good luck...

Today's Results- -$34 in 6 hrs

I'm really dissappointed with the way I played a couple hands tonight. The first hand I paid off with a hand I should have easily folded. The second hand I called down 2 streets then tanked for a long time and folded to a large river bet when I had 2nd pair and then river brought a backdoor flush, villain flashed a missed fd. I managed to over flush someone to get most of the chips I donked off back.

Balance can be really challenging but I'm still working on it. During long sessions it can be hard to firgure out how much my game has deteriorated until I have made a costly mistake.

Thanks!

March

Total hours played- 22.5
Average hourly winrate- $48
Winnings- $1077

2012 YTD

Total hours played- 263.5
Average hourly winrate- $17
Winnings- $4539

Today's Results- -$3 in 9 hrs

So it was another meh breakeven session. I got stuck about 300 when I got the chips in good a couple times but was outdrawn. I managed to grind it back. I switched over to a 1/2 game that had more money and more action than the 2/4 game but I never had the cards to get involved I was completely card dead for 4 hrs but the chips were flying and the table stayed good until about 2 am so I sat there folding.

March

Total hours played- 31.5
Average hourly winrate- $34
Winnings- $1074

2012 YTD

Total hours played- 272.5
Average hourly winrate- $17
Winnings- $4536

Today's Results- $421 in 4 hrs

The session was good today, feels nice to book a win after 2 unfruitful sessions. The biggest hand today I flopped a boat out of the bb with Q5 and decided to fast play it I bet flop, bet/3bet the turn and got paid off by KQ.

March

Total hours played- 35.5
Average hourly winrate- $42
Winnings- $1495

2012 YTD

Total hours played- 276.5
Average hourly winrate- $18
Winnings- $4957

Today's Results- $405 in 8.5 hrs

I'm pretty happy about how I played today. There was one small spot where I opened utg for 16 with 99 and got 3bet all in for 69 more. I thought about folding but she is a generally loose drunk player and had just lost a decent sized pot with kings on an A high board so could possibly be tilted. I ended about calling and paying off jacks. A few hands later I end up taking down a big staddled pot with middle set that I fast played, bet/3bet jammed the flop and I think he had tptk.

It is a relatively small group that play the 2/4 game (usually only 1 table runs at the Oaks but ocassionally 2). I feel I have a pretty good read on all of the regs. That means I can focus my attention on really figuring out the 2 or 3 new faces that happen to find their way into it. I've played 74 sessions at this stake and have won the last 20 of those sessions. Obviously I am running good and making hands but I am also playing mostly solid.

March

Total hours played- 44
Average hourly winrate- $43
Winnings- $1900

2012 YTD

Total hours played- 285
Average hourly winrate- $19
Winnings- $5362

You need to find more games. Playing with the same players over and over and over will eventually hurt you a little. Drive down the road a little to the next casino and play there.

Keep it up.

I think you are right, I could get a little rusty at trying to figure out all 9 players like it was during my trips to Vegas last year. When that is the case, I follow every hand closely after the moment I sit down. I'm sure some of the regs have me figured out pretty well too so I could probably get more action at a table of unknowns. There are a few more nearby places to play I could check out whenever I want to get away from the Oaks and shuffle different colored chips and stare at different colored felt for a day.

i was just passing on what others have suggested to me and i am playing against a much bigger player pool than 1 or 2 tables at my regular spot.

Just read through the thread and really enjoying it so I have subbed.

This bolded part is discipline that most players don't have and I'm glad that you are smart enough to not let your ego get the best of you. Most people can't move down in stakes to a more profitable game than the stakes they are playing because they feel they are somehow above that. But let's face it, this game is about making money, you go to the table that you can maximum your profit at. Table selection is a major part of maximizing that profit and you seem to realize table selection doesn't have to be just from one set stakes.

Best of luck!!

Good read, very inspirational. I'm 23 and about to take my second shot at playing part-time. Going to start with a 2k bankroll at 100 bb buy-ins untill i get to 3k then buy-in full for 150 bb. Thinking about making a similiar thread for motivation, which seems to be what alot of these similar threads provide for the OP's. Keep up the good work and good luck on the felt!

Today's Results- $160 in 6 hrs

So coincidentally I got called up by my friend who is one of the newest dealers at the Oaks and got invited to a home game in Marin. We stopped Marin Brewing Co. for some brews and got a bbq chicken pizza too. The game was .25/.50 with an unlimited straddle. I tried a few more bluffs than usual in heads up pots and was pretty successful but also made a lot of good hands.

Blinds don't always dictate how big a game is playing. Average PFR sizes and stack sizes are a more important factor. Sometimes the 1/2 tables get super deep and play just as big or bigger than the 2/4. Table selection is critical no doubt.

Thanks!

Yes, this thread has been helpful to me motivation wise. It is nice to have a place to write down my thoughts. GL to you too.

March

Total hours played- 50
Average hourly winrate- $41
Winnings- $2060

2012 YTD

Total hours played- 291
Average hourly winrate- $19
Winnings- $5522

Hey man, its waynetrain from black chip.

LIke the thread. I'm in vegas, let me know when your ready to come out.

Today's Results- $282 in 8 hrs

I woke up kind of early today so I ended up starting my session earlier than usual at a little before noon. The 2/4 game got started up shortly thereafter with an excellent line up.

Here are a couple awkward spots I found myself in-

I pick up 1010 in mp, loose guy to my right has opened to 30, I make it 90 it folds back to him, he calls

Flop- Q94
He checks dark, obviously not a dream flop. The pot is 181, I've got 160 left I decide to ship. I commited myself preflop and my hand still has a little value. He snaps with A7 the board bricks out, nh sir.

I pick up KK in mp and 3bet to 80 over an open of 20 from a loose villain. I get cold called by lp and original raiser folds.

Flop-A106
I check and villain goes all in for 200 into a pot of 181. He made the move pretty quickly, I tank for awhile and decide I can't give him credit. It was a close spot but it just seemed villain would lead smaller if he had AQ or AK. I am also not drawing completely dead if behind, I've got a backdoor spade draw. I call the board runs out K A, I always show my hand whenever I have any kind of decent showdown value so villain mucks. No way to know if I made a really good call or a terrible call, fwiw villain who I 3bet said he folded A5 so that makes it a little less likely villain had an ace. I think it could have been queens or a fd.

There was a controvesial hand that came up where a player bet 200 on the turn to put another player all in. The other player said "okay" and started to slide his chips into the center and the first player instantly tables a flopped set and the second player pulls his chips back claiming to have never called. It was clearly an angle. After the situation was decribed to the floorman the first ruling was that it was a call at this point player 2 is out of his seat and it taking his 200 off the table and refusing to pay. Management is called to appeal the ruling. The game stalled out for about 15 min while the cameras were checked by management and eventually they came to the conclusion that it was not a call because forward motion was not visible despite the rest of the players at the table seeing player 2 move his stack foward while saying "okay". Definitely a scummy move.

Right on.

March

Total hours played- 58
Average hourly winrate- $40
Winnings- $2342

2012 YTD

Total hours played- 299
Average hourly winrate- $19
Winnings- $5804

Dude you are on fire!

To what do you attribute your better results of the past 2 months?

I haven't really changed up my style or anything, mainly I think I am just running good. I am making more hands than usual and they are holding up probably more than they are expected to. I am also more confident in my game and reads and my bankroll is back up to where I am pretty comfortable.

I am also running good in life aswell, that really helps to keep me from tilting. Whenever I take a beat I just think about how great 2012 has been to me so far and nothing can phase me.

See you at the tables.