't posted anything about Vegas lately because it really crept up on me this time. I plan on moving out to the desert after summer so we are going to look at some places to live while out there. We are staying at the good ol Imperial Palace and even though the place is a total shit hole its in such a good location for the price you cant pass it up. I plan on having tons of pics to put up on the site when i return so hopefully i actually take some this time. Every time i have gone out there over the past year i always say i am going to use my camera or camcorder and i always come back with nothing. Also the last 2 times i have been out there i haven't played much poker so i really hope to at least get a few good sessions. I plan on putting in some good sessions at either the Bellagio 5/10 game or the Wynn 2/5 no cap. As for owning Bodog i think the statement is pretty self explanatory.......... haha no but I've done ok on there over the past 2 days. Ive only played for maybe 3 hours of 6 handed 2/3nl over the last 2 days but i have killed it while playing. I managed to make over a K over the past 2 days and for only playing 1 table of 2/3 for about 3 hours that's kinda sick. I will be continuing this goal when i return next Thursday and will be playing 3/6nl where i hope some of the players are at least competent. Well its getting kind of late so im about to crash but check back next Thursday for some pics of the mess the following week will be and to watch me dominate bodog. Fuckin Vegas and I'm out.

Daily total- 1,192.31 (2days)

Overall bankroll- 2,615.24

-Nechita-

Day 5

Well after a very long weekend i was able to find a few hours today to play some poker. I did only play for a couple hours but i was able to put up some okay numbers. I decided to play in the 215 buy in tournament on pokerstars and just like every tournament i enter i got fucked. It was a few minutes before the 1st break and i have been playing fairly tight but still have around the same amount of chips i started with. The blinds are at 150/300 and I pick up AA in the bb with 3 limper's so i raise it up to 1200 and get 1 caller. The flop comes down q107 rainbow so i bet out 1500, he min raises to 3000, I go all in for around 5k more and he insta-calls with qj, turn 8, river a 9 giving him a running straight gg me. Other than that the only poker i played was a few hours of 6 handed 2/3nl on bodog and managed to win a little. I was up a pretty decent amount until i got involved in a big hand right before i got off and ended up losing around 250. I'm still working on getting some hands up on the site to show you guys but i should have it figured out within the next few days. Anyways that pretty much sums up my poker day so check back tomorrow and I'm out.

Daily total- 402.23

Overall bankroll- 1,422.93

-Nechita-

Day 4 /Yesterdays play..

Yesterday i only managed to play for about 2 hours on bodog but was still able to put up some decent numbers. I played 1 table of .50/1 6 handed and another table of 1/2 full ring. I played pretty ABC on the 1/2 table but was able to pick up a few hands and take down some nice pots. On the 6 handed table i came out playing like a total maniac and was raising probably around 75% of the hands. After about a half hour of playing crazy the other players were catching and just calling me down with hands like A high or bottom pair. So i set the image that i wanted and now it was just a matter of time before i started picking up some hands and getting paid off, which is exactly what happened. I finally ended up picking up some hands and was getting paid off over and over again and really just ended up running over the table. The 1/2 game was pretty much as weak as the .50/1 and i was able to win around a buy-in in that game too. Anyways the RED WINGS game is about to start to I'm out and check back tomorrow to see what i got goin on. GO WIIIIIINGGGGGGGGSSSSSSSSSS

Daily total- 315.64

Overall bankroll- 1,020.70

-Nechita-

Day 3, another short session

Today i played another really short session of about 1.5 hours again but was able to still win a decent amount for how short i played. I only played 2 tables of .50/1 but the games are so soft it might as well have been .1/.2 cent. I still cant figure out how to post hands from bodog and its really starting to piss me off. I just want to show some of the hands because they are funny how bad some of them are. The wings squeaked out a win last night in over time in a great game against the sharks so i was able to pick up another 65 off that game. I have enough money in the account now to move up so tomorrow i will be playing 1/2 and i am pretty curious to see if the level of play there is any better. I put 50 bucks on Dallas tonight so hopefully they will finally play a good game and win. They only need to win by 3 and i think that they are well over due to play a good game and Dirk is due for a big night. Anyways that pretty much sums up today's play and I'm heading out to get drunk seeya.

Daily total- 152.17 (plus 50 on tonight's game so really 202)

Overall bankroll- 705.06

-Nechita-

Day 2....

Well i only played for about 1.5 hours again today but still made some good money in the short session. I played 1 table of .50/1 and pretty much ran over the table. I was up about 2 buy ins within the first hour and a half but had some stuff to do so i called it quits for the day. Anyways its the 1st intermission of the Red Wings game so i am going to keep this real short. I already managed to lose my 2nd goal because i bet 50 on the Wings money line tonight but if they end up winning then i wont consider it a loss haha. I still haven't figured out how to get hands from bodog onto pokertracker so i still don't have any hands but hopefully i will figure it out soon. As soon as i figure out what the problem is i will post some hands the 2nd period is about to start so I'm out. GOOO RRRRRRRREEEEDDDD WWWWINNNNNNGGGGGGSSSSSSSSSSSSs

Daily total- 226.34

Overall bankroll- 552.89

-Nechita-

Day 1 on Bodog....

I finally got money onto bodog today after calling them and i have to say their customer support is really good. I just called them and within about 3 minutes i had money on my account and was good to play. Unfortunately that is about the only good thing i like about bodog. Their software is so shitty its unbelievable and almost unplayable. I don't know if its because im not used to it or what, but compared to stars and fulltilt its a joke. Another thing that i don't like about bodog is the fact that they have a sports book on their website. I hate this because i know im going to start wanting to gamble on some games and i didn't put enough cash on there to do that too. So as of right now I'm going to make a goal within my goal and try not to gamble on any sports games within the 30 days on bodog. This doesn't include when I'm in Vegas May 9-16 haha. As far as poker goes i only played for about 1.5 hours on bodog and ended up finishing with about 370 in my account. I started off 1 tabling .25/.50 and within about hour I was up to 300 and had enough to jump up to .50/1. It really is amazing how bad the play is at the lower levels compared to the stakes i am used to. This is almost a disadvantage for me because i think that i am almost over thinking what these players are doing rather than just doing the obvious against opponents who are oblivious. Anyways i have to get going but i cant figure out how to get Hand Histories from bodog onto pokertracker yet so once i figure that out i will post some hands and I'm out.

Daily total- 176.55 (made like 300 on stars too but im not counting it)

Overall bankroll- 376.55

-Nechita-

And the winner is...... kanataholdem

"Try a 4 buy in challenge - i.e start at the $25NL game with $100, once you get to $200 move up to $50 NL..etc..etc. move back down if you drop 2 buy-ins ..see how far up you can go in 100 days ..call it the "fuck bankroll management challenge". Kanataholdem - Pokerstars

Thank you for all of your ideas, it came down to 2 or 3 that sounded interesting but i think i will have the most fun with this one.

This is the goal that i am choosing but i am going to tweak a few things about it. I am going to start off with $200 playing .25/.50nl and see how far i can run that amount up to. I will be using very poor bank roll management but i think this will be pretty fun to see how high up i can get. Also instead of doing this for 100 days i am just going to do this for the next 30 days and see where I'm at after the the 30 days. I am going to try and deposit the money onto bodog just for a change of scenery and once i get the money on there i will start. I don't really have a set amount that I'm going for but i think i should be able to turn this 200 into at least 4-5 k by the end of the 30 days and hopefully higher. Keep in mind i am going to be playing with poor bank roll management but its only 200 bucks and anything after that will be a free roll.

As for my normal play i have just been killing it lately. I have been playing really good and the fact that I'm running like a god doesn't hurt. I'm not really in the mood to go back and look for all the hands from the weekend right now but i will try to get them up later on tonight.

-Nechita-

20$ contest...

I am looking for new goal ideas so whoever can come up with the best idea will get 20$. I plan on starting this goal at the beginning of May and i think 3 days should be enough to come up with something. As for goal guidelines I am really up for anything. I did the 40k in 100 days playing cash games so i guess that could be something to build your ideas from. I will choose the winner on May 1st and will send you 20 dollars on your choice of full tilt or pokerstars. Good luck and talk to you on the 1st.

-Nechita-

FINISHED!!!

That is right the goal is officially over. I actually finished it yesterday but was playing pretty late and didn't feel like staying up to make this post. I played for about 6 hours yesterday on full tilt and stars and had a pretty good session. I destroyed the games on full tilt and was doing the same on stars until i ran into a big hand where i got drawn out on and ended up breaking about even. I have had a lot of people asking me what i plan on buying once the goal is over and the answer is............ nothing haha. I have about 10k in student loans so i think i am probably just going to pay that off so i will have absolutely no debt when i move out to Vegas. I know its not the most exciting thing to do with the money but there isn't really anything i need or want at the moment. Plus i figure i might as well start saving up money for crank and midget prostitutes haha. As good as it feels to finish this goal i am already trying to come up with ideas for a new goal to start at the beginning of MAY. Having to post everyday gets kind of monotonous but i really think this goal was good for my game and kept me motivated to play my A game. I am thinking about offering like 20 bucks or something to the person who comes up with the best idea for a new goal so get your best ideas ready. I started playing poker so one day i would be able to pay people to think for me haha. Anyways i hope that this goal has been some what enjoyable for you to read(assuming theres anyone that reads this) and get your best ideas ready for the huge cash giveaway. Here are a few hands from yesterdays session and for now, I'm out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1037761 - bad pay off here on the river. I did have him on a heart draw when he called the turn but pretty hard to have him on 62.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1037770 - here if it was just me and another player in the pot i might think about just calling but with 2 others behind me i have to raise this up. Unfortunately Jenn 415 didn't have a huge hand here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1037782 - here i raise with a mediocre hand and hit a nice flop. I might often check behind him here on the turn but i had him on a weak hand like qj and knew i wasn't going to get check raised on my turn bet and if he called i still had a zillion outs.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1037799 - pretty standard play here
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1037806 -very nice flop for me here. When i just call this flop i am praying for a non diamond to hit the turn. So i check again and once he bets out the 140 i am pretty sure he also has a flush so i decide to raise big in hopes that he thinks i have the A of diamonds. Kind of surprised it didn't get all in on the turn here but the river is a perfect blank card and i just shove.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1037826 -here i was shocked/worried when we got it all in on the turn when i saw his hand. I was shocked because this guy hadn't really been playing any pots and i had him pinned for AQ and obviously i was worried because he had way more outs than i was expecting to see.
Pstars hands
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1037851
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1037864 - a pstars special cooler right here. I played the hand perfect as did he but i am just mad because this hand prevented me from having a really big day

Daily total- 3,404.85 (3,610.54 FT) (205.69 stars)

Total needed - 00.0000

-Nechita-

Day 64/ quick post

Today i didn't quite get to play as long as i wanted to but i was still able to get a good 4 hour session in. I played 3 tables of 5/10nl and was able to finish in the green. I was playing some what aggressive today but the tables really seemed to be playing tight so i was able to pick up a ton of small pots. I don't think i really played any big pots but i will have to go back and look. I am going to play in the most insane .25/.50 cent game tonight so that should be pretty fun. I call it insane because last week there was over 1k in the pot and its very easy for someone to end up 2 or 300 and for a .25/.50 game that is just BONKERS. Anyways that's just a quick summary of my day so here are a few hands from today and I'm out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1032165 - here its heads up and i make a losing call mostly to gain some info on what this guy was doing.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1032194 - i figure he has some type of weak hand so i bet the turn and when he calls I'm sure he has me on high cards. Pretty good river so i over bet it to make it look like a bluff and it works out.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1032202 - here i think i played this hand pretty poorly. I think if i would've led out like 50 on the flop i would've got maximum value out of the hand. He probably would've re raised then i couldve check raised the turn but i guess ill take it.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1032209 - biggest pot of the day and it was a pretty nice semi bluff by me. I had actually been playing fairly tight on this table and this guy seemed to be playing pretty ABC poker so i figured i could make a move here. When he min raised the turn i put him on some type of weak mid pair and with my re raise preflop this is the perfect spot to represent a big hand.

Daily total- 593.44

Total needed- 1,392.50

-Nechita-

Day 63, what a grind....

Today i was able to put together a nice session of around 4 hours and it was pretty much just a long grind. I didn't really get involved in any big pots so it just seemed like i was grinding out a lot of small hands. It was kind of a roller coaster today because i think i was up then back down about 5 different times until finally finishing in the red. I'm kind of mad that i ended up in the red because i felt i was playing really well but made a pretty marginal call towards the end of my session which took me from having a small profit to having a small loss. Also i hadn't really been paying attention but i looked at my stats and i have been on a pretty good run lately winning about 80% of my sessions over the past few weeks. Anyways I'm starting to get tired so I'm going to wrap this up with a few hands from today and I'm out. Also i plan on putting together a 5+ hour session tomorrow during the day so check back to see how that goes.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1029529 - unlucky here but i really don't like the way this guy played this hand at all.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1029532 - here i really felt this aggressive player was making move on me here and i almost re raised but pussied out at the last second.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1029538 - here i flop a set and when this guy leads out betting i would raise a lot of times but i was almost certain he had some type of weak ace like he did. So i just call and hope that he catches up a little and of course i almost let him hit a straight but i was willing to risk it.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1029545 - pretty standard here i wasn't completely in love with my hand but felt it was probably good.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1029550 - The WORST hand of the night. I was playing really well up until this hand. I really don't know why 1. i checked the flop, 2. I just called the turn when i was positive i was ahead, and 3. Paid off the 350 river bet when i was pretty sure i was beat. This guy is a super aggressive player and raises any 2 cards but when he fired that big at the turn i put him on possible clubs and elected to see what the river brought instead of raising. The problem is when the A hits he probably had Ax of clubs and i guess my curiosity took over and i make a pretty bad call.

Daily total- 293.22 pretty disappointing

Total needed- 1985.94

-Nechita-

Longgg week/weekend.....

With the weather starting to get nice and the hockey playoffs i haven't really been able to find that much time for poker. I wanted to play in some tournaments today and maybe some cash games as well but its just to nice out to be sitting at the computer. The red wings are on at 9 so that pretty much means i wont be able to play tonight because i refuse to play anymore when i have been drinking a lot. Its not as though i have lost a lot when i have been drunk its the fact that i know i am not playing my best A game. I wish there was some way to put a Breathalyzer on my computer haha because i know i will be itchin to play later on tonight. I played a super long session today of about 15 minutes. I sat down and immediately wasn't in the mood to be playing so i just quit but not before winning a little bit of money. I think i only played like 2 pots during the time i played but i won them and was able to continue to chip away at the goal. Anyways my roommate just bought some sweet new grill so we are going to go fire that up and drink some beers, GO RED WINGS and I'm out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1025013
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1025016
These hands are pretty weak but were the only pots i played today.

Daily total- 398.02

Total needed- 1,692.72

-Nechita-