Things are just clicking right now. I have been playing well, running well, and everything is falling into place. I have built up the initial 50 dollar deposit on poker stars to 400+, and i am wellllll bankrolled for the 6.50s on that site. I am very much overkill with the bankroll management, but its what works for me. Playing well within my BR lets me have one less thing to worry about when playing, and it really helps me out. Only played a few 6.50s but the players seem almost as fishie as the 3.40s. There are a few more people who know what they are doing, but i think a 20+ ROI is very attainable. Plan on grinding it out at the 6.50 dollar level for a pretty good bit, and take my stab at the 16s when i have 1000 or so dollars on poker stars.
FULLLL TILT. ahhh my "home town" i guess you could call it. Stars is like the big city, you go and you may love it, but something in you always wants to go home. Well they are going to have to get there beta version fixed before i can play there. I do not have the equipment to 4 table without the re-sizable tables, and trying to play with their beta version is worthless. everything is blurry, hard to read, and hurts my eyes. FIX THIS!!! The fact remains that the sngs on full tilt are probably 25-50% as soft as stars. I know i am going to start running into harder games at the 16 dollar level on stars, and i would rather go where the players are weaker. I am not in this game to prove my self against better players. I am in it to win money.
Rake back is also offered by FT. Granted getting ~25% of 50 cents isn't much, but it helps. When i am paying 1.00 in rake and playing ~1000 sngs a month (i hope, but i am lazy) that will be a 250 dollar bonus per month. thats ~20 buy ins. 250 dollars a month is half of my pick-up payment. Free money? i'll take it.
The leader board that full tilt has could be another incentive to move over once they get their beta version fixed. Even tho i pail in comparison to the volume put in by some people, i think i could get on the leader board and win a few extra buy ins every month. It could push me to play more, and that is always a good thing. I will probably never put in enough to beat guys like sippin_criss but i think i could make almost as much money as the 12+ table junkies. They play so many sngs but they make very little per sng. I believe that they are taking the # of tables they play past the proper amount. I believe if i can 6 table continuous for 20+ hours a week i would be able to get pretty high on the leader board. Once again, free money.
Plans for now...GRINDDDD out the 6.50s, and pray to God that they fix the beta version on Full Tilt. I will play some on Full Tilt just to get the money i have on the site up a bit. I have around 225 dollars, but i would like to have more before i start putting in lots of play. i am a bankroll wuss, what can i say.
Trying to squeeze in a few more MTTs in the future. Now that i have the bankroll built up, i can enter all the 4.40 180 sngs i want without hurting me. I have, and still think that the 25$ and under MTTs are a gold mine. If i can put up some decent results in the 4.40s i might start giving the lower buy in mtts with tons of players a shot. I know i will probably not put up any big wins right off the bat, but when you weave your way threw a 10 dollar freeze out, or the 3 dollar re buy, you stand to make a couple of thousand dollars if you take it down. I am thinking of playing mostly 180 man sngs that way i can regularly make some money, and about 20% of the time take a shot at a huge field.
God Bless,
Takeover_inc
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Saturday, February 24, 2007
MTT cash.
Well since last blog i haven't played too much. Kind of leery once i have a bad night, but i played a good bit today.
Jester_cky came over and we started playing sngs. He was hitting the 2.25s of ftp/.05-.10 cent nl tables. Play a sng, lose, and try and make it up in the cash games. lol. I am trying to push him in the right direction with bankroll management/game selection. Hope he listens.
I started with three 3.40s and a 6.50 on ftp. busted out of the 6.50 making a donk rr with AJ, and got bad beats in two 3.40s. Ugg. It felt just like the last session. Have the best hand, and it goes to crap. Here is what i am most happy with, i stopped loading sngs. aka i wasn't chasing my losses/tilting.
Things turned around in the last 3 sngs, because i got a 1st and 2nd in 3.40s and won my second 6.50 on ftp. Nice to decide to stop because things are going bad, but still manage to make money.
Came home, and decided it want to play some 6 max cash games. I love deep stack short handed nl. LOVEE, but i have to play well under my bankroll to avoid bleeding off chips/not taking enough risks. Started playing and was doing really well. Making nice value bets, folding good but beaten hands, ect. BUT, its kind of boring to play one table of 6 max, and i didn't want to play 2 tables of it on my small monitor. I wanted something i could nut peddle, and to basically keep me from being so bored. Saw a 4.40 180 man about to start and jumped it.
MTTs...i think i am ok. I don't play them much because i am not too much on long sessions. anyways i ended up playing very well, and took 2nd for ~140 dollars uptick. Final hand i got it all in on the flop with the chip leader for 120K in chips with my flopped pair of aces vs his flopped pair of queens. queen on the turn, and i am done. Oh well. no biggie.
So, i now have over 300 dollars in my Stars account, and ~230 on full tilt.
After the mtt boost, i really have no excuse not to play the 6.50s. I have over 80 buy ins, and believe i have the skills to win at this level. Also a big help is my willingness to step down levels when things are going bad. So if i start off on a tough run in the 6.50s i will just drop back down untill i feel comfortable.
Looks like 6.50s for the most part now. Excited about it. WHEEE for mtt cashes.
Jester_cky came over and we started playing sngs. He was hitting the 2.25s of ftp/.05-.10 cent nl tables. Play a sng, lose, and try and make it up in the cash games. lol. I am trying to push him in the right direction with bankroll management/game selection. Hope he listens.
I started with three 3.40s and a 6.50 on ftp. busted out of the 6.50 making a donk rr with AJ, and got bad beats in two 3.40s. Ugg. It felt just like the last session. Have the best hand, and it goes to crap. Here is what i am most happy with, i stopped loading sngs. aka i wasn't chasing my losses/tilting.
Things turned around in the last 3 sngs, because i got a 1st and 2nd in 3.40s and won my second 6.50 on ftp. Nice to decide to stop because things are going bad, but still manage to make money.
Came home, and decided it want to play some 6 max cash games. I love deep stack short handed nl. LOVEE, but i have to play well under my bankroll to avoid bleeding off chips/not taking enough risks. Started playing and was doing really well. Making nice value bets, folding good but beaten hands, ect. BUT, its kind of boring to play one table of 6 max, and i didn't want to play 2 tables of it on my small monitor. I wanted something i could nut peddle, and to basically keep me from being so bored. Saw a 4.40 180 man about to start and jumped it.
MTTs...i think i am ok. I don't play them much because i am not too much on long sessions. anyways i ended up playing very well, and took 2nd for ~140 dollars uptick. Final hand i got it all in on the flop with the chip leader for 120K in chips with my flopped pair of aces vs his flopped pair of queens. queen on the turn, and i am done. Oh well. no biggie.
So, i now have over 300 dollars in my Stars account, and ~230 on full tilt.
After the mtt boost, i really have no excuse not to play the 6.50s. I have over 80 buy ins, and believe i have the skills to win at this level. Also a big help is my willingness to step down levels when things are going bad. So if i start off on a tough run in the 6.50s i will just drop back down untill i feel comfortable.
Looks like 6.50s for the most part now. Excited about it. WHEEE for mtt cashes.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
The good, and the bad
So i have decided to put in 20 sngs per day for the next 40 days.
This is going to be a major step up beings i usually put in maybe 30 a week. I am a lazy guy, and my computer situation at home makes it harder to play. 15 inch monitor, and a uncomfortable chair. but i am going to tough it out and play 20 a day
Yesterday was the first day. I did pretty well in my first 8 or so, ending up ~20 dollars, but that is where the fun somewhat ends. I went cold. I haven't ran like this in a while. but you get your money in with an over pair, and are shocked when it holds up. I just ran completely horrible for my last 12 sngs. It was bad.
The Good: I kept a level head, and played well despite the horrible beats. Nothing was going right, but i kept playing my game. I am very proud at my discipline, and focus. And even better, after taking a beating like that i ended up even for the day! This is the cool part about micro sngs. The play is so bad that even when you run cold, you are not going to lose that much money. And had one hand (66 vs 54 all in pre flop) held up i would of made a nice 6 dollars profit for the day.
I am glad for yesterday. I played well despite the troubles, and broke even. No tilt, no bleeding of chips, just pretty good sng play. Also, i have in the past had trouble with leaving poker at the table. I would have a bad session and be in a bad mood for the rest of the day. But after i was done playing within 3 mins i was my normal self. This is a great thing, because if i am going to play poker with any level of seriousness i need to be able to let go of as much negative emotions as i can. forget the bad sessions and move on to the next. Also not let my life outside of poker suffer.
So after a BAD run, i am as happy as can be. Ready to take on another batch of sngs, but this time, God willing i will run better. And if i don't oh well, just keep playing my game.
God bless,
Takeover_inc
This is going to be a major step up beings i usually put in maybe 30 a week. I am a lazy guy, and my computer situation at home makes it harder to play. 15 inch monitor, and a uncomfortable chair. but i am going to tough it out and play 20 a day
Yesterday was the first day. I did pretty well in my first 8 or so, ending up ~20 dollars, but that is where the fun somewhat ends. I went cold. I haven't ran like this in a while. but you get your money in with an over pair, and are shocked when it holds up. I just ran completely horrible for my last 12 sngs. It was bad.
The Good: I kept a level head, and played well despite the horrible beats. Nothing was going right, but i kept playing my game. I am very proud at my discipline, and focus. And even better, after taking a beating like that i ended up even for the day! This is the cool part about micro sngs. The play is so bad that even when you run cold, you are not going to lose that much money. And had one hand (66 vs 54 all in pre flop) held up i would of made a nice 6 dollars profit for the day.
I am glad for yesterday. I played well despite the troubles, and broke even. No tilt, no bleeding of chips, just pretty good sng play. Also, i have in the past had trouble with leaving poker at the table. I would have a bad session and be in a bad mood for the rest of the day. But after i was done playing within 3 mins i was my normal self. This is a great thing, because if i am going to play poker with any level of seriousness i need to be able to let go of as much negative emotions as i can. forget the bad sessions and move on to the next. Also not let my life outside of poker suffer.
So after a BAD run, i am as happy as can be. Ready to take on another batch of sngs, but this time, God willing i will run better. And if i don't oh well, just keep playing my game.
God bless,
Takeover_inc
Monday, February 19, 2007
Sharkscope
after ~100 games my roi in the 3.40s is 33%.
I am happy about this. I have ~160 dollars on Poker Stars, and things just keep going good over all. I have had some pure heaters, and some bad runs. I wish i could somehow gauge how good/bad i am runnin. I honestly think i am running even or a little hot. I get lucky more than most because i am always pushing. I am just going to keep playing my game.
Full Tilt really needs to do some work on their new re-sizable tables. They are blurry, and hard to read unless you have them in the normal size. There is no way i can 4 table on the 17" monitor at work, and forget about playing more than one table here at home. So 3.40s it is.
Thank God for these 3.40s, and for me doing well in them. I know i am not all that great in sngs, but i am good enough to beat these things up pretty good. The play is just bad. No other word can describe it. It can get agrivating at times, but i know their mistakes are what makes me money. So its easy to get over when i crush the next sng.
I really think i am going to play 500 3.40s before i jump into the 6.50s. I want to have a well padded bankroll, and i also want to see where i end up in the average profit for the last 500 games leaderboard on sharkscope.
I am happy about this. I have ~160 dollars on Poker Stars, and things just keep going good over all. I have had some pure heaters, and some bad runs. I wish i could somehow gauge how good/bad i am runnin. I honestly think i am running even or a little hot. I get lucky more than most because i am always pushing. I am just going to keep playing my game.
Full Tilt really needs to do some work on their new re-sizable tables. They are blurry, and hard to read unless you have them in the normal size. There is no way i can 4 table on the 17" monitor at work, and forget about playing more than one table here at home. So 3.40s it is.
Thank God for these 3.40s, and for me doing well in them. I know i am not all that great in sngs, but i am good enough to beat these things up pretty good. The play is just bad. No other word can describe it. It can get agrivating at times, but i know their mistakes are what makes me money. So its easy to get over when i crush the next sng.
I really think i am going to play 500 3.40s before i jump into the 6.50s. I want to have a well padded bankroll, and i also want to see where i end up in the average profit for the last 500 games leaderboard on sharkscope.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
RE SIZABLE TABLES ON FTP
They are FINALLY here. I was reading Z32's blog and he had it up. I screamed like a little girl, and had to refrain from jumping on the bed. This is great news. more on this later...
So i played my normal pissy session today. 6 tabling the 3.40s on stars. Realised about half way threw that i have no business 6 tabling. I am fine as long as i go busto in a few before getting shorthanded, but that is no way to play. So toughed it out and played pretty decent. ran well at the end, and took down 1sts in 3. I really should of made 3rd at least in the 4th sng. the guy on the cut off had 800 chips with 300-600 blinds, and it gets folded to me and i have some random crap. Push my 2500 chips into the chip leader thinking there is no way he can call. he does. with A-rag. i am pretty sure that was a crap call on his part, but i think i should of just let the guy bubble. I am not sure that winning the 900 in the pot was worth risking a sure shot at 20% of the prize pool. I plan to post the hand on Pocket Fives and see what others think.
So uptick 24.60 in monies. even with the nice score i can't help but think i should have 6 dollars or more in my account. "Its the little things like that that piss me off"
So back to the FTP tables, i am now going to be able to play as much on full tilt as i want!!! I will still play on stars, because there site is great, SNG's are soft at the lower levels, and they have so much to offer in MTT's. I am planing on playing the 6.50's on FTP/3.40's on stars. I am playing way below my bankroll at the 3.40's, but i really don't think i am good enough to play the 6.50's full time. I think i am a winning player in the 6.50's but i have lots of holes in my game. I am just going to keep grinding out the 3.40's half the time as a variance reducer. Last think i want is to drop a big number in the 6.50's. I am a bankroll nit...but that is better than being a goof ball like i was before.
So i played my normal pissy session today. 6 tabling the 3.40s on stars. Realised about half way threw that i have no business 6 tabling. I am fine as long as i go busto in a few before getting shorthanded, but that is no way to play. So toughed it out and played pretty decent. ran well at the end, and took down 1sts in 3. I really should of made 3rd at least in the 4th sng. the guy on the cut off had 800 chips with 300-600 blinds, and it gets folded to me and i have some random crap. Push my 2500 chips into the chip leader thinking there is no way he can call. he does. with A-rag. i am pretty sure that was a crap call on his part, but i think i should of just let the guy bubble. I am not sure that winning the 900 in the pot was worth risking a sure shot at 20% of the prize pool. I plan to post the hand on Pocket Fives and see what others think.
So uptick 24.60 in monies. even with the nice score i can't help but think i should have 6 dollars or more in my account. "Its the little things like that that piss me off"
So back to the FTP tables, i am now going to be able to play as much on full tilt as i want!!! I will still play on stars, because there site is great, SNG's are soft at the lower levels, and they have so much to offer in MTT's. I am planing on playing the 6.50's on FTP/3.40's on stars. I am playing way below my bankroll at the 3.40's, but i really don't think i am good enough to play the 6.50's full time. I think i am a winning player in the 6.50's but i have lots of holes in my game. I am just going to keep grinding out the 3.40's half the time as a variance reducer. Last think i want is to drop a big number in the 6.50's. I am a bankroll nit...but that is better than being a goof ball like i was before.
Friday, February 9, 2007
30% ROI...O RLY?
Yesterday i was planing on doing some more 6 tabling, but started playing some live heads up matches with a friend. went 1-1 on the heads up. Dominated the 1st match, and lost the second match when my A-4 couldn't beat his 8-10 all in pre-flop, first hand of the game. Knew he was feeling like gambling, so i pushed 30 bb's. gg me.
Came home and started a 4 table set of 3.40s on stars. its pretty much a pain in the ass to 4 table on a 15 inch monitor. Only saving grace is that stars has the re sizable tables, otherwise i would be skrewd.
first set of 4 and i brought back a 1st and a 3rd. always nice to start off on a good note.
seconds set of 4 i busted out on one within 5 mins, so i opened another game. so out of five i got a 2nd and a 3rd. :-(
Final set of 4 i crushed with otm, 3rd, 1st, 1st. always nice to end on a better note.
So i ended up making a nice amount of money for playing thirteen 3.40s. I also realised how to use the advanced search on Sharkscope.com. So far out of ~50 3.40s i have a 30% roi, and it was 24% before i went on the heater. Its a pretty good feeling to have those kind of numbers. I have played sngs before, but never that much. Now that i started taking them serious a few weeks ago, its nice to see that i am pulling down a 20+ roi. I am really happy about that.
I think the main reason for doing well is playing at the 3.40 level. For some guy who is maybe "ok" at sngs to be doing this well right of the bat is crazy. I know 50 is a small sample size, but i don't think i have been running hot. I think over all i have been normal to slightly cold. But it doesn't matter when the most of the players are fish. these things are a gold mine. I think someone could 8+ table 3.40s and make .75 per sng. That's pretty good for micro limits. Hell, there are a lot of the regulars at the 27 level that only make 2 dollars per sng. This limit is a blessing to me. Its letting me work up my small amount of money are stars quickly, and safely. Over all i am really really happy with how things are going now.
As is usual i have been giving a lot of thought to the future. If i played sngs as much as i thought about what i am doing to do when i move up levels, i would already be there. But i am not going to force my self to looek at 15 in screen, and play with lots of overlap. So back to what i was saying...I have been looking at the regulars in sng's at the 30 dollar and under buy in. It seems like they are letting the whole "I 18635 table" go to their head. They are playing 12+ tables at a time, but they are only making 8% or less roi. Yes playing more tables at a slightly lower roi increases dollars per hour, but that statement can be taken to far. Proof of that today was a regular sng player that 12+ tables has a 6% roi over 3000+ 12 dollar sngs on Full Tilt Poker. That is horrible. The games on Full Tilt are so soft that their is something wrong if you are only having 6% roi.
Just seems like people are playing by their ability to multi table. To me, you should play the way you make the most money. If you took the a player like mentioned above with a 6% roi that plays 12+ tables, and a player that 8 tables with a 15% roi, to me it looks like the second guy would walk away with the most money. they are taking playing more tables too far. I could be wrong...but i really don't think i am.
Reason for all this is i have been wondering if i need to strive to be the guy who is 10+ tabling continuous. Others are doing it, and swear by it, why should I? well, because i think there is a better way to do things. If i could, i would play 12 tables with a 10% roi, but i can't. I think i need to realise what works good for me, and my current skill level. For now, that is 4-6 tabling in sets. If i were to start 8 tabling just because i got a bigger monitor, i would play more sng's yes...but i would probably blow a hole in my bankroll because i would be making so many mistake. When the time comes where i can 8 table while maintaining a good roi, then i will start doing that. But there is no reason to be playing more tables when it is costing you money. I believe a lot of players are leaving a good chunk of money on the table, just because they are playing a few more tables than they should. I do not want to be those guys.
Tomorrow's plans...Play a good amount of 3.40s. i am thinking about shooting for 50. I want to test my self, and see how it feels to somewhat grind these things out. Play a few sets of 4 here in the morning, then take a break for a few hours. Head into town and play a 3-4 sets of 6, then go and get some supper. Come back and grind out the last few sets. If (i use that word a lot) i could play 50 3.40s a day, 5 days a week with 75 cents profit per sng, that's 750 dollars a month. not bad for a game that requires a bankroll of 175 dollars. (that is until dominate the 6.50s)
Came home and started a 4 table set of 3.40s on stars. its pretty much a pain in the ass to 4 table on a 15 inch monitor. Only saving grace is that stars has the re sizable tables, otherwise i would be skrewd.
first set of 4 and i brought back a 1st and a 3rd. always nice to start off on a good note.
seconds set of 4 i busted out on one within 5 mins, so i opened another game. so out of five i got a 2nd and a 3rd. :-(
Final set of 4 i crushed with otm, 3rd, 1st, 1st. always nice to end on a better note.
So i ended up making a nice amount of money for playing thirteen 3.40s. I also realised how to use the advanced search on Sharkscope.com. So far out of ~50 3.40s i have a 30% roi, and it was 24% before i went on the heater. Its a pretty good feeling to have those kind of numbers. I have played sngs before, but never that much. Now that i started taking them serious a few weeks ago, its nice to see that i am pulling down a 20+ roi. I am really happy about that.
I think the main reason for doing well is playing at the 3.40 level. For some guy who is maybe "ok" at sngs to be doing this well right of the bat is crazy. I know 50 is a small sample size, but i don't think i have been running hot. I think over all i have been normal to slightly cold. But it doesn't matter when the most of the players are fish. these things are a gold mine. I think someone could 8+ table 3.40s and make .75 per sng. That's pretty good for micro limits. Hell, there are a lot of the regulars at the 27 level that only make 2 dollars per sng. This limit is a blessing to me. Its letting me work up my small amount of money are stars quickly, and safely. Over all i am really really happy with how things are going now.
As is usual i have been giving a lot of thought to the future. If i played sngs as much as i thought about what i am doing to do when i move up levels, i would already be there. But i am not going to force my self to looek at 15 in screen, and play with lots of overlap. So back to what i was saying...I have been looking at the regulars in sng's at the 30 dollar and under buy in. It seems like they are letting the whole "I 18635 table" go to their head. They are playing 12+ tables at a time, but they are only making 8% or less roi. Yes playing more tables at a slightly lower roi increases dollars per hour, but that statement can be taken to far. Proof of that today was a regular sng player that 12+ tables has a 6% roi over 3000+ 12 dollar sngs on Full Tilt Poker. That is horrible. The games on Full Tilt are so soft that their is something wrong if you are only having 6% roi.
Just seems like people are playing by their ability to multi table. To me, you should play the way you make the most money. If you took the a player like mentioned above with a 6% roi that plays 12+ tables, and a player that 8 tables with a 15% roi, to me it looks like the second guy would walk away with the most money. they are taking playing more tables too far. I could be wrong...but i really don't think i am.
Reason for all this is i have been wondering if i need to strive to be the guy who is 10+ tabling continuous. Others are doing it, and swear by it, why should I? well, because i think there is a better way to do things. If i could, i would play 12 tables with a 10% roi, but i can't. I think i need to realise what works good for me, and my current skill level. For now, that is 4-6 tabling in sets. If i were to start 8 tabling just because i got a bigger monitor, i would play more sng's yes...but i would probably blow a hole in my bankroll because i would be making so many mistake. When the time comes where i can 8 table while maintaining a good roi, then i will start doing that. But there is no reason to be playing more tables when it is costing you money. I believe a lot of players are leaving a good chunk of money on the table, just because they are playing a few more tables than they should. I do not want to be those guys.
Tomorrow's plans...Play a good amount of 3.40s. i am thinking about shooting for 50. I want to test my self, and see how it feels to somewhat grind these things out. Play a few sets of 4 here in the morning, then take a break for a few hours. Head into town and play a 3-4 sets of 6, then go and get some supper. Come back and grind out the last few sets. If (i use that word a lot) i could play 50 3.40s a day, 5 days a week with 75 cents profit per sng, that's 750 dollars a month. not bad for a game that requires a bankroll of 175 dollars. (that is until dominate the 6.50s)
Thursday, February 8, 2007
2nd place
I played a set of 6 3.40's yesterday
out of the money X3
3rd place
and 2 second place.
I was kind of worried about getting the 2nds and 3rds but i really don't think it is a problem. I am aggressive on the bubble, and i think i play 3 handed better than most at the 3.40 level. By the time it gets to heads up it really is a crap shoot. with 600+bb's its any ones game. You just have to push and pray. So i am not worried about the recent 2nds and 3rds. I am sure it i will all even out in the long run.
out of the money X3
3rd place
and 2 second place.
I was kind of worried about getting the 2nds and 3rds but i really don't think it is a problem. I am aggressive on the bubble, and i think i play 3 handed better than most at the 3.40 level. By the time it gets to heads up it really is a crap shoot. with 600+bb's its any ones game. You just have to push and pray. So i am not worried about the recent 2nds and 3rds. I am sure it i will all even out in the long run.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
6 table run
i just finished making a 6 table lay out for sng's on stars. There is a decent amount of overlap on the 17" monitor, but i think i should be able to handle it. If things don't go well then i can always drop back down to 4.
So the plan for today is to put in a huge (for me) session of sng's. I plan to 6 table the 3.40's in sets, and hope to get at least 4 sets in today. If i am doing well and feel good, i am going to keep playing.
I really want to test my self to see what i am capable of doing if i decide to grind. Because if things keep going well and i get to the 6.50 level i am going to start putting in a lot more sngs that i usually do. The fact that the time spent will be for real money. After i went busto year or so ago, i have been playing the micros and really break even/small winner. Now i believe i am profitable in sng's and am ready to make some money. I really want to get to the point where i am 8+ tabling the 6.50's with around 1 dollar profit per sng. Then i am going to grind my ass off. This will be a nice supplement to my current income, and allow me to keep my job i have now. I don't make that much money at my current job, but i enjoy it. After my last job i realise how important being happy at your work is, and i don't want to go back to a shit job.
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Ok its the next day and the 6 table thing went somewhat well. I managed to play the 2 extra tables, never timed out, or made any decisions that i regretted because of being rushed. So it is going to be 6 tables from now on.
I played 12 sng's with one 3rd, two 2nds, and a first. I lost 3500-7000 chip pots three times when i had a pocket pair, and the villain had one over, all in pre flop. I would of cake walked to 1st or 2nd place had my 70% favorites held up. I am really happy with only losing a dollar or so being i ran horrible. I guess that is expected. Just sucks to lose HUGE pots when i was a big favorite. But i am glad i didn't tilt, and lose more money that i should. I was planing on playing more sets, but i had to leave to go run across town, and when i got back i just didn't feel like playing. But i plan on putting at least another 12 sngs in today. and i hope i run a little bit better this time.
So the plan for today is to put in a huge (for me) session of sng's. I plan to 6 table the 3.40's in sets, and hope to get at least 4 sets in today. If i am doing well and feel good, i am going to keep playing.
I really want to test my self to see what i am capable of doing if i decide to grind. Because if things keep going well and i get to the 6.50 level i am going to start putting in a lot more sngs that i usually do. The fact that the time spent will be for real money. After i went busto year or so ago, i have been playing the micros and really break even/small winner. Now i believe i am profitable in sng's and am ready to make some money. I really want to get to the point where i am 8+ tabling the 6.50's with around 1 dollar profit per sng. Then i am going to grind my ass off. This will be a nice supplement to my current income, and allow me to keep my job i have now. I don't make that much money at my current job, but i enjoy it. After my last job i realise how important being happy at your work is, and i don't want to go back to a shit job.
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Ok its the next day and the 6 table thing went somewhat well. I managed to play the 2 extra tables, never timed out, or made any decisions that i regretted because of being rushed. So it is going to be 6 tables from now on.
I played 12 sng's with one 3rd, two 2nds, and a first. I lost 3500-7000 chip pots three times when i had a pocket pair, and the villain had one over, all in pre flop. I would of cake walked to 1st or 2nd place had my 70% favorites held up. I am really happy with only losing a dollar or so being i ran horrible. I guess that is expected. Just sucks to lose HUGE pots when i was a big favorite. But i am glad i didn't tilt, and lose more money that i should. I was planing on playing more sets, but i had to leave to go run across town, and when i got back i just didn't feel like playing. But i plan on putting at least another 12 sngs in today. and i hope i run a little bit better this time.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
stars...i dunno...
I like stars. Seems like they have the best site around. Full Tilt is good, but it seems like stars really has everything right with the customer service, selection of games, ect. I can decide i want to play 4 sngs at the 3.40 level, and boom boom boom i have them all open before the first one starts dealing. Today i timed the sngs on Full Tilt, and they fill a new one about every 1-1.5 minutes. The easy part about playing on stars is all the tables are at the same blind level at the same time, and i don't get confused. But....
There are too many people who know what they are doing on stars. Period.
Today i randomly opened up a 12 dollar turbo on Full Tilt and sharkscoped the whole table. I think there was two guys with +roi's, and they were around 3. the rest were negative. Pretty nice thing to see.
I also did the same thing on a 16 dollar sng on stars. there was one person with -10+ roi, one that was a small loser, and the rest had over 8% roi's. Also the #9 ranked player in the 16 turbos was at that table (24k in profit), and a guy that was ranked in the 2 table 16's. AKA bad news bears.
How am i suppose to win money at a site when every player has a +roi??? I am not in this to bang heads with winning players every sng.
I think the 3.40's and the 6.50's on stars are going to be easy money still. So i am going to start trying to stagger my start times so i can get use to playing with different blind levels. Because i think once i fell like moving up to the 12-16 dollar turbos, i am going to be playing on Full Tilt. I just don't see any reason to play against a bunch of good players. I will probably keep playing playing on stars, but just play a level under what my usual game is on Full Tilt.
So now the plan is....
3.40's on stars until i have enough to play the 6.50's on that site then...
6.50's on Full Tilt and Stars. Play about 60% on FTP 40% on Stars then...
12 on Full Tilt 75% of the time, and 6.50's on Stars 25% of the time.
Sucks. I really like the 16 dollar level, and everything stars has to offer. But it just not worth it to play in games where you are almost always playing 3+ regulars. I just don't see the point.
There are too many people who know what they are doing on stars. Period.
Today i randomly opened up a 12 dollar turbo on Full Tilt and sharkscoped the whole table. I think there was two guys with +roi's, and they were around 3. the rest were negative. Pretty nice thing to see.
I also did the same thing on a 16 dollar sng on stars. there was one person with -10+ roi, one that was a small loser, and the rest had over 8% roi's. Also the #9 ranked player in the 16 turbos was at that table (24k in profit), and a guy that was ranked in the 2 table 16's. AKA bad news bears.
How am i suppose to win money at a site when every player has a +roi??? I am not in this to bang heads with winning players every sng.
I think the 3.40's and the 6.50's on stars are going to be easy money still. So i am going to start trying to stagger my start times so i can get use to playing with different blind levels. Because i think once i fell like moving up to the 12-16 dollar turbos, i am going to be playing on Full Tilt. I just don't see any reason to play against a bunch of good players. I will probably keep playing playing on stars, but just play a level under what my usual game is on Full Tilt.
So now the plan is....
3.40's on stars until i have enough to play the 6.50's on that site then...
6.50's on Full Tilt and Stars. Play about 60% on FTP 40% on Stars then...
12 on Full Tilt 75% of the time, and 6.50's on Stars 25% of the time.
Sucks. I really like the 16 dollar level, and everything stars has to offer. But it just not worth it to play in games where you are almost always playing 3+ regulars. I just don't see the point.
Saturday, February 3, 2007
rambling
no set plan for this blog, just getting some thoughts out.
Have been doing well in the 3.40's. Not much to complain about there. Play is horrible, and i am doing well, grinding back up to being able to play the 6.50's again. The thing i am somewhat worried about is that i am getting more 3rds lately. I have read on Forums that you should be bubbling more than you get 3rds. The reason is you need to be abusing the bubble that way you can get 1st or 2nd. I am a manic on the bubble. I am usually by far the most aggressive person. So why am i getting more 3rds? I am not sure. Maybe its just a variance thing. Getting in the money, and things happening to put me out in 3rd. dunno. I have always played very well 3 handed, and its my favorite amount of people to play cash games with. But i am winning almost just as many times as i am getting 3rd. oh well. Its working for now. If it continues long for a few weeks then i am going to have to take a better look at my game. until then i am just going to take them how they come.
I need a bigger monitor. This is of huge concern. The reason i spend all of my time on stars is because of the re sizable tables. It is hard to 4 table on Full Tilt, so i just grind 3.40's with a 80+ buy in bankroll. I have the money overall to play 6.50's, but going broke on stars due to some variance is not what i want to happen. If i could mix the 6.50's on full tilt, with the 3.40's on stars, i could be making more money, and safely building a roll on stars. I just do not want to drop 39 dollars at once on stars due to a bad set of sng's. Bigger monitor will let me build up the bankroll faster, safer, and easier. I was thinking of holding out for the 30 inch Dell, but i really just need to get something were i can 6+ table, and get it quick. There will always be more monitors to buy later on down the road. I can just sell the small monitor when i get the scratch to upgrade.
I am really liking SNG's. I really feel like this is where i need to be. The fit my playing style, and also fit my personality. I would love to be a big cash game player, but i know i probally will never put enough effort into it. MTT's are nice, but it is hard for me to put in 2+ hours in without a 30 min break. With SNG's i can start a set, play them out, if i want to take a break when i am done, cool. If i want to keep playing, i just open up another set. They just give me more flexibility. Also I believe i am good enough now to play at the 6.50 level, and if i had the roll i wouldn't have a problem stepping up to the 16's. I by no means think i am great at them, but i am much better than the competition. I will be able to make some nice money when i get to the point where i am running 8-10 tables in a set at the 6.50 level. with the 15-20% roi i think i will have, that is around 1 dollar a sng, 8 at a time??? I will take it. Wouldn't be hard or stressful to make 10 dollars a hour from these things, and that is at the 6.50 level.
But sng's fit me well, very well. I am doing great so far, and feel that i could beat the 6.50's right now. When i get to the point where i am able to move up to the 11 or 16 turbos i am going to polish up my game with one of the sng tools available. I would do it now, but funds are tight. No use spending money on something that is not going to make that much of a difference now. I can beat the level that i am at now with out it. But i really want to hone my game, and grind out a nice chunk of change before i ever get the idea to move up from the 11/16 level.
What i am really shooting for is to be playing the 11/16's by summer time. I want to be 8+ tabling them, and making over a 1.50 dollars per sng. If i could make 15 dollars an hour, i will be very happy. I could get into a schedule of playing a set before work, right after work, and a couple at night. Making 100+ dollars a week from sngs would be great. It would really make life easier money wise, allowing me to pay a few bills each month with poker profits if needed. Having some extra money to go places, and eat a nice meal. Or save up the winnings to buy i some furniture, or take a vacation. It would be so cool to be snow skiing, knowing i got there of of playing poker. Another point i would like to get to is putting away money for retirement off of poker. The idea of maxing out a Roth IRA with poker money would be a dream. Knowing i was building a nice nest egg of a game i enjoy playing.
Goals???
Keep playing the game.
Get a larger monitor
Build up enough money on stars to play the 6.50's comfortably
Be able to 8+ table the 6.50's for at or over a 15% ROI.
long winded hu?
Have been doing well in the 3.40's. Not much to complain about there. Play is horrible, and i am doing well, grinding back up to being able to play the 6.50's again. The thing i am somewhat worried about is that i am getting more 3rds lately. I have read on Forums that you should be bubbling more than you get 3rds. The reason is you need to be abusing the bubble that way you can get 1st or 2nd. I am a manic on the bubble. I am usually by far the most aggressive person. So why am i getting more 3rds? I am not sure. Maybe its just a variance thing. Getting in the money, and things happening to put me out in 3rd. dunno. I have always played very well 3 handed, and its my favorite amount of people to play cash games with. But i am winning almost just as many times as i am getting 3rd. oh well. Its working for now. If it continues long for a few weeks then i am going to have to take a better look at my game. until then i am just going to take them how they come.
I need a bigger monitor. This is of huge concern. The reason i spend all of my time on stars is because of the re sizable tables. It is hard to 4 table on Full Tilt, so i just grind 3.40's with a 80+ buy in bankroll. I have the money overall to play 6.50's, but going broke on stars due to some variance is not what i want to happen. If i could mix the 6.50's on full tilt, with the 3.40's on stars, i could be making more money, and safely building a roll on stars. I just do not want to drop 39 dollars at once on stars due to a bad set of sng's. Bigger monitor will let me build up the bankroll faster, safer, and easier. I was thinking of holding out for the 30 inch Dell, but i really just need to get something were i can 6+ table, and get it quick. There will always be more monitors to buy later on down the road. I can just sell the small monitor when i get the scratch to upgrade.
I am really liking SNG's. I really feel like this is where i need to be. The fit my playing style, and also fit my personality. I would love to be a big cash game player, but i know i probally will never put enough effort into it. MTT's are nice, but it is hard for me to put in 2+ hours in without a 30 min break. With SNG's i can start a set, play them out, if i want to take a break when i am done, cool. If i want to keep playing, i just open up another set. They just give me more flexibility. Also I believe i am good enough now to play at the 6.50 level, and if i had the roll i wouldn't have a problem stepping up to the 16's. I by no means think i am great at them, but i am much better than the competition. I will be able to make some nice money when i get to the point where i am running 8-10 tables in a set at the 6.50 level. with the 15-20% roi i think i will have, that is around 1 dollar a sng, 8 at a time??? I will take it. Wouldn't be hard or stressful to make 10 dollars a hour from these things, and that is at the 6.50 level.
But sng's fit me well, very well. I am doing great so far, and feel that i could beat the 6.50's right now. When i get to the point where i am able to move up to the 11 or 16 turbos i am going to polish up my game with one of the sng tools available. I would do it now, but funds are tight. No use spending money on something that is not going to make that much of a difference now. I can beat the level that i am at now with out it. But i really want to hone my game, and grind out a nice chunk of change before i ever get the idea to move up from the 11/16 level.
What i am really shooting for is to be playing the 11/16's by summer time. I want to be 8+ tabling them, and making over a 1.50 dollars per sng. If i could make 15 dollars an hour, i will be very happy. I could get into a schedule of playing a set before work, right after work, and a couple at night. Making 100+ dollars a week from sngs would be great. It would really make life easier money wise, allowing me to pay a few bills each month with poker profits if needed. Having some extra money to go places, and eat a nice meal. Or save up the winnings to buy i some furniture, or take a vacation. It would be so cool to be snow skiing, knowing i got there of of playing poker. Another point i would like to get to is putting away money for retirement off of poker. The idea of maxing out a Roth IRA with poker money would be a dream. Knowing i was building a nice nest egg of a game i enjoy playing.
Goals???
Keep playing the game.
Get a larger monitor
Build up enough money on stars to play the 6.50's comfortably
Be able to 8+ table the 6.50's for at or over a 15% ROI.
long winded hu?
Thursday, February 1, 2007
3.40's and uptick
Well after yesterdays downswing, leaving me with 70$ in my stars account, i decided i had better drop down a level. I am have enough money over all to stay at the 6.50's, but with all the trouble getting money on and off, i don't mind playing a little lower to avoid having to re-deposit on stars.
3.00 buy in and 40 to the rake. thats a little bit steeper than usuall but not that bad. The tables are 10 handed also, instead of the normal 9. not that big of a deal. I did well in Party sng's and i think they were 10 handed. so anyways...
First set of 4
OTM
OTM
3rd
2nd
So i made 1.4o dollars. wheeee
Second set went
OTM
OTM
1st
1st
16.40 dollars uptick? o rly? and a total for the day of 17.40. Not to bad for 3.40 dollar sng's.
3.00 buy in and 40 to the rake. thats a little bit steeper than usuall but not that bad. The tables are 10 handed also, instead of the normal 9. not that big of a deal. I did well in Party sng's and i think they were 10 handed. so anyways...
First set of 4
OTM
OTM
3rd
2nd
So i made 1.4o dollars. wheeee
Second set went
OTM
OTM
1st
1st
16.40 dollars uptick? o rly? and a total for the day of 17.40. Not to bad for 3.40 dollar sng's.
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