unlucky in mftops Dunce, will follow this thread with interest

Day 3:

I thought today was great...sold my first package (thanks to all who bought a piece) and got to play mFTOPS 42...unfortunately I bricked that but that's just how it goes sometimes. I also made some changes to my game and I was really in the zone for my session tonight. It's always nice to be making the right reads, getting thin value in the right spots, and getting paid off when you have nuttish hands.

In other news, I'm still running good...so far over my 125 games I'm ~8bi over EV. This definitely saved me from losing lots of money the first 2 days, but today I'm happy to report that I made a fair amount both EV and $$wise.

Here's a graph of the challenge thus far (today starts at game 105):


Starting BR: ??? (forgot to update it yesterday )
Ending BR: $138.22
Profit needed for $11s: $34.28

Only 1 hand today as well...villain was pretty limpy IP pre but was cbetting flops very wide. Villain also gave up on a fair % of turns after cbetting flop (and would fold to pressure from that point). In game I told myself I would call a small river raise but fold to a large one...thoughts? I know this hand and the other may not be all that interesting (no herocalls or 3 street bluffs or anything), but I'm posting hands that have made me scratch my head so far. Converter not working, sorry!

Full Tilt Poker Game #29177107981: $6 + $0.25 Heads Up Sit & Go (226931714), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:56:03 ET - 2011/03/19
Seat 1: Duncelanas (1,515)
Seat 2: ruel2007 (1,485)
ruel2007 posts the small blind of 15
Duncelanas posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Duncelanas [Qh 9s]
ruel2007 calls 15
Duncelanas checks
*** FLOP *** [9h Ks Qd]
Duncelanas checks
ruel2007 bets 30
Duncelanas raises to 90
ruel2007 calls 60
*** TURN *** [9h Ks Qd] [Td]
Duncelanas checks
ruel2007 checks
*** RIVER *** [9h Ks Qd Td] [3c]
Duncelanas bets 140
ruel2007 raises to 280
Duncelanas calls 140
*** SHOW DOWN ***

Today's update...



Well today I played vast majority of my session at hyperturbos. I started off running pretty badly at turbos (-4evbi in 6 games, bout time!), so I took a break and came back to hit the hypers with a vengeance. I had fun playing today, got into some "reg wars" if you will...I know it's only $5 hypers, but playing chains of matches against the same opponent is fun.

Despite running well below EV today, my br still managed to work its way upward. I'm really looking forward to hitting the $11 turbos, but of course any hypers I play will be at the $5 level until my roll is at least ~$500. I know how insane the variance is in those games, and have actually been lucky to be profitable in them over such a small sample. I think Jan tossing me some general advice has really helped with my game -- I've been getting less out of line in a lot of spots and just playing a solid game which I feel is definitely good enough to beat them at lowstakes.

Starting BR: $138.22
Ending BR: $148.12
Profit needed for $11s: $24.38

I definitely think I'll be at $11s by the end of this week, which is as good a start to this challenge as I could have hoped for!
Even with running pretty badly today, I still found time to run hot (hope the converter starts working!):

Full Tilt Poker Game #29204678784: $6 + $0.25 Heads Up Sit & Go (227127298), Table 1 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:54:40 ET - 2011/03/20
Seat 1: yerik33 (2,440)
Seat 2: Duncelanas (560)
Duncelanas posts the small blind of 20
yerik33 posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Duncelanas [Jh 9h]
Duncelanas raises to 80
yerik33 calls 40
*** FLOP *** [Td As 8s]
yerik33 bets 40
Duncelanas calls 40
*** TURN *** [Td As 8s] [3h]
yerik33 bets 120
Duncelanas raises to 440, and is all in
yerik33 has 15 seconds left to act
yerik33 calls 320
Duncelanas shows [Jh 9h]
yerik33 shows [3s Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Td As 8s 3h] [7d]
Duncelanas shows a straight, Jack high
yerik33 shows two pair, Aces and Threes
Duncelanas wins the pot (1,120) with a straight, Jack high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,120 | Rake 0
Board: [Td As 8s 3h 7d]
Seat 1: yerik33 (big blind) showed [3s Ah] and lost with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 2: Duncelanas (small blind) showed [Jh 9h] and won (1,120) with a straight, Jack high

Good luck with the challenge man, looks like you'll be on to the $11's soon, good progress so far, dunno how you play those super turbos tho, variance is crazy in them things, I just cant handle it! subscribed

Been a while since I've updated this thread, but despite this I have no intention of letting it die. Since my last post a lot has happened. First off I'm up to $11s! Woooo! Second off I had a bit of a journey as I moved some of my roll over to UB to try out the games there. I really like their ultraturbo and 300 chip ultra structures, but ultimately the traffic just isn't there (it's a ton of bumhunting regs), not to mention my deeper stacked game isn't as solid which puts me at a disadvantage. Even with all this, in my time there I made about $20 + $35 in rakeback (a bit disappointing as I was up multiple hundred at one point), but for the most part I feel like I was playing relatively well and am happy to end the experiment with a small profit.

For the past few days I've been looking to clear out of UB, and today I finally had some luck on that front. I moved some money to PS as I was about 20 vpp away from clearing a $10 stellar and got that cleared today. I'm now in the process of moving my roll on stars back to FTP to get this challenge back on track. In total I have about $270 spread over the 3 accounts (plus $35 rakeback hitting soon on UB), so I've still been profiting a bit and am well safe for the $11 turbos.



Effective roll: ~$258 (will know concretely after rb hits and the acc brs have been merged, should be in about a week)

$ needed for $23s: ~$202

Still a fair way to go but I'm making progress Will have hands to post up probably Monday, gotta run and cba to find them. Run good all!

Degen Tilt Spaz Spew Whoops....Woah I Have a Roll!?!?

So today was a day for the ages. I bumhunted some hu cash (cap of course, cause my deep game is horrible), made a $*@^ton of money, and played a couple husngs to boot. Plus, I actually have an interesting hand (I think I played it ok but maybe not). Now that I actually have a roll, though, I'm swearing off hu cash for quite some time (although there are some massive fish who sit cap) as I really want to focus on my husng game and moving up the levels hopefully to $110s. I'll post my ridiculous graphs and we'll go from there.

Mix of Limit and NLHU cash:

Crazy husng volume:

I feel like I played very well for the most part although I've been continuing to run good (didn't run great on UB but whatever, that's behind me). I really enjoyed playing the cap hu cash today as it plays a lot like a husng (30bb effective)...the rake obviously sucks but I was playing people who were 3xing, c/r flops extremely wide, and were just making spewy, horribad mistakes all over the place.

I plan to pick up a sharkscope sub next week (going to Chicago this weekend ) to help me scout out my opponents and maybe reset my own scope too (still down ~1700 although my recent volume has started to put a dent in things). I'm really excited to be back at $23 husngs where last time I feel I was decently challenged and playing regs made me think and expand my game. That said, $23s are hopefully just going to be a stepping stone into bigger and better things for me so I don't want to be there too long!

Given that it seems I've had a hard time controlling myself, I'll do something sometimes done by husng regs in the regs thread. If you see me sitting outside my bankroll (above $23 turbos or $5 hypers) or sitting HU cash at all besides 50nl cap, post ITT and I'll ship you $50 on fulltilt. I need some motivation to maintain my discipline! This is subject to change of course but I'll post ITT expressly changing it as I move up stakes. My goal is to beat $115 husngs, not to bumhunt 50/100nlhu cap, so let's keep it that way.

I've also decided that before moving up hyperturbo limits I want at least 80bi for the next level, meaning I need $800 to move up to $10 hyperturbos. In terms of moving down, I'll take 4bi shots at turbos and 10bi shots at hyperturbos (adhering to my original brm plan regarding when to move up). This I feel will give me a decent shot at the stake without risking too much of my roll at any given point.

Hand of the day (discussion appreciated!)
Villain is relatively tag although has been playing back at me relatively wide as we've gotten shallower. Villain is also a thinking reg who's on 2p2.





Starting Roll: ~$258
Current Roll: $616.67
Profit for $34 Turbos: $233.33

I'm also going to update this thread more regularly (hopefully ~3/4 times a week) once I get back from Chicago this weekend and can get a regular playing schedule going Also, help me out guys, post ITT! I don't bite!

-Dunce

looking good so far, keep it up....currently playing the $23's and $34's on stars too

Down With The Sickness

So, after getting back from Chicago (was a good time, good pizza too!), I've unfortunately been sick for about the past week (which basically means lack of volume and updates). I'm finally starting to get better, meaning that I can play without feeling like I'm gonna pass out and I can start putting in some decent time and volume again. I've also started shottaking $34s (not quite sitting on 25BI but above 20BI so it's alright), although I forgot to post that ITT so my (supposed) friend Grimhowl hit me up on Skype to claim a fast $50 out of my roll (jerk.).

I also may not have the smartest strategy -- I've been reghunting the $34s and because of that I've been pretty much b/e although I've had some fun games and won the respect of a couple regs. At $34s the only regs I really respect are SenhorF, abs1ck, and Justncredible. On the flip side, I played 30 games 2 tabling against manishma18 (15-15, ran like ****), and am sitting nlucas13 on sight 4 lyfe (he's a fishreg and a prick despite tons of profit).

I'll definitely opensit lobbies when I can't find nlucas although he plays a ton and hopefully will successfully transition to the $34s as a stepping stone to the $57s. Unfortunately, my session with manishma and a couple other games are on my other comp, so here's all my action on this comp (first 5 were when I felt like I was about to pass out, since then it's been play as usual). I'll post some interesting hands in my next update.



Starting Roll: $616.67
Roll: $778.70 (FU Grimhowl )

Edit: Before I forget, the $50 offer still stands. The limits are now changed to above 100nl cap and above $34.50 husngs. If you see me above these limits, post ITT or PM me with your sn and I'll ship you after verifying.

Hey, don't put a bounty on yourself if you don't want to be hunted. =P

You even turned a profit after paying me off if you count your rakeback.

kill it, dunce

This is my first post on here so i apologize if its a little long. I'm nlucas13 on full tilt and i def dont want to hijack this persons thread but i just want to say a couple of things about the personal attack on me and my game.

First - the invite is open if dunce wants some sort of hu sng challenge. If he wants to call me a fishreg and a prick, well so be it. But step up to the plate and put your money where your mouth is. 50 games/100 games, or whatever number of games he/she would like. We can do it for money (whatever amount) above and beyond what we win, or we can simply do it for bragging rights. You let me know and i'm in.

Second - I dont understand why you come on some forum and bash somebody publicly simply because your 10-7 against them. You havent even made a profit from hu poker and you want to knock my game. God knows i'm not the best in poker (even at my playing stakes,) and there are lots of holes in my game. I am certainly a little tilty, sometimes a little too nitty, sometimes a little too spewy, etc etc. And yes, all those things become magnified when i run bad.

And yet, at the risk of sounding repetitive with everything and everybody else in poker, i also have been playing long enough to know that poker has a luck aspect to it that our egos as husng players cant always deal with. I played a guy this week that in his last 100 games averaged a 10 dollar profit per game at 33$ husngs! I would believe noone that tells me even half that is sustainable in todays husng landscape. He was running hot and getting lucky and playing well, and when he and his luck cools off, he'll come back down to earth. Dunce, you may very well be a profitable husng player, and you may even be better than me, but you cant judge that based on 17 games.

I'll be honest; i'm incredibly competitive and I have a big ego. It contributes to my tilt and my smack talk at the table. It can also get my opponent on tilt and cause mistakes. Your biggest strength is often your biggest weakness, and mine is my competitiveness. Its kept me in poker through the horrendous downswings (of which there have been a lot) and the upswings (for some reason, i dont remember those as well!)

Heres some advice duncelanas. Regardless of your opinion on someone, if you got a beef with them, you talk to them personally, and not about them on some forum. 2nd, maybe you should actually "get in the black" profit wise before you bash others for their game. Third, you name the time, the place, and the money; lets make this happen.

HU4ROLLZ?

I hope you're aware of the inherent irony in registering for the forum specifically so you can call him a bitch in public. Pot, meet kettle.

But hey, if you guys end up doing a prop bet for it (I like the challenge idea either way), you can use me as the escrow if you want. It'd be interesting to see how that worked out.

I'm fairly sure I didnt call him any name, ty. I merely said that we can do the challenge, and that he shouldn't be critical when his pedigree doesnt back it up.

You were talking down to him the entire post, disrespect is disrespect. You certainly didn't do it in private.

I'm not saying you do or don't have a legitimate beef with Duncel. But you are being hypocritical.

. Thanks for coming in here and posting

<still munching popcorn>

Ty for the respect Duncelanas, I am SenhorF