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)

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.