Didn't play tonight, felt tired.

Didn't play the last two nights. Just taking a break and reevaluating my life. The great thing about Bovada is the revealing all the hands. It's amazing the hands my opponents call with and hit. Hopefully, I'll start hitting my hands again and be able to profit.

I read a great article today about making things happen. It encompassed a lot of different subjects, why you're single if you're such a great guy, why don't you have a better job if you're smart, etc. The key to the article is, is that you have to show that you're these qualities. The question isn't if i'm such a great guy why I'm single, what should I be doing to show the qualities that you're a great guy. It's a lot like prayer, yea it's nice to say you're in my thoughts and I'll pray for you, but what good does that do? You have to take action. My New Year's resolution will be is to take more action. Instead of just sitting here in hoping something to happen, I will get out there and try to make something happen. I guess that's why I bought my golf clubs and picked up golf. I'm also thinking about taking a programming class and a comedy improv class. We'll see if I go through with this in the next year.

Anyways, back to poker stuff. I'll most likely start playing tomorrow again, have to win back the money I lost and how can I do that if I don't play?

Start: 3410.01
End: 3699.84
Profit: 289.83

Finally back on the winning track. Got paid with premiums, got stacked when I rivered a boat and villain couldn't fold a Jack high flush after I jammed after villain bet. I also hit a straight flush tonight. It felt really good to win again. I ran into a cooler with AK into KK but KK was a short stack and only lost 30 bbs.

Recently started following this thread. Glad you are on the upswing again.

Thanks! Appreciate it.

Start: 3699.84
End: 3933.70
Profit: 239.36

Another solid night. Also played in a 5 dollar donkament. I feel like I'm playing too cautiously against super whales when I don't have very good flops ie. I have QQ on AA4 rainbow flop. Whale is playing 70% of hands so I dunno what to do in this spot. I normally c/c depending on bet size, but am not sure if I should be value betting in this spot. Also took a super bad beat against a short stack. I had 66 on the bb and it was limped around, I check. Flop is T 6 3. I check, UTG villain bets out pot, CO villain raises, I reraise CO villain all in. UTG full stack folds. CO has At off. Turn was a T and river was a 3. Lol. That's a hand for the short stack Bovada rigtards. I'll post it once I have the hand downloaded.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Start: 3933.70
End: 4097.99
Profit: 164.29

Long session, but played very well and got value from the hands that I did have. I had a real juicy table, but couldn't get many hands.

Nice man. Keep making good decisions. U will be at 1/2 in no time

Didn't play tonight as I got a new game and played that instead.

Here's a hand for you short stacking conspiracy theorists that I told you about 2 days ago.



So the short stacker hit the case T and then paired the board to get runner runner full house. I had 98.4% equity, post flop villain had less than 1 out and even after the turn had only 5 outs (BTN folded a 3, and a 5 would give me quads).

Start: 4097.99
End: 3881.59
Loss: (216.40)

Ran bad, so yea didn't tilt though.

Games have sucked this weekend. I think people went to casino/family duties. I had to start running 50nl bc 100nl was so nitty

I found some decent games, but it took a while. I probably should've played 50NL.

Probably won't be playing till the end of the year. Games haven't been very good.

That's cuz im at 100nl now

Not really sure what the cause is. Maybe I'm just not finding good tables, but the good tables have been fewer and fewer this month. It's getting more difficult to get my session going as I'm having a difficult time finding and retaining tables.

Why did u raise the flop? Given CO stack size and committing raise, the dry board, it feels like a perfect spot to flat knowing that on basically any turn the CO is still gonna get it in. Any specific reasoning why u raised so big on the dry board to kick out the bb?

Yea, I wasn't thinking in this spot. One of the things I have to do is adjust and I failed to do that here. I doubt that BB would've stuck around after CO raise and if I flat, as BB was a pretty solid regish type player. I was afraid that an over card will come and scare CO off like an ace, which is the only reason I can think of for me to raise.

Nfc east had over 700 in 5k roll ridiculous ''

Start: 3881.59+35 bonus
End: 4091.99
Profit: 175.40

Amazing what a bad day at work does for my motivation. Found some juicy tables and got paid, but then starting running bad a bit towards the end/card dead.

I'm curious OP, how much have you paid in rake since you started playing on Bovada(if you have saved all your hands).

I'm trying to get a feel for how much rake is typical, and if it is normal to pay your entire roll in rake every month.

Depends on the stake usually. You'll pay a lot higher % at the lower levels until you hit 100NL and then the % goes down. I'll take a look in my database when I get home.

I've paid 7k in rake total at bovada.

At 100nl I've paid $1,084.52 over 8333 hands, which works out to -13bb/100. I play very loose and aggressive though. So, more rake for me.

Sounds about right, I think I pay a bit less than that since I play pretty nitty.

what are your average stats like?

How many hands have you played at 100nl so far?

Something like 18/13/5. Have about 20k hands