Almost on 1K mark

Hello all

I've been harassing tables at UB, and I'm now at NL25. But since UB has deepstack games, I'm not very confortable yet to play with 50$ in front of me on each table so, for the sake of getting used to the game I'm buying in for 20$/25$.

I know this could be a mistake but as long as I'm still getting used to the stakes, I don't feel is much of a disavantage to me: I can win less on a monster hand, yes, but I've been making a lot of errors in the past few hands so this way i read it as "can lose less" :):)

Been wavering on UB between 200$ - 250$. I'm making a lot of mistakes but this last session I've runned good with very little weak plays: I've been sucked out a lot specially on hands i was ahead and a big favorite to win and got hitted by runners runners and such so no big problem there.

Let's see how this goes.

Another news: I'm beginning my own affiliate poker website where I will be able to offer more than 40% rakeback!

Keep in touch for more news regarding this matter.

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Current status

Bankroll online: 700$+
Bankroll on poker sites: 230$

Congrats Boku!!

15 days, 100$ to 10.000$ playing low stakes sngs.

The result:



Teach me....PLEASE!

Keep it coming, baby. Just keep it coming.

Hi there.

As you can guess, I'm still playing on UB and for what I can understand regarding the bonus unlock time, I will be staying here for a while.

So, straight to the point. I had a very good adaptation tothis games: kind of loose and with so many chips in front of each player, pots are easilly on an average 2$ - 3.5$.

For NL10 I think this is a very decent average pot value. What do you think?

I know I don't post as much hands as a poker blog suggest so I'll try to fix that in the next posts, maybe even commencing on this post.

Well, I've manage to build up to 320$ more or less and since I don't have yet ( GRRRRR ) my HM, I don't know exactly how much rake I've generated so far - since I'm playing micro, I'm sure I'm not generating a huge amount of rake but anything is good to boost the roll.

I'm very proud and happy to say that 10$ of rake would have been a blessing a few months ago but now they are just ok, think this shows how much I've grown in this game, much thanks to people I've bothered over and over again with doubts and lines of thinking throughout the hands.

So, here is the first hand.

Everyone I asked about this say easy push, easy all in, go go all in, ship that, etc.

Well, I have folded. I was positive he had me beat, I don't see many players on NL10 capable of this kind of stunt with air or a weak TP hand. Maybe he connect a two pair on the river, sure. Maybe even a SET, but with so many draws out there and with his snap calls to my bets, I was almost sure he had something like a draw or flush. Maybe a small flush, but still a flush.

$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:

UTG	RONAN2008	($1.91)
UTG+1	KUKLOKT	($13.78)
CO	BLUE_II	($20.30)
BTN	PIKK28	($14.43)
SB	RINGADINGDONK	($10.23)
BB	Hero	($26.07)

Pre-flop: ($0.15, 6 players) Hero is BB

2 folds, BLUE_II raises to $0.35, 1 fold, RINGADINGDONK calls $0.30, Hero raises to $1.10, BLUE_II calls $0.75, RINGADINGDONK calls $0.75

Flop: ($3.30, 3 players)
RINGADINGDONK checks, Hero bets $3, BLUE_II folds, RINGADINGDONK calls $3

Turn: ($9.30, 2 players)
RINGADINGDONK bets $4, Hero folds




Maybe this was a bad fold, maybe not. I've read somewhere that where you don't know where you are on a hand (minding reads, of course) and you have a big decision to make, sometimes the best possible move is just fold even if there is a possibility you are ahead.

Well, since I wasn't calling, I either fold or shove it.

Regarding objectives, March objective was well accomplished already and I won't redifine it again, it's done.

When we reach the end of the month, I'll try to project a realistic objectiv to April.

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Current statusBankroll online: 500$+
Bankroll on poker sites: 320$

NL10 but with a twist

Hello!

Well, I'm back at micro NL on UB poker site.

I know, I know, they had that "super-user" scandal some time ago.

I'm trying not to think about it nor the fact I don't respect them nearly enough to consider this house one of my favorite ones.

The thing is they still have 140$ bonus dolars for me to unlock.

I just recently found as well that they have NL10 but with a 200bb buyin, so I'm playing NL10, which i wanted to, with a 20$ buyin which i kind of prefer to avoid right now.

The downswing is still very present. Nevertheless i gave it a go and manage to build up to 250$, more or less - I've deposit in UB 200$ - on the first try.

Pretty decent start. I also have rakeback on this room, which is always a boost up.

Lets see how this goes.

Furthermore: the points on NL10 are unlocking pretty fast.

March, accomplished

Hi.

And it's done. March objective is reached. I had HUGE swings, from 180$ to 294$ to 140$...what a ride it was.

Playing Lim 1/2 full ring and 6seat has this kind of effect. Huge bad players that sometimes sucked out on 2, 3 outer and took down huge pots and a big pile of my chips.

Manage to come back and guess what, I got the 60$ bonus i was about to give up.

This was the last day and I manage to get it after a big strecht last night and 3 / 4 hours playing today.

So, 700$+ in three months, starting from scratch, basically. I'm proud of myself and I know I've learned a lot.

Now I think I will charge UB. Despite the fact I hate them and after their super-user scandal they come to lose a big bundle of respect from players, they still have 140$ bonus retained there and 140$ is a big load of money for my roll yet.

So, I guess I will take a shot on NL10 just to start, and then, once more, switch to NL20. Hopefully the variance will be my friend this time.

ps.: Boku is on 9200+! GO!

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Current statusBankroll online: --
Bankroll on poker sites: 0$ ( :) )
Pending cashouts: 315$, more or less.

Poker stuff to see: God Boku

Have you heard of 'props'?

Yeah, betting has gone a long way since the simple "put me up 100$ for blackberry, that fine stallion, to arrive first in line".

Nowadays you can bet anything and everything.

I've come to know of a challenge/prop which has addicted me so much that I don't know if I did had any money involved, it would be possible to be more interested then I am right now.

This prop: the player, Boku, has oppened a bet to everyone who would like to accepted, for any value. There isn't such a thing as too small or too big of a bet, as long as it's a 3:1 odds bet.

Ex.: Boku bets 100$ for each 300$ of yours.

The rules are simple: making 10.000$ from 100$, only playing tournaments which maximum prize is, at best, something like 100$ from what i could understand.

You are all wondering, how is this possible? He wouldn't have the time to do it. Well, this guy has more than two arms, and on each one he has three hands.

He plays 50 tables at once! Unreal!

Well, I won't spoil the surprise, check it for yourself.

Blog: http://10kpropbet.blogspot.com/

Thread regarding this prop, on twoplustwo forum: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54/poker-beats-brags-variance/propbet-turning-100-into-10000-15-days-lowlimit-only-417722/

Back on track

Hi!

The homeless person didn't brought me (bring/brought? I've got to study english somewhere, I'm consistently screwing over verbs and tences ) any good luck. It's not his fault, I know:)

So, where were we? Ah, yes, Wednesday! I manage to lose from 160$ish to 130$ish.

I remeber to quit the tables and thinking i was more or less 10BIs down, since i started this downswing.

According to Ryan Fee's guide, a player is suppose to, at some time or from time to time, to suffer huge downswings that can reach a massive 10BI drop.

Well, either I'm very bad or very good, because I didn't reach medium stakes and already are taking beats and swings like a pro: yeah baby!

Today I took a different approach. I really need the f*$$%#& HM to show hands to people and check out my leaks, so I tried to explain the best way i could, some tough spots I've been into the last sessions I've played.

Got some pretty good info and feedback and It kind of boosted up my morale.

I start to attack 1/2 full ring limit tables, so i could gater some more points ( 120 points to go until 15 of March to unlock 60$! ) and attack 2 NL10 tables, just to start to get the hang of it.

Later on I charged only NL10 tables, four of them.

Manage, finally, to bounce back a bit and recover more or less 5BIs.

Let's see if i can get the bonus!

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Current status
Bankroll online: -- ( when i have this, it means nothing has changed since last report )
Bankroll on poker sites: 210$

New morning

Hi again, second post today, different subject

I had a hard beat yersterday and the day after ( 130$ down ) but that is part of the game. Read it from a good source that 10BI's downswings are normal so one must get used to it and learn to get the most of it.

Today i feel my luck chaging. I was coming to work and an homeless guy who "works" for a portuguese welfare (-> directly from google translate) magazine tried to sell me one magazines. I said i didn't have any changes with me but just to make sure, I reached for my wallet.

Well, I didnt have it with me nor the portable disk i usually carry around with as well. Furthermore, I was really going to need it today so I rushed home and got it. Glad i was just leaving my house, if I just found out I didn't have the disk at work, well...I might have became a little bit angry...

So I rushed to work and as soon as I saw the magazine seller, I called him and bought one magazine from him. He was very happy with it and so was I, because if I didn't had seen him selling magazines, I wouldn't have reached for my wallet and I wouldn't have found out I didn't had the disk with me.

I love coincidences.

Maybe this is a change of luck, or maybe this is just a premonition I will lose EVERYTHING today!!!

:)

Lost less, but still lost!

Hello.

Well, yesteday I charged again NL20 tables and manage to get, in the first 10 minutes or so, to have a SET against a better SET on the flop, a chaser running out for two times against me grabbing his gutshot and the cherry of the first 10 minutes of play..

Against two donks, with loads of cash on the table, they were calling anything PF, with or without a raise. One of them with A9, A8 (Ax, really) and an Ace on the board would NOT let it go and could even raise thinking he had the nuts.

I raise with AQs UTG and got re-raised by the button, a donk of a rare breed, who enjoys 3Betting a lot PF but then just check it down all the streets. So I didn't care much about him, if an Ace or Queen hits the flop. The other donk called, of course.

Flop was AA7, with a flush draw for me. First donk bet the pot (he always bet the pot, when he bets) and I raised him, because i knew if he had a weak Ace or even K7, JJ, TT he would come over the top and maybe even try a shove there.

The Button of course folded.

He then re-raise. If I called i would be with lesse then 65bbs on the table and since my all in would not cost much for him to call, I pushed all in.

I had trips, with a fairly decent Kicker. I knew he didn't had the K because he would have re-raised PF so I was pretty sure i was going to win a big hand. Besides, i had Nut Flush Draw so he drawing out on a third suited card didn't matter, in fact, was even better for me.

He showed his hand, he had 77.

If this was a good player, i could have run away from the hand, losing less than i did - and come again, maybe i couldn't, Nut Flush Draw and trips. But this guy played anything, and usually raised his pp's. 

On another hand, with AA, i lose to T8off and with KK I had to fold to a Ace on the turn against a donk that chased any ace around. He did had A7off or something, on a complete dry board. 

I think I did fairly good because i had 200$ and now I'm stuck with 165$, so I could have lost a lot more.

Back to NL10, baby.

And the 600$ has to be reached again!

Really miss HM. Needed to show a lot of hands to people and needed to check out my stats. Well, I've always played in the dark so I'm kind of use to it. But HM is a blessing from the skys. 

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Current status

Bankroll online: 413$ (more or less)

Bankroll on poker sites: 165$

What the f*ck are you doing to me?

Hi

Well, seems like March is the rollercoaster month. I'm playing on NL20 now and yersterday i got a swing of about 90$.

Lots of bad play and lots of bad luck. With T9s, raise pf, got called from an early position and the flop came 89T with a flushdraw (not of my suit). EP bet small value, I raise and got re-raised.

I know better here and i knew i was probably beat and not getting against a draw of some sort.

Best possible way i was up against T9 as well. But I played it all wrong and understimated the donk power of calling anything PF. I went all in and the fish called with J7off.

I should have known better.

Then a lot of AK, AQ hands. One AK i was up agaisnt a loose table and got Ax9 on the flop. Bet, got raised, re-raised and got re-raised and here i knew he had a set of 9s. Could have A9 but if that was the case that second re-raise wouldn't have happened and he either called or would go all in.

Call it tilt or stupidity, I've went all in and in fact he had a set of nines.

Well, playing like this i deserve to lose. I think this is better for me to keep my game up, in fact i was getting too pretensious and slacky about my game so I hope I've learned my lesson.

I'm back at 600$ since yersterday I manage to win 100$ more or less and lose 100$ more or less:)

Let's increase the stakes, shall we?

Hello!

I've been almost lured into the darkside of roulette schematic gambling once more, but I was able to forfit the power of the ring and....woah, talk about geek stuf.....

Check back to reality? Done. I manage to run away of the roulette but tried my luck at the slots online, all this on the pacific poker software.

Won an instant 20$ on the first spin and then slowly lose them all, and a 5$ more. I close the damn thing on that second!

With 200$ on the site, and a backroll on solid 600$, it's time to hit the NL20 mark.

My calculations VS experts

Experts: to play at a certain NL stake, you need 20 x BUY IN of that stake.

Me: i only play with 30 x the buy in.

So, considering you don't know what the f*ck I'm talking about, I'll try to explain it, as I came to understanding it:

NL20 is the same as the big blind being multiplied by 100. So, 20 / 100 = 0.20.
This mean NL20 has a big blind of 0,20 $. Furthermore, NL20 also stands for a stake where the buy in is: 20$.

That being said, and using my safe bankroll management system :), 30 x 20$ = 600$.

That means NL20, HERE I GO!

I've been playing today for an hour or so, and manage to win half / full buy in ( 20$ ), not sure.

But I felt OK and even had a few all in moves that didn't get me scared despite the fact i was used to go all with just 10$.

Double the money, double the fun!!

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Current status

Bankroll online: 350$ + changes
Pending withdrawals: 63$
Bankroll on poker sites: 222.36$

Up, up and away

Hello!

Not much to say here, just want to mention that yersterday i was able to rebound from the sick beats I had on Thursday.

Come to think about it, i think some of the so call good moves I've made were a bit marginal and risky.

I gave an example of a hand i was sure I played it right but now that i read it again, I'm not so sure I played it the best possible way - the AK on the bb, remember?

Well, I DID have an history on the guy and he DID have done that before with a Ax and an Ace on the flop but since the MP instantly called my bet, and with button to still "talk", i don't know if I didn't made an error and understimated him.

Well, that's in the past, live and learn.

Almost at 600$.

First downswing of the Month and Year

Hi there.

Well, enough is enough and I've quitted the tables for today with about 50$ lost.

I can blame 15$ - 20$ to bad play, but to be honest it should be 15$ or less.

The rest of the money simply was lost PF or on the flop with all in moves.

I think I've got to review some information regarding playing TPTK hands on dry boards / drawy boards.

I guess on dry boards getting raised usually means a strong hand on the other side where drawy boards can mean someone trying to buy cheap turns / free rivers.


Today, for what i can recall since i still don't have HM up, i lost three times ( almost in a row ) with AQ in a flop with Qxx: to a runner runner straight, to a backdoor flush and to a gutshot.

So in all of them i had my money in correctly.

The first beat i took today was shocking, in my opinion. I was facing weak players, and I knew that.

Had AK on the BB and raise, the MP ( weak! ) raise ( he usually raised any two figures, or Axs or Kxs, small pp ), button called ( he calls raises with anything ) and I re-raise for two reasons: if a K or A hits, i would get paid because they wont let go off the hand and when i CBet, even if they call, I'm positive sure if i check the river they will bet less then half the pot so they will make the river cheap, in case they didn't hit anything an Ace or King can't beat.

Flop comes: As3h5h

I bet, MP calls ( put him on a sure Ax or FD - flush draw ), button raises all in or almost all in ( can't recall ) and I thought he had something like Ax or FD or TT, 99, 88 since he has done that before and on a regular basis.

He could have a set but since he didn't had me covered I knew i could get the MP to play and even if I lost to Button against a set, which was unlikely, I would profit with MP FD chase.

I re-raise all in and MP calles.

MP showed 2h4h and Button showed A2off. Well, i don't know if my play on the flop was totally wrong, but one thing i know: i wasn't expecting any of these hands.


Later on i lost TPTK to a middle pair chaser that hit runner runner straight, when i knew exactly what he had and pushed him all in.

I'm not going to put here all hands i lost but just want to showed the one i ended my session: table with 2 tight players who were only playing pps, scs and figures hands, one that played anything and another loose/bad player, but tighter than the one that played everything.

I get AA UTG raise to 5xBB instead of the standard 4xBB and the MP ( half stack ) calls ( loose #2, bad player ) and button calls ( loose #1, calls everything with anything ).

Flop: 9QQ with a FD.

I bet the pot, MP calls, button folds.

Turn: Q

I bet the pot, MP calls.

River: x

I bet his stack ( not much at this point ), he calls and showed JQoff on his hand.

And that was it, goodbye for tonight.


ps.: lost 7 times to 3 and 2 outer river cards and 3 times to runner runner on this 1 hour session. Tomorrow will be better, worst is impossible

Still, even with this session, March objectives need to be updated. Instead of 600$, they are at 700$!

Waiting for the HM - ( Holy Manager! )

Hi!

As i told you before, i hope i did, I'm waiting for my Holdem Manager key, so I'm able to save my hands stats.

I'm still playing at Pacific Poker, land of the big oceans and little fishes. It's a pity their software kind of sucks, regarding hand history, but you can't have it all i guess.

I needed to get an "independent" program, like handgrabber, in order to be able to get the history of the hands into the Holdem Manager ( or pokertracker for that matter ).

Since I still don't know if to continue to crush pacific micro limits or move on to a rake site, I'm stanting still where i am and continue to grind it out.

In fact, i have a pending bonus of 60$ that I don't think i will be able to get because of the short limited time Pacifc has defined.

Well, I'll try until the last day, if I manage to get the 60$ sweet, if not, no big deal.

I don't have any graphics yet and i won't be able to get them from Pacific history so, regarding my progress i can only say that:

- all my sessions of the last weeks were finished being up 2.5BI, in average

- today I've played on UB to try to get my 45$ roll to 50$, in order to cashout it. Was able to get it to 79$.

Yesterday I recorded a 1:30h session, it was a cool experience talking and playing at the same time.

Hopefully i will put it here, with english subtitles.