So today was pretty cool, i ran a lot worse the yesterday but I know i made some progress on the day, cause I wrote a ton of notes. I'm definitely getting more familiar with the good regs / nits / and randoms. I totally butchered some hands, but played pretty well on the day overall. Did manage to make 3 bi. Unfortunately I ran out of time today, only managed to get 5/6 sessions in... AGAIN. Time for 3rd attempt at 6 tomorrow.

Heres a hand from today's session.

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Poker Stars
SB ($101)
BB ($52.54)
UTG ($66.46)
Hero ($48.19)
CO ($25.75)
BTN ($25)

Dealt to Hero K K

UTG raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.04, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $1.29

FLOP ($4.43) Q 4 T

UTG checks, Hero bets $2.96, UTG calls $2.96

TURN ($10.35) Q 4 T K

UTG checks, Hero bets $4.94, UTG raises to $10, Hero calls $5.06

RIVER ($30.35) Q 4 T K Q

UTG bets $7.50, Hero raises to $33.19 (AI), UTG calls $25.69

UTG shows Q Q
(Pre 18%, Flop 88.2%, Turn 2.3%)

Hero shows K K
(Pre 82%, Flop 11.8%, Turn 97.7%)

UTG wins $94.73

If this were yesterday I would of had the quads! Hopefully tomorrow the run good will be in full swing, should be a juicy sunday with the WCOOP in full swing.

Sorry no summary or graphs today I'm running behind, some friends are waiting on me we're going out for a few drinks. Pretty much all the excitement i'm getting for the week so not enough time for pics. I'll try to make a better write up tomorrow.

So drinking is fun, but so so bad for your poker work ethic. My last two work days I've failed miserably with volume and focus. Today I slept in, and managed to only get 2 sessions in. On Sunday, I was planning on doing 6, but the drinking on Saturday night with friends screwed me, I managed to only get in 2. Thankfully no one noticed no report in time, so I saved 5$ there. Overall I'm not to happy with myself lately, it's time to focus and regroup my efforts toward this month. I screwed around enough these past few days that it's hopefully out of my system. I want the next partying I do to be celebrating at the end of September over a successful month.

It was pretty hard to rate my play today, as I feel like I didn't play enough hours and the short term variance is too high. I know for a fact, I wasn't on my A game though. It's almost impossible for me to play at my highest level hungover with my stomach turning all morning.


Day:


Month:



Day w/o RB: $0.31
Rakeback: $11.08
Sessions Today: 2
Month w/ RB: $892.62

Well last night I didnt' get to bed till 5am, I just wasn't tired cause I slept in so much the day before. But today I was determined to wake up early, so I only slept 4 hours. I managed to get my 4 sessions in, tomorrow I'll be going for 5.

My 3rd session of the day was miserable, I literally lost every pot and could not win a pot over 20bb forever. No momentum, a few coolers, and a few top of their range spots that I could not get away from. I faced the storm though, and was rewarded nicely. The deck hit me in the face during my 4th session and I just happened to get a couple of synch hands vs fish.

My favourite hand of the day. I love having a loose image.

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Poker Stars
SB ($21.93)
BB ($36.26)
UTG ($26.07)
UTG+1 ($37.01)
CO ($13.65)
Hero ($58.20)

Dealt to Hero A K

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.55, fold, BB raises to $2, Hero calls $1.45

FLOP ($4.10) 2 7 Q

BB bets $4, Hero calls $4

TURN ($12.10) 2 7 Q Q

BB bets $6, Hero raises to $13.25, BB calls $7.25

RIVER ($38.60) 2 7 Q Q K

BB bets $17.01 (AI), Hero calls $17.01

Hero shows A K
(Pre 67%, Flop 50.5%, Turn 90.9%)

BB shows 7 4
(Pre 33%, Flop 49.5%, Turn 9.1%)

Hero wins $70.62

Day:


Month:


Day w/o RB: -$37.27
Rakeback: $25.70
Sessions Today: 4
Month w/ RB: $881.14

Managed to get in 4/5 sessions today, but I also put a couple hours into hand review and database studying/toying around. I've got some ideas for experimenting and ranges to adjust. It should be pretty fun to play next tues-thurs vs the more reg infested mid week pool of players.

I had a fairly swingy day and noticed myself off my A game for quite a while today. It's not the biggest deal cause it lead me towards hand reviewing and thinking more about my game as whole. I should of profited today though, so that's frustrating, too many mistakes and they can compound so fast in ZOOM.

Here's some hands, this ones from reg who's capable of squeezing air. A tricky spot came into a synch once I turned top of my range.

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Poker Stars
SB ($81.58)
BB ($17.08)
UTG ($12.50)
UTG+1 ($29.17)
Hero ($26.87)
BTN ($30.19)

Dealt to Hero 8 8

fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.75, Hero calls $0.75, BTN raises to $2.75, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $2

FLOP ($6.60) 2 9 4

Hero checks, BTN bets $3.90, Hero calls $3.90

TURN ($14.40) 2 9 4 8

Hero checks, BTN bets $6.70, Hero calls $6.70

RIVER ($27.80) 2 9 4 8 2

Hero checks, BTN bets $14, Hero calls $13.52 (AI)

BTN shows T Q
(Pre 47%, Flop 26.4%, Turn 9.1%)

Hero shows 8 8
(Pre 53%, Flop 73.6%, Turn 90.9%)

Hero wins $52.84

A neat hand vs a fish.

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Poker Stars
SB ($56.49)
BB ($85.22)
UTG ($17.10)
UTG+1 ($25)
Hero ($44.59)
BTN ($103)

Dealt to Hero K K

UTG calls $0.25, UTG+1 raises to $1, Hero raises to $2.82, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $2.57, fold

FLOP ($6.99) T 2 K

UTG checks, Hero bets $3.34, UTG calls $3.34

TURN ($13.67) T 2 K 3

UTG checks, Hero checks

RIVER ($13.67) T 2 K 3 8

UTG bets $10.94 (AI), Hero calls $10.94

UTG shows 9 A
(Pre 33%, Flop 4.3%, Turn 0.0%)

Hero shows K K
(Pre 67%, Flop 95.7%, Turn 100.0%)

Hero wins $33.95

Day:


Month:


Day w/o RB: -$32.69
Rakeback: $24.15
Sessions Today: 4 + 2-3 hours of study
Month w/ RB: $872.49

Today was so painful, all day I just could not catch a break. I was shown the nuts all day when I was making close calls, and when i was making thin value bets I'd get nitrolled by a better hand. It was by far the worst day I've had all month. Not exactly what I was expecting to happen on a Friday.

If it continues I will be jumping back down to 10 NL Zoom. I'm goin to need to run and play well tomorrow, I did a bunch of studying today and I'll be making some adjustments Tomorrow, hopefully they are correct ones. I'd love to blame the last 3 days on variance, but the truth is I may not quite be ready enough for 25NL. Sigh that sounds so sad, lets hope it's just variance.

Day:


Month:


Day w/o RB: -$247.11
Rakeback: $27.60
Sessions Today: 5 + 1 hour of study
Month w/ RB: $652.24

what do you think are some key points to beating 10nl?