Poker Blog

Week 1 Summary

2009-10-13T12:47:00.000-07:00

Well I started with $350 bankroll this week on the Pstars Bonus.

I won the $8 six max (500 cap) tourny on stars with a $800 win. That has basically backed my bankroll for .25/.50 NL.

My next week will contain mostly NL because that is actually where the cash is.

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Week:

Ending: +1077

Itz Lambo - I'm Back

2009-10-07T14:49:00.000-07:00

Hey I am back and in the swing of things. I have always liked tracking my progress on this blog and as I look back at my prior accomplishments I find it funny how I never seem to do anything but break even at poker. But after 4 years of playing poker I have learned one thing, I will always come back and try for my dream to win big time and time again.

So here I am agian playing again, goals again, and as always nobody will ever read this blog. Which is great because I don't care...lol

Logan

November Recap

2008-12-02T11:39:00.000-08:00

So for starting back up on 11/18 i had an ok start. I put in a little over 2500 NL hands and alot of various SNG's . For the month I am up aprox $130.

11/28/08 - ON HOLD

2008-11-29T13:23:00.000-08:00

I have to cash out my money due to a tight financial situation I am in . My hours were cut and I have some bills that just have to get paid. I cashed out 150 leaving me with like 45 in my account. I am going to keep playing but I am putting a hold on my goals until I can get back on my feet. Near the end of December I should be able to put about 600 in and then actually have a decent roll to start with.

11/27/08

2008-11-28T12:04:00.000-08:00

I made a change today and played full ring instead of 6-max and I guess that was a mistake. I need to just stick what is winning right now. That is 6-max cash games right now. I won 2 10$ HU and still come out -40. Just bad luck though two big hands both hit sets and don't hold.

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Goal: $1000

Today: -$41.30
Total: $198.85

11/26/08

2008-11-26T23:12:00.000-08:00

Had a good day at cash. Only played about 2 hours today but pulled in most of my losses from yesterday.

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Goal: $1000

Today: +$35.10
Total: $240.15

11/25/08

2008-11-26T14:13:00.000-08:00

Well I didn't play any cash today. I played only MTT's. I am going to stay away from MTT's for a while due to there variance. My main downfall was the $3 rebuy. I put like 27 dollars in that thing i always found myslef on the bad end of a hand. So if finish the day down a good amount but I will rebound with cashgames.

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Goal: $1000

Today: -$40.15
Total: $205.05

11/24/08

2008-11-24T22:27:00.000-08:00

Put in a decent session today. I played cash games for about 2 hours today 4 tabled. I am running ok on cash for the limit I am at. Hope to keep this up.

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Goal: $1000

Today: +$23.85
Total: $245.20

11/23/08

2008-11-24T12:21:00.000-08:00

Didn't have alot of time to play today. I played for almost an hour. I played only cash. Good day for what it was.

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Goal: $1000

Today: +$33.25
Total: $221.35

11/22/08

2008-11-23T13:04:00.000-08:00

No poker today.

11/21/08

2008-11-22T12:50:00.000-08:00

Had a quick session today. Played mostly cash.

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Goal: $1000

Today:$ +13.57
Total: $188.1

11/20/08

2008-11-21T00:34:00.000-08:00

Today started out bad. I am just running bad on Heads-up play. I managed to win it back on cash games today to make a profit. I am going to splash around a little more and diverse myself a little more. I think I get burnt out or get stuck in a rut by playing the same thing too much. The cash game was a good moral booster for me and was a good change of pace.

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Goal : $1000

Today: +$22.75
Total: $174.53

11/19/08

2008-11-20T20:02:00.000-08:00

Had some pretty bad beats.. Pretty ugly day for me. I played for about 4 hours. Played alot of $10 Hu matches. Today just sucked.

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Goal: $1000

Today: -$50.52
Total: $151.78

11/18/08

2008-11-19T00:57:00.000-08:00

put in about 7 hours today. It was up and down day. I started to play some heads up SNG today and was pretty successful with that. My hourly rate blows, but until I get the bankroll up larger I will just have to grind.

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Goal: $1000

Today: +$49.85
Total: $202.03

11/17/08

2008-11-18T12:19:00.000-08:00

No poker today

11/16/08

2008-11-17T02:10:00.000-08:00

Played for about 3 hours today. Not much to say but blah. Basically broke even.

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Goal: $1000

Today: -3.25
Total: 152.18

11/15/08

2008-11-16T02:57:00.000-08:00

Ok so not a bad start. I put in 9.3 hours of poker today. I played alot of SNG's around the $5 level. Actually 52 to be exact. I managed to pull out 55.4 profit for the day. Not too bad for my first day back. I hope to increase my daily profit here in the next couple days.

Goal: 1000

Current:
Today: +55.4
Total : 155.4

Back Again

2008-11-15T18:11:00.000-08:00

Wow, It has been a while. I haven't really played much poker in while. I play off and on every once and a while but other than that I haven't really played much at all. WELL THAT IS OVER. I have tried to live the non poker life and I just don't like it. Something about poker that excites me and keeps me coming back. I have tried many times to be serious about poker but every time I seem to overplay my bankroll and not follow my my own guidelines. I believe that is because I set time tables for the time it should take me to get to a certain amount in my bankroll instead of just letting it get there naturally. The passing of the online poker bill really put a damper on online poker and that really sucks. Alot of really good friends of mine I have lost touch with simply because they no longer get on and play and blog. Well I am back on and ready to set some goals and meet them. This time I will be more serious than ever about it. My current goal is my race to 1k. I am confident I can get there fast. The only difference this time is I am not setting a time limit. I will get there naturally. I am sure nobody is going to read this blog but my only intention of this blog is to keep myself in check. I will post my results every time I play on here.

Getting back into the swing of things.

2007-07-31T14:42:00.000-07:00

Alot has happened in the last 10 months that has prevented me from doing much of anything with poker. I recently went through a divorce, had to cash out all my money due to financial problems. I have been pretty stapped for money but I finally got my computer finished. I also finished the work on my wall and got new carpet for the room. I am going to deposit some money into pokerstars once I get my internet hooked back up. The estimated time for that is Aug 14. I will post again when that gets hooked up.

Won a $215 tournament dollars

2006-11-12T22:17:00.000-08:00

I decided to play a little on Sunday. I won a $215 in tournament dollars.

Update

2006-11-09T14:40:00.000-08:00

I haven't been able to play much poker due to a very large house project I have been working on. I has lots of water damage to a corner wall at my house and it need to be repaired. I didn't relize how much damage there was until I got into it. For the last three weeks I have been rebuild the corner of my house and I am almost done. I have the new drywall up and puttied. I just need to sand and paint. Here are some pics.

Pics of the damage..

Here are some pics of the rebuild process..

And a poor dog about to get raped.

9-Table

2006-10-12T12:33:00.000-07:00

I have put in about 3 hrs of poker the last four days. I have just been burnt out. I am feeling back in the grove and started to 9-table 10NL tables. I have logged about 1200 hands. I am going to play a few K more and post some results. I was mainly burnt out from SNG's. I am going to play 10K hands of 10NL then go back to SNG's. I think I will swing back and forth for a while. I will throw in a MTT or two.

Here are my current SNG #'s for the last two months.
I created a new Excell spredsheet to keep track of them.

Here are my recent MTT #'s out of 29 tourny's.

My $10NL Stats

Email

2006-10-05T20:50:00.000-07:00

I sent this email to everyone I know you should also!!!

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http://www.petitiononline.com/LOGNOW/

US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist pulled a "Taliban" of his own Friday night by sneaking unrelated internet gambling provisions into a port security bill. After a failed attempt to pass the bill the correct way (the bill was shot down when voted on two months ago) Without the backing of the American people, Frist attached unrelated internet gambling provisions to a must pass port security bill (basically forcing congrees and senate to vote yes or be labled a terrorist supporter).... Un-american, un-democratic and simply discusting. Even worse there are carve outs for games of chance such at state lotteries and online horse betting, yet no exemptions for the game of poker which is considered a game of skill.

Please sign this petition and pass it along to everyone you know. The government doesn't have the right to tell us how to spend our money. What is next? The method in which this bill was passed is a discrace to American Democracy!!!! Our government is about life, liberty and the persuit of happiness. The recent legislation that was passed violates basic rights. The US government is moving into our bedrooms and this must stop!!!

If people want to gamble online, they are going to gamble online. The only thing the act will accomplish is, like Prohibition, make criminals out of otherwise law-abiding people. It will turn banks and other financial institutions into government snoops. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said, "If an adult in this country, with his own money, wants to engage in an activity that harms no one, how dare we bar it."

If you agree with gambling or not the simple fact is the government thinks it is ok to restrict all of our freedoms until we become a state like the taliban. We need to show them we are for small govenment and more freedoms.

Please vote these (mostly republicans) pupits out of office this november.

Some more links to read
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2006/10/03/gop-online-gambling-poses-threat-to-us-port-security/

http://www.gambling911.com/Online-Gambling-Industry.html

Feeling Depressed.

2006-10-05T17:20:00.000-07:00

Nothing much going on here. I am feeling depressed due to the recent legislation against online gambling. Very disappointed that our government feels the need to treat us like children and think we can't be responsible adults.

I am still grinding it out. I have all the pieces I need for my new computer with the exception of Memory. I was waiting for some so go on sale but I don't think I will wait any longer.

I stoped playing the Thursday night BPT due to me having to work. My wife was playing in it for me.

I have been doing pretty good in SNG's. I had to drop down a level due to a large negative varience but have made that back. I will post some number in a couple days.

I am in a Pokerstars TLB point contest. I will be playing alot of MTT's $5 and under this month. You can check it out at: http://www.freewebs.com/themicrotlb/

Not much more to say. I am going to continue to play even if I have to open a offshore acct.

I should be able to 12 table.....

2006-09-29T10:39:00.000-07:00

I should be able to 12 table when all my new stuff gets here. I 6 tabled last night and was pretty simple. Here is how I had the tables set up.

4th

2006-09-27T02:52:00.000-07:00

Came Close to the win, got 4th.

Here was the final Hand.

PokerStars Game #6436101415: Tournament #32663156, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (1000/2000) - 2006/09/27 - 05:39:04 (ET)
Table '32663156 14' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: klavo (100294 in chips)
Seat 5: xIce-Creamx (102631 in chips)
Seat 6: RaisinYa (34388 in chips)
Seat 8: Sit&GOking22 (32687 in chips)
klavo: posts the ante 100
xIce-Creamx: posts the ante 100
RaisinYa: posts the ante 100
Sit&GOking22: posts the ante 100
xIce-Creamx: posts small blind 1000
RaisinYa: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RaisinYa [Ks Jc]
Sit&GOking22: folds
klavo: folds
xIce-Creamx: raises 3500 to 5500
RaisinYa: raises 28788 to 34288 and is all-in
xIce-Creamx: calls 28788
*** FLOP *** [Qs 6c 7d]
RaisinYa said, "gl"
*** TURN *** [Qs 6c 7d] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 6c 7d 4c] [Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
xIce-Creamx: shows [Qd 5d] (a pair of Queens)
RaisinYa: shows [Ks Jc] (high card Ace)
Sit&GOking22 said, "gg man"
xIce-Creamx said, "gl sory"
xIce-Creamx collected 68976 from pot
xIce-Creamx said, "gg"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 68976 Rake 0
Board [Qs 6c 7d 4c Ah]
Seat 2: klavo (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: xIce-Creamx (small blind) showed [Qd 5d] and won (68976) with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: RaisinYa (big blind) showed [Ks Jc] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 8: Sit&GOking22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

SNG's

2006-09-25T18:42:00.000-07:00

I played about 30 SNG's over the weekend and just made a little money. I played in about 10 Mtts and broke about dead even. Pretty even weekend. I am getting close to having my computer completed.

8th

2006-09-23T16:53:00.000-07:00

I came close. A decent finish. It is hard to keep winning HU matches. I think I won 5 in a row. Came close, two more wins and I would have got 1st.

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I don't know If I will ever play a 1,2,3 dollar tourny again. I played for 4 hours and only made a 6 dollar profit. I played basically perfect poker the whole tourny and took two beats in a row to send me to the rail. had 90K in chips AQs vs K10 all in preflop for 50k each flop comes two Ks. A couple hands later I get AA push the last 50K of my chips and get called by 55 and 77. flop comes 2 2 5 and I am out. I am disappointed that hand couldn't hold. That would have made me chip leader down to 30 people.

First 100 $6.5 Turbo's

2006-09-21T00:29:00.000-07:00

These are from 4 tableing. I played 13 today and got 5 thirds. I hate getting third!

Bluff Poker Tour

2006-09-19T16:29:00.000-07:00

The Bluff Poker Tour is starting this Thursday. Make sure you are signed up. This looks like a good third season.

My computer stuff is making its way in. I got one of my monitors today. I have completed 75 $6.5 turbo's and am just slaughtering them at a 50% ITM and 45% ROI. I will post my stats after each 100 I complete. I have been 4-tabling, soon I will be able to 8-table and hope I can maintain the same ROI. I will play 1000 before I move up. I need to start practicing alot better bankroll management. The next level is a $16 Turbo on Pokerstars.

As wierd as it may sound I am saving up my Pokerstars FPP for a 50" plazma TV. I need like 160K FPP's to get it. It will take me a long time but it is something to work toward. I think I have 5K FPPs now. Eight tabling the $16's and 27's (if I make it that far) would produce a significant amount of FPP's

I am really looking forward to the start of the Bluff and Blogger Poker tours this week. And yes I will win both. :)

Good luck.

Blogger Poker Tour

2006-09-15T13:40:00.000-07:00

The Blogger Poker Tour is starting up agian on the 23rd. If you haven't already signed up, use the link in the sidebar. Good Luck.

Update

2006-09-13T15:45:00.000-07:00

I have been playing a decent amount of poker the last couple of days. I have been four tabling 6.5 turbo's and winning at a really good rate. I find it very simple to 4 table, I shouldn't have a problem 8 tabling once my new setup is here. I hope I can continue to tear these 6.5's up. Hopefully I will be back to my normal grind pretty soon and start to make some serious headway with my bankroll. Until then gooooood luck.

New Computer

2006-09-08T16:38:00.000-07:00

I am cashing out a large chunk of my $ to build a new computer. It will be pimp, I will post pictures when I get it complete. It will basically be a:

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD (Motherboard)
Seagate Barracuda (Perpendicular Recording) 320GB 7200 RPM (Hard Drive)
2GB (Memory) - haven't decided what brand
(2) BenQ FP93GX Black 19" 2ms LCD (Monitor)
AMD Athlon X2 4200 2.2GHz (Processor)
VGA e-GeForce 6800 XT (Dual Monitor Video Card)
16X/4X Double Layer DVD+/-RW (DVD Burner)
Wireless Keyboard & Mouse
Ultra Wizard case

I don't know how much money I am going to have left after I buy all of this. Once this is built I should be able to play 8-tables at once. I will probably 8 table SNG's for a while. I just cant handle playing on my "4yr old, 15 inch monitor, e-machine" anymore.

I am really pissed I missed out on the mansion bet knowing the steelers won!!!!

I will still post, it will just be a couple days to get $ straightend out.

Logan

Mansion Bet

2006-09-06T13:47:00.000-07:00

Well you wait too long and this is what happens. I went to place my bet today and they closed the bet. I wasn't able to get into it because they put a cap at 5k people. I have some bad luck.

9/6/06

2006-09-06T10:20:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$152.75
I played some more .5/1NL & 1/2 NL..

Thoughts:
None
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Today: +$152.75
Current Amout: $1390.84
Month Goal: $3000
Year Goal: $5,000

Stop Loss Set:

2006-09-05T20:23:00.000-07:00

It is a shame that I have to wait until I lose alot to actually set this. My stop loss is set at $400. If I lose $400 in one day I will get up and walk away for the day. If you you see a post with more than a $400 loss please place a comment and rip me a new ass for not following my own rules from here on out.

Thanks

I am also going to stick to .5/1 and 1/2 until my roll gets back up to 2k.

Logan

2006-09-05T17:53:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$130.00
I played some more .5/1NL & 1/2 NL. I didn't play very long and really needed the confidence builder of a winning day. I am also going back to one table for a while.

MTT: $0
None

HU SNG: $0
None

Thoughts:
I haven't recieved my rake back yet for yesterdays play but I am sure It will be alot. I currently have $50 in my rakeback acct. I will add in the rakeback every time I reach $100.
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Today: +$130.00
Current Amout: $1228.09
Month Goal: $3000
Year Goal: $5,000

9/4/06

2006-09-05T17:38:00.000-07:00

Well it was bound to happen. I had a bad day and boy was it bad. I was already overplaying my roll but I went to the extreme today. I took a couple ugly beats at the 1/2NL tables droping $300. I was chasing my losses and was on tilt. There were no 2/4NL tables open so I sat at the 5/10NL table with a full buy in. That was a mistake. I blew through that in about an hour. I must admit I am a retard and blew half my bankroll taking a shot. The funny thing is there is hope, the 5/10 level was full of idiots also. I took my losses and turned the computer off of the day. It is rebuild time, and I need to set a stop-loss for the day so these things don't happen again. I am confident I can make this money back plus some very shortly.

Cash Games: -$1158.93
Note to self: don't play 5/10NL with a 2K roll. Although I do fell I have the balls to play those limits. I don't seem intimidated by players or the amount a person bets. I think I played my hands correctly, I was just unlucky.

MTT: $0
None

HU SNG: $0
None

Thoughts:
Yes I am retarded.

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Today: -$1158.93
Current Amout: $1098.09
Month Goal: $3000
Year Goal: $5,000

9/03/06

2006-09-03T21:47:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$320
I played some more 1/2 NL. Short Session.

MTT: $0
None

HU SNG: $0
None

Thoughts:
Still Grinding.
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Today: +320.00
Current Amout: $2257.02
Month Goal: $3000
Year Goal: $5,000

9/2/06

2006-09-02T22:33:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$125
I played some more 1/2 NL. Short Session.

MTT: -$22
Played in a 180 man at stars. Went out around 60th with JJ.

HU SNG: -$2
$20 hu - 1W 1L

Thoughts:
Didn't play that long today. I went to the zoo with my family. Hope to get a good day in tomorrow.
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Today: +$101.00
Current Amout: $1937.02
Month Goal: $3000
Year Goal: $5,000

9/1/06

2006-09-01T10:50:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$243.88
I played some more 1/2 NL. Running good right now.

MTT: $0
None

HU SNG: -$2
$20 hu - 1W 1L

Thoughts:
I hope the steelers win by 5. I don't think I am going to hedge.
This was a good way to start the month.
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Today: +$241.88
Current Amout: $1836.02
Month Goal: $3000
Year Goal: $5,000

Month Recap: August

2006-08-31T11:36:00.000-07:00

Here is a Recap of my month

HU Matches:+$103.75

$5 HU - 9W/4L +$21.75
$10HU - 11W/8L +$20.50
$20HU - 14W/12L +$14.00
$50HU - 1W/0L +$47.50

Cash Games:+$1077.62
This is a mixture of all my cash games played. Limit, Nolimit and Horse.

MTT: +$23.52
This is a combination of all my MTT's played. Sat. included.

Casino: +$120
Starluck and Casino share

SNG: -$5.5
I only played one SNG this month. I usually play alot more than that.

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Grand Total: +$1319.39
By far my best month in a long time.

Thoughts:
At the beginning of the month I regrouped myself. I wanted to stop the constant leak of money from my bankroll and I did that. I am playing really well right now. I am going to stick to what is working currently and see where it takes me. My goal for next month is to bring my total bankroll to $3000. Wish me luck, and thanks for reading my blog.

8/31/06

2006-08-31T09:26:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$545.83
Played some more 1/2 and 2/4 NL on Mansion. I put in a decent session today. I love mansion cashgames and would suggest anyone to play in them. These players just suck. They don't have a hand history option though.

I ended down $60 in the horse game on stars. Man I just couldn't hit a hand. I thought I knew how to play razz. Well I didn't. I spent about an hour trying to figure out what hand beats what. I have finally came to the conclusion. If you know hot to play razz let me know. It all comes down to your lowest card. A234K looses to 8910JQ because the K is the lowest card in the other hand? Anyway I dumped some money on that.

MTT: $0
None

HU SNG: -$42
$20 hu - 0W 2L
I had a couple ugly beats to loose both of these.

Thoughts:
I put in my long session. I had a great day. This was a good way to end the month. I hope my success continues into next month. GL eveyone out there.

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Today: +$503.83
Current Amout: $1594.14
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

8/30/06

2006-08-30T12:06:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$117.80
Played some more 1/2 NL on Mansion. I only played for about an hour.

MTT: $0
None

HU SNG: $0
None

Thoughts:
I need to put in a long session pretty soon. One more day in the month, it has been a good month.

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Today: +$117.80
Current Amout: $1090.31
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

8/29/06

2006-08-29T11:25:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$38.10
I played the horse game on Pokerstars today. This game is awesome. You can tell people have no clue what they are doing. It is also alot of fun. I really enjoy horse.

MTT: $0
None

HU SNG: +$26.5
$20 hu - 0W 1L
$50 hu - 1W 0L
I played my first $50 HU match today. It only lasted one hand. I guess that is a very good start.

Thoughts:
For now I am only going to play $50 HU matches against people with really bad HU Sharkscope stats.
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Today: +$64.6
Current Amout: $972.52
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

8/28/06

2006-08-28T10:44:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$50
Could have been alot more but I couldn't call with my A3s to an allin on a A25A8 Board. Guy pushes allin and shows 44.

MTT: $0
none

HU SNG: $0
none

Thoughts:
I had to adjust the bankroll figures by a couple of dollars, It is correct now.
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Today: +$50
Current Amout: $907.92
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

8/26/06 - 8/27/06

2006-08-27T22:50:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$25.6
I didn't play but about 3 rounds of blinds.

MTT: $0
none

HU SNG: +$16
$10 hu - 1W 3L
$20 hu - 2W 0L

Casino: -$50
My wife was begging me to let her play some slots. I finally broke down and deposited $50. Obviously she lost. All I can say is slots suck. No more of that shit.

Thoughts:
Didn't play much at all this weekend. I seem to be just to busy to play on the weekends these days.
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Today: -$8.40
Current Amout: $857.60
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

8/25/06

2006-08-25T11:16:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$129.5
Played some more 100NL 200NL. This game is still very soft. I started out pretty bad but made a huge recovery. I think I should be expecting varience in this game due to the fact that people are playing any two and will get lucky.

Now that I acutally have some money at risk, I may stick to the 100NL for a while to decrease my chance of ruin. I may take a shot or two at the 1/2.

MTT: -$36.5
Played some rebuy's to the Sunday 215 at Manison. Made the final table on both but needed the top 3.

HU SNG: $0

Thoughts:
I must remeber not to bluff calling station.
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Today: +93
Current Amout: $866.00
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

8/24/06

2006-08-24T10:29:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$276
All I can say is FU FullTilt poker. I can't win there to save my life. I am either a fish or just the most unlucky person in the world. Yesterday one of my biggest losses was with 1010 when I rasied 5x the bb and some one calls with 56o and flops 234. I just can't put someone on 56o there for some reason. Well I said I was going to play at Fulltilt until I went bust, and I went bust there so that is close enough. I don't think I will be playing the cash games there agian.

Here is another example of a hand. The was the last hand I played at FullTilt. Please be critical of this hand. I really would like anyone who plays NL and reads this to respond if they would have played this different. I just don't see how I can get away from this. This guy had been playing alot of pots, bluffing alot, calling and reraising with just A high. Then says I thought you actually had something after the hand. Did I not play this correctly? I bet 3/4 the pot and he calls with an inside straight draw? Can I honestly put this retard on A5?

All I can say is I am done with FullTilt. I have played approx 60k hands at that site and we are just not compatable.

Full Tilt Poker Game #929471352: Table Snorkel (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:41:36 ET - 2006/08/24
Seat 1: centerfieldin9 ($44.20), is sitting out
Seat 2: brogannie ($99)
Seat 3: Japers ($130)
Seat 4: eeeeke ($0), is sitting out
Seat 5: Webinho ($109.65)
Seat 6: Raisinya ($123.75)
Webinho posts the small blind of $0.50
Raisinya posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Raisinya [Kh Kc]
brogannie folds
Japers calls $1
Webinho calls $0.50
Raisinya raises to $4
Japers calls $3
Webinho folds
*** FLOP *** [4s 3h 7h]
eeeeke stands up
Raisinya bets $6
Japers calls $6
*** TURN *** [4s 3h 7h] [2d]
Raisinya bets $14
Japers raises to $35
Japers: test my luck
Luffy-san sits down
Luffy-san adds $100
Raisinya has 15 seconds left to act
Raisinya raises to $113.75, and is all in
Japers: i hope i win
Japers calls $78.75
Raisinya shows [Kh Kc]
Japers shows [As 5s]
*** RIVER *** [4s 3h 7h 2d] [9c]
Raisinya shows a pair of Kings
Japers shows a straight, Five high
Japers wins the pot ($246.50) with a straight, Five high
Japers: oh, nevermindJapers: i thought you actually had something
Raisinya is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $248.50 | Rake $2
Board: [4s 3h 7h 2d 9c]

After this hand I moved over to Mansion poker. I hit up the 1/2NL 6max table they had going. All I can say is that I love Mansion. I have never, I mean never played with worse players in my life. Playing at this table is site is worse than a play money table. I was taking their money left and right. All you honestly need is top pair or better and get ready for a pay day. I highly recommend this site for cash game players. These are some of the Loose/Weak players I have seen.

I managed to pull $380 out of the table in about 1 1/2 hour. I will be back there agian tonight.

MTT: $0
None

HU SNG: $0
None

Thoughts:
Well atleast I won back what I lost yesterday.

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Today: +$276
Current Amout: $773.00
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

8/23/06

2006-08-23T15:02:00.000-07:00

Well you can't always be a winner, and today is one of those days. I was playing great and my hands were just not holding up. The total damage is -$180. I took some pretty bad beats early on, a couple unlucky situations QQ vs KK, and one very ugly beat.

I don't think I was playing badly. I have been thinking for the last couple of hours about my session. I played 6-Max $100NL today. I was playing TAG most of the time and just getting slaughtered. I have noticed that when I play LAG in 6-man cash games my $ wins are much better.

I am going to continue to play the 6-max 100NL tables for the next few days. I am going to play LAG at them instead. I only have around 5 buyins. I know these games are beatable. I am going to push myself to beat this game. I will only play one table at a time, concentrate 100% on that one table.

I will either succeed, win and continue to play. Or I will go bust and start over. At this point I am willing to take the risk.

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Today: -$180
Current Amout: $497.00
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

8/22/06

2006-08-22T10:13:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$2.5
Alot of $50NL today, up and down day.

MTT: $0
None

HU SNG: +$28.5
$10 hu - 3W 0L

Thoughts:
Moving in the right direction.

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Today: +$31.00
Current Amout: $677.00
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

8/19/06 - 8/20/06 - 8/21/06

2006-08-21T11:48:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$14
Couple hands of $50NL on Mansion

MTT: -$17.6
Played a 8.8 rebuy to the sunday million on stars, made it halfway through wasn't felling it so I didn't put any more money into it.

HU SNG: +$9.5
$10 hu - 1W 0L

Thoughts:
Didn't play much, went to the pool on Saturday with the family, and only played a little on Sunday cause it was my mom's b-day. Didn't have time to play today somehow.

My roll was off by $10 somehow so I added the $10 in.

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Today: +$5.9
Current Amout: $646.00
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

8/18/06

2006-08-18T21:48:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$90.00
Using the winnings in my mansion poker acct I decided to play in the $50NL games. They only had one table going. Man I don't think I have seen worse play in my life. These guys really suck and were just handing money away. I may continue to play some more NL there. I do have a 36% rakeback there also.

MTT:$0
None

HU SNG: -$42.00
$20 hu - 0W 2L Only played 2, I wasn't 100% on my game so stoped playing for the day.

Casino: +$170.00
I deposited $100 in Starluck casino playing blackjack using a Scurvy Dog's $1000 to $30k in a year advice. I followed the guidelines in general, taking a couple risks here and there. Ended at $270 after clearing that $100 bonus. I might start doing more of these, they seem +EV

Thoughts:
Overall a very good day. I have reached my monthly challange that I set. I might change it. dunno. GL.
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Today: +$218
Current Amout: $630.06
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

Tournament Win

2006-08-18T11:05:00.000-07:00

This would actually go under yesterdays post, I am just going to make another entry for it.

While at work my brother wanted to play some poker so I let him log on to my Mansion poker account. When I got home from work he was down to 30 out of 573. He was in 3rd position. After talking for a few minutes we decided to put our minds togther and pull out a win. An we did spliting the money 55/45.

MTT: +$55

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Today: +$55
Current Amout: $412.06
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

8/17/06

2006-08-17T08:33:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: $0
None

MTT:$0
None

HU SNG: +$19.00
$20 hu - 1W 0L

Thoughts:
My job is working me like a dog. I haven't been able to play much at all. I am on 12 hrs for the next couple weeks also.

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Today: +$19.00
Current Amout: $357.06
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

8/16/06

2006-08-16T11:17:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$12.2
Played a few hands of 25NL

MTT: +4.40
I placed 12th in a $4.4 180 man SNG.

HU SNG: -$1.
$20 hu - 1W 1L

Thoughts:
OK day.

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Today: +$15.6
Current Amout: $358.06
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

8/15/06

2006-08-15T11:33:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$5.70
Played a few hands of 25NL

MTT: +22.62
I placed 4th in a $5.5 45 man SNG. Lost AK vs QQ.

HU SNG: $28.50
4-man$5 hu - 1W 0L
$5 hu - 0W 1L
$20 hu - 1W 0L

Thoughts:
I had a good day today. I is nice to see everything in green. I also recalcualted my bankroll, so it is correct now.

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Today: +$56.82
Current Amout: $342.46
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

Goals: August

2006-08-14T19:35:00.001-07:00

The month is half over but I will set a goal for this month anyway.

I am not really sure the exact amount of my bankroll, I am at work. Here is my reasonable estimate. $290. I really thought I had more than this but I think this is it. I recently cashed out $100 to buy a cd player for my car and must have lost more in the cashgames than I thought.

I know this isn't much but I can work with it. I feel like I am playing really well right now. I haven't really decided what levels I am going to play. I am going to take an agressive approach for the rest of the month. My bankroll management isn't where I would like it to be right now but neither is my bankroll. I am underrolled for the $20 HU but I am going to hit them anyway. I will set my stop loss at 5 buyins. If my roll reaches less than $200 I will force myself to move down to the 10's. I won't move up this month no matter how well I do.

My goal for the month is to bring my roll up to $600, using a combination of $20 HU, 25NL, and very small level MTT. I may thr0w in a couple SNG's also. I am trying to leave my options open so that I don't restrict my play to only one game. When I run bad in one, I am going to switch to a different form.

Hopefully I can reach $600 by the end of the month an open my options up a little more. There are some places I want to bonus whore but unless I have at least $600 I won't be able to take full advantage of them.

We'll see how it goes.

GL

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Today: -$1.oo
Current Amout: $290
Month Goal: $600
Year Goal: $5,000

Goals

2006-08-14T19:27:00.000-07:00

I haven't set goals for a while. I am in the mood to set some goals so here they are:

My goal is to make $5,000 by the end of the year December 31, 2006.

I will still set monthly goals that will pull me toward the 5k but the main goal is to make 5k by the end of the year.

I will leave my options open as to the types of games I will play etc. I still haven't calculated my bankroll so I don't really know where I stand right now, but it isn't over $500.

Logan

8/14/06

2006-08-14T15:03:00.000-07:00

Heads-Up SNG: -$1.

$10 hu - 1W 1L

Only had time to play two today.

8/13/06

2006-08-13T23:00:00.000-07:00

Today: -$28.50

$25 NL +$10.40
$5 SNG - (4th) -$5.50
$20 hu - 4W 5L -$29
2.2 Sat. - 2L -$4.4

Didn't go that well today. My hands weren't holding up in my HU matches. Other than that I think I still managed to do ok. I have to work 12's today and tomorrow, I don't know how much I will be able to play.

I did notice the last few times I have attempted to play more than one HU at a time, my wins decrease. I think for a while I will concentrate on only playing one HU at a time and giving it 100%.

GL

8/12/06

2006-08-12T21:37:00.000-07:00

Heads-Up SNG: +$47.25

4-man$5 hu - 1W 0L
$10 hu - 0W 1L
$20 hu - 2W 0L

I had a pretty good day today. I was playing well. I am liking the HU matches.

8/10/06

2006-08-11T09:50:00.000-07:00

Heads-Up SNG: +$16.00

$20 hu - 3W 2L

I played 5 $20 HU matches today. The play at the $20's is no different from the 10's IMO. In reality I should have won all of them but badbeats and suckouts do happen.

I played some more 25NL cash today. I figured 3 weeks without playing might change the horrible luck I have in them. Well it didn't. I swear I got my money in four times A 90% favorite and someone hits thier 2 outter. I just don't understand how I can have such bad luck at the cash tables these days. I ended losing around $60. I am just going to stay away from the cash games for a while again. I am doing ok in the HU play so I will continue with that. I don't really want to play 25NL or 50NL. I am only interested in playing 100NL an up. So I don't know if I will play cash games again until I have a big enough roll to support that. Of course I probably will change my mind in a couple days, but after getting slaughtered like last night, I don't know.

Logan

8/10/06

2006-08-10T08:24:00.000-07:00

Heads-Up SNG: +$9.5

$10 hu - 1W 0L

Only played one again today. The streak is 4 now.

8/9/06

2006-08-09T09:38:00.000-07:00

Heads-Up SNG: +$9.5

$10 hu - 1W 0L

I only had time to play one today and won it fairly quickly.

8/8/06

2006-08-08T19:36:00.000-07:00

Didn't play today.

8/5/06 - 8/6/06 - 8/7/06

2006-08-07T08:28:00.000-07:00

Heads-Up SNG: +$9.5

$10 hu - 1W 0L

I only played one HU match this weekend. I haven't been playing alot of poker. I don't know how much I am going to be able to play this week.

8/4/06

2006-08-04T19:26:00.000-07:00

Heads-Up SNG: +$9.5

$10 hu - 1W 0L

Only had time to play one today. I am going to be working 12hrs today and all next week so I don't know how much I will ba able to play.

**Edit** I didn't realize the HU SNG's rake was only 5% instead of the normal 10%. So yesterday and today's #'s were off. I fixed todays. That is actually a relief to find out the rake is lower.

8/3/06

2006-08-03T18:58:00.000-07:00

Heads-Up SNG: -$27

$5 hu - 3W 3L
$10 hu - 1W 3L

I am still getting adjusted to playing heads-up. I did well in all my heads up matches. I am slowing tweaking my game. Heads up is about the best form of poker to play. It is very entertaining and I am constantly learning.

8/2/06

2006-08-02T20:58:00.000-07:00

Its a new month. Last month was just shitty. I didin't do anything but overplay my roll, not finish challanges and basically just blow money. I think everyone goes through these times in their poker career. I think I have pulled myself together. I have started this month off good so far.

I haven't done anything impressive so far, I am still trying to clear the pokerstars bonus, I am almost there. I have went back to playing 25NL and 5.5 SNG's. I am going to start playing HU SNG's today. I have noticed some other bloggers have had really good success with these. I am working on making back what I lost last month and getting back on track for my yearly goals.

Thanks for reading my blog and GL.

Logan

Update

2006-07-31T18:37:00.000-07:00

I played about 27 SNG's this weekend I played a little of everything. Alot of $20's some $27 Turbo's and one $60 Turbo. Overall I came out a looser. I lost about $30 on the 20's, $125 on the $27's. I came in 3rd on the $60 turbo. I have decided the higher level turbo's are complete crapshoots. I swear I have never seen more BS beats than at that level. I think 50% of the turbo's I played that I didn't money I got 4th. For a while it seemed I was destined to get 4th. It didn't matter If I got agressive, Tight, or loose on the bubble I would somehow always be that fn bubble boy. The $60 dollar turbo I was chip leader when we got down to 3 and the blinds shot up to 800/1600. within a matter of two hands and two ugly beats I was out. The bad thing is that first payed $250 and third got $99.

So for the weekend I am down like $100. The good news is I almost cleared my $100 bonus on PS. I needed 700FPP and I am at like 600FPP.

I have decided to step away from the SNG challange until my roll gets larger. I am going to Bonus Whore for a while. Once I complete the Pokerstars Bonus I will Cash out and find another bonus to clear. It will probably be Absolute poker since I have like $200 pending there.

I still haven't calculated my overall bankroll yet.

7/28/06

2006-07-28T22:40:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: $0
None

MTT: -11.00
I ran my KK into AA in the second hour. Had a pretty good stack too.

$22 SNG Challange: +$82
I played 11 SNG's today. Place (7,3,5,4,4,7,2,7,1,1,2)
It was really fun playing heads up three at a time there at the end..

Thoughts:
My computer had a virus so I had to reformat my drive. I haven't got my spreadsheet loaded back into the computer. I don't really know where I stand on my overall roll. I will figure it out tomorrow. GL everyone in the WSOP.

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Daily Total: +$71
Bankroll: ?

New Challange

2006-07-27T15:48:00.000-07:00

I have decided to continue with a SNG Challange. I have done a $5 and $10 previously.

$5 Stats
# played = 102
ROI = 31%
ITM = 45%
Profit = $182.20

$10 Stats
# played = 99
ROI = 14%
ITM = 41%
Profit = $158.00

My next goal is to play 100 $20 SNG's. I started this today . From my experience the play at the $20 level is easier than that at the $10 level. The players at the $10 level are alot tighter. The $20 players are more agressive and like to make moves. We'll see how it goes.

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$20 SNG Challange:

Today
Played: 2
Place: (2,4)
Profit: +$10.00

7/26/06

2006-07-26T12:27:00.000-07:00

Didn't play today. Had to work 12 hrs. I will be back at it tomorrow.

7/25/06

2006-07-25T12:07:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: $0

MTT:$0

SNG: -$8.00
I played 8 SNG's. I started off bad taking a couple beats and finished a little stronger.

Thoughts:
I think my next goal will be to first get my roll to $700, then do a 300 $10 SNG challange. I haven't decided yet but that is the goal for now.

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Daily Total: -$8.00
Bankroll: $505.55

6/23/06

2006-07-24T18:33:00.001-07:00

Didn't play today.

6/24/06

2006-07-24T18:33:00.000-07:00

Didn't play today

6/22/06

2006-07-24T18:32:00.000-07:00

Didn't play today.

6/21/06

2006-07-22T12:29:00.000-07:00

I didn't play any today.

7/20/06

2006-07-20T20:50:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: -$7.30
I played 271 hands 25NL on pokerstars. -5.39 ptbb/100

MTT: -$54.49
I got kind of carried away with the MTT's today. I played 4 rebuy tourny's 1 $5 and 3 $3 and didn't cash in any of them. I think I am going to stick to only freezeouts until I get my roll up higher.

SNG: +$12.00
I played a few SNG's and did ok.

Thoughts:
Don't play rebuy's for a while.

I need to set some more challanges. I think I will do a 500 $5 SNG Challange. I think.....
I have been thinking about this for a while. While playing at the low stakes tables I think you keep yourself in a rut. I think you make more moves with your top pair and less valuable hands because you know people will call you down and pay you off with bottom pair or nothing. I am wondering if this puts you in a bad position when you move up in stakes. The better players are not paying you off and your style is going to change the more you play with donkeys. With that being said is it a "bad" thing to spend an extended amount of time at the lower stakes. I would think your game would be modified greatly over time. Really "top pair" is a good holding at the low stakes tables.
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Daily Total: -$49.79
Bankroll: $513.55

7/19/06

2006-07-19T12:27:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$2.7
I played 74 hands 25NL on pokerstars. 7.3 ptbb/100

MTT: $9.92
I played 2 4.4 180 man SNG's. I placed 8th in one of them and lost the other QKs vs Q3s preflop. The final hand is posted below with explaination.

SNG: +19.5
I played 2 5.5 dollar's (1st and 4th) and three 6.5 turbo's (1st, 6th, 4th)

Thoughts:
I went into the final table of the $4.4 tourny second in chips with a substantion lead compaired to the rest of the field. There is no doubt I was the best player at the table. I was playing some great poker until my bumb ass played this hand:

POKERSTARS GAME #5608413347: TOURNAMENT #28362586, $4.00+$0.40 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL XII (800/1600) - 2006/07/19 - 04:39:25 (ET)
Table '28362586 18' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: too.chewy (29204 in chips)
Seat 2: SandbergFan (15090 in chips)
Seat 3: blabla6677 (27628 in chips)
Seat 4: TonisD1 (16139 in chips)
Seat 5: JAGTECH2 (27243 in chips)
Seat 6: \/iper (65526 in chips)
Seat 7: Beer Luggin (25748 in chips)
Seat 8: ihatepoker11 (17447 in chips)
Seat 9: RaisinYa (45975 in chips)
too.chewy: posts the ante 75
SandbergFan: posts the ante 75
blabla6677: posts the ante 75
TonisD1: posts the ante 75
JAGTECH2: posts the ante 75
\/iper: posts the ante 75
Beer Luggin: posts the ante 75
ihatepoker11: posts the ante 75
RaisinYa: posts the ante 75
\/iper: posts small blind 800
Beer Luggin: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RaisinYa [Kh Ac]
ihatepoker11: raises 15772 to 17372 and is all-in
RaisinYa: raises 28528 to 45900 and is all-in
too.chewy: folds
SandbergFan: folds
blabla6677: folds
TonisD1: folds
JAGTECH2: folds
\/iper: raises 19551 to 65451 and is all-in
Beer Luggin: folds
ihatepoker11 said, "nh's"
*** FLOP *** [Ts Jh 7h]
ihatepoker11 said, "h"
*** TURN *** [Ts Jh 7h] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [Ts Jh 7h 9c] [8h]
ihatepoker11 said, "ka"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
\/iper: shows [Qc Qd] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
RaisinYa: shows [Kh Ac] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
TonisD1 said, "if ever u dont wanna set"
ihatepoker11 said, "gg"
\/iper collected 57056 from side pot
ihatepoker11: shows [Ks Ah] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
\/iper collected 54391 from main pot
Beer Luggin said, "nh again"
TonisD1 said, "n1 viper"
SandbergFan said, "wow that was sweet for me lol"
*** SUMMARY ***

I don't know what I was thinking (actuall I wasn't thinking). I for some reason auto pushed allin without even thinking for a second what I was doing. I had a good read on the first player the whole tourny we were at the same table. He was really tight and a decent player. If I would have actually thought about the situation It should have went like this.

The player has just pushed UTG he has about 40% of my chip count. I have AK a good hand but what am I up against. What hands would a tight player not really in push mode push with. These are the core hands (AA, KK, QQ, AK) I believe those are the only hands this player is making this move with. Of those hands Two I am a huge dog, One is a coin filp, one is a split. I really wish I would have taken a second to analyze the hand. This was an easy fold and costs me over $200. I am 90% sure I would go on to win the tourny without playing this hand.

The call the guy made behind me was questionable. Two people UTG go allin, his QQ is probably not good. I say 70% of the time one of us had AA or KK. Either way this had made me not sleep well at all last night.

At least I learned a valuable lesson. You must treat each hand independently. No hands should be played without a through examination of the conditions in the hand.

I still had a pretty good day overall..
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Daily Total: +32.12
Bankroll: $553.32

7/18/06

2006-07-18T11:13:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$22.1
I played 14 hands 25NL on pokerstars. 315.71 ptbb/100

MTT: -$4.58
I played three $4.40 180 Man SNG on Stars. I placed 12th in one making $8.64. The other two I went out to underpairs hitting their sets.

SNG: -$7.9
I played another 5.5 SNG and the bad bs beats just don't stop. I played this hand great and I can't Catch a break.

POKERSTARS GAME #5597338805: TOURNAMENT #28308579, $5.00+$0.50 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL III (25/50) - 2006/07/18 - 03:03:53 (ET)
Table '28308579 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: jungy121 (1970 in chips)
Seat 2: MrDagnino (1952 in chips)
Seat 3: RaisinYa (1180 in chips)
Seat 5: scammer44 (1523 in chips)
Seat 8: Zenapathy (5030 in chips)
Seat 9: jetboy1 (1845 in chips)
jungy121: posts small blind 25
MrDagnino: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RaisinYa [Kh As]
MrDagnino is connected
RaisinYa: raises 150 to 200
scammer44: folds
Zenapathy: folds
jetboy1: calls 200
jungy121: folds
MrDagnino: folds
*** FLOP *** [5s Kc Jc]
RaisinYa: checks
jetboy1: bets 250
RaisinYa: raises 730 to 980 and is all-in
jetboy1: calls 730
*** TURN *** [5s Kc Jc] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [5s Kc Jc 6c] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RaisinYa: shows [Kh As] (a pair of Kings)
jetboy1: shows [Ac Js] (a flush, Ace high)
RaisinYa said, "fu"
jetboy1 collected 2435 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2435 | Rake 0
Board [5s Kc Jc 6c 4c]
Seat 1: jungy121 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: MrDagnino (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: RaisinYa showed [Kh As] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: scammer44 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Zenapathy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: jetboy1 (button) showed [Ac Js] and won (2435) with a flush, Ace high

Thoughts:
I almost had a big day with the 4 dollar MTT. I hope I can get a big score on a MTT pretty soon.
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Daily Total: +9.64
Bankroll: $530.84

7/17/06

2006-07-17T11:43:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$19.80
I played 43 hands 25NL on pokerstars. 92.09 ptbb/100

MTT: $0

SNG: +3.5
I played 1 5.5 dollar turbo and got third

Thoughts:
A big congrats to Actyper who won a WSOP ME seat and ScottE51 for winning the BPT.
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Daily Total: +23.3
Bankroll: $521.2

7/16/06

2006-07-16T21:38:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$26.30
I played 159 hands 25NL on pokerstars. 33.08 ptbb/100

MTT: -$17.80
I played a $3 rebuy and a $5 tourny on pokerstars. I made it pretty deep. I picked up my aggression at the wrong time in both and ran into bigger hands.

SNG: -$13
I played 2 6.5 dollar turbo's and lost both. Bad beat city.
Thoughts:

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Daily Total: -$4.5
Bankroll: $497.9

7/15/06

2006-07-16T07:56:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: -$5.00
I played 494 hands 25NL on pokerstars. -2.02 ptbb/100

MTT: $0

SNG: $0

Thoughts:

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Daily Total: -$5.00
Bankroll: $502.40

7/14/06

2006-07-14T10:40:00.000-07:00

Cash Games: +$11.60
I played 209 hands 25NL on pokerstars. 11.1 ptbb/100

MTT: $0

SNG: -$1.20
I played one 5.5 and one 6.5 turbo on pokerstars placing 6th & 3rd respectively. I made a bad move three handed that left me shortstacked.

Thoughts:
Didn't have a long session today.
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Daily Total: +$10.4
Bankroll: $507.40

7/13/06

2006-07-13T15:47:00.000-07:00

I am going to be playing with the formating of this for a couple of days.

Cash Games: $11
I played some 25NL on pokerstars.

MTT: $0

SNG: $10
I played one 6.5 turbo on pokerstars placing 2nd.

Thoughts:
Not much. Trying to regain some controll after the last couple days. Only played for about 1 hr.
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Daily Total: $21
Bankroll: $497

More rambling

2006-07-13T15:33:00.000-07:00

I had another bad session last night. I don't know if the structure of my challange is to tight and doesn't leave alot of room for varience. I am going to change the challange, I haven't quite figured out how I am going to do it. I think I might just do some thing like a 10k challange or something like that. Using a combination of SNG's MTT's and Cash Games. I think I need to have the flexablility to mix things up when I am running bad. I was only focusing on NL leaving myself no outs when I am running bad. Therefore I think I am going to go back to my old style of recording daily wins and losses and my total bankroll. When I strated this challange I had 1326 total bankroll. I cashed out 1k and left the 326. I now have around 500.

I don't think I will set a time limit on my challanges anymore. When I set time limits It forces me to focus too much on the goal and not enough on the way I am playing or the way I am trying to get there (overplaying my roll).

I also think I am not going to play more than two NL tables at a time. I think I am leaving alot of money on the table by not focusing on the way players are playing and taking advantage of them.

We'll see how things go. I hate to just abandon a challange in the middle but I think that my be the best thing to do at this point....

Taking a break

2006-07-13T09:17:00.000-07:00

I am taking a break from the challange. I don't know how long but I am not on my game and that is mixed with horrible bad beats. I think I just need a break. I moved some money to pokerstars and I am going to hit some sng's up and see where I stand in a couple of days.

Very Funny

2006-07-12T17:29:00.000-07:00

I find it very funny the way things work. An article on pocket fives by Chris Wallace " http://www.pocketfives.com/18583B22-DF05-40E4-8D1E-2FE03AB82102.aspx " about that little demon on your shoulder that always want his way. Read it, its very true, to me atleast.

Anyway that demon got a hold of me today and took me down a very dangerous road. A road that I have seen so many times it makes me wonder. I started today off with a bs hand that put me on tilt and that little demon started to presuade me. I floped top two pair AK on a AKx board with two clubs, I bet the pot and get one caller. Another x came no club So I bet the pot agian about 10, he calls the river comes a club and I can't seem to fold to his all in (J2c). So I started off down $25.

Some how I talk myself into playing at the .25/.50 tables. I was still playing good poker, I just couldn't get anything going. Talk about the shitiest cards someone could get. I get allin on the turn with KK on a all unders board and an idoit calls with AQ. Of course the A hits on the river all on a I drop another $50 there. I then move to the .50/1 tables. (When I say move I mean three tables at a time) I start to make head way making 60 back and then Dumb more than a hole buyin with the K high flush vs the A high. I am now down about $150 and continue to play. I get allin with JJ vs 10's and he spikes a 10 putting me down $250. I have played at these limits before and know the varience that goes along with them. I am still chasing that money and move up to two 1/2 tables. I was hoping that my luck would finally catch up with me and I could erase this huge lose I should haver had. That luck (Skill or whatever) does come when I flop two pair with A 5 (A53) and get allin against AK for a 450 dollar pot. I played a few more hands and then logged off.

I didn't really want to post anything about what happended today in hopes that I would forget about it and continue with my challange, until I read Fox's post today. It is kind of convient that he posted this the same day I was struggling with the problem (fox must be watching my play).

In the past I would do this constantly, sometimes comming out a big winner and sometimes losing most of my bankroll. I fell stupid that I would risk the callange I am currently working toward by repeating the errors of my past. I don't think I will do this agian for a long time. It is just hard to not get tilited when someone makes such a BS move and gets rewarded.

Overall for the day I think I am down about $50. The week I am not sure of I still need to do a weekly recap.

I plan on just moving up to the $50 level. I have somewhere near $850 on this challange so far. That is about 15 buyins which isn't a great area to be in. I think I will do fine and I will see how things go. If I end up dropping a couple hundred I will just move back down and grind it out some more. Let me know what you think.

Update.

2006-07-12T13:20:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted in a couple days, week 5 is over and it wasn't a good week. I think I am going to change some of my challange the next couple of week and hope I can get something flowing.

I will post a weekend recap prob tomorrow.

7/10/06

2006-07-10T12:10:00.000-07:00

I was up really late last night coming home from Holiday World. I got a really short session in before I was off to work.

NL Challange

$25NL: $8.75
Hands: 70
PTBB/100: 25.0

7/09/06

2006-07-10T12:08:00.000-07:00

I didn't play today. I went to holiday world in Santa Claus IN. It was alot of fun.

7/8/06

2006-07-08T21:52:00.000-07:00

I played 400 hands today. Things were flowing, I had a good night.

NL Challange

$25NL: $39.65
Hands: 403
PTBB/100: 19.68

7/7/06

2006-07-07T11:15:00.000-07:00

I am having a hard time getting things moving this week. I played alot of hands and made about 15. My biggest hit was KK vs QQ all in preflop. The flop comes a Q. Overall I am making money. GL everyone.

NL Challange

$25NL: $16.70
Hands: 828
PTBB/100: 4.03

7/06/06

2006-07-06T12:28:00.000-07:00

I didn't start the week off all that great. I started my session playing like an idiot. I made a couple rediculous moves and lost two buyins right off the bat. On was I flop a straight on a all diamond board. This guy pushes his whole stack in. I am thinking he wouldn't play a flush like that he must have two pair or something. I call he has a low flush and was trying to protect that not two pair. So I spent the next 350 hands making my two buyin's back. I guess you do have to trust your reads though.

NL Challange

$25NL: $2.75
Hands: 395
PTBB/100: 1.39

Week 4 Recap

2006-07-06T12:08:00.000-07:00

Week 4 was a decent week. I played only 6max tables this week. I made about $150 this week. I don't know if I will ever be able to play the amount of hands I need to play. I have so many obligations with work, family, and the house it is hard to put in a good amount of hours. I am building slowly and haven't overplayed or moved up in stakes once. This is a great accomplishment for me because I was always prone to moving up in stakes when I take a beat and go on tilt. The challange is moving along nicely and I hope I can maintain a steady increase in my roll in the following months. I don't think I am going to cash out any money for a long time. I would like to stay on pace and be playing 3/6 and 5/10NL by this time next year.

NL Challange

Week 4 Totals

$25NL : $148.2

Hands: 2321

PT-bb/100: 12.8

Actual BB/100 : 25.6

NL Challange To Date:

Here are the Stats for the Total Challange thus far. 6-max and 9-man tables combined

Table Hours Played : 138.55

# Hands Played : 9039

$ Per Table Hour: 3.98

VPIP% : 21.13

W$SD% : 57.09

AF with Preflop: 0.88

AF w/o Preflop: 2.23

Total $ won: $552

PTBB/100: 12.21

7/5/06

2006-07-05T12:30:00.000-07:00

Well today puts the end to week 4. I have completed one month of my NL Challange and I like how things are going. I will do a week recap shortly.

NL Challange

$25NL: $19.85
Hands: 412
PTBB/100: 9.64

7/4/06

2006-07-04T22:08:00.000-07:00

Didn't play alot today due to it being the 4th. I made $20 for about 120 hands. I should be getting some longer session in this week and next.

NL Challange

$25NL: $20.00
Hands: 128
PTBB/100: 31.25

7/3/06

2006-07-03T20:53:00.000-07:00

I played a very long session today. I played only 6max tables. The day was really just up and down. I am experiencing alot of varience right now. I was up alot then down alot. I fought my way back up to a little over even.

NL Challange

$25NL: $14.60
Hands: 1201
PTBB/100: 2.49