4/8 Kill: TP = +$210 TSP = 4 Hrs BB/Hr: 6.56BB/Hr
Ahhh ran so much better today. I'm not sure if it's because Cache Creek was built on sacred tribal land or what, but I always seem to play well there.
So I rolled out to Cache pretty kinda late and met up with "The 4/8 Superdonk" who was already seated. I waited for ten minutes or so, talked to my favorite brush for a while, and then took my seat as they opened up a new table. I still suck at drawing cards btw...Three of hearts! Ugh...
So my first big pot of the session came when I raised UTG in a Kill pot with AJ of diamonds. Three callers behind me and the BB called. Lame...five-handed...
Flop: J:c:8:d:3:h:
Not bad, top pair and a rainbow flop. BB checks to me, I fire, and get called in two spots.
Turn: 7:d:
Boom. Picked up the nut flush draw to go along with my Top pair. I fired again, and again I was called by both players.
River: 9:d:
Bet, called in both spots. Awesome start.
Other hands I'll get to later...way too tired right now.
AQ > KK
QQ > AJ
K9s rivered club draw
Monday, July 16, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Losing Streak? Ramble Time...
I'm on unfamiliar territory now...okay not really. Any serious poker player knows that swings and streaks are part of this game. Am I worried right now? Sorta. Before my $540 outing last weekend, my recent results (mid-June through early July) hadn't been all that spectacular, and now I've run two losing sessions back to back on each other. Am I playing differently? Maybe...
I can recall a couple mistakes each of the last two sessions where I have basically paid off on the turn and river when I normally don't. The old Nik from two months ago would have folded the turn easily, but for some reason, I have become a "showdown monkey" as of late. A couple BBs/session can add up, and I'm posting this here as a reminder that maybe it's not just the cards' fault I'm losing.
I really truly believe that I am very honest with myself on how I am playing. At Capitol last night, there really was nothing I could do right in the first hour and 20 minutes. Miss with AK, get a big pair cracked, get a set cracked, miss a gutty/flush draw combo, etc. I was meant to lose that first $180. After that I mounted a small-ish comeback and actually remembered what it was like to toke the dealer. Still, toward the end of the 4/8 run, I made a couple mistakes that, had I avoided them, could have made this session a little less of a loser.
The 9/18 game was pretty much what I expected. A little tighter pre-flop play from my opponents (but that's not saying much), one or two ~good players, and an abundance of 4/8 players with $3 chips in front of them. I can honestly say I had zero butterflies and zero discomfort at the table. I had been losing so far in the session, but I wasn't scared of losing more. I was angry, hungry (mentally, not physically...assholes lol) and ready to throw some chips around. I feel like I played pretty well, and had either my AA or QQ hands held, the session as a whole would have been break even or a slight winner...both of those pots were huge.
Here's my 5th hand or so at the table and the first flop I see. Winning the first pot I entered gave me some confidence.
Hero is in the CO with AQos
Villain has shown signs of maniacal-ness...but it's still early.
Pre-flop: Folds to Hero, Hero raises, Villain 3-bets from the button, SB folds, BB calls, Hero caps, Both villains call
Flop: A:d:J:h:T:d:
BB checks, Hero bets, Villain raises instantly, BB folds, Hero calls
Turn: J:s:
Hero bets, Villain raises, Hero calls
River: Hero checks, Villain bets, Hero calls
Villain showed A7 and Hero takes the pot.
Now, I don't know about you guys, but I felt like an absolute nit when I raked the pot in. Then again, after the turn raise by the villain, I all but started crying because I thought he had AK of better. Probably should have 3-Bet the flop and then when Villain caps (because he is insane), I can check/call the rest of the way? I had no real reads, so I think a call-down isn't too bad...
Anyway, I need to take a nap...
I can recall a couple mistakes each of the last two sessions where I have basically paid off on the turn and river when I normally don't. The old Nik from two months ago would have folded the turn easily, but for some reason, I have become a "showdown monkey" as of late. A couple BBs/session can add up, and I'm posting this here as a reminder that maybe it's not just the cards' fault I'm losing.
I really truly believe that I am very honest with myself on how I am playing. At Capitol last night, there really was nothing I could do right in the first hour and 20 minutes. Miss with AK, get a big pair cracked, get a set cracked, miss a gutty/flush draw combo, etc. I was meant to lose that first $180. After that I mounted a small-ish comeback and actually remembered what it was like to toke the dealer. Still, toward the end of the 4/8 run, I made a couple mistakes that, had I avoided them, could have made this session a little less of a loser.
The 9/18 game was pretty much what I expected. A little tighter pre-flop play from my opponents (but that's not saying much), one or two ~good players, and an abundance of 4/8 players with $3 chips in front of them. I can honestly say I had zero butterflies and zero discomfort at the table. I had been losing so far in the session, but I wasn't scared of losing more. I was angry, hungry (mentally, not physically...assholes lol) and ready to throw some chips around. I feel like I played pretty well, and had either my AA or QQ hands held, the session as a whole would have been break even or a slight winner...both of those pots were huge.
Here's my 5th hand or so at the table and the first flop I see. Winning the first pot I entered gave me some confidence.
Hero is in the CO with AQos
Villain has shown signs of maniacal-ness...but it's still early.
Pre-flop: Folds to Hero, Hero raises, Villain 3-bets from the button, SB folds, BB calls, Hero caps, Both villains call
Flop: A:d:J:h:T:d:
BB checks, Hero bets, Villain raises instantly, BB folds, Hero calls
Turn: J:s:
Hero bets, Villain raises, Hero calls
River: Hero checks, Villain bets, Hero calls
Villain showed A7 and Hero takes the pot.
Now, I don't know about you guys, but I felt like an absolute nit when I raked the pot in. Then again, after the turn raise by the villain, I all but started crying because I thought he had AK of better. Probably should have 3-Bet the flop and then when Villain caps (because he is insane), I can check/call the rest of the way? I had no real reads, so I think a call-down isn't too bad...
Anyway, I need to take a nap...
Friday, July 13, 2007
Session No. 28 Capitol Friday (7/13)
4/8: TP = -$160 TSP = 2 Hrs 30 Min
9/18: TP = +$42 TSP = 1 Hr
Probably shouldn't have gone, knowing I'd be pressed for time, but I did anyway. Ran terrible at 4/8...seriously terrible. I saw one guy stack $600 in profit in an hour as I had yet to win a hand...suprised I only lost 160 to be honest...
9/18 I was basically card dead. I won my first hand with AQ vs A8. Maniac overplayed his hand badly, but I gave him credit for AK so in retrospect I played kinda passive, but he had me convinced I was beat. Lost with AA and QQ, KK held up huge in one pot that put me up $160 in the game, but then I lost with AQ/AJ and bled out my blinds for only $42 proift. Saw one player whose game I respected (to an extent), the rest were basically garbage. I'll go back sometime next week and log a longer session. I was treating this more as an information day...by the way, two fucking hours on the waiting list.
4/8 Btw, 6-8 players to the flop was common...5 to the flop was normal. Guys called my UTG raises with KJos, QTos, 97s, etc...
Frustrated and going to work now...I hate losing
9/18: TP = +$42 TSP = 1 Hr
Probably shouldn't have gone, knowing I'd be pressed for time, but I did anyway. Ran terrible at 4/8...seriously terrible. I saw one guy stack $600 in profit in an hour as I had yet to win a hand...suprised I only lost 160 to be honest...
9/18 I was basically card dead. I won my first hand with AQ vs A8. Maniac overplayed his hand badly, but I gave him credit for AK so in retrospect I played kinda passive, but he had me convinced I was beat. Lost with AA and QQ, KK held up huge in one pot that put me up $160 in the game, but then I lost with AQ/AJ and bled out my blinds for only $42 proift. Saw one player whose game I respected (to an extent), the rest were basically garbage. I'll go back sometime next week and log a longer session. I was treating this more as an information day...by the way, two fucking hours on the waiting list.
4/8 Btw, 6-8 players to the flop was common...5 to the flop was normal. Guys called my UTG raises with KJos, QTos, 97s, etc...
Frustrated and going to work now...I hate losing
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Session No. 27 Cache Monday (7/9)
4/8 Kill: -$120 TSP = 6 Hrs BB/Hr: -2.5BBBB/Hr
Overall 4/8K (since 4/14): +$3765 TSP = 120 Hrs 30 Min BB/Hr: 3.91BB/Hr
Overall (since 4/14): +$5040 TSP = 157 Hrs $/Hr: $32.10/Hr
Got stuck and my game broke...lame :(
Overall 4/8K (since 4/14): +$3765 TSP = 120 Hrs 30 Min BB/Hr: 3.91BB/Hr
Overall (since 4/14): +$5040 TSP = 157 Hrs $/Hr: $32.10/Hr
Got stuck and my game broke...lame :(
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Session No. 26 Cache Creek Saturday (7/7)
4/8 Kill: +$540 TSP = 9 Hrs 30 Min BB/Hr: 7.11BB/Hr
Overall 4/8K (since 4/14): +$3885 TSP = 114 Hrs 30 Min BB/Hr: 4.24BB/Hr
Overall (since 4/14): +$5160 TSP = 151 Hrs $/Hr: $34.17/Hr
So after complaining the other day to Tommy about how I didn't have any $500+ days in June, today was a good day. We got to Cache at around 2:30am and weren't sure how long exactly we would play. We both ran pretty well though (I came up $540, Tommy came up $265), so we played close to 10 hours. We were seated in seats 8 and 9 for the night/morning, and there was a solid player to my right who ran pretty well, so the last three seats of the table looked like a Murder's row of sorts. The majority of the chips on the table were usually on our side. I don't think anyone else except us three left the session up a winner.
Anyway, I started off the session really really slow. I felt like I was riding a bike in quicksand...pedaling hard and getting alot of action, but my stack wasn't going anywhere. Well that all changed around hour number three when I finally broke through with a few monster pots and found myself up $300+. I wish I could remember more hands from that streak...but I've been really bad at that lately...here's one, and it's probably butchered to shit.
Hero is in the Hijack with A4 of diamonds:
Limped in a few spots, I limp, button calls, sb raises, BB and everyone else calls
Flop is Q:d:8:d:4:c:
Sb checks, BB checks, Utg bets, UTG+1 calls, one fold, Hero raises, Button and SB call, Bb folds, Utg 3-Bets, UTG+1 calls, Hero caps because he's balla obv, Button and Sb call, Utg and UTG+1 call
Turn 5:s:
Sb checks, Utg bets, Utg+1 calls, Hero calls, Button and Sb calls
River: 5:d:
SB checks, UTG and UTG+1 check, Hero bets, Button calls, all fold
Hero wins the pot.
Sooo huge hand, but I really wasn't comfortable betting that river. I really felt like UTG was going to check-raise me there, but then he ended up folding. What could he have on that flop and then not even be able to make a river call? I really like my play on the flop by the way, because at the time I thought I could raise SB out of the hand (I think he had AK) and possibly open up some of my ace outs. Besides that, I really wish my friends would play their flush draws like this and cap the ever living fuck out of this flop like I did. We have so much equity with four other people in the hand on this flop...
And like I said before, I really wish the river didn't pair, but I guess I'm lucky that it paired the turn card and not any of the flop cards, cause then I might have been screwed. If Utg had led out on this river btw, I would have only called.
So after this I ran pretty horribly and didn't win a hand for about an hour and a half. My chips free-fell from +$300 down to +$120. I was visibly frustrated and close to quitting before I went on an insane rush of cards. I won a few big pots, a couple kills, all my big hands held, and my stack of chips grew and grew. I still really enjoy stacking my chips by the way...I shoulda taken a picture today, but I didn't want to rub anyone the wrong way.
I guess since I'm not going to play tonight (Sunday night), I'll probably blog about a couple more hands in the morning, but I'm out for now.
Overall 4/8K (since 4/14): +$3885 TSP = 114 Hrs 30 Min BB/Hr: 4.24BB/Hr
Overall (since 4/14): +$5160 TSP = 151 Hrs $/Hr: $34.17/Hr
So after complaining the other day to Tommy about how I didn't have any $500+ days in June, today was a good day. We got to Cache at around 2:30am and weren't sure how long exactly we would play. We both ran pretty well though (I came up $540, Tommy came up $265), so we played close to 10 hours. We were seated in seats 8 and 9 for the night/morning, and there was a solid player to my right who ran pretty well, so the last three seats of the table looked like a Murder's row of sorts. The majority of the chips on the table were usually on our side. I don't think anyone else except us three left the session up a winner.
Anyway, I started off the session really really slow. I felt like I was riding a bike in quicksand...pedaling hard and getting alot of action, but my stack wasn't going anywhere. Well that all changed around hour number three when I finally broke through with a few monster pots and found myself up $300+. I wish I could remember more hands from that streak...but I've been really bad at that lately...here's one, and it's probably butchered to shit.
Hero is in the Hijack with A4 of diamonds:
Limped in a few spots, I limp, button calls, sb raises, BB and everyone else calls
Flop is Q:d:8:d:4:c:
Sb checks, BB checks, Utg bets, UTG+1 calls, one fold, Hero raises, Button and SB call, Bb folds, Utg 3-Bets, UTG+1 calls, Hero caps because he's balla obv, Button and Sb call, Utg and UTG+1 call
Turn 5:s:
Sb checks, Utg bets, Utg+1 calls, Hero calls, Button and Sb calls
River: 5:d:
SB checks, UTG and UTG+1 check, Hero bets, Button calls, all fold
Hero wins the pot.
Sooo huge hand, but I really wasn't comfortable betting that river. I really felt like UTG was going to check-raise me there, but then he ended up folding. What could he have on that flop and then not even be able to make a river call? I really like my play on the flop by the way, because at the time I thought I could raise SB out of the hand (I think he had AK) and possibly open up some of my ace outs. Besides that, I really wish my friends would play their flush draws like this and cap the ever living fuck out of this flop like I did. We have so much equity with four other people in the hand on this flop...
And like I said before, I really wish the river didn't pair, but I guess I'm lucky that it paired the turn card and not any of the flop cards, cause then I might have been screwed. If Utg had led out on this river btw, I would have only called.
So after this I ran pretty horribly and didn't win a hand for about an hour and a half. My chips free-fell from +$300 down to +$120. I was visibly frustrated and close to quitting before I went on an insane rush of cards. I won a few big pots, a couple kills, all my big hands held, and my stack of chips grew and grew. I still really enjoy stacking my chips by the way...I shoulda taken a picture today, but I didn't want to rub anyone the wrong way.
I guess since I'm not going to play tonight (Sunday night), I'll probably blog about a couple more hands in the morning, but I'm out for now.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Session No. 25 Cache Creek Tuesday (7/3)
4/8 Kill: +$100 TSP = 6 Hrs BB/Hr: 2.1BB/Hr
Overall 4/8K (since 4/14): +$3345 TSP = 105 Hrs BB/Hr: 3.98BB/Hr
Overall (since 4/14): +$4620 TSP = 141 Hrs 30 Min $/Hr: $32.65/Hr
I swung up...I swung down...I swung all around. I really felt like I played too aggressively most of the night...maybe I should work on that.
Overall 4/8K (since 4/14): +$3345 TSP = 105 Hrs BB/Hr: 3.98BB/Hr
Overall (since 4/14): +$4620 TSP = 141 Hrs 30 Min $/Hr: $32.65/Hr
I swung up...I swung down...I swung all around. I really felt like I played too aggressively most of the night...maybe I should work on that.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Session No. 24 Cache Creek Sunday (7/1)
4/8 Kill: +$70 TSP = 3 Hrs 30 Min BB/Hr: 2.5BB/Hr
Overall 4/8K (since 4/14): +$3245 TSP = 99 Hrs BB/Hr: 4.1BB/Hr
Overall (since 4/14): +$4520 TSP = 135 Hrs 30 Min $/Hr: $33.36/Hr
Alright well Tommy and I arrived at Cache pretty late (2am) but the place was cracking because it was a Saturday night. I really felt myself playing much too loose and in a "gambling" mood early on, which is not good...need to cut that out.
Anyway, I didn't win a hand for the first hour and a half or so, which caused my stack to dwindle. Finally I woke up with a couple hands I simply can't remember and I was up. The table eventually became short-handed and I kept running into better cards. AT vs AJ, TT vs QQ, etc. Not fun.
Not sure when I'm going back...I have to go back to work tonight (Monday) and I just spent a whole lot of hours playing this last week. Maybe I'm due for a mini-break? We'll see.
Overall 4/8K (since 4/14): +$3245 TSP = 99 Hrs BB/Hr: 4.1BB/Hr
Overall (since 4/14): +$4520 TSP = 135 Hrs 30 Min $/Hr: $33.36/Hr
Alright well Tommy and I arrived at Cache pretty late (2am) but the place was cracking because it was a Saturday night. I really felt myself playing much too loose and in a "gambling" mood early on, which is not good...need to cut that out.
Anyway, I didn't win a hand for the first hour and a half or so, which caused my stack to dwindle. Finally I woke up with a couple hands I simply can't remember and I was up. The table eventually became short-handed and I kept running into better cards. AT vs AJ, TT vs QQ, etc. Not fun.
Not sure when I'm going back...I have to go back to work tonight (Monday) and I just spent a whole lot of hours playing this last week. Maybe I'm due for a mini-break? We'll see.
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