Steve's Poker Blog

Woot 80k hand

2008-03-16T21:01:00.001-07:00

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2281893

Updates

2008-03-13T16:20:00.000-07:00

Here's the plan. I'm gonna withdraw all but $30 of my bankroll, and I'm gonna get 2 million playchips and make it $50 for my total bankroll. And I'm gonna do a "from $50 to $2000" Blog, detailing my quest to glory!

not bad, currently up 100k from playchips after some omaha H/L game:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2264983

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2264997

Bankroll: $30
Playchips: 450,940

School

2008-02-05T06:24:00.001-08:00

Started school, so won't be able to play as much as I used to.

The other night Lost a $6 pot against someone, I had AK, board comes K, blank, blank, I bet huge, and he calls, turn is a blank, I fired another huge one, river is a blank too, I go all in, and he calls, turns out he has KK LOL.

So right now I'm just gonna go play some Playchips SNG while I'm studying/doing HW. I'll play real money in the weekends or something.

Trying out some full ring NL 10

2008-01-27T21:30:00.001-08:00

Think I'm more comfortable at this. I'll update on how i do.

15th place finish!

2008-01-19T22:35:00.000-08:00

Decided to try the 50c tourne tonight because the 1st prize is around $280, and I ran actually pretty deep tonight, finished at 15th place!!

Unfortunately only won like $6.50, my last hand, I was short stacked, and sandwiched between two big stacks, I entered the pot with 8 8, flop came 9 10 K, one guy check, i pushed, and BOTH CALLED! turns out the guy who checked flopped a straight! I guess I got outplayed, but I had to shove because I was basically Pot committed.

And now for teh screenshot:

Sit and Go

2008-01-18T08:50:00.000-08:00

After I got that extra $200, i guess I thought i was invincible, and went to NL5 NL10. All of sudden, I don't see money as much value anymore, I kinda just throw them out there in big bets, and shoved a lot. For some sick swing, I shoved with AA, KK, AK, QQ, so many times, and i got called and sucked out on, I mean wtf, some of them was like one outer suckouts! So i'm down like $20 from all the suckouts, woulda be in the $30-$40 range if i hadnt made some back.

So now I'm grinding $1.20 18 man sng again, and I'm doing pretty well if I might say so myself, finished in many top spots:

Brag: Man, i Love SNG, i crush them so easily:

Du kom p? 2. plass i turneringen.
$5.40 premie er kreditert din Virkelige penger konto.

Du kom p? 1. plass i turneringen.
$7.20 premie er kreditert din Virkelige penger konto.

Du kom p? 4th plass i turneringen.
$1.80 premie er kreditert din Virkelige penger konto.

Du kom p? 2. plass i turneringen.
$5.40 premie er kreditert din Virkelige penger konto.

Du kom p? 2. plass i turneringen.
$5.40 premie er kreditert din Virkelige penger konto.

Du kom på 5th plass i turneringen.
$4.00 premie er kreditert din Virkelige penger konto.

Du opptjente 32.91 turneringslederpoeng i denne turneringen.
For informasjon om vår turneringslederoversikt, besøk siden
http://www.pokerstars.com/no/poker/tournaments/leader-board/

so I made some of my losses back, and I'm pretty much even at this point, sitting at $347.

I guess I'll keep grinding sng, and eventually move up the stakes when I'm comfortable.

$300+ WOOT!

2008-01-16T13:53:00.000-08:00

So the other day I entered a contest on 2+2 forum:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthread.php?t=103137

I was thinking, what the hell, im bored, so I made a video and entered, and surprisingly, I WON $200 from it LOL, this is the video that got me the $$

Now sitting at:

Swings...

2008-01-16T07:37:00.001-08:00

Had some really bad swings these couple of days, although I didnt play much, Was up all the way to $155, then by some sick bad beats on the river , I went down to as far as $147, I swear after this one time the guy sucked out for $5 I immediately turned off my PC and went to blow off the steam before tilt makes me lose more $$.

So what do I do now? I'm rethinking my strategy, I think I'm gonna go back to what's i'm good at naturally - tournament.

Gonna set $10 aside and gonna keep playing SNG and Tournes. I'm gonna use TheWall's SNG step system to see how far I can make it.

TheWall's Step SNG System:

Bankroll	Stage 1	Sit and Go	Placed	Winnings	Step to
min req		buy in			stage

$1.25	1	$1.25	1st	$4.50	2
			2nd	$2.70	1
			3rd	$1.80	1
			didnt cash	-$1.25	freerolls

$4.50	2	$1.25	1st	$4.50	3
			2nd	$2.70	2
			3rd	$1.80	2
			didnt cash	-$1.25	1

$7.50	3	$2.25	1st	$9.00	4
			2nd	$5.40	3
			3rd	$3.60	3
			didnt cash	-$2.25	2

$15.00	4	$5.50	1st	$22.50	5
			2nd	$13.50	4
			3rd	$9.00	4
			didnt cash	-$5.50	2

$30.00	5	$11.00	1st	$45.00	6
			2nd	$27.00	5
			3rd	$18.00	5
			didnt cash	-$11.00	4

$60.00	6	$22.00	1st	$90.00	7
			2nd	$54.00	6
			3rd	$36.00	6
			didnt cash	-$22.00	5

$120.00	7	$33.00	1st	$135.00	8
			2nd	$81.00	7
			3rd	$54.00	7
			didnt cash	-$33.00	6

$200.00	8	$33.00	1st	$135.00	9
			2nd	$81.00	8
			3rd	$54.00	8
			didnt cash	-$33.00	7

$300.00	9	$55.00	1st	$225.00	9
			2nd	$135.00	9
			3rd	$90.00	9
			didnt cash	-$55.00	8

This chart was made with full tilt sit and go's 9 player non turbo's, stars and other sites have similar buy ins so a easy adjustment shouldnt be a hassle

I constantly get messaged on how players are doing great using my sit and go for beginners strategy 1 player has cashed on average 9 out of 10 they play

most of the poeple who send me these follow up shortly with a huge loss and they have to start all over again because they went to the ring(cash) tables or thought they were ready for and played the higher stakes sit and go's

so i devoloped this strategy and did this chart so my fellow railbirds have something to follow that both allows players to experience the higher stakes and NOT risk all there bankroll

here are the rules if you want to play with your bankroll but want to keep it safe you must follow them

RULE 1 if at any time your bankroll falls below the min BR required for any stage YOU MUST STEP DOWN A STAGE

RULE 2 if at any time you do not cash 2 games in a row YOU MUST STOP PLAYING FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR AND FIGURE OUT WHY( IF YOU KNOW WHY STRAIGHT AWAY IE A BAD BEAT OR CARD DEAD TAKE A BREAK ANYWAY AND COME BACK FRESH)

RULE 3 never ever step up a stage until your bankroll meets the minimum requirement THIS ALLOWS FOR THOSE THAT CONSITANTLY CASH TO ADVANCE BUT A LITTLE SLOWER

RULE 4 if you ever get lucky to cash ie your the one who sucked out on somebody or your simply outclassed by over half the players and you know it STEP DOWN A STAGE AND REINFORCE YOUR CONFIDENCE (BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF)

RULE 5 make sure you never get sidetracked print this out if you have to but check the rules after every game you play IF YOU DONT FOLLOW THE RULES AND BLOW YOUR BANKROLL IM SORRY BUT I DONT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT

RULE 6 never ever play a turbo if you want to gamble go play craps or roulette (TURBO'S FAVOUR MANIACS AND IDIOTS THE BLIND STRUCTURE WILL FAVOUR A CHIP STACK AND PURE LUCK OVER SKILL)

RULE 7 do not ever change you game do not switch from holdem to omaha etc ( if you want to play something else split your bankroll and start fresh on the new game)STAY WITH WHAT YOUR WINNING IF ITS NOT BROKEN DONT FIX IT

RULE 8 if you win all 8 in a row its a fluke stop immediately and start again DO NOT STEP TO STAGE 9 IF YOU HAVENT LOST(ONCE AGAIN DONT FIX WHAT ISNT BROKEN)

RULE 9 never ever play a $100+ game they take too long to fill up and its where most of the professionals play if your BR hits $10,000 do what ever the hell you want but until then trust me

First railbird tourne in a while

2008-01-13T13:32:00.001-08:00

In the money so far, with about 180 ppl to go, just tripled up with a sick 3 way all in

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1935285

will update later

Jan 11

2008-01-11T08:51:00.001-08:00

Last night me and paul went to playchip tables to play some games, and we stumbled upon the sickest playchip table, EVER. Here's some screenies.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3771/colddeckts2.jpg

a few minutes later

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6704/deeckcoldju9.jpg

TODAY
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Just post some big hands for today, will be updated as I get more:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1925345

Flopped teh nuts

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1925614

Ups and Downs

2008-01-10T18:36:00.000-08:00

Didn't play any poker today due to work, but I will post some hands from yesterday:

Biggest pot ever for me.
Note: I play this hand during my ultra tilt, and it lifted my tilt insantly.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1918118

I just downloaded Poker Grapher, and here's my graph so far, kinda crazy up/down swing lol

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2908/graphee9.jpg

I have to say , ever since I started reading NL holdem in microstakes by David Sklansky my poker game had improved dramatically, I am now more aware of the power of position and how to bet on each street. It's amazing, I highly recommend that book to anyone looking to dominate low stakes poker.

Running Good

2008-01-08T07:48:00.000-08:00

So far this morning had been great so far. Sitting at a NL .02/.05 6-Max table and had some really loose actions. Nothing special here except Had my biggest pot in my career (lol).

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1911245

I love it when i run good:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1911277

I found players at this limit are much better at poker and much more profitable for me. (yay for no more suckouts)

More updates & hands coming.

Update: Stats for the day:

Stats

Pot Limit Omaha

2008-01-06T21:31:00.000-08:00

I've always been interested in Pot Limit Omaha, watching the pros gambling thousands of dollars on FTP, i went on and try the game myself yesterday. I Sat down in the 0.01/0.02 6 max PLO table and man, i was killing the game, people will call you down with nothing lol, had the nuts several times and doubled my buy-in pretty quick.

I'm gonna read up on some strategies on PLO and will see what I can do with it. I Find it much more fun than Hold'em.

Dawn of a new era!

2008-01-04T19:51:00.001-08:00

So I've finally reached the $130 mark. This is now a whole new game for me. After many months of reading/practicing with playchips, I think i'm ready for the real game. So I will now lay out my bankroll management plan.

$100 or below = Go back to playchips and re-evaluate my loophole, earn 1mil back in playchips.
$110 or above = NL 2
$160 = Set aside $10 for NL 5, if back down to $150 or below, move back to NL 2
$220 = Set aside $20 for NL10, if back down to $200 or below, move back to NL 5

I think this is pretty good plan, and when i reach $300, I will withdraw $100 from bankroll.

Thanks guys for reading. Good luck.

Crazy day so far

2007-12-08T18:32:00.000-08:00

Today is the first day of me playing and testing out the waters of lower limit games, I tried one of everything, played everything for a while to see which game suits me best. Here's how it went.

Omaha Hi - I always liked Omaha hi, it's very tricky because I had a full house, but only to be beaten by a better full house, I guess u should only call All In with the absolute nuts. Lost about $6 at first, then reload and won back $3 when I hit Quad 4.

$1.25 Sng - 45 person sng, I didnt had any hand throughout the tourne, even though i love SNG, but being card dead isnt my idea of fun. I was about 5 people away from money, everyone folded to small blind and me(big blind), I had Q 10o, decided to go all in, and somehow, this idiot called me with 4 7o, and guess what, he hit his 4, and i missed... I guess there are still donks in real money tournes.

NL5 - Ok this is where it gets intersting. I was always told that I shouldnt use tourne style of playing in cash table because it's different and that I would lose . Well, after a losing day so far, I decided to not care anymore, so I basically goto a cash table playing as if it's a tourne. and Bam, I play extra aggressive, picked up pocket queens, go all in, some idiot called with 2 2, and my queens held up, and that won me $3 back. Then just now I hit AK, and beat this guy's 2 pair and won like $2, so all in all, i'm only down about $1 today. I'm gonna try more cash table and experiment a little bit.

History in the making!! Over $100

2007-12-07T14:48:00.000-08:00

Finally, today is the day where I broke $100!!!, sitting at $110 right now.

Now my next goal is to get to $200, doing nothing but MTT and SNG!!

Congrats to Paul

2007-12-03T21:31:00.000-08:00

My friend Pauly (lolguy) finished 23rd at a 5 card draw tourne. He had to goto sleep because his mom was yellin at him lol. I finished wayyy early and out of money. so GG

29th Finish on 5 card draw Pokerstars

2007-11-26T21:12:00.001-08:00

Lots of Updates!!

2007-11-26T20:30:00.000-08:00

New Bankroll

OK, so I know a guy who makes $75,000 a month, and I challenged him to a Heads Up match at NL 0.25/0.50 , I played with my whole bankroll (i know i shouldn't have, but it's a chance of life time) He plays really wild because $50 to him is like nothing, so I played a tough heads up session with him, he raised preflop EVERY SINGLE HAND, i had no choice but to call him, and it was up and down for me, I was down about $30 at one point, but I got aggressive and actually won it all back + $30. so my bankroll is now around $82.

Misc Poker Game

So me and a couple of buddies at the misc went together for a special 6 handed low stakes game, It was all good when after I tripled up my buy in, Nir (same guy i play heads up with) decided to play ALL IN PREFLOP every hand, lol I decided to sit out and let them duke it out and recorded.

here's the video

Currently in the 5 card draw tournement, already moneyed and sitting with above average chipstack, will update later

5th place AGAIN!

2007-11-22T22:04:00.000-08:00

1431 people entered the MTT, I won 5th place, it was a really disturbing final table, some shortstack had 6k left, 6k!!! and he double up like 5 times in a row and took me out, it's rediculous!

anyway, won another $10, so all good for me!

Current Bankroll:
Real Money: $60.75
PlayMoney: $1,301,357

PlayMoney Winnings

2007-11-16T11:10:00.000-08:00

Today decided to sit down at 100/200 omaha tables and try my luck, little after 1 hr later, here's wat i got.

Total PlayMoney: 1,334,195

29th Finish on Full Tilt Poker

2007-11-12T21:46:00.002-08:00

50th place finish, 5 Card Draw

2007-11-10T20:54:00.000-08:00

This is my second 5 Card Draw tourne, I'm surprised at how big i finished, i learned a lot about the game, and really enjoyed it. another step towards my $100 bankroll! =)

lol WTF?

2007-11-08T09:41:00.001-08:00

5th place FINISH!

2007-11-05T19:46:00.000-08:00

Went to work, and got bored, so started playing the Railbirds Freeroll at 2PM, well, playing very well and landed myself a 5th spot finish!!

here's a pic

won about $10 so im happy.

Currently in the 9PM tourne, sitting at a good stack, about to money, will update later.

2007-10-14T21:28:00.000-07:00

Won a 25k buy in 9 person sng, 1st place! 110k

Current Bankroll:
Real Money: $37.82
PlayMoney: $835,462

New Bankroll Plan

2007-10-13T14:18:00.000-07:00

1) Don't play with my real money, not worth it at this stage.
2) Play with playmoney, sharpen my skill, and get about 7Million chips
3) 7Million = $70
4) Once I get $70 + 36.50 = $106.50
5) Play at .2/.5 ??
6) Play $5 Sng tourne

wont a SNG, 2nd place
Won some playmoney today.

Current Bankroll:
Real Money: $37.82
PlayMoney: $758,561

My Bankroll Plan

2007-10-12T07:22:00.000-07:00

This is what I'm gonna follow.

LEVEL 1 (Goal $100):
Only Play: 25c Tourne -> if i cashed, play $1 Sng. NO RING GAMES

LEVEL 2 (Goal $150):
Only Play: $1 Sng Everyday -> $1 tourne -> Ring Games (0.01/0.02), $5Sng

9-29-07

2007-09-28T21:10:00.000-07:00

Wow, was playing at cash game with my friend Kenny, now, i know he's a very loose player, and sometimes a bold face bluffer, so I gather the balls to call him down on the showdown and managed to win a couple of bucks, sorry kenny lol

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1531775

and

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1531770

Current Bankroll:
Real Money: $35.76
PlayMoney: $415,166

BIG WINNINGS!

2007-09-22T07:38:00.000-07:00

I decided to play some cash games with my buddy Keith, we found a DonkFest table, and I made a killing there.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1507340
This is one of the best hands I got all night,

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1507369
Here's another

WOW here's the one with over $7 pot
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1508220

Overall, I made about $5 in 20 mins. Great night

Errr, lost $7 after I posted the wins above, but then i enetered a 45 person SnG and Won 3rd place, i got $7!! woot

Current Bankroll:
Real Money: $39.22
PlayMoney: $488,511

9-20

2007-09-19T21:30:00.000-07:00

-Played in 2 10,000 sit and go, and lost both.
-Lost a 25c tournament, Went all in with QQ because i was shortstacked, got 1 caller, he has Ace King, flop comes KK 10, i puked.

Currently playing at 100/200 ring game, up 20k so far

Sept 18th

2007-09-18T15:28:00.000-07:00

Winnings
----------
45 Person Sit and go, 2000 buy in - 2nd Place +22k

Current Bankroll:
Real Money: $30.50
PlayMoney: $312,063

Sept 17th

2007-09-17T19:03:00.001-07:00

Was at school and work for most of the day. So didn't play much, but for now, I'm curently in a $2000 playchip 45 person SnG, I'll update on that tourne result.

Hand of the day:
This hand is hilarious LOL. I didn't expect them to have nothing.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1493349

UPDATE:
Won 2nd place in Sng(27 person), now i'm +22.5k
Wong 2nd place in Sng (9 person) +5.4k
Friend sold me his playchip for real cash +41k

Current Bankroll:
Real Money: $31.87
PlayMoney: $303,578

Won $200 PokerStars Freeroll!

2007-09-17T18:59:00.000-07:00

I WON!! I won 1st place on Pokerstars Freeroll, Beating out 8000 players in a 7 hour non stop competition! This is one of my greatest personal accomplishments in poker. I am so proud.

Here's a pic:

Welcome to my NEW Poker Blog

2007-09-17T18:58:00.000-07:00

I created this blog so I can post my daily Poker games, what I've learned, my Bankroll, and Hand of the day.