Played 1676 Hands
Profit $16.72 (No this ISNT a mistake, it does actually say profit)
V$PIP 23%
PFR 14%
Showdowns Won 47%
Post Flop Aggro 1.5
Deposit Bonus +$20
Total Profit +$36.72
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Month 2: Week1 Completion Update
1714 Hands Played 50NL
Loss -$119.35 ($30 Deposit Bonus = Total Loss -$89.35)
V$PIP 26%
PFR 15%
Showdowns Won 50%
Post Flop Aggro 1.2
Overall Results Week 1:
9875 Hands Played
Loss -$303.11
V$PIP 24%
PFR 14%
Showdowns Won 50%
Post Flop Aggro 1.7
Deposit Bonus $160
Rakeabck $142.00
Total Bonus = $302.00
BB/100 -3.07
Overall Profit/Loss including Rakeback & Bonus = -$1.11
This just shows how important Rakeback and bonuses are, it turned a horrible week into a breakeven week. I only hope i can improve this week but i have to say some doubts have creeped into my game over the last few weeks and i wonder wheter i am good enough to beat this level. I feel my knowledge of the fundemetals of the game are good enough but maybe there is small things im missing or maybe its just variance, i am sure that i could have saved a couple of buyins by not making light calls but i think im curtailing this.
It seems that even though im making mistakes and recognising them it takes me a couple of days for me to iridicate these mistakes which is soul drenching when i keep making the same mistakes but i suppose at least i do eventually stop. So it's on and up from here............Or is it?
Loss -$119.35 ($30 Deposit Bonus = Total Loss -$89.35)
V$PIP 26%
PFR 15%
Showdowns Won 50%
Post Flop Aggro 1.2
Overall Results Week 1:
9875 Hands Played
Loss -$303.11
V$PIP 24%
PFR 14%
Showdowns Won 50%
Post Flop Aggro 1.7
Deposit Bonus $160
Rakeabck $142.00
Total Bonus = $302.00
BB/100 -3.07
Overall Profit/Loss including Rakeback & Bonus = -$1.11
This just shows how important Rakeback and bonuses are, it turned a horrible week into a breakeven week. I only hope i can improve this week but i have to say some doubts have creeped into my game over the last few weeks and i wonder wheter i am good enough to beat this level. I feel my knowledge of the fundemetals of the game are good enough but maybe there is small things im missing or maybe its just variance, i am sure that i could have saved a couple of buyins by not making light calls but i think im curtailing this.
It seems that even though im making mistakes and recognising them it takes me a couple of days for me to iridicate these mistakes which is soul drenching when i keep making the same mistakes but i suppose at least i do eventually stop. So it's on and up from here............Or is it?
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Month 2: Week 1 Tuesday -Wednesday Update
3329 Hands Played
Loss - $133.77 (+$50 Bonus = Loss -$83.77)
V$PIP 25%
PFR 16%
Showdowns Won 52%
Post Flop Aggro 1.9
Loss - $133.77 (+$50 Bonus = Loss -$83.77)
V$PIP 25%
PFR 16%
Showdowns Won 52%
Post Flop Aggro 1.9
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Month 2: Week 1 Monday Update
I badly need to learn discipline, im sick saying it at this stage but if i don't learn quickly im not going to cut it at this level, simple as. I reviewed my Hand Histories very carefully afterwards and although i lost over 4 buyins i should have only lost 2 or myabe 2.5 buyins. The other 1.5-2 buyins were just bad calls on the river when i made a hand but it was obvious he had a better one.
I've said this a few times now but if i stop and ask myself "what would he bet like this with that i beat" and if i had asked myself that and answered honestly then i would have saved at least 1.5 buyins. I did get a few bad beats but nothing out of the ordinary, another day i will be on the other side of that variance but unless i keep my discipline the rakeback will just be covering my loses.
I dont know if this is a mental block of some sort, or maybe the adreniline rush i get when im under pressure and a pot is building clouds my judgement or possibly im focusing too much at the time on a card that dropped that made my hand and not on what that card could have giving the villain and a example off the top of my head would be a K dropping to make my straight but it was the K of Diamonds which also made the flush and i bet out half the pot only concentrating on me hitting my straight when i should have been thinking hes check/called 2 streets since the Flush Draw on the Flop and now hes come over the top of my bet with an all in on a flush board, and then i should fold.
In an effort to correct this subconscious reaction to ignore that question of what do i beat that would bet this way ill consciously try and let the time run as long as i can before making or calling a river or other important bet and try to listen to the inner voice that's telling me i know im beat. Of course there will be times when they are bluffing but the amount of $ risked to find out will outweigh the few times they are bluffing and when they do bluff and i hit a hand then at least i will have a reason to doubt future river bluffs but untill i see at least 2 i should keep my money on the table.
1692 Hand Played
$212.79 Loss (+$30 Deposit Bonus = -$182.79)
V$PIP 24%
PFR 14%
Showdowns Won 43%
Post Flop Aggro 2.0
Overall Stats 50NL
14,509 Hands Played
Loss -$62.84
BB/100 -0.43
Showdowns Won 47%
Ill add my rakeback in at the end of every week
I've said this a few times now but if i stop and ask myself "what would he bet like this with that i beat" and if i had asked myself that and answered honestly then i would have saved at least 1.5 buyins. I did get a few bad beats but nothing out of the ordinary, another day i will be on the other side of that variance but unless i keep my discipline the rakeback will just be covering my loses.
I dont know if this is a mental block of some sort, or maybe the adreniline rush i get when im under pressure and a pot is building clouds my judgement or possibly im focusing too much at the time on a card that dropped that made my hand and not on what that card could have giving the villain and a example off the top of my head would be a K dropping to make my straight but it was the K of Diamonds which also made the flush and i bet out half the pot only concentrating on me hitting my straight when i should have been thinking hes check/called 2 streets since the Flush Draw on the Flop and now hes come over the top of my bet with an all in on a flush board, and then i should fold.
In an effort to correct this subconscious reaction to ignore that question of what do i beat that would bet this way ill consciously try and let the time run as long as i can before making or calling a river or other important bet and try to listen to the inner voice that's telling me i know im beat. Of course there will be times when they are bluffing but the amount of $ risked to find out will outweigh the few times they are bluffing and when they do bluff and i hit a hand then at least i will have a reason to doubt future river bluffs but untill i see at least 2 i should keep my money on the table.
1692 Hand Played
$212.79 Loss (+$30 Deposit Bonus = -$182.79)
V$PIP 24%
PFR 14%
Showdowns Won 43%
Post Flop Aggro 2.0
Overall Stats 50NL
14,509 Hands Played
Loss -$62.84
BB/100 -0.43
Showdowns Won 47%
Ill add my rakeback in at the end of every week
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Month 2: Week 1 Rakeback Friday-Sunday Update
Ok i havent got a chance to update in a couple of days. Basically i played 20NL for a couple of days while i was suffering alot of bad beats and i was waiting for my money to transfer to Noble where im starting my rakeback deal of 35% and i also have a signup bonus. I dont know how they effect eachother so ill just do an update at the end of the week on Rakeback. My bonus is $190 dollars and ive released $50 of that so ill include that daily until its cleared.
I plan as ive said recently to play 10,000 Hands per week and over a 10 week period hopefully even out around 4BB/100. So 7,000 Hands to got before Thursday or approx
Heres the lowdown since ive moved to Noble:
3140 Hands Played
$162.80 Profit (+$50 Deposit Bonus = Total $212.80)
V$PIP 24%
PFR 13%
Post Flop Aggro 1.7
Showdowns Won 51%
My Post Flop Aggro isnt high enough but its something i addressed in the last session and its back to around 2.2 in the latest session where it should be.
Overall Stats 50NL:
12,817 Hands Played
Profit $149.95 (+$50 bonus Total=$199.95)
BB/100 1.17
Showdown Won 47%
I plan as ive said recently to play 10,000 Hands per week and over a 10 week period hopefully even out around 4BB/100. So 7,000 Hands to got before Thursday or approx
Heres the lowdown since ive moved to Noble:
3140 Hands Played
$162.80 Profit (+$50 Deposit Bonus = Total $212.80)
V$PIP 24%
PFR 13%
Post Flop Aggro 1.7
Showdowns Won 51%
My Post Flop Aggro isnt high enough but its something i addressed in the last session and its back to around 2.2 in the latest session where it should be.
Overall Stats 50NL:
12,817 Hands Played
Profit $149.95 (+$50 bonus Total=$199.95)
BB/100 1.17
Showdown Won 47%
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Day 31 Update
I put in probably the best session i had in a while but i suffered lots of bad beats. I was beginning to question my play and so i decided to move back to 10c/20c to build back my confidence. I have to admit this turbulent time is a good lesson on how important bankroll management is. Unfortunately i was forced to play 10c/25c under bankrolled and luckily got off to a great start which left me slightly on the wrong side of adequately bankrolled but enough to be comfortable but after losing just short of 10 buyins in 2 days my Bankroll is only a small bit bigger than when i took my first shot at 50NL. So im willing to Add money to my Bankroll to allow me to continue playing. I have $223 in FT and now after today i have $336 so approx $560 in total, ill add $440 to leave me 20 buyins in total for 50NL.
As ive said previously im waiting for money to transfer to set up a new Rakeback Account on Noble Poker so ill probably just hang about on GJP playing 20NL until i make the transfer as i dont have enough in my GJP account to comfortably 5 table 50NL and i dont want to make another deposit because i will be withdrawing as soon as i lodge with Noble.
Ive also decided to ease up on the stealing slightly, not as tight as i once was but not as loose as i was recently either and concentrate on some of my flaws i think i have and also try and not make so many loose calls as i think i was. The trouble with a bad streak like this (Well bad play combined with Bad Vraiance) is you begin to question any changes youve made between the time you were running good and the time you ran bad. Its not neccessarily the reason why im running bad and i could have been doing bad things when i was running good but nonetheless i want to cut back a small bit on the stealing as i think it could be getting me into trouble.
Anyway Results for Today
Played 771 Hands at 50NL
Loss -$237.65
V$PIP 21%
PFR 12%
Showdowns Won 43%
Post Flop Aggro 2.1
Played 573 Hands at 25NL
Profit +$57.93
V$PIP 21%
PFR 13%
Showdowns Won 51%
Post Flop Aggro 1.8
Overall Stats
50 NL
9677 Hands Played
BB/100 -0.13
Overall Stats
20 NL
6539 Hands Played
BB/100 5.28
Overall Profit $164.61
As ive said previously im waiting for money to transfer to set up a new Rakeback Account on Noble Poker so ill probably just hang about on GJP playing 20NL until i make the transfer as i dont have enough in my GJP account to comfortably 5 table 50NL and i dont want to make another deposit because i will be withdrawing as soon as i lodge with Noble.
Ive also decided to ease up on the stealing slightly, not as tight as i once was but not as loose as i was recently either and concentrate on some of my flaws i think i have and also try and not make so many loose calls as i think i was. The trouble with a bad streak like this (Well bad play combined with Bad Vraiance) is you begin to question any changes youve made between the time you were running good and the time you ran bad. Its not neccessarily the reason why im running bad and i could have been doing bad things when i was running good but nonetheless i want to cut back a small bit on the stealing as i think it could be getting me into trouble.
Anyway Results for Today
Played 771 Hands at 50NL
Loss -$237.65
V$PIP 21%
PFR 12%
Showdowns Won 43%
Post Flop Aggro 2.1
Played 573 Hands at 25NL
Profit +$57.93
V$PIP 21%
PFR 13%
Showdowns Won 51%
Post Flop Aggro 1.8
Overall Stats
50 NL
9677 Hands Played
BB/100 -0.13
Overall Stats
20 NL
6539 Hands Played
BB/100 5.28
Overall Profit $164.61
Monday, June 18, 2007
Day 29 & 30 Update
Didnt play Sunday Day 29.
Played 1744 Hands
Loss -$243.02
V$PIP 24%
PFR 15.5%
Showdowns Won 48%
Post Flop Aggro 1.6
Overall Stats
8956 Hands Played
$264.14 Profit ($344.33 Inc 20 NL)
BB/100 2.95
Showdowns Won 46%
Bad few days. Today even though i got some good cards i got no action, i hit sets so many times and i only got paid of twice for small pots and the one set i got action on he hit a runner runner flush. I could have played better too and also i was multitabling with overlapping tables and when i went to click on a table to bring it to the foreground it clicked on All in by mistake. I had Q7o UTG and got called by someone with a $60 stack and i cover with QQ and obviously didnt hit a magic flop.
It helped me get some action shortly after with AA but very little at that. I suppose i cant go round saying im brilliant and played well when im up a few buyins and start making excuses when im down a few, theres going to be alot of variance when im playing so many hands so i just need to improve my game. Some things i need to improve in my game.
Dont Bluff or make Hero moves, its the 50NL and should be treated as such
Stop shooting 2 barrells with missed PP flops and make less with Ax missed flops
Stop calling large 3bet with hands like ATs or 33 for over 5% of my stack
Give more taught to what an opponent has when im calling raises
Im fairly happy with how i play draws now which was one of my worst weaknesses when i started this blog but the above have now creeped in so iif i can cut them out over the next few sessions ill be happy.
Played 1744 Hands
Loss -$243.02
V$PIP 24%
PFR 15.5%
Showdowns Won 48%
Post Flop Aggro 1.6
Overall Stats
8956 Hands Played
$264.14 Profit ($344.33 Inc 20 NL)
BB/100 2.95
Showdowns Won 46%
Bad few days. Today even though i got some good cards i got no action, i hit sets so many times and i only got paid of twice for small pots and the one set i got action on he hit a runner runner flush. I could have played better too and also i was multitabling with overlapping tables and when i went to click on a table to bring it to the foreground it clicked on All in by mistake. I had Q7o UTG and got called by someone with a $60 stack and i cover with QQ and obviously didnt hit a magic flop.
It helped me get some action shortly after with AA but very little at that. I suppose i cant go round saying im brilliant and played well when im up a few buyins and start making excuses when im down a few, theres going to be alot of variance when im playing so many hands so i just need to improve my game. Some things i need to improve in my game.
Dont Bluff or make Hero moves, its the 50NL and should be treated as such
Stop shooting 2 barrells with missed PP flops and make less with Ax missed flops
Stop calling large 3bet with hands like ATs or 33 for over 5% of my stack
Give more taught to what an opponent has when im calling raises
Im fairly happy with how i play draws now which was one of my worst weaknesses when i started this blog but the above have now creeped in so iif i can cut them out over the next few sessions ill be happy.
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