Today's Results- -$41 in 7.5 hrs

I played at the home game in Berkeley. I think I played pretty bad. I spewed a lot of chips trying to win the K bounty ($1 from each other player if you win a hand with the K in your hand.) Other people got AK or KK and took it down the easy way, but I picked up K3 and K4 . I tried to run a few bluffs pf with it 3betting and 4betting cold but in all of the cases I ended up getting shoved on . I ended being down about 150 at some point but then I decided I had done enough spewing to get a good image and picked up a couple hands and won a little back. I actually folded a Krag pf even though it hurt.

January 2012

Total hours played- 76.5
Average hourly winrate- -$2
Winnings- -$126

just finished 29 great pages

GL - keep it going

What makes you end a session? Just curious like say you are stuck 200 after 4 hours what makes you continue session or end it?

Also curious when you go to play how much of your roll do u bring with you?

I'm surprised anyone actually read the whole thing! Cheers, thanks for following along.

I usually end a session when I don't really feel like playing or I think the tables are dead. I've never had any kind of stop loss or stop win strategy. I can always hit the atm if I have to. If you are prone to monkey tilt having a stop loss might not be a bad idea though.

Today's Results- $155 in 9 hrs

Despite this break even stretch, 2012 is shaping up to be an awesome year for me. My band is going strong, I met a very sweet new girl and everything is working out with the move to Oakland. I hope your year is starting off well too.

I played 1/2 at the Oaks, the game was good and stacks were pretty deep all around. I picked up quite a few good hands but not favorable boards.

January 2012

Total hours played- 85.5
Average hourly winrate- $0
Winnings- $29

Today's Results- $507 in 8 hrs

I booking my best session of the year so far playing 1/2 at the Oaks while watching the 49ers lose the NFC Championship. I won a big pot aces vs kings and also won a nice pot with bottom set vs top 2. I almost forgot what it feels like to run good.

I've been pretty good lately putting in full 8 hr+ sessions, still it looks like it will be difficult to hit 160 hrs by the end of the month.

January 2012

Total hours played- 93.5
Average hourly winrate- $6
Winnings- $536

Today's Results- -$79 in 3 hrs

I put in a short session today. I only got involved in one pot where I called the straddle from the bb with AQs and they shipped for 47, folded to btn who called. I stick in 147 and btn folds. straddler shows up with 106o and takes it down when the board runs out 4 suited.

It's my birthday, I'm 23. I'm just going to relax and hang out with friends today before playing a ton of hrs to close out the month. I want a present from all you lurkers... come and drop me a line, feel free to ask any questions or comment on any of the hand histories.

January 2012

Total hours played- 96.5
Average hourly winrate- $5
Winnings- $457

Happy Birthday! I've been following your story, good luck!

Catching up on this thread

didn't i tell you this ages ago? When there's a crazy maniac on the table, don't seat change to his direct left to get position on him; seat change to his direct right. absolute position don't mean **** against a maniac.

oh... that's why you didn't wanna play yesterday. I didn't know. Happy belated birthday!!

happy belated man, gl making some solid profit with the end of the month push

Today's Results- $586 in 8 hrs

I set a new personal best on the year. I just ran pretty good today and coolered a couple people.

TY!

Yeah you did and it makes perfect sense. Thanks, see at the next home game!

Thanks!

January 2012

Total hours played- 104.5
Average hourly winrate- $10
Winnings- $1043

Today's Results- -$14 in 9 hrs

It was a pretty boring session. I wasn't picking up too many hands and I didn't feel like the tables were very good anyhow.

I am going to try put in 3 more long sessions before February gets here just playing solid and not making any really bad plays.

January 2012

Total hours played- 113.5
Average hourly winrate- $9
Winnings- $1029

Today's Results- $371 in 7 hrs

I had another session of run good. I picked up a lot of good hands in good spots. I was also making some good reads.

Here is a hand I played at 2/4-

I pick up KQ in lp and open for 16, 2 lp callers both with 200 behind and the bb calls with 500 behind. I've got 400.

Flop- AJ4
It gets checked to me, I sometimes cbet my gutshots but I decided not to this time. checks around

Turn- 5
Now bb who is a tight player bets 40, I know he has at least an ace but he just racked his chips and I know he doesnt want to get involved in a huge pot so I make it 100 and he tank folds AK face up.

January 2012

Total hours played- 120.5
Average hourly winrate- $12
Winnings- $1401

Today's Results- -$632 in 9 hrs

I ran pretty ****ty today and booked my worst session of the year playing 2/4. I lost a big pot AK vs AQ aipf. The table was pretty loose all day but I didn't make hands.

I forgot to mention after that hand from yesterday, I never put my chips in a rack until I fold my last hand utg. I don't want people to know when I am playing my last round because it could affect how my opponents play against me.

Here are a couple hands I played-

I've got AQ in lp, the pot was opened for 16 and then 2 calls, I make it 50. Opener calls along with 1 other caller. Effective stacks are 197.

Flop- 853
villan 1 bets 40 into 167, villain 2 folds and I decide to jam for 107 more I felt like I had some fold equity and that the Q could be the best draw. Villain shows up with AJ and I'm drawing dead nh ma'am (it was actually an old lady) So I guess that was a little bit spewy.

I pick up A10 in lp and make it 16 over 1 limper. The blinds call so does the limper. effective stacks 243

Flop- AJ2
checks to me I bet 40 into 59, the blinds fold limper calls

Turn- 10
checked to me and I am almost certain I am ahead I bet 80 into 139 and villain calls pretty quick (looking back on it I think I should have sized my bet a little bigger like 100 or 120)

River- 3
checked to me again and I put in my last 107. Villain flips 45 nh sir.


January 2012

Total hours played- 129.5
Average hourly winrate- $6
Winnings- $769

Glad to see someone else getting awesome calls from fish and not holding on the river :P Schadenfruede...

Run better next session!!!
This week youll crush

PA,

How was the AK v. AQ played pre. I know it was aipf, but how was it played, what was your position, and who was the original aggressor?

I said it before and I'll say it again, there is no need to play for stacks pre with AK in cash games. In tourneys, I'll do it all day and all night, but in cash games, you need to have some restraint. In this business, you make most of your money on post-flop plays. If you're going to push aipf, I say do it with KK, AA and AKss on some occasions.

As for the AQ hand, tough spot. Think that play was fine.

The AT hand, you may have over-played the hand on the flop. Why are you betting so much on the flop? Villain obviously made a bad call on the flop. Because he called on the flop, I would have just controlled the size of the pot and check it down bc you really can't beat anything.

He made a horrendous call on the flop, but with his hand, he can't go anywhere on the turn regardless of your bet size. Why he checked the river, I'll never understand. I suspect he's a regular loser at that game.

I love playing against fish who call without good odds and then when they make their hand, they check to me. How the hell do you make money playing that way? lol

I had AK in the sb the pot was opened for 20 from mp with 3 callers and I ship for 220 and get called only by AQ. They table was very loose and it was a pretty easy shove. I know AK can be vulnerable vs very tight opens so I ocassionally flat or vs the tightest guys I sometimes just fold it.

In the A10 hand, I think its fine to make my standard cbet of 2/3 pot on the flop with tp ip for value. If I had bet pot or gone all in on the turn I would have negated his implied odds and he wouldn't have the right direct odds to make the call (he has 27% equity)

It was actually the same villain in both hands and yes I do like playing with him.

I suppose the AK ship pre is fine, but the only problem with that is you're shipping against a fish, based on his call on the flop when you had AT. You can't ship against fish w/ a drawing hand bc you know they're going to call with anything. So you need to have a made hand before you ship against a fish. AK is not a made hand pre.

As for the AT hand, 2/3 c-bet is your standard bet? For me, 1/3 to 1/2 is my standard. Anyway, once he called the flop, I still believe you need to control the size of the pot and checked it down and then call a small bet on the river. He didn't have the proper odds to call on the flop, do you honestly think he's folding on the turn if you shove when he picked up more outs? I don't think so. A fish will always be a fish. Just be happy that you're alive to play against these fish. lol

Today's Results- $920 in 11.5 hrs

So I spent 8 hrs playing at the Berkeley home game and dropped about 100. I caught a ride to the Oaks to play for a little longer. I end up playing the 2/4 game which was just starting to break up so we played shorthanded for a bit. It was fun playing shorthanded even though I'm really rusty since I spend the majority of my time playing 9 and 10 handed. I felt like I was reading people well and flopping a peice more often than not and built up a 1.2k stack. I never really coolered anyone either I was getting called down pretty light.



That was the first 1k session of my poker career, it felt pretty good to stack all those chips.

I played about 88% of my target hrs which is pretty good. Despite falling 20 hrs short, 140 is the 3rd most hrs I've played poker in a single month. I put in 50 of those hrs playing 2/4 and my average winrate has improved considerably.

Here is my January graph



Here is a graph of the 167 hrs I've played at 2/4 lifetime, very swingy haha



Looking back at a couple of the goals I set...

I've been sick a couple times and slacked on the physical exercise. I'll try to hop back into it. My knee is feeling better after I really ****ed it up 10 weeks ago so I might try going on some short runs. I also need to work on my diet. I am eating more fruit but I still eat to much junk and drink too many sodas and energy drinks which I want to cut out. My sleep pattern was better than it was the past few months which is great.

I did comment on some hands in LLSNL, never posted a hand though. I did play a couple sticky hands lately that I think I could post in there this month.
I got in a few study sessions but I could squeeze in a few more.

As for February, I am going to aim for 160 hrs of solid play.

January 2012

Total hours played- 140.5
Average hourly winrate- $12
Winnings- $1691

nice stack brother, keep it up!

Nice day at the office!!!

Looking solid, pick up the wages

Sweet pic, the yellow are $5?

Today's Results- $304 in 6 hrs

I felt like the 2/4 game today wasn't as good as it usually is but I still booked a solid session to kick off the month. Most of my profit came from a hand where I picked up kings and got called down by tptk. There was one odd spot where the board is AJK4Q and a crazy guy bets 150 (about 50 behind) into a 60 pot I guess it should have been an easy fold with AQ but I tanked for about 30 seconds before folding.

There was another tough spot where I flopped tp2k on a bone dry, ace high board and planned to go for the c/r. lp bets and is c/r by ep so I just let it go. lp stacked off on the turn and ep snapped him off with A8

I've been paying a lot of attention lately to timing tells. I try to pick up how long certain villains take to act and whenever they go in the tank I try to figure out what they could be thinking about. I helps to watch hands I'm not involved in to watch how the betting goes and what gets shown down. Poker has a rythym and after playing so many hrs I am very sensitive to stuff like that. The game becomes so easy when you know almost exactly where you are at in a hand.

Thanks man, hopefully I can make it happen more often.

Yep, nice smooth ride.

Thanks

Yes sir

February

Total hours played- 6
Average hourly winrate- $50
Winnings- $304

2012 YTD

Total hours played- 146.5
Average hourly winrate- $14
Winnings- $1995