Friday, October 29, 2010

Pokercast League

After my recent troubles with full tilt i have decided to focus on pokerstars.  While depositing my bankroll on stars i have had to wait and wait and wait some more to get it.  It has been withdrawn from my bank but pokerstars is still making me wait. Hopefully i can start playing these events.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

We will never forget!

Today is Sept 11 the anniversary for the most significant event i have even witnessed.  My thoughts and prayers go out to the families that still grieve for their lost ones.  After a long day of video games i had a mini session tonight.  For the night i ended up on full tilt about 10 bucks and down once again on Pstars.  I run so bad on pstars it is sick got it all in with AK vs A2 late and dude spikes a 2 on the flop while the turn and river brick.  I was like 100 from cash when 4k started.  Blah win that hand and run deep in cash.  Always happens on that god forsaken site.  On tilt my eyes are open to become more of a bum hunter in HU SnG's now.  Instead of playing everyone at $2 dollar ones and playing a bunch at a time i think selecting soft opponents with a cap of 10 dollar SnG could show better profit.  But if i take too many bad beats i gotta get outa there and step back down.  Bum hunting is a little harder to do 1 and 2 dollars levels because everyone plays everyone but 5 dollar + there usually is enough time to find people playing out of their bankroll and experience and i can avoid opponents who are stronger.  So up 10 dollars and new outlook her it goes!!!!

Thursday, September 9, 2010

September to Remember

So i took a long break from the virtual felt and it kept me sane for a while.  I put aside some money and went to Spirit Mountain Casino and enjoyed myself some 3-6 FLHE.  I was dealt a straight flush and quads on high hand night so i was up 300 when i got off that table.  Some black jack and NLHE later i was walking out of the casino with 400 more dollars that i entered with.  This would be the re-ignition of the poker fire burning within.  This time i was more about being smart.  With a fresh Hold'Em Manager I took on a new view to slowly grind a roll instead of being immediate ramen to richies.  So i took the money and bought me a new computer to start fresh also.
With this i took on a heads-up mania.  Over 300 heads-up matches i showed 15 dollar profit with the addition of rakeback and bonus.  So i am headed in the righ track.  I broke 100 dollars tonight for the 2nd time ever since i have played full tilt.  Now that i have a stable roll time to make something of it.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Poker and Life

Tonight i won a 90 person sit n go on FTP and i figured time for an update.  I have spread my funds across some poker world, and after trial and error i realize my focus should be on heads up sit n goes and then play occasional tournaments.  Now I am working alot so my number of hands i can play is reduced so i need to get the most out of when I play.  I feel my meta game heads up is far superior and gives me the overall best chance to be profitable.  I am going to take an extended break for the ring cash tables.  I feel like i need a bigger bankroll to get off the micro's and i am not in love in any cash games but heads up.  I need to keep it at a slow and steady pace to build the bankroll.  Heads up has taught me to read so much better.  You see so many more hands and you get a feel how each of the 4 players play.  Loose-Aggressive like to exploit scary boards, and passive use boards to hide behind.  I will try and post again soon and update everyone!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

table ninja

so i found out that table ninja for full tilt is in beta and FREE.  it is so amazing, makes life easy.  Had a great 6 max session using the program and am like 14 full tilt points away from first part of my bonus. here i go

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Pstars...the start

Well i finally got my feet back in the water.  Started today with $15 on pokerstars i got from selling play chips i grinded to get.  I cannot believe the learning experience the play chips were.  I was tired of going busto on runner runner weird spot call.  So i made the rule have to have 10 buy-ins before i move up.  I hit 1 million and then started crushing 300/600.  But that was play chips, i now started the same methodology as the playchips and after one day i am up to $22.  Rock on hahahah

Monday, February 15, 2010

Broke 1 million play chips

on my journey to dominate the play chip world, i achieved a milestone.  I broke the 1 million chip mark.  I wanna look more into selling play chips and the legality of it.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Back to Square 1

Bad beat day took its toll on my roll.  Frustrating day hope tomorrow is better.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Absolute Bliss

Got 5 dollars in absolute freerolls today....time to grind....after a couple heads up sessions am now up to 9 dollars.  WOOT

Sunday, January 31, 2010

WBCOOP main event

Today is one of the biggest tournies i have ever played it.  The blinds 15 min rounds instead of 10 or less, which means a lot slower pace.  Gotta keep my focus up and my game strong.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Event 3 = no focus

I made it late into this tourny was 90 of 210.  Picked up J10 hearts in the small blind and raised four times the big blind.  Big blind called flop came j 10 2 and was all in with an insta call against 22.  I am not saying i would have gotten away from that hand but i chose wrong spots to be short stacked to get knocked out there.  Maybe the 8-game will go better.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Event 3

Back to NLHE, i truely hope we can make it deep and make a run at cashing.  Here goes nothing!!!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

end of event 2

Ah sad day, i decided to get mixed up and didnt notice the full house.  In a cash game i was pot committed but i think i could have gotten away without gettin knocked out, but that was a good learning experience.

event 2 break 1

At the first break this event has gone way better.  A couple times i decided to gamble which i did not have to do but i picked up some big pots in good situations.  Break one 6,840 chips 145 of 876 and i feel like this is a great opportunity to observe how others play this omaha tourny!!  Here i go!!!

WBCOOP Event 2

well errr this is the omaha event.  I am definitely not in tuned for the style of PLO in MTT form.  I am a decent omaha player, but my only omaha experience is from cash games.  There is a lot more gambling in a cash game.  Game plan is to stay tight and see flops with double suited and pairs try to spark a big hand earn a stack.  Once the blinds catch up pick spots to try and steal blinds and do it with drawing hands with suited connectors and other hands that if a flop does occur i am not dead in the water.  Here we go event 2, treat me better than event 1!!!

Monday, January 25, 2010

HOLY HELL

So 30 min into event 1 i pick up KK under the gun so i get fancy and limp.  It folds around to the button who makes a big raise.  I re-raise to for half my stack and he goes all in, and i call.  He turns over QQ same suits as me and hits a Q on the river to end my event one way premature.  This sucks ass!!!

Event 1

I could not be happier with my table draw for event 1 of the WBCOOP.  According to OPR there is plenty of experience at my table, but no over the top strong players.  Hopefully i can take advantage of this early!!!

Friday, January 22, 2010

I dunno

After a terrible day yesterday i had good news that i received my WBCOOP ticket so i registered for the 4 prelim tournies.  I am really excited for these cause right now event 1 shows 733 entries and if it stays under 1000 there is a good chance to cash.  153 places cause and 153rd place is $11.  I have been planning out my strategy and i am excited to say i have a lot of confidence going into this.  I plan to update every other break so stand bye and here we go!!!

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Day 2

day 2 did not start well but thanks with the helps of some fish i kept my head above water.  Took bad beats in 2 freerolls and 2 quarter tournies.  So i decided to sit cash.  That didn't help either when i lost a dollar to a bad beat on the pot limit Omaha table.  I figured it was due since i was crushing it.  Played $0.80 heads up on absolute and crushed him then came around and had a $1.50 NL hold em session.  Good end to a scary day.  Still have a freeroll to go.

Later in the night i had a little tilt/badbeat session losing $3, which was a huge hit to my small bankroll.  I took a deep breathe took a shot at .02/.05 stakes and made $4.50 making a $1.50 profit for the night.

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

First session

My first session could not have gone any better.  On my 4th hand i hand Q5 suited in the small blind.  The button raised and i flopped a 5.  Turn came a 5 and a river Q gave me a full house.  He then bet i raised he went all in.  I called with my Full house and he turns over AA.  I got lucky against AA fourth hand and won $1.50.  Upon further playing i went onto fulltilt to check out any high stakes action to watch, instead i stumbled on rush poker which might be the GREATEST idea ever.  I registered in two freerolls on full tilt to try and get a roll on there.  My first freeroll i was a victim of a bad beat when my AJ lost to an A4 all in preflop.

https://www.pokertableratings.com/hand-history/stars/38437084321/4609549017


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this link will show you my q5 suited hand

The Idea

I have played online poker off and on for about four years now and randomly i sparked an idea. The American dream is always to turn something of little value and find out it will make you wealthy. Everyone has hobbies like; collecting coins, antique hunting, even fishing and hunting. When i have me time i enjoy competition and gambling. I know these two are not great hobbies but i do enjoy them. The idea from Ramen to Riches is simple. With online poker i play micro stakes which is like playing with pocket change. The idea of living off my poker would be like eating top ramen every meal. I want to see if i can go from eating ramen every meal to being able to live off a hobby.

Like i said though i have been playing for four years and not had great success, upon further research i found full tilt pro Chris Furgeson did the same thing by following rules.
1) on a ring table if at any time your stack is the equivelant of 10% of your bankroll you exit that table to reduce the risk of losing it. Go to a new table so that a bad beat does not hurt as much
2) on tournies and sit n goes do not increase stakes until you have 40 buy ins of the next amount. For example a $2 dollar tourny would need a bankroll of $80.
3) this is the important one: NEVER REBUY with all the freerolls out there if you truely are dedicated the freerolls are enough.

This blog is also a way to reflect on my day of poker. I play on three different sites and will update after i play.