Tuesday, May 31, 2011

May month end review

May ended up being a pretty good month. I ended up playing mostly NLHE on-line for some reason. Time was split between NL50 and NL100 (all 6 max) but here is the obligatory graph:



Very pleased with my play and especially pleased with the red line. This represents $$ won without showdown (in other words getting the opponents to fold). Small sample but this is a good start.

Here are the results:

On-line Cash +$1255.78
On-line tournaments +$669.00
Merge Rakeback +$494.02
Lock Poker Rake Race +$297.00
Lock Poker VIP Points $91.31
Lock Poker Ipad2 New Player Bonus +$550 (FMV)
Live Cash -$575
Live Tournament -$510
Live Staking arrangements/swaps/etc. +$65

Total $2,337.11

Not sure how confident I am in Lock Poker to payout withdrawal requests. At this point I am totally freerolling since I only deposited $500, ran it up over $3.5k and then was able to transfer over $1k of it to friends in exchange for cash. That coupled with the Ipad that was to be shipped today means I will have gotten over $1.5k out even if I never received a check. Obviously I am still trying to get the remaining $2k off though.

You will note that my on-line cash is less than the graph and that is a result of some poor results in Omaha Hi-Low both limit and Pot Limit. But here is a funny winning hand playing 10/20 Limit...my preflop play is spewy but this cat was running like 75/60 over 50 hands or so and I felt like I was ahead of his range (guess i was wrong):

Merge $1000.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo - 3 players - View hand 1328695
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $742.25
SB: $1464.50
Hero (BB): $300.00

Pre Flop: ($15.00) Hero is BB with 8 of hearts Q of spades Q of clubs A of clubs
BTN raises to $20, 1 fold, Hero raises to $30, BTN raises to $40, Hero raises to $50, BTN raises to $60, Hero calls $10

Flop: ($125.00) Q of diamonds 4 of spades T of clubs (2 players)
Hero bets $10.00, BTN raises to $20, Hero raises to $30, BTN raises to $40, Hero raises to $50, BTN raises to $60, Hero raises to $70, BTN calls $10

Turn: ($265.00) 2 of hearts (2 players)
Hero bets $20.00, BTN raises to $40, Hero raises to $60, BTN raises to $80, Hero raises to $100, BTN calls $20

River: ($465.00) A of hearts (2 players)
Hero bets $20.00, BTN calls $20

Final Pot: $505.00
BTN shows K of spades 4 of diamonds 2 of spades K of clubs
Hero shows 8 of hearts Q of spades Q of clubs A of clubs
Hero wins $504.00
(Rake: $1.00)

On the subject of red-line from above, here is a sure fire way to boost it...get your opponent to put in 90% of his stack and then fold the river...lol. I am checking turn to induce a spew from this aggro monkey...

Merge $50.00 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 1328459
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

UTG: $28.14
Hero (CO): $68.67
BTN: $57.70
SB: $59.33
BB: $38.35

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with A of spades A of diamonds
UTG raises to $1, Hero raises to $2.83, BTN calls $2.83, 3 folds

Flop: ($7.41) 5 of clubs J of hearts 6 of clubs (2 players)
Hero bets $5.55, BTN calls $5.55

Turn: ($18.51) 2 of hearts (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($18.51) 8 of diamonds (2 players)
Hero bets $12.34, BTN raises to $42, Hero raises to $60.29, BTN folds

Final Pot: $102.51
Hero wins $100.51
(Rake: $2.00)

Most annoying river vs a fish

Sometimes when you play trappy vs. a fish it can backfire. I flop the fa-schnizzles and he obv goes runner-runner for a kick in the stones:

Merge $50.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1328460
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

MP: $50.00
CO: $62.11
Hero (BTN): $57.39
SB: $15.00
BB: $54.00
UTG: $66.09

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with J of spades T of spades
2 folds, CO raises to $1.12, Hero raises to $3.36, 2 folds, CO calls $2.24

Flop: ($7.47) 8 of hearts 7 of diamonds 9 of hearts (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($7.47) 8 of spades (2 players)
CO bets $7.47, Hero raises to $14.94, CO raises to $52.29, Hero calls $37.35, CO calls $0

River: ($112.05) 9 of diamonds (2 players)

Final Pot: $112.05
CO shows 8 of diamonds 4 of diamonds
Hero shows J of spades T of spades
CO wins $112.53
(Rake: $-0.48)

Any way, off to Las Vegas on Monday June 6th for a week of poker debauchery. Let's gogogogogo!!

Monday, May 16, 2011

May off to good start

Title says it all pretty much. Playing more NLHE than anything else just due to the volume of game running. Funny hand of the first 2 weeks:

Merge $100.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo - 6 players - View hand 1309548
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

MP: $100.85
CO: $197.75
BTN: $98.80
SB: $88.77
BB: $234.21
Hero (UTG): $345.95

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is UTG with 2 of spades 3 of diamonds 5 of diamonds 6 of clubs
Hero raises to $3.50, 1 fold, CO raises to $12, 2 folds, BB calls $11, Hero calls $8.50

Flop: ($36.50) 3 of spades 3 of hearts 8 of clubs (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $36.50, CO folds, BB raises to $146, Hero raises to $333.95, BB calls $76.21 all in

Turn: ($480.92) J of hearts (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($480.92) Q of spades (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $480.92
BB shows A of spades 8 of hearts T of diamonds K of clubs
Hero shows 2 of spades 3 of diamonds 5 of diamonds 6 of clubs
Hero wins $477.92
(Rake: $3.00)

Strangest line for a villain...I mean if you are stacking off on any flop shouldn't he just put it in pre?

Merge $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 1309549
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

SB: $102.50
BB: $105.50
UTG: $98.50
CO: $108.80
Hero (BTN): $197.50

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with A of spades K of clubs
UTG raises to $2.87, 1 fold, Hero raises to $8.30, 2 folds, UTG raises to $26.40, Hero raises to $61.60, UTG calls $35.20

Flop: ($124.70) 8 of hearts A of hearts 7 of clubs (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $62.35, UTG calls $36.90 all in

Turn: ($198.50) T of diamonds (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($198.50) Q of clubs (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $198.50
UTG shows Q of spades Q of hearts
Hero shows A of spades K of clubs
UTG wins $196.50
(Rake: $2.00)

Cash games-red line starting to look a lot better; although small sample size:



Tournaments-Played very few. Afraid to play more since these results look so sexy!



Off to Borgata in the AM to play the $1k Deep Stack with $250k guarantee. Feel like I am due for a nice deep run.