Saturday, March 10, 2007

back in the saddle..

I am officially back from my break! I played for like a hour Thursday but nothing really happened so yesterday i played my first official session since the break and put up some pretty good numbers. I am playing right now so this post is going to be really short until after i finish. I only played on both full tilt and pokerstars for like 3 hours but was able to finish with a good profit for playing so short. Anyways here are my results from yesterday and check back later to see how i finished today. I will post hands later.

Daily total- 2,902.43

Total needed- 21159.96

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

My return to the ring....

As I'm sure many of you have noticed i haven't posted in a while and that is because i haven't been playing any poker. I was running/playing pretty bad there last week and i decided to just take a few days away from poker to clear my head. I went cold turkey for the past 5 days from poker and really hope that the break will get my game back on track and actually make me excited to play rather than look at playing as a daily grind. My plan was to get a good session in today but i had to much running around to do so i am going to make my Ali like return to the felt tomorrow. So with that being said I'm going to watch Lost and check back tomorrow to see if i can get this goal back on track.

-Nechita-

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Day # 42....The losing streak continues.

Well today was supposed to be the day that i turned things around but that just didn't happen. I lost another good amount today and have extended my losing streak to 4 days now. It really sucks because i am a little behind pace now on the goal and lets face it, losing 7k in 4 days isn't very fun haha. Today was pretty much more of the same,running bad, getting out drawn, not hitting any draws, and running into huge hands. It does suck but to tell you the truth i really haven't had a bad streak like this in a while and i almost felt that it was due. Today i really feel like i was playing great but every time i would start to get anything going i would lose a huge pot and be in the negative again. The thing that really sucks about being in a streak like this is the fact that it really changes the way i play. When i pick up a big hand now i play scared like i am going to lose the pot no matter what and that is just not a good way to play/make money. So hopefully this ends tomorrow and i can get back on the right track with the goal. Well that sums up my shitty day on the tables, i don't feel like going over hands from today, and I'm out.

Daily total- 1,942.18

Total needed- 24,062.39

-Nechita-

Monday, February 26, 2007

Day # 41..... Another bad session

Today I had another pretty bad session making it 3 losing sessions in a row. I don't really think i played all that bad today just was on the losing end of every big pot i was in and was getting drawn out on a lot. It definitely sucks because i was cruising right along with the goal but after today i am about back on pace instead of way ahead. I cant really think of anything i have been doing different the last 3 days that have led to my losses other than the fact i have lost every big pot i have been involved in. I have a lot of stuff that i need to do tomorrow so i am not sure if i will play or not and i think that taking a day off might be good right now. I say that now but i will probably end up playing tomorrow so who knows we will see how that goes. Anyways here are some hands from today's bad session and I'm out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?859483 - he actually said later on i made a good fold so i dont know whether that meant he had JJ or kk/aa,either way there wasnt anything i could beat here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?859489 - here my aces get smacked. thats it
http://www.pokerhand.org/?859491 - this guy here is completely clueless. I make this play more often with a big pair and i guess he put me on A high when i reraised under the gun to 330??? Such a bad play by him and i couldve fired at the turn or river but i had him on something like 77-1010 and figured i would get called. He said he was just learning how to play and i guess im just happy a 2 didnt come haha.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?859504 - here i make a move and run into a big hand but i still had 12 outs but obviously i miss it all.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?859507 - such a sick hand for heads up. thats all i got.

Daily total- 2,658.20 (1420.94 stars) ( 1237.26 FT)

Total needed- 22,120.21

-Nechita-

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Day # 40...

Today i was planning on playing in some of the big Sunday tournaments but didn't play in any of them. I really wasn't in the tournament mood and it was a 530 buy in today on pokerstars instead of the usual 215. Also i just don't think that my tournament game is good enough right now to be playing in that high of a buy in. Instead i played about 5 hours of cash games on both sites and did ok on full tilt and pretty bad on pokerstars. I played like an hour of 25/50 to start on stars which i couldn't get anything going so i quit that game down about 2k. So once i started playing 5/10 it was like i was starting off in the hole and i really think it effected the way i played. Also i kind of felt like i was just going through the motions today instead of really having my total focus on my play. I was making bad calls, running into some big hands, and just wasn't able to get any kind of momentum going. I hope tomorrow i can really focus on my play and put together a winning session to make up for the past 2 days. Anyways i am pretty tired from the weekend so here are some hands from today and I'm out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?856591
http://www.pokerhand.org/?856593 - pretty nice bluff here. I know he has ak and have played with him many times before and i was pretty sure i could get him to fold here by pushing the river. He said after the hand he did have ak but thought i had qq which i would play the same way and he knows that.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?856596 - had him on a hand like aq or some type of draw with his big raise. I come over the top to make it look like i have a real strong hand and once he called i knew i wasnt getting him to go away. With his bet on the turn being so small i think he had 89 on this spot.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?856599 - pretty standard for me.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?856600 - Here i make the worst call i have made in a while on the river. I went with my read but still i am only beating a bluff here and i really shouldve folded. Just bad play by me.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?856606 - another example of why the 5/10 full tilt game is great. The players completely over play every hand and as long as you sit back and pick up anything you are going to get paid.

Daily total- 1,605.84 (2,102.55 stars) ( 699.71 FT)

Total needed- 19,462.01

-Nechita-

Day 39... I played amazing and ended up down 1k, I love Full Tilt.

This post was from my play on Friday but by the time i was done i didn't feel like doing it so i will now. I played for about 3 hours Friday only playing on full tilt and i put up some pretty good numbers until i got raped. I played 3 tables on fulltilt(2,5/10nl and a 3/6nl) and i was playing pretty good. I was picking off peoples bluffs, picking up a lot of pots, and just really seemed like i couldn't do anything wrong, i was in the zone. But you might have just noticed how i said i was playing good until i got raped and i will tell you all about that in a second. When i quit my 3 hour session of playing the 5/10 and 3/6 i was up about 2400 and was done for the day with a nice profit, i thought i was done. So after drinking for a while we are about to go to the bar and i had like 10 minutes to kill so i decide that i am going to sit at 25/50 and just steal some blinds to make a few hundred more. After a few minutes of this i was up like 200 and we hadn't had a hand go to the flop yet until i picked up KK. I was about to just quit until i pick up KK and i manage to double up for 5k, so after this i cant just get up and leave because now I'm free rolling and still have a few minutes til we leave. He grinds a little of his money back and then the sickest pot of the night came up which obviously i lost. Anyways long story short i went from being up 2400 on the day to being down about 1k in the matter of about 10 minutes. It does suck knowing all my "hard" work from earlier was now cancelled out but i played the hands perfect and of course in true Full Tilt fashion got sucked out on. I didn't play at all on Saturday because i was pretty hung over but i am going to play in a few of the big tournaments today and hopefully get something going in them. With that being said here are some hands from Friday's play, check back later to see how i did today, and I'm out.

Hands from when i was up.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?854857 - I had people trying to bluff at me all day and heres another.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?854863 - I thought i mightve had the best hand but i dont know what i do if he fires like 300 or something on the river.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?854868 - pretty sure once he bets the river i am beat but 4 handed i have a big hand and i pick up information by calling.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?854875 - This guy had to be getting sick of me because this was like the 3rd bluff i had caught him in with another mediocre hand.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?854882 - same guy again.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?854892 - I dont know why everyone was bluffing at me so much but i just kept picking them off. pretty easy to do though with the nuts haha.

Now the 2 hands that took me from 2400 up to - 1k
http://www.pokerhand.org/?854899 - my hand holds up.......... weird
http://www.pokerhand.org/?854905 - just me getting sucked out on the river by a 4 outer for 13k haha. This was pretty sick i inst-called him once he pushed the flop and when they turned up the cards it was like i knew i had already lost before the river. So in true full tilt fashion i get it all in as a big favorite and lose once again, unfortunately it was at the worst possible time.

Daily total- 1042.94 (friday)

Total needed- 17,856.17

-Nechita-

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Day # 38

Tonight instead of going out i decided to play some poker instead. Im pretty sure i didnt miss anything to exciting in crazy port huron and i doubt i will get to play very much this weekend so i figured it was a good idea. I only managed to play for around 4 hours on fulltilt and pokerstars. I started off by playing 4 tables on pokerstars (3, 5/10nl and a 3/6nl) and finished off my session by playing 2, 5/10nl tables on full tilt. I didnt really pick up any big pots today but was still able to put up some ok numbers on both sites. For some strange reason both of the websites were pretty dead today and there werent many games going like there usually is. I hope it was just a slow day and that we arent starting to see the effects of neteller shutting down to the u.s. customers. Anyways i dont really have much more to say about todays play so here are some hands from today and im out. I might be going to michigan state tomorrow to see the crazys so if i dont post anything check back saturday or sunday.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?848258 - normally i wouldnt check the flop here but i was positive he had jj/qq/kk and hoped he would hit something on the turn. The K was a perfect card obviously and theres just no way hes getting away from the hand now.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?848267 - here i decide to play my set very slowly. I just call the turn to make it look like im on a draw with a hand like j10 or diamonds and i am really hoping a blank hits the river. The 6c is the perfect card because it didnt hit either of the draws i would be on so now i over bet the river to make it look like i missed and am trying to steal the pot. Once i bet he called immediately so the play worked perfect. Im not saying to slow play but sometimes in certain spots you have to in order to get maximum value out of your hands.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?848275 - here i just get outflopped once i make the continuation bet of 110 on the flop and he calls i am done with the hand. Im pretty sure he had ak here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?848280 flopping quads and actually making money on the hand. I think that the river bet was perfect even though it made it look obvious that i had the quads he still called and that is what you want out of a bet like that. I think if i bet like 160 i probably dont get called but who knows with this guy because i wouldve thrown my 77s away on the turn.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?848287 - here i am pretty sure this guy has a big hand raising in the small blind and i have the perfect hand to bust a big hand. The flop is really good for me it gives me an open ended straight draw so i could raise but i am positive i will get re raised all in so i just call the 140 in hopes of hitting. I know if i hit the 10 or the 6 i am going to bust him so im getting huge implied odds which means i am really calling the 140 with the expectation of winning 1k if i hit my draw. This guy was a calling station and i know if i turn the 6 or 10 all the money will get in the middle because hes not folding his kk or whatever he had. Unfortunately i missed the turn and i just cant continue anymore with this hand after he bets the turn.

Daily total- 1,084.22 (752.79 stars) ( 331.43 FT)

Total needed- 16,813.23

-Nechita-

Day # 37/yesterdays session/ i hate omaha

I dont really feel like posting anything so this is going to be very short. I only played poker for about 2 hours yesterday and had some pretty good results in the short time. I played a couple short stacked guys heads up on fulltilt and busted both of them for about 600. I also played a couple tables of 5/10 nl on stars and didnt really pick up any big hands but i was able to grind out a nice profit of about 800. So i quit playing so i could drink some beer and watch the wings game and Lost but after those were over i stupidly decided to play some omaha. This was a bad idea because i pretty much ended up losing all of my profit on the day. I played 5/10 omaha and of course i made a sick call on this guy, got all in with the best hand, and of course got rivered for about 1k. So i guess it wasnt really a bad idea to play drunk because i didnt do anything stupid i just got unlucky so thats ok i guess. Anyways im not sure if im going to play tonight or go out so check back later im out.

Daily total- 295.87 (yesterday) sucks i was up about 1500 at one point yesterday too.

Total needed- 17,897.45

-Nechita-

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Day # 36....

Today was a really good day for me especially in poker. I was able to put together around a 7 hour session and was able to put up some good numbers on both stars and full tilt. Pokerstars started off pretty rocky and really stayed that way the whole time i played there. It seemed like every time i bet i was getting raised, every time i called i was losing, and every time i bluffed i was getting called. I wasn't really getting much going but luckily i was able to win a couple big pots which allowed me to have a winning session and sometimes that's all it takes. I'm not happy with my play at all today on pstars but the results are nice for really playing bad and running bad today. Full tilt was pretty much a roller coaster ride today. I played 2 tables of 5/10 nl and the tables were really playing pretty weak like they usually are. The reason i say it was a roller coaster is because i was up like 1500, then all of a sudden down 500, and finally i was able to get on a nice run before i logged off. The caliber of play on ft is so much weaker than on pstars it is amazing. Like i said before i really think i can make some serious money in the 5/10 on full tilt just as long as my hands hold up. Which with full tilt you never know whats going to happen when you get your money all in as a favorite, Full tilt has way more bad beats than on pokerstars its sick. Anyways i am starting to ramble on again so i am going to get some sleep so here are some hands from today's play and I'm out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?841887 - bad timing.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841891 - Almost threw my mouse off the wall when the Q hit the turn because i had him on qq.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841895 - I was calling this bet on the river even if the spade didn't come. His big bet on the turn is where i realized he was running a bluff. I couldve raised the turn and put it all in there but i really had him on nothing and if a blank hit the river i am calling whatever he bets.
Fulltilt hands
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841900 - good call by me here on the flop but of course he hits the turn but i manage to catch back up on the river and win the pot.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841903 - really shocked when he folded the river here. The only reason i just called the turn was to save 200 if i missed but he didn't have the big hand i thought he did and he said after he had ak.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841907 - here i make a misread and it costs me money on the river. I had him on a heart draw so i checked the river hoping he would realize the only way he can win is to bluff but i was wrong and he had 2 pair. So i couldve got some more out of him on the river but probably not much more maybe another 200 tops. I am really surprised he didn't raise this up on the flop because if i limped with a hand like aa/kk he has me crushed.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841914 - no clue how my aa dodged all this guys outs.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841915 - sick thing about this hand is the other guy who folded on the flop had qq so my aces would've got smacked again. Luckily this guy wasn't a total idiot and realized he was beat on the flop.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841916
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841918 - here i was 100% sure i had the best hand on the river but i don't know what this guy was doing here. I had been playing a lot of hands so it wasn't like i was playing tight but i guess he had me on JJ or something?????? interesting.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841919 - thought he was stealing but he must have had like 99/10 10 and the K allows me to represent ak on the flop which he probably has me on.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841920 - this guy was clueless and as u see he donates to me.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841921 - played this so slow in order to fire a big bet out on the river but the J was the absolute worst card to come. I just call now because i cant fire out a big bluff here because he wont call with that board ,but if a 2 comes off or something i come over the top for like 200 more.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841922 - terrible play here by me on the river, after i almost check the turn i end up talking myself into calling the turn and the river. horrible play.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841924 - I have him on exactly qj here and i know he doesn't fold if i push the flop so i call to see if i can hit the turn and i did kind of. The 6 now gives me 4 more outs to hit the straight so I'm getting about the right odds to call the 200 more, if he has 3 more i have to fold here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?841927 - this hand was really weird because i had almost like this 6th sense telling me to check the flop and just call him down here. I just had this weird feeling he had a big hand and he ended up having aces here and i got off really cheaply in this spot. If i couldve somehow folded the turn or the river it would've been amazing but a LOT of players lose way more money in this spot. They say sometimes poker players have a 6th sense and i could definitely feel it here, spooky haha.

Daily Total- 3,594.29 ( 815.26 stars) ( 2,779.03 FT)

Total needed- 18,193.32

-Nechita-

Monday, February 19, 2007

Day # 35

Today i had a lot of running around to do and didn't get to play barely any poker. I started playing and within like an hour of playing i just realized that i was in no mood to play. I played 2 5/10nl tables and one 25/50nl table on stars, thats right i said 25/50 haha. I was waiting to get on another 5/10 table and i noticed that the 25/50 table looked extremely weak so i sat down there instead. I only played up there for about a half hour so i didn't really get involved in any big pots while playing there. I only played for a half hour because after like only 15 minutes of playing there like 3 of the top players on stars/online decided to join the table so i figured i should quit. Although I did manage to make a little bit of a profit for not really playing at all today. I am planning on putting together a 6+ hour session tomorrow so check back to see how that goes. So that pretty much sums up my poker today so here are some hands from today and I'm out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?838947 -standard result when i have aces.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?838948 -I really wished i would've bet the turn here instead of checking but my plan was to check raise but he didn't fall for the bait.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?838953
http://www.pokerhand.org/?838954 - Here i really messed up by betting the river. I knew he had absolutely nothing and shouldve checked the river to try and get him to bluff again. My tiny 250 bet was supposed to look like a freeze bet to get him to come over the top but i think the right play would've been to check again. I knew he didn't have aa/kk/qq or he would just check the river after me so the only way i would've made more money was to allow him to try and bluff one last time.

Daily total- 905.84

Total needed- 21,787.61

-Nechita-

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Day # 34

I am pretty tired so this is going to be a pretty short post. I played in the Sunday tournament and finished like 830th or something which was good enough to get in the money but was really a waste of time. I think i made like 60 bucks or something for the 4 hours of time i put into the tournament. I was just going to quit after the tournament but decided to sit down at a 5/10nl table and a 10/20nl table and it was a pretty bad idea. I lost like 2k pretty quick, my hands weren't holding up, so i decided to cut my losses after a while. With that being said I'm calling it a night and hope to rebound back tomorrow after having like 3 losing days in a row. Here are a few hands from today and I'm out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?835917
http://www.pokerhand.org/?835918
http://www.pokerhand.org/?835919
http://www.pokerhand.org/?835921

Daily total- 2248.20

Total needed- 22,693.45

-Nechita-

Day # 32/33

It was a long weekend so i didnt have anytime to post anything but i did play a little friday and saturday so i am posting about it now. I only played for like an hour on friday and nothing really happened in that hour to talk about. Saturday was a different story, i played for like 3 hours,was playing really aggressive and within the first hour i was down about 2k. Instead of quiting i decided to slow down and try to get back to even but came up short after the 3 hours. It is sunday right now and im playing in the big 215 buy in tournament on stars so i hope to at least cash in it. There are like 3000 players left out of the 6500, im in 1600th position out of the 3000 so if i double up i should be able to at least cash. The tourney pays the top 900 players and first prize is 190,000. With that being said i am going to get back to the tourney so check back later tonight to see how i did and when i am 190,000 richer haha.

Daily total- 598.43

Total needed- 20,445.25

-Nechita-

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Day # 31

Today i only played for a few hours so this will be a short post. I had some pretty good results in the little amount of time i actually played. I wasn't even going to play at all today but i figured i would play in a few tournaments while i was sitting around. So my plan was to play 10/20nl for like a half hour to win money to pay for my tournaments and a half hour later i am up about 1k, not bad. So i quit playing the 10/20 when the tournaments started which was a big mistake because i absolutely sucked in the tournaments and the 10/20 game was pretty weak. I busted out of the tournaments about an hour and a half in so i decided rather that quit playing i would try some more pot limit Omaha. I played the 3/6 game which was playing pretty soft and i was picking up some good hands so i was able to turn my 600 into about 1100 after a few hours. Unfortunately i was playing on my laptop and i cant transfer over the hand histories to my desktop so i cant post any of my hands from today. Well that pretty much sums up my short session from today so with that being said goodnight and I'm out

Daily total- 1,343.81

Total needed- 19,846.82

-Nechita-

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Day # 30

Today was an ok day for poker and a SPECTACULAR valentines day. I had such a great time because i was able to spend the day with my true love, Jinx haha. We had some pretty fancy dining which included some cold pizza and fancy feast haha. Anyways enough bragging about my day and onto some poker talk. I didn't really play as much today as i really wanted to. I had the dumb idea of sitting down at 5/10 Pot limit Omaha which i couldn't believe how bad the players were at that level. When i say dumb idea i don't mean i was playing bad but i just don't think i know enough about the game to playing that high yet. But i was really in shock of how bad the players were at that high of stakes. I was cruising along up a couple hundred in the game then i got totally fucked over in a big pot so i decided to quit playing. I got all in on the turn with the nut flush and the other guy rivered out a straight flush on me it was so sick. He hit his 1 outer for about a 1k pot which pissed me off so i quit before i started playing stupid. Losing the money didn't make me mad it was the fact that i was playing so well and if i would've won that pot i know i would've ran that table over. So i will probably be trying out some more Omaha in the future but who knows i think i should read up on it a bit more first. Luckily i know how to play no limit and was able to win my money back within a few hours. I was able to turn an ok profit for only playing a few hours and starting off down 800. Well i just finished playing in the 20 heads up tourney that i said i would play in until i won and i just finished 2nd, so stupid. Yeah it did pay like 540 or something but to get that far and not win is a huge let down. I am so mad i don't even really feel like talking about today's play anymore so here are a few hands and I'm out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?824341
http://www.pokerhand.org/?824342
http://www.pokerhand.org/?824343
http://www.pokerhand.org/?824345
http://www.pokerhand.org/?824347
http://www.pokerhand.org/?824360
Really wish i had the hand history of that Omaha hand to show you. 1 outer for 1k is the summary of it i guess haha. good game me

Daily total - 1093.84 (316.34 ft) (777.50 star) pretty happy since i started down 800

Total needed- 21,190.63

-Nechita-

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Day # 29....COLD

Well it was extremely cold outside today and on days like these i am so glad that i don't have a job haha. I didn't play as much as i would've liked to today but i did still manage to get in about 5 hours of play. I played 1 5/10nl table on fulltilt, 3 5/10nl tables on stars, a little 10/20nl on stars, some .50/1 Omaha, and a few tournaments. It was a pretty hectic 5 hours to say the least. I had some pretty good results on both sites for the short amount of time that i played. I really hate full tilt with a passion but the 5/10 games are pretty soft during the day and i think they are pretty profitable as long as my hands hold up. I was lucky enough to pick up a few big hands on ft against some idiots who don't know how to fold so i was able to make some decent money on there today. As far as Stars goes it was really an up and down day. I started off playing some 10/20 and was up like 1200 real quick but then ran into a few big hands and ended up breaking even in the game. I quit playing the 10/20 after a few hours because a lot of the 25/50 players were joining the table and there is no point playing against a bunch of really solid players. So i started fooling around at Omaha and made like 200 which isn't bad for playing only .50/1. I really like playing Omaha but i just don't think i am good enough at it yet to play for any real stakes. I really am going to read up and try to become a good Omaha player as well because it is fun to play something different other than no limit all the time. I also played in the 20 heads up tourney again that i took 2nd in like a week ago and this tournament field is so weak. I ended up taking 9th out of like 205 people but i am not happy with my results at all. I think i won like 70 bucks or something but the competition is so soft i feel like i shouldve won this tournament. The top prize for the tourney is usually around 1k and with the field being so soft i am going to keep playing this tourney every night until i win it. Anyways i am starting to ramble so i am going to get some sleep so check back tomorrow and I'm out. Here are some hands from today's play for your viewing pleasure.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?821372 - I really have no clue why i checked the river here i honestly think i was playing so many tables at once i wasn't really focused on what was going on.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?821375 - I think i make the perfect bet here on the river because it looks like i am value betting a heart and he ends up folding his A.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?821380 - pretty good flop for me here haha but once he bets the flop there i know he has an over pair so i know if i just call he will get suspicious so i raise and he pushes all in.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?821385 - here i really wish now that i would've pushed all in on the turn. I knew he had the 7 and for some reason i tried to get cute with my straight and when the river fell i knew that now if i pushed he wouldn't call unless i was beat.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?821390 - I really thought here on the river forever before i folded. He was a pretty solid player and has to have me on at least ak in this spot so i think when he pushed he was hoping that A helped me and wanted to get called. Also the only hand i am really beating in this spot is qq which is a possibility but i just don't know about this hand.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?821393
http://www.pokerhand.org/?821397 - perfect example of playing the man and not the cards. I play with him a lot and know how he thinks i play so when he bets the 100 i am putting him on a pretty weak hand like 10s or something like that. So once i check raise here he has to have me on aa/kk/qq and if he comes over the top all in i can just fold.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?821403 - ???

Daily total- 1648.23 (Ft- 1105.84) ( 542.39 stars)

Total needed - 22,284.47

-Nechita-

Monday, February 12, 2007

Day # 28 Amazing what can be accomplished in a day when waking up before 3.

Today i was able to put together a pretty lengthy session playing for around 7 hours which is the most i have played in a while. I played the 7 hours in 2 different sessions of about 3 and a half hours each with a hour dinner break in between. The first session i was playing two 5/10nl tables on stars and 1 5/10 nl table on full tilt. I was totally card dead on stars and was really lucky to be up a little bit after the first 3 and half hours. Full tilt was a different story though i was running pretty good and for once my big hands weren't getting drawn out on. I was starting to lose focus after about 4 hours primarily due to the fact i wasn't really getting any cards on stars so i decided it was a good time for a dinner break. So after the first 4 hours i was up about 2400 on full tilt and up like 50 bucks or something on stars haha. While i was eating some crappy hot dogs (how a baller enjoys fine dining haha) i was watching High Stakes Poker and for anyone who hasnt seen this show yet i highly recommend it. It is on the game show network Monday's at 8 and is by far the best poker show on TV. While watching this i was going to play in some tournaments that started at 9 and that was supposed to be the last of my poker for the night, supposed to be. I got in 4 tournaments in which i couldn't get anything going in any of them and was out of all 4 of them by 1030. My plan was to at least get deep in a few of these and call it a night but after sucking so bad in all of them i decided to play some more cash games. I only played on Stars this time due to the fact that the 5/10 games on full tilt looked pretty tough at the time. So i played 3 tables of 5/10nl and a 10/20 nl table on stars for about 3 hours. The 10/20 game was pretty weak so i was able to have some nice results there and i was also playing/running pretty well on the 5/10 tables too. Well that pretty much sums up my day as far as poker goes so i am going to get some sleep and try to put together another nice session tomorrow. Here are some hands for you and I'm out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?818596 - Here i learn how to not get sucked out on at fullilt haha.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?818600 -Here the ol' 75 suited comes through again. I knew this guy was just making a continuation bet on the flop and when he checked the turn to me i really thought i was going to take it down there. He called though which kind of threw me off but i had a zillion outs going into the river and was able to hit and get paid off.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?818605 - Sick thing is I run so bad on Full tilt, once we get it all in on the flop here i am actually expecting a 2 to come on the river.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?818607-
http://www.pokerhand.org/?818610 - 10/20 donk
http://www.pokerhand.org/?818612 - Here i would raise a lot of the time in position with ak but i had a feeling with his raise in early position he had a pretty big hand. So i play it slow til the river and i actually thought for a good 2o-30 seconds about checking the river after he had checked to me but i went ahead and threw out a value bet and got called by the big hand. I actually feel like i got off really cheap in this spot and if i wouldve checked like i almost did on the river i feel like i wouldve played it perfect.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?818615 pretty self explanatory.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?818618 - this guy was a maniac and trying to bluff at everything so i just call him down rather than raising like i would do most times here.

Daily total- 3711.93 (2344.03 FT) (1367.90 Stars)

Total needed- 23,932.70

-Nechita-

Days 26/27

I really haven't been in the mood to post anything over the past few days so i am doing it now. I played for about 3 hours on Saturday and had some decent results making around 600. I played in a VIP free roll tournament which paid the winner 10,000 but busted out in like 50th place or something. There were like 800 players and i really couldve made the final table had my AK all in preflop vs. AQ would've held up, but obviously a Q hit the flop and i lost. As for yesterday i played for around 5 hours and just couldn't get anything going. I played in the big Sunday 215 buy in tournament on stars for the first time in a while but it was a big waste of time. There were about 6500 players paying the top 1080 and i busted out in like 1500th place so it was a waste of time. Also in the cash games i couldn't really get much going and when i did i would get involved in a big pot which i seemed to lose every time. So when i busted out of the tourney i decided to cut my losses of around 1k and call it a day. I am playing right now and will be posting today's results later so check back for that and I'm out. Here are a few hands from the past few days for your viewing pleasure haha.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?816990 ]
http://www.pokerhand.org/?816998 - stupid call on the river here. i know he has aces and i still call it off.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?817003
http://www.pokerhand.org/?817011 - I almost folded the river here because i knew had quads but it was so cheap i had to pay the 100 off.

2 day total- 729.43

Total needed- 27,644.63

-Nechita-

Friday, February 09, 2007

Yesterdays play/Day # 25

This is going to be a pretty short post so here goes. I played for about 3 hours and was immediately down about 900 dollars after the first half hour. I was playing this idiot heads up and he was just hitting every card against so he took about 900 off me. Then i played 3 full tables and won some nice pots/lost some big pots that really prevented me from making any money. So as hard as i tried to get back to even i came up a little short but thats ok after being down 900 to start. I also played in the 20 dollar heads up tourney that i took 2nd in the day before and managed to finish 11th this time but it only paid like 60 bucks so it was pretty much a waste of time. Anyways here are some hands from yesterday, i dont really feel like explaining any of them so im just going to put them up and im out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?808790
http://www.pokerhand.org/?808798
http://www.pokerhand.org/?808799
http://www.pokerhand.org/?808801
http://www.pokerhand.org/?808805
http://www.pokerhand.org/?808808
http://www.pokerhand.org/?808810

Daily total- 430.02

Total needed- 26,915.20

-Nechita-

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Day #24/ 1st real session since Vegas

Today i finally managed to get together a session that was longer than 2 hours. I played for about 8 hours and had some pretty good results to show for it. I played about 4 hours of cash games seeing around 600 hands and the other 4 hours was in a tournament. The cash games i played were 3 tables of 5/10 nl and 2 tables of 10/20nl on stars. I played pretty well in the 5/10 games and picked up some big hands for some nice pots and in the 10/20 i played well on one table but bad on another. I am pretty mad about the 10/20 because the table i did bad on was really soft and i just wasn't able to get anything going on there. I quit playing cash games around 8 to watch the red wings game and Lost but decided to get in a 20 dollar heads up tourney. I really got in this tourney just kind of as a joke and kind of just something to do while sitting on the couch watching TV. There were 189 people in the tournament and it paid the top 32 players. Spots 32-16 only made like 50 and 16-8 paid like 110 so in my mind it would really be pointless unless i finished in the top 8. Top prize was like 980 and second was 540 then spots 5-8 got paid 250. So with that being said i ended up taking 2nd overall but really really really wanted to take the first. I guess its ok to make while killing time watching tv though haha. That was probably the worst competition i have faced in a long time though, it was like i was playing against monkeys haha. Anyways i am going to get some sleep and hope to get together another good session tomorrow I'm out. Here are some hands from today but it sucks i don't have the final hand of the tourney because i played on my laptop.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?804162 - this guy was playing pretty poorly so once that flop hit i was praying he had a big over pair and he did. The rest explains itself.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?804165 - trying to pick up the blinds here but at the same time i make this raise with big hands too. Once the flop hits i represent at least ak in this spot and unless someone has ak i get away with it.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?804180 - Here i think i am value betting the river and get check raised where i make a bad call i guess. I thought he had ak in this spot and put me on ak as well so just tried to take it instead of splitting the pot with me and i was wrong.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?804186 - here is how u snap off AA haha. No but really the preflop reraise threw me but once he bet the 150 on the flop i know he has a big pair here. So i figure i have 9 outs and if i hit one of them i am going to bust him so i call the flop. Now the 9 on the turn is a really good card for me because it now gives me 13 outs. So once he bets the 300 out on the turn i thought about check raising but at this point i know i am going to be called so there is no real point. So i just call and if i miss the river i check and fold but i hit my card and push hoping for a call and i get one.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?804193 - pretty nice pot here for a 5/10 table and i find a way to not get rivered.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?804196 - rivered.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?804199 - this guy just makes a nice bet on the turn which i can not call. I know his play and his bet on the flop just screamed of some type of draw so I have him on a club draw and raise to 330. He calls and once the club hits i am done with the hand. He made a nice play but i was right about him being on a draw on the flop so if the club doesnt hit the turn and say a blank like a 2 of hearts comes it wouldve been very interesting to see what he wouldve done then.

Daily total- 2,302.45

Total needed- 26,485.18

-Nechita-

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Day # 23

Well today i played poker for the first time in a while and had some okay results. I played 2 tables of 5/10nl and 1 table of 10/20 and was absolutely card dead. Today was a really boring day of cards. I don't think i played any big pots and it really felt like i was just sitting around getting blinded away. I did only play for like 3.5 hours but after hitting the fold button 84940934 million times it felt like an eternity. I have been really slacking off the past week on this goal and really plan on playing a lot over the next few weeks. I was on a pretty good pace before going to Vegas and it seems like since i have been back i haven't been able to get a single good session in. I am for sure going to play at least 6 hours through the next 3 days and hope to get back ahead of schedule for the goal. Right now i am right on pace to break it in 100 days but i was really hoping that i could do it before that. With that being said i am going to get some rest so check back tomorrow and I'm out. Here are some hands from today.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?800935 - Interesting hand here against a super aggressive player. His bet on the river is a total bluff that he missed on or is a real big hand. I took time and thought forever on the river but finally folded because i have seen him make this bet many times with huge hands so i decided to let it go.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?800944 - another hand against the same player that i was not going to fold. I knew if i kept checking to him he would just keep firing at it on the flop and turn. I was planning on betting the river but there would be really no point because i didn't have him on an A and he wont call with anything unless i am beat and also i give him another chance to bluff on the river.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?800949 - I really have him on a hand like aj/aq when he pushes here so i call. He could have a mid pair here but if so than i am about 50/50 anyways so i call.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?800951 - This guy would've got some more money out of me here if he played it stronger. Once he raised the 100 on the turn i was pretty sure i was beat but wanted to see it anyways so i call and goodbye money.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?800954

Daily total- 453.98 Not bad for not really playing any hands

Total needed- 28,787.63

-Nechita-