And I intend on being her pimp....

I'm having a nice month!

MTTs played: 31
Cashes: 14
First Places: 8
ROI: 237%

I won the $1k guarantee ($11 SH NLH) at bwin a couple of days ago, and have won the $5 afternoon 7-stud tourney 4 out of the 5 times I've played it, with fields of about 20 players, along with a couple of firsts in small limit holdem tourneys and one first in a $5 5-draw tourney with 28 players.

I've been discussing more hands on these forums lately, and in turn thinking more about the game, and in different ways, and I think it's helping. I'm playing less than before, but am more focused when I do, and I think I'm making better decisions at the tables. Here's wishing the same to all the other 2+2ers!

Oh, and my bwin screenname is 'sushi baby'.

I was dreaming about my losing hand in the 3.30 rebuy lol, poker is seriously taking over my life lol.

kamikaze baby how much are you up then this month? Nice run

"only $9 more so I can finally move up... " yoshi02, how much are you moving up with?

I must be pretty lucky, I dont know how to run below EV.

This is my years graph, well mainly FEB, 5k hands were from JAN at 10nl, this is all 16nl really.

I set a target at the start of the month to play 1k hands a day, 5 days a week for FEB so 20k hands, Ive done that in 2 weeks so Ill have a week off to get some uni work done before it overwhelms me.

I started with $200 this year so when I hit $625 total Ill take a 5BI stab at 25nl. cant wait.

Do you think this might be due to a low self confidence N

I dont really know but I see it a lot, I tend not to leave when im ahead, but I still stay on the table too long when im losing (only now and again).

Its so much better to just play a target number of hands a session rather than play according to wins/losses.

Well if you are down a lot, you want to win it back.. and if you are over confident (you think you are better than your opponents), you'll keep playing.. probably keep losing because you are on tilt.. Some people stay also because they are addicted to it..

They leave when they are up because they just want to "book a winning session." They basically leave free money on the table if they leave when a fish has a full stack.

Leaving too early could be low self confidence.. if you think you are just lucky to get out "alive."

$150 in my acc, or 30 BIs. was thinking about taking some shots with $140 but finally decided to make sure I can keep winning against those NL2 whales. besides 30 is a nice number, better than 28 lol

nice graph btw

I'm ready to take a shot at 4nl 6max.

lots of NL2 ballas itt, hope we won't cross each other's path

Nice,
I was too big headed to play 2 or 4nl, I wasnt brand new to poker when I started grinding and I know I wouldnt take it too serious losing 2 or $4. $5 was a nice number for me to start with.

Good job on the BRM though, keep it up.

nice graph, can I see you red line?

Im curious because I play too agressive and LAG and I hate to lose pre flop pots, I have decided to back off and let my red line drop. (which is the norm apparently) Im just curious to see yours because you have a similar win rate to me.

Well, I don't think you should concern yourself about the redline for now. As for me, here are the only three types of bluffs I make:
- 3bet light (I don't do this unless it's a pristine situation.)
- Steal blinds
- Cbet bluff (or semi-bluff)

And that's it, no 4bet light, no c/r bluff, no double or triple barrels, no river over bets. It seems to work so far.

Nice job.

I'm wondering how do you keep your redline above zero. Also you are green-line is way above the yellow one.

Are you thinking about moving up to 25nl yet?

Redlining over zero is a sign that hes not letting many orbits go by without stealing the blinds from the button / cutoff/ hijack and that hes brunsoning most uncontested pots that are checked on the turn. Its a style line more than a profitibility line. but its a good way to have a steady stable line if it fits your style and the table you are on. And the green being over EV goes with the redline being above EV.

I don't think I miss any opportunity to steal blinds, everytime it's folded to me to the CO or BU I ask myself ``Can I steal?'', I usually find myself in two situations (I'm at 2nl):
1- Most players behind me are 13/8 nits, with low steal% (ie, they don't understand position). In this case, I raise any two.
2- Most players behind me are 47/2, in which case I raise only good hands.

Well, I think since situation 2 is more common at 2nl, i can't get my redline upwards.

I dont bluff much more than that either, well at least I like to think I dont. Perhaps I do throw in a few too many turn bets

Im having a horrible day today, one of those lose every hand I come into contact with.

Im down 4BI and I think Ill call it quits If I get one more bad beat or cooler.
I thought about leaving hours ago too *sigh*

!! spoke too soon, last table waiting to sit out and I lost another BI AA<KK

I quit for the night lol.

My worst day of the year, down $82 :/
Feels like a waste of 5k hands.

Time for a joint and a bit of reggae to calm me down lol

I had a bad feeling at the start of the session when I bricked every flop for about an hour, I only played 700 hands, couldnt go on.

Hope you guys have better luck.

Feels like my games today on 16nl thats why I hate calling stations. Because I only get value with my big hands. And on days like today you can lose a fair few of them.

I think I cursed myself this morning saying I dont know how to run below ev.
Today I ran $3BI below.

Sorry just need to get it off my chest, you know how it is

wow...just had an incredible session. $9, almost 5 BIs up.
TT > AA against a 89/47 clown (would never put him on aces) and a 89J flop, 7 on turn
AK > AQ > JJ
phew...I'm finally rolled for NL5. gonna take a break and see how it goes tonight!

I play a very agressive game. I have large swings due to playing so fast, I dont like to change my style too much because I start to confuse myself I think. My main problem is that I dont get much creddit for hands, when I do flop well I often get them to call at least the flop light and sometimes the turn. this probably accounts for my red line.
But when I go on a losing stretch I start to lose pretty fast because I like to keep the pressure on my opponents, hence why calling stations are hell for me.

I was thinking of moving up today, but now I think it will be a few weeks off :/

Nice one.
Careful when you move up, I have made the mistake of not moving back down when you lose a few BI early.

Make sure you set a stop loss. I like to go with 4-5 BI max in one day.

yeah, I've decided that if I go under $100 it's back to the cheezburgerz again...

thanks for the advice pal!
good luck out there, I felt terrible when I had lost 5 BI at NL2...I know it's nowhere near the same loss at higher stakes but still, take a break for today and you'll be in fine shape tomorrow

Just decided to try a mtt again for the first time in a while. 3k gtd 2€ rebuy that I've gone deep in a few times before. Used to play mainly mtt's for quite a while before I found the cash tables. 15 minutes in I 5x my stack with KK set vs. 3 flushdraws and one 2-pair and thought this would be fun. But wow! It's really nothing but a crazy flipfest. After just 30 minutes the average stack is so small that there's hardly a single hand that isn't all-in pre. If it isn't all-in pre, it is on the flop. Can't believe I really used to like playing these!

Anyway, standard KK<AK then AA<44. Now back to the cash tables where there exists this interesting concept called "postflop play".

Yeah I often get annoyed playing donkaments after playing a tonne of cash games.

Yes, absolutely. But I guess this was also partly because it was a rebuy tournament. If I recall correctly the play in this tournament used to calm down significantly after the 90 minute rebuy period.

I think I wanted to give it a shot to hopefully make up for that one time when I made it into top 20 as chipleader, then donked away my stack and finished 17th. Felt so stupid that time as the prizes for ft are actually really huge for a 2€ donkament.

so true, used to play a few $.55 at stars, 1st always won around $550, I was lucky enough to make a FT once and finish 8th for $48.

but the problem is that there are too many players and blinds usually go up super fast so after the ITM bubble it's almost like bingo