Super swingy last couple of weeks... I can't begin to explain but its still nice knowing my BR is higher than ever. Its at ~250 atm. I was at 270 on Friday, stabbed @ 10nl, dropped down to 220, raged, played some 10nl PLO (yeah i'm a retard) but ran super hot and was back up to $290. Stabbed at 10nl again, bumped down to 230 due to EXCESSIVE runbad. 10nl is super rigged. I was set over set twice, got boat over boated once, straight over set, limped AA over KK postflop on turn, i dunno, shit just went wrong everywhere.
Anyways, I grinded back up from 230 (after hitting a low of 210... runbad like i said) and then pushed up to $250 last night. I'm clearing the $25 Take Two bonus at full tilt which i should get paid for on Saturday, and I'm expecting a $90 rakeback check tomorrow (9k hands at 10nl = good rakeback) so I'll be stabbing at 10nl once again. Cmon rungood, whar u been hiding... hell.. if I hit the tables and run hot tonight I could be in a position to just roll out on omaha, which is a hell of a lot of fun comparatively to NLHE if you ask me.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) -
BB ($5.69)
UTG ($7.39)
MP ($8.16)
CO ($8.95)
Hero (Button) ($8.41)
SB ($2.49)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 8:spade:, 7:spade:
2 folds, CO bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.20, 2 folds
Flop: ($0.47) 9:spade:, J:club:, 7:diamond: (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($0.47) 8:diamond: (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $0.25, CO calls $0.25
River: ($0.97) 8:heart: (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $0.50, CO raises to $1.85, Hero raises to $7.96 (All-In), CO calls $6.11
Total pot: $16.89 | Rake: $1.12
villain shows up with JJ
rounders anyone?
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
the joys of 5nl
im so unbelievably tilted its unmistakable in the amount of buyins i'm shooting out of my mouth at these kids
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Haven't updated in a while
It's been pretty ridiculous. I took a stab at 10nl two weeks ago and spiked up 5 buyins in an hour. Doing 43bb/100 was pretty awesome playing rush. I took the stab with 17 buyins, and had about 22, when I hit a 6bi downswing, then another 4bi downswing when I moved down to 5nl. This really wrecked my confidence. So I played .01/.02 and quickly had an 8 buyin upswing in about 2 hours. What else is new... people shoving 2nd pair no kicker, obviously chasing draws, obvious when they hit them. obvious when they hit anything. i played about 1400 hands at .01/.02, then shot back to 5nl. After two breakeven sessions I spiked a 5 bi uphike, and now I'm back around $170. I'll give 10nl another shot at 180... hopefully this time I break through. Its insane how much rake I've paid between switching to 5nl. About $325 in september vs about $45 in august.
However, the rakeback is super sexy. I'm so excited to move up and really crush with that type of return.
However, the rakeback is super sexy. I'm so excited to move up and really crush with that type of return.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Progress
Okay, so after all those heaters I donked off a ton of my roll down to $105, and I had to re-evaluate my game. After reading a ton of good posts on 2+2 I found a couple really solid hitters. This post was fantastic:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/78/micro-stakes-full-ring/concept-week-19-some-common-leaks-unl-506062/
if you could read that it'll help you plug a lot of good leaks, mainly with betting for information. Betting when you have a solid hand is a great way of raping the rush tables. I immediately took this information, and stopped Cbetting too heavy because it would only really lead me to double barreling and loosing 20bb in a hand I had nothing to do with. I quickly turned my game around and I'm back at $155. I'll be working up to 170 then I'm going to give a couple cash games a shot. The main thing with moving up in stakes is keeping the aggression on. What was wrong with me for the first couple of 5nl cash games was that I was running hot, so the aggression was easy, but after I started running into some marginal hands that were still good, I would fold as soon as there was any doubt. When you have 2nd pair with a great kicker, it was hard for me to barrel someone because I'd always assign them to a hand that was better than mine. When I was playing rush this is when I really became appreciative of aggression frequency and putting pressure on those with hands that are running equal to mine, and folding out to more 3bets.
I've lost the most BI's at 5nl by not following the baluga theorem. If you're getting 3bet on the turn with TPTK.. you need to seriously evaluate the strength of your hand and the characteristics of the villain. If the villain is 3bet happy and has been seen showing up after 3betting with marginal hands, then flatting his 3bet and re-evaluating on the river might show positive results. If you have TPTK and a draw at the same time, typically thats enough equity to ship it over them, but flatting is still better because if you miss your draw you have the opportunity to save money on the river, however calling a turn raise to fold a river is typically a bad play. Usually if villain is full of shit they'll make a bet sizing error on the river anyways.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/78/micro-stakes-full-ring/concept-week-19-some-common-leaks-unl-506062/
if you could read that it'll help you plug a lot of good leaks, mainly with betting for information. Betting when you have a solid hand is a great way of raping the rush tables. I immediately took this information, and stopped Cbetting too heavy because it would only really lead me to double barreling and loosing 20bb in a hand I had nothing to do with. I quickly turned my game around and I'm back at $155. I'll be working up to 170 then I'm going to give a couple cash games a shot. The main thing with moving up in stakes is keeping the aggression on. What was wrong with me for the first couple of 5nl cash games was that I was running hot, so the aggression was easy, but after I started running into some marginal hands that were still good, I would fold as soon as there was any doubt. When you have 2nd pair with a great kicker, it was hard for me to barrel someone because I'd always assign them to a hand that was better than mine. When I was playing rush this is when I really became appreciative of aggression frequency and putting pressure on those with hands that are running equal to mine, and folding out to more 3bets.
I've lost the most BI's at 5nl by not following the baluga theorem. If you're getting 3bet on the turn with TPTK.. you need to seriously evaluate the strength of your hand and the characteristics of the villain. If the villain is 3bet happy and has been seen showing up after 3betting with marginal hands, then flatting his 3bet and re-evaluating on the river might show positive results. If you have TPTK and a draw at the same time, typically thats enough equity to ship it over them, but flatting is still better because if you miss your draw you have the opportunity to save money on the river, however calling a turn raise to fold a river is typically a bad play. Usually if villain is full of shit they'll make a bet sizing error on the river anyways.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
The Downswing on 5nl
Worst hand tonight, and why I was running under EV:
Full Tilt Poker $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/902544
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
UTG: $5.00
MP: $7.64
CO: $3.50
Hero (BTN): $5.13
SB: $3.94
BB: $10.57
CO posts a big blind ($0.05)
Pre Flop: ($0.12) Hero is BTN with Kc Tc
2 folds, CO checks, Hero raises to $0.15, SB calls $0.13, 1 fold, CO calls $0.10
Flop: ($0.50) 8c Td 5s (3 players)
SB checks, CO bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, SB calls $0.30
Turn: ($1.40) 9d (3 players)
SB checks, CO checks, Hero bets $0.70, SB calls $0.70, CO raises to $3.05 all in, Hero calls $2.35, SB folds
River: ($8.20) Jh (2 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $8.20
CO shows Th 7h (a straight, Jack high)
Hero shows Kc Tc (a pair of Tens)
CO wins $7.66
(Rake: $0.54)
First stab at 5nl... great success
So I completely plowed 5nl this morning, which is great because now I can play the stake stress free. I had about 117 in my BR this morning and I figured I'd give it a shot while I was waiting for work to start... and it couldn't have been better. This is my run today. The first couple hundred are from 2nl, but you can tell when I started up the 5nl table.. first hand I put money into was a pair of 6's and hit a set against a guy with a huge stack and AK on like an A69 board. Woot.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The uNL climb so far
Just wanted to drop a graph in here for reference in the future for how I was looking before I made stabs at 5nl. I'll be hitting the tables tomorrow after work for a solid grind of 2nl until I'm feeling on top, then I'm gonna pop open two 5nl tables and play tight and in position.
Graph from last night
Heres the graph from last night. Super awesome heater. Here's to hoping that my cards run that hot again soon.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
What a heater
Had a crazy night tonight. Ran extremely hot and won $12.29 in 1371 hands... Crushed this morning for $10, and just picked up another 12, so the BR went from 89 something to 113 today between 3-4 sessions. bb/100 is at 69.54 for the day on hold 'em manager but it doesn't include the session from my laptop this morning. What a day.
I'm expecting about $8-9 in rakeback... and then its 5nl for me. About time!
Hand Reviews...
Could have had another dollar here easy by raising the river, but at least we kept the last guy in the pot. So it could have gone either way. Actually, probably would have gotten folds
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com
Hero (BB) ($4.83)
UTG ($0.68)
MP ($2.45)
CO ($1.27)
Button ($2)
SB ($4.39)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 9h, 4c
UTG calls $0.02, MP calls $0.02, CO calls $0.02, 1 fold, SB calls $0.01, Hero checks
Flop: ($0.10) 5c, 7s, 9s (5 players)
SB bets $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, UTG calls $0.10, MP calls $0.10, 1 fold
Turn: ($0.50) 10c (4 players)
SB bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.20, UTG calls $0.20, MP calls $0.20
River: ($1.30) 4h (4 players)
SB bets $0.42, Hero calls $0.42, 1 fold, MP calls $0.42
Total pot: $2.56 | Rake: $0.17
aaaand the obvious fold for the evening
Full Tilt Poker $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em - 4 players - http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/902546
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
BB: $3.31
CO: $2.60
Hero (BTN): $2.00
SB: $2.09
Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is BTN with Ac Qs
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.06, SB calls $0.05, BB calls $0.04
Flop: ($0.18) 7c 6h Qh (3 players)
SB bets $0.18, BB folds, Hero raises to $0.36, SB calls $0.18
Turn: ($0.90) 6d (2 players)
SB bets $1.67 all in, Hero calls $1.58 all in
River: ($4.06) 5h (2 players - 2 are all in)
Final Pot: $4.06
Hero shows Ac Qs (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
SB shows 4c 6c (three of a kind, Sixes)
SB wins $3.79
(Rake: $0.27)
I'm expecting about $8-9 in rakeback... and then its 5nl for me. About time!
Hand Reviews...
Could have had another dollar here easy by raising the river, but at least we kept the last guy in the pot. So it could have gone either way. Actually, probably would have gotten folds
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com
Hero (BB) ($4.83)
UTG ($0.68)
MP ($2.45)
CO ($1.27)
Button ($2)
SB ($4.39)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 9h, 4c
UTG calls $0.02, MP calls $0.02, CO calls $0.02, 1 fold, SB calls $0.01, Hero checks
Flop: ($0.10) 5c, 7s, 9s (5 players)
SB bets $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, UTG calls $0.10, MP calls $0.10, 1 fold
Turn: ($0.50) 10c (4 players)
SB bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.20, UTG calls $0.20, MP calls $0.20
River: ($1.30) 4h (4 players)
SB bets $0.42, Hero calls $0.42, 1 fold, MP calls $0.42
Total pot: $2.56 | Rake: $0.17
aaaand the obvious fold for the evening
Full Tilt Poker $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em - 4 players - http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/902546
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
BB: $3.31
CO: $2.60
Hero (BTN): $2.00
SB: $2.09
Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is BTN with Ac Qs
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.06, SB calls $0.05, BB calls $0.04
Flop: ($0.18) 7c 6h Qh (3 players)
SB bets $0.18, BB folds, Hero raises to $0.36, SB calls $0.18
Turn: ($0.90) 6d (2 players)
SB bets $1.67 all in, Hero calls $1.58 all in
River: ($4.06) 5h (2 players - 2 are all in)
Final Pot: $4.06
Hero shows Ac Qs (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
SB shows 4c 6c (three of a kind, Sixes)
SB wins $3.79
(Rake: $0.27)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
This blog will be the recording of my climbing up the uNL ladder at Full Tilt Poker. My name's Keith, and I'm a 23 year old MBA student at the University of Hartford. I work full time for a not-for-profit that does economic development in the area, and I've been playing cards for about 6 months now. I've gone through my breakeven learning curve, and I've netted about 45,000 hands so far. Most of these hands were dealt with like a ridiculous donkey, thinking blind vs blind was all about cojones and calling anything out of position with AJo... I started with a $200 roll that my buddy Dan shipped to me to learn with, as hes a nosebleed HU grinder who coaches me now, and I donked about $150 off between .02/.05 and .05/.1
At this point, I quit the game and started to actually read and learn more about it. Dan said it was pointless for him to train me because it'd be like Lebron James teaching basketball to elementary school kids. I thought I'd understand, but a lot of what he's thinking about is on the 11th level and I'm still halfway there. However, since July, I've grinded that $50 up to a little over $100 in 2nl, and when I hit $125, I will have the requisite 25 buy-ins for 5nl. I've been running about 9bb/100. I'll try to get back with some pictures of the bankroll, and some graphs, and the things that I pick up between cruising forums and videos that help me improve my game.
A big thanks goes out to Dan for his sweat sessions every other week or so. Even if its only a half an hour or so, the lines he guides me through with particular hands are enlightening.
At this point, I quit the game and started to actually read and learn more about it. Dan said it was pointless for him to train me because it'd be like Lebron James teaching basketball to elementary school kids. I thought I'd understand, but a lot of what he's thinking about is on the 11th level and I'm still halfway there. However, since July, I've grinded that $50 up to a little over $100 in 2nl, and when I hit $125, I will have the requisite 25 buy-ins for 5nl. I've been running about 9bb/100. I'll try to get back with some pictures of the bankroll, and some graphs, and the things that I pick up between cruising forums and videos that help me improve my game.
A big thanks goes out to Dan for his sweat sessions every other week or so. Even if its only a half an hour or so, the lines he guides me through with particular hands are enlightening.
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