Been in a bit of a downswing lately that's caused me to drop down to 1/2 nl limit again. Did some major evaluation of my play lately and plugged a few leaks that I found and changed up my overall approach to cash games and have seen some great success in my past 3 days of play since changing it up.
Almost had a really sick day today but I lost with AA all in preflop twice. Once for a $600 pot when I got it all in versus KK and a K turned and then again less than 5 minutes later for a $400 pot against AK when a K flopped and K rivered (3rd time I've lost AA to AK in the past 3 days). I had one other good sized pot where I lost with TT against K2 when the flop came JJ3 after being reraised a few times preflop and the guy just shoved the flop and hit a K on the turn. Those were the three biggest hands I lost and even despite that I still had a really good day.
Also been back on my normal work out and play schedule. Playing 2-3 hours when I first get up and then getting in a lift and some cardio followed by another 2-4 hours at night. My morning play has been pretty much all cash games and I've mixed in a few tourneys at night but it's still mostly cash at night right now also.
I played the Sunday Million on Stars over the weekend and finished in the money but well away from the big money. Despite not playing many tourneys lately I've had some great results and have been getting deep in a lot but coming up just short in most of them.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Sigh
Just a quick post since it's 4:30am and I'm really tired. Been playing a lot lately with mediocre results. Been putting in a lot of time at the cash games and I feel like my play is really improving despite not seeing the results I'd like.
I decided to take a break from cash tonight and jump in a few tourneys after being inspired by my roommate Eric's run last night as he took down 2 tourneys. Oh yeah, for those who don't know I've moved places (still in Madison) and I am now rooming with Eric, basebaldy, Baldwin.
I ended up playing 5 tourneys, a $33 rebuy, $11 rebuy , $55, $109, $33. I made one bad play in the $33r and then lost a coin flip to go out and I made a great call with top pair in the $11r with top pair weak kicker when I figured the other guy was shoving a flush draw... he was... and he hit it. Those were the only two tourneys that I didn't cash in. In the $55 I went out when I shoved with pocket sixes after getting short and ran into pocket aces.
Then came the two tourneys I made deep runs in, the $109 and the $33. I was at the final two tables of both tourneys at the same time with a nice stack in both and I felt like I had a great read on all of the players at my tables. In the $33 I was staying really aggressive since it felt like the table was way too passive and tight while at the $109 I was just sitting back and waiting for big hands since I knew I would get paid off since the entire table was playing way too loose and agressive.
In the $33 I made the final table and ended up losing with KK to JTo to go out in 3rd. I slowplayed the KK preflop and ended up losing when the flop came with two tens. I played the hand right though as the other player was way too aggressive (there were two at the $33 FT that were overly aggressive and spewy) and he would have bluffed off his stack no matter what the flop came.
In the $109 with 13 left I picked up AA and prepared to double up. I raised and immediately the guy behind me reraised huge and we got it all in. He flipped AKs, a much better hand than I even expected him to have, and I was a huge favorite preflop. However, two kings hit the flop and I couldn't catch a one outer case ace and I was out in 13th instead of having a top 3 stack and a shot at the $8k first place prize.
For those wondering my computer is back working great again. My iphone did break down though and I had to send that in to Apple. I just received a brand new one today though. Needless to say that over the last 3 weeks it has not been good to be an electronic device of mine.
I'll try to get back to posting regularly. The Sunday Million on Stars is a $530 buyin this week so hopefully I can win that and make a cool quarter million. Till then though... BADGER OUT!
I decided to take a break from cash tonight and jump in a few tourneys after being inspired by my roommate Eric's run last night as he took down 2 tourneys. Oh yeah, for those who don't know I've moved places (still in Madison) and I am now rooming with Eric, basebaldy, Baldwin.
I ended up playing 5 tourneys, a $33 rebuy, $11 rebuy , $55, $109, $33. I made one bad play in the $33r and then lost a coin flip to go out and I made a great call with top pair in the $11r with top pair weak kicker when I figured the other guy was shoving a flush draw... he was... and he hit it. Those were the only two tourneys that I didn't cash in. In the $55 I went out when I shoved with pocket sixes after getting short and ran into pocket aces.
Then came the two tourneys I made deep runs in, the $109 and the $33. I was at the final two tables of both tourneys at the same time with a nice stack in both and I felt like I had a great read on all of the players at my tables. In the $33 I was staying really aggressive since it felt like the table was way too passive and tight while at the $109 I was just sitting back and waiting for big hands since I knew I would get paid off since the entire table was playing way too loose and agressive.
In the $33 I made the final table and ended up losing with KK to JTo to go out in 3rd. I slowplayed the KK preflop and ended up losing when the flop came with two tens. I played the hand right though as the other player was way too aggressive (there were two at the $33 FT that were overly aggressive and spewy) and he would have bluffed off his stack no matter what the flop came.
In the $109 with 13 left I picked up AA and prepared to double up. I raised and immediately the guy behind me reraised huge and we got it all in. He flipped AKs, a much better hand than I even expected him to have, and I was a huge favorite preflop. However, two kings hit the flop and I couldn't catch a one outer case ace and I was out in 13th instead of having a top 3 stack and a shot at the $8k first place prize.
For those wondering my computer is back working great again. My iphone did break down though and I had to send that in to Apple. I just received a brand new one today though. Needless to say that over the last 3 weeks it has not been good to be an electronic device of mine.
I'll try to get back to posting regularly. The Sunday Million on Stars is a $530 buyin this week so hopefully I can win that and make a cool quarter million. Till then though... BADGER OUT!
Friday, August 03, 2007
Bad Beat
Yesterday was just all around bad. I dropped a few buyins playing 2/4nl 6max and then I jumped in a few tournaments at the end of the night since I felt like playing still but wanted to change it up and play something besides cash. I got deep in a 55 1r1a tourney but lost a big coinflip just before we hit the money. I was then deep in a $11 freezeout and was doing a pretty good job of taking advantage of the money bubble...
However, as we are about 10 from the money I pick up AK and make a raise and just as I do... BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!!?!?! Yup, my computer crashes and not the kind of crash that is easily fixed by restarting the computer. I spent the next hour trying a few different things that will usually fix the computer and get it running again but nothing was working. I finally called Dell around midnight and spent an hour and a half trying to fix the problem. In the end we were able to get the computer running but it's very limited right now. It looks like I will need to completely wipe the computer and reinstall Windows. It really sucks but at least I'm able to access my files and save them so I can restore them after reinstalling Windows.
I wasn't planning on playing this weekend anyways as I'm headed to Chicago tonight to visit with some friends. My Mom and Grandma then fly in from Hawaii to O'Hare airport on Saturday so I will be picking them up and brining them home in the afternoon. Then on Sunday is JJO (hard rock radio station in Madison) Band Camp, which has over 10 awesome bands performing throughout the day. Hopefully I can get the computer back up and running at full speed on Monday.
However, as we are about 10 from the money I pick up AK and make a raise and just as I do... BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!!?!?! Yup, my computer crashes and not the kind of crash that is easily fixed by restarting the computer. I spent the next hour trying a few different things that will usually fix the computer and get it running again but nothing was working. I finally called Dell around midnight and spent an hour and a half trying to fix the problem. In the end we were able to get the computer running but it's very limited right now. It looks like I will need to completely wipe the computer and reinstall Windows. It really sucks but at least I'm able to access my files and save them so I can restore them after reinstalling Windows.
I wasn't planning on playing this weekend anyways as I'm headed to Chicago tonight to visit with some friends. My Mom and Grandma then fly in from Hawaii to O'Hare airport on Saturday so I will be picking them up and brining them home in the afternoon. Then on Sunday is JJO (hard rock radio station in Madison) Band Camp, which has over 10 awesome bands performing throughout the day. Hopefully I can get the computer back up and running at full speed on Monday.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Hot August Start
I'm waiting for some laundry to finish before I go get my daily workout in so I thought I'd toss a quick blog up. My only goal for August is to try and get on a good playing schedule. I figure if I can do this and put a good number of hours in the success will follow. I'm going to try and get up before 11 most days and put a 2-4 hour cash session in, I'll then go get my workout in and/or run any errands I need to get done, which will give me a nice break, and after that I'll put another evening session in, hopefully 2-4 hours if I'm playing cash and if I'm playing tourneys it will depend on how I do in the tourneys. I figure if I am able to do this every day that would be 10 2-4 hour sessions but will probably end up being more like 7-8 sessions for an average week. I'll also be playing most Sundays and probably a few Saturdays so that will add in some more hours.
So today I was up around 9 and did some cleaning up and laundry and then put a nice little 2 hour session in while waiting for the laundry to get done. I felt like I ran bad but my stats showed otherwise at the end of my session. I finished up 4 buyins at 2/4nl, which is really good and felt like I played really well. The reason I felt that I ran bad is because I lost quite a few pots where I was a 3:1 favorite when all (most) of the money went into the pot and at the same time I didn't win any big pots where I was even a slight underdog or got all my money in on a straight or flush draw.
I played on Poker Stars today for the first time in awhile as I've been playing on Full Tilt as the games seem to be better there lately. When I first started my session I could already tell the difference in play between the two as the players on Stars were being much more aggressive than on Tilt and many of my raises were immediately 3bet back into me. I've really started to play a much more aggressive game and when I first start a session I start out very loose and then tighten up some after I have established a nice loose image. This seemed to work out really well as many of the players continued to 3bet my raises even when I had tightened up quite a bit.
So today I was up around 9 and did some cleaning up and laundry and then put a nice little 2 hour session in while waiting for the laundry to get done. I felt like I ran bad but my stats showed otherwise at the end of my session. I finished up 4 buyins at 2/4nl, which is really good and felt like I played really well. The reason I felt that I ran bad is because I lost quite a few pots where I was a 3:1 favorite when all (most) of the money went into the pot and at the same time I didn't win any big pots where I was even a slight underdog or got all my money in on a straight or flush draw.
I played on Poker Stars today for the first time in awhile as I've been playing on Full Tilt as the games seem to be better there lately. When I first started my session I could already tell the difference in play between the two as the players on Stars were being much more aggressive than on Tilt and many of my raises were immediately 3bet back into me. I've really started to play a much more aggressive game and when I first start a session I start out very loose and then tighten up some after I have established a nice loose image. This seemed to work out really well as many of the players continued to 3bet my raises even when I had tightened up quite a bit.
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