Had a good hour long session playing .25/.50 LHE on PS this morning. Made 15.75, for a 27.79 BB/Hour profit. Not too shabby.
February 5, 2006
So, my buddy Matt turned 30 on Thursday, and he decided to have a poker tournament at his house last night. Played two games, finished 3rd out of 16 for $40, and won the second, with 10 entries, for $140. Not too bad of a night.
February 3, 2006
Been a while. Had a $100 downswing on PokerStars, where I just couldn’t catch a hand. I’ve worked my bankroll there back up to $60, so it’s progress; decided I wasn’t going to dump anymore money into Paradise, until I get comfortable with ring games; deposited $50 into FTP, and have made a $6 profit there so far, and finished 2nd in the Ultimate Casino Guide’s Christmas freeroll over at (Carribean) Sun Poker. Going to a live $20 buy-in tomorrow, good times, good times.
December 20, 2005
Played 5 SnG’s tonight, finished 1st in 1, for a $27 win; however, I didn’t money in the other 4, making tonight a net of $3 up. Woot. Or something. What can I say, I had a set of Queens get beat by a river straight, and had my pocket A’s beaten by a set of 9′s. Just bad luck, vairnece, bad beats, however you want to look at it.
On a good note, I think I’m playing better, I’ve gotten more agressive, so that tends to do well in these low limit buyins. The downside is I have to be picky on which hands to play. A good article about how I try to play this stuff now.
December 1, 2005
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) HandConverter Link
saw flop|saw showdown
UTG (t1360)
UTG+1 (t1450)
MP1 (t1240)
MP2 (t1330)
MP3 (t1350)
CO (t1625)
Hero (t605)
SB (t2140)
BB (t2400)
Preflop: Hero is Button with A
, A
.
UTG calls t30, 1 fold, MP1 calls t30, MP2 calls t30, MP3 raises to t60, 1 fold, Hero raises to t180, 1 fold, , UTG folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 raises to t1350, Hero calls t425 (All-In), BB calls t540.
Flop: (t3410) 5, 7
, Q (3 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t3410) J (3 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t3410) A (3 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: t3410
Main Pot: t1920 (t1920), between MP3, Hero and BB. > Pot won by Hero (t1920).
Pot 2: t1490 (t1490), between MP3 and BB. > Pot won by BB (t1490).
Results below:
BB has Q Q (three of a kind, queens).
MP3 has J J
(three of a kind, jacks).
Hero has A A (three of a kind, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t1920. BB wins t1490.
November 23, 2005
Won a $6+.50 SnG, and finished 4th in the evening freeroll over at Bullhorn. Netted about $75 for 2 hours of work. Not too shabby. 
November 11, 2005
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (6 handed) HandConverter Link
BB (t1480)
UTG (t1470)
MP (Donkey) (t2830)
Hero (t1510)
Button (t1730)
SB (t4480)
Preflop: Hero is CO with 9, A.
1 fold, MP (Donkey) calls t20, Hero raises to t80, 2 folds, BB calls t60, MP (Donkey) calls t60.
Flop: (t250) Q, A, 8 (3 players)
BB checks, Donkey checks, Hero bets t125, BB raises to t250, Donkey calls t250, Hero calls t125.
Turn: (t1000) J (3 players)
BB bets t440, Donkey raises to t2500, Hero calls t1180 (All-In), BB folds.
River: (t5120) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: t5120
Results below:
Donkey has T 2 (straight, queen high).
Hero has 9 A (two pair, aces and nines).
Outcome: Donkey wins t5120.
Now I ask you, did I play this wrong? Mind you, this is just the 7th hand of this SnG, we had 2 people out on the first hand, and another one gone on the 2nd.
November 9, 2005
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (6 handed) HandConverter Link
SB (t660)
BB (t5173)
UTG (t1105)
MP (t2417)
CO (t1755)
Hero (t2390)
Preflop: Hero is Button with J, J.
3 folds, Hero raises to t600, 1 fold, BB calls t450.
Flop: (t1275) A, A, J (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t300, BB raises to t4573, Hero calls t1490 (All-In).
Turn: (t7638) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t7638) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: t7638
Results below:
BB has 7 A (full house, aces full of sevens).
Hero has J J (full house, jacks full of aces).
Outcome: BB wins t7638.
Paradise Poker No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (4 handed) HandConverter Link
Hero (t475.00)
UTG (t2335.00)
Button (t2510.00)
SB (t4680.00)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, 8. SB posts a blind of t50.
2 folds, SB (poster) completes, Hero raises to t425, SB calls t375.
Flop: (t950) 2, T, 4 (2 players)
Turn: (t950) A (2 players)
River: (t950) T (2 players)
Final Pot: t950
Results below:
Hero has Q 8 (one pair, tens).
SB has 4 9 (two pair, tens and fours).
Outcome: SB wins t950.
October 22, 2005
Well, went to Jason’s and played, and got beat bad. Finished 9th out of 10, just couldn’t catch any cards.
Then, after making plans to play a short handed Omaha game, everyone decides to back out. Shit, I wouldn’t have wasted my time sitting around over there if I had known that we weren’t going to play another game.
So came back home, and played another $6+.50 Turbo SnG. What follows is what I think the best hand was:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (7 handed) converter
saw flop
CO (t1890)
Button (t2180)
Hero (t1705)
BB (t2445)
UTG (t3105)
MP1 (t960)
MP2 (t1215)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, K.
1 fold, MP1 calls t50, 3 folds, Hero raises to t150, BB calls t100, MP1 calls t100.
Flop: (t450) T, Q, 8 (3 players)
Hero bets t200, BB folds, MP1 calls t200.
Turn: (t850) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets t610 (All-In), Hero calls t610.
River: (t2070) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: t2070
Main Pot: t2070 (t2070), between Hero and MP1. > Pot won by Hero (t2070).
Results in white below:
Hero has Q Kh (three of a kind, queens).
MP1 has T J (two pair, queens and tens).
Outcome: Hero wins t2070.
Oh, and I ended up winning it, making a whole $2 for the night. Woot!
October 21, 2005
Well, managed to finish 3rd in another SnG tonight. Made $5, not too bad for just sitting around the house. Cards were cold though…I only had 2 decent starting hands. Ended up going all in with a A8. Luckily, I flopped 2 more A’s, and I doubled up. From there, just played a tight/agressive game until the end. Oh well, it’s better than going out and blowing money, I guess.
