Sigh

After making it back to break even, I went on another turbo slide at 200NL, worse than the last. This graph tells the picture rather well I think.




Since I got back to break even the EV line has split pretty hard. I've yet to win a flip for 100bb this month. My last session of 200NL saw me ship AmexCenturion about 4 buyins thanks to him always having the nuts against me. Had AK < JJ on xxKJA. Obv he peels the flop with his underpair and turns a set. Then later he got me with KT when I held AQ on a QJ9xA. There were a LOT of hands like this.

After the 2nd slide I moved back to 100NL (even played some 50NL HU for +110$) and have recovered some of the losses. Going to give my head a break from the mindfuck that 200NL was turning into. If I can keep breaking even at 100NL I'll be back some time next week.

Here's the highlight of the night against a 60/40/5 spazmonkey.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

MP: $139.00
CO: $207.35
BTN: $100.00
SB: $137.50
Hero (BB): $176.65
UTG: $122.60

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with A A
1 fold, MP raises to $3.50, CO raises to $10, 2 folds, Hero calls $9, MP raises to $139 all in, 1 fold, Hero calls $129

Flop: ($288.50) 5 8 6

Turn: ($288.50) 8

River: ($288.50) 4

Final Pot: $288.50
MP shows K 7 (a straight, Eight high)
Hero shows A A (two pair, Aces and Eights)
MP wins $285.50
(Rake: $3.00)


Lovin' life this month.

We return you to your regular scheduled programming

So me and 200NL kissed and made up. After my 3rd session I was down 1700$ and just about to go back to 100NL with my roll teetering around 4k. I am now crushing 200NL for a solid 0.07ptbb.


Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

youknownot (SB): $216.00
Hero (BB): $200.00
malumdeus1 (UTG): $276.90
SirFelixCat (MP): $200.00
BamYeah (CO): $263.30
Speedin (BTN): $405.70

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BB with 9 8
malumdeus1 raises to $6, 1 fold, BamYeah calls $6, 1 fold, youknownot calls $5, Hero calls $4

Flop: ($24.00) 6 7 7 (4 players)
youknownot checks, Hero checks, malumdeus1 bets $9, BamYeah calls $9, youknownot folds, Hero raises to $42, malumdeus1 folds, BamYeah requests TIME, BamYeah calls $33

Turn: ($117.00) T (2 players)
Hero bets $72, BamYeah raises to $215, Hero calls $80 all in

River: ($421.00) 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $421.00
Hero shows 9 8 (a straight flush, Ten high)
BamYeah shows 7 6 (a full house, Sevens full of Sixes)
Hero wins $418.00
(Rake: $3.00)


I stopped my session a little early because I felt like I was starting to play overconfidently, if that makes any sense. 3700 hands left to give Luske some competition in our winrate contest.

December's Disaster

200NL is not my friend.





That is all.

NYRPS II Kicks Off

Personally, I'm in Rambler's latest series for bragging rights (I have ~100$ riding in various prop bets). It should be fun regardless. Event #1 goes tonight at 10PM EST, deepstack NLHE. Sign up and make me work for this prop bet!

Also, to recap November's goals:

- 10k hands of 100NL @ 5 ptbb
16k hands at 10.6ptbb!
- Get above 3k for good
Brushing with 6k
- Don't get doomswitched
Check
- Be patient and save next 200NL shot for December
Check
- When I bluff, take lines that make sense
Mostly check
- Bluff less
Check

November was definitely one for the books.

Here's the big picture graph updated

On Fiyah

This is really becoming quite surreal for me.



Yes, that means I'm up 35 buyins for the month of November over a mere 16k hands. Today was a 10 buyin grind...okay, heater. I got AA all in pre vs KK and held for probably the 4th session in a row. I also had a good suckout w A7dd > 66 on a K63dd board. Beyond that it was just playing what I think was solid poker. I played this one kind of weird, but not as weird as the 30/5 villain.


Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

MP: $227.25
CO: $101.95
BTN: $134.85
Hero (SB): $166.45
BB: $107.95
UTG: $118.15

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with J A
2 folds, CO raises to $3.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $13, BB calls $12, 1 fold

Flop: ($29.50) 5 J 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $17, Hero calls $17

Turn: ($63.50) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks

River: ($63.50) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $35, BB raises to $77.95 all in, Hero calls $42.95

Final Pot: $219.40
Hero shows J A (a pair of Jacks)
BB shows 3 A (a pair of Threes)
Hero wins $216.40
(Rake: $3.00)

I was concerned on the flop that he might be on a monster, hence the c/c, when he checked back the turn, his range suddenly became a lot more friendly to me. When he shoved the river I actually snapcalled without thinking too much. His line made no sense so I figured he was on air or.. well, honestly I couldn't put much of anything in his range. Ya gotta lol at cold calling a 3b w A3s...

Got into an interesting spot w AA too. Thankfully, I'm a station.

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

SB: $77.50
Hero (BB): $227.35
UTG: $128.05
MP: $175.15
CO: $155.00
BTN: $74.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with A A
1 fold, MP calls $1, CO calls $1, 2 folds, Hero raises to $5.50, 1 fold, CO calls $4.50

Flop: ($12.50) Q J 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $9, CO calls $9

Turn: ($30.50) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $18, CO raises to $40, Hero calls $22

River: ($110.50) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $49, Hero calls $49

Final Pot: $208.50
Hero shows A A (a pair of Aces)
CO shows Q 9 (a pair of Queens)
Hero wins $205.50
(Rake: $3.00)


I went with the common thinking that "nobody raises a made flush on the turn", which obviously isn't entirely true but does carry some weight. After the river totally ragged I decided that he had enough things like AQ, KQ, busted straights, AhX hands, etc that calling was okay. I laughed when he showed me that hand.

Comments on both hands are welcome.

So with all this, I've now shattered 3k, 4k, and 5k, all in one month and now sit at just under $5700. Damn. If I would just stop mucking around in tournaments and running like crap (see below) I'd probably be over 6k now.


Full Tilt Poker $18,000 Guarantee No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t20/t40 Blinds - 9 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BTN: t3465
SB: t5125
BB: t2880
UTG: t6785
UTG+1: t3615
Hero (UTG+2): t3435
MP1: t2900
MP2: t1630
CO: t3075

Pre Flop: (t60) Hero is UTG+2 with 2 2
2 folds, Hero raises to t120, 3 folds, BTN calls t120, 2 folds

Flop: (t300) 5 2 8 (2 players)
Hero bets t200, BTN raises to t500, Hero calls t300

Turn: (t1300) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets t600, Hero raises to t2815 all in, BTN calls t2215

River: (t6930) Q (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t6930
BTN shows 5 J (a flush, Queen high)
Hero shows 2 2 (three of a kind, Twos)
BTN wins t6930


And that's in a 75$ MTT. Well played dork.

Oh well :)