Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Progress Report

Hey guys,
Sorry I haven't posted in about a week been really busy with playing and school. So anyway I have been doing well from where I started until last night. Last night I got killed and was playing like a loose idiot. I should have quit but kept telling myself that I would get it back which as you know only makes you lose more. My Bankroll is currently at $3100. Before last night I had it at $4500 but the I sat at a 5/10 plo table and lost. I am so mad at myself for doing this. As my results show playing .5/1 plo and 1/2 plo has worked well for me so it is so stupid I played up. I also withdrew $800 a few days ago so as of now in total I am up to $3900 from the $21 won in the loyalty tournament. I am going to keep playing try to make up what I lost last night by actually playing smart instead of like a huge fish at limits I cannot afford. Until I get to $5000 I will play nothing but .25/.50 and .5/1. I feel this in no way risks my bankroll as I have 30 full buyins at .5/1.
Good Luck Guys,
I'd love to hear some feedback or advice or similar stories,
-Philly2230

Monday, February 1, 2010

Bit of a Heater

Hey guys,
This past weekend was a really good one for me. I played alot and am happy to say never put my bankroll at risk. I pretty much played .25/.50 plo except for a few minimum buyins at .50/1 plo and 1/2 plo. I wanted to share a few hands with you. One losing and one winning. I will start off with the losing hand. I was sitting at 1/2 plo with 120 in front of me. I raised to 7 preflop and another person came over top and reraised to 22. I was holding As,Kh,Qs,10c. I called and saw flop along with one other person. So three people in pot. Flop comes A,8,2 rainbow. The guy who reraised shoves his last 86 into pot. The other player folds and I snap call. In my mind I know he doesn't have A'A because there is very little chance he shoves in with A,8,2 rainbow board because there is no threat for someone to really outdraw him. He turns over Kd,Jh,10d,9h. I love this and have him completely crushed. Of course he goes runner runner diamonds to beat me with flush and take down a $270 pot. I about broke my computer after that. So anyway that sucked but now I will tell you about the better hand. Let me just say before that the flop of this hand is the best flop I have ever had playing online poker. I started the hand with $100.50. This was at a 9 seat 1/2 plo table. I get delt AsJcJd4s. It gets raised to $16 preflop. 3 people call including myself, so 4 people go to flop. Flop comes Js7s2s. BOOM! I have nut flush and top set. I am in early position so I check because I am not worried about losing just hoping I can double up. Everyone checks and we go to turn. Turn is 8d. The original raiser, in first position, bets $35 I call and the other two players fold. River is a blank 4c and original raised fires $70 to put me all in with my $55 left. He turned over K high flush and I turn over A high to take down $236 pot. Anyway thats all for now. Have a good one.
-Philly2230