Learning Texas Holdem Poker

set 8: completed! Who am I kidding?

2009-11-05T22:00:00.002+01:00

Maybe the better question is: What the fuck is wrong with the Stars SNG. I'm just having it @ Stars. Giving me one bad beat after another. The pricks. In set 8 I had a loosing streak of 11 SNGs without a cash. Getting bubbled out, getting 2 and 3 outers against me. I know that bad beats are part of the game but it almost reached a point where it starts to have an impact an my mental state...

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Stepping up, stepping down

2009-11-02T23:22:00.002+01:00

Well despite the good luck wishes of Amatay I have to step down after only 1 set at the $3.40 level. Only 6 cashes and a loss of $20.2 sealed my faith. It could have gone different but I did get bubbled out on a few occasions with the correct push but no luck. This evening I also ran twice into KK and once into AA, just bad luck. In the last 2 I did get eliminated with AJ vs KQ and KQ vs K10....

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Change of plans

2009-10-31T14:16:00.001+01:00

Did not play for 2 days and still I did made a profit. The guys from RTR did pay-out the syndicate members. This pushed my BR above the targeted $125. This means that I now have a BR big enough to play at least one set of the $1.75 one and one set of the $3.40 one. So according to my BR management I should step up a level, which I will. It feels strange I can tell you. While the $1.75 one were...

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Set 7: Acceptable

2009-10-30T00:08:00.002+01:00

Set 7 is finished. The good news is that it did bring my BR above $100. A little bit faster then expected. Set 7 was good for a profit of $21.05, 2 wins, 9 cashed and 19 FT. I donked away 2 SNGs in which I got eliminated within the first 2 hands. Twice with AK, trying to steal the pot. I still cannot explain why I did this. The overall profit now stands on $74.45. Good for a ROI of 24%. If...

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Set 6: the zone?

2009-10-25T21:51:00.003+01:00

Set 6 did end with a bummer, 2 2 outers against and 5 non cashes but for the rest it was a great set. 16 FTs, that's 2 less then the set before. But a mighty 5 victories, add to this 1 second place, 2 third places and 1 fourth place and the result is a profit of $31.85. Good for a ROI of 72,8%. With other words, not bad. Very glad with the 5 wins, which makes a big difference in profit. The FT...

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Set 5: Not complaining

2009-10-19T21:55:00.003+02:00

Set 5 has been finished. While I did made a profit, it could have been better/bigger. I bubbled in 4 SNGs. If I did made it ITM in 50% of these the profit would have bigger. One I bubbled out with AQ vs A3, another time when my AK didn't get any help and lost against 99, more unfortunate was the preflop push with 77 when I did run into JJ. But I could live with this push. It was in late...

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Stats first 100 SNGs

2009-10-16T22:06:00.003+02:00

My stats of the first 100 SNGs I played: Profit: $7.8 Final Tables: 57 ITM places: 27 FT ITM conversion: 47,36% Wins: 7 (7%) Second: 8 (8%) Third: 5 (5%) Fourth: 7 (7%) Average finishing position: 8,3 Winning streak: 3 (2 times) Loosing streak: 7 (2 times) To be honnest not stats to be proud of. So, let's try to improve them! Cheers, Dremeber

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Set 4: Incredibly bad

2009-10-16T21:22:00.003+02:00

Didn't see that coming for sure not after the excellent set 3. But set 4 delivered a loss of $14.10. The strangest thing is that I reach in 17 occasions the FT. So I can only blame it on variance, not? In did cash in 6 of them but not victory. Not even 1. 3 of my cashes were 4th places and that's almost the same as not ending up ITM. My average finishing position was 7,64. Almost the same as in...

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The way to go?

2009-10-14T18:50:00.003+02:00

At the moment I was playing without a real goal. Like everybody the idea is to make some money but this is hard at the 18 seater of $1.75. I know I need to move up a level, but I had no idea when I should move up the level. I did start playing the $1.75 stakes because my BR simply didn't allow me to play at a higher level. I do understand that the key in these games is simply patience. Even...

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Set 3: That's more like it

2009-10-10T11:24:00.003+02:00

While set 1 and 2 were coolers, set 3 was the complete opposite. It was good for a profit of $29.2, turning my figures from red into green. On the overall I'm now having a profit of $25.40. I did cash 10 times out of 25 and reached 15 FTs. I did win 3 of these, besides that I also had 3 second places. In 3 SNG's I was out in place 17 or 18, which never should happen. All three of them I did get...

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Set 2, did I lost it?

2009-10-07T21:13:00.002+02:00

Mmmh, very surprised about this result. Again a loss. Played again a set of 25 18 seaters ($1.75) and I did record a loss of $3.25. Only 12 FTs, that's 1 less as set 1. One miserable win. And 4 other paid places. Tried to tighten my game in the early stages. But this brings some problems later on in the SNG when staying card dead, resulting in push fold games. And if then lady luck does not want...

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First set of 25, not a success

2009-09-25T22:52:00.002+02:00

Surprisingly I did not make a profit in the first set of 25. I did had 6 cashes, 3 times I took it down. Still not enough to make a profit, in stead a loss of $0.55 is recorded. The problem is that once I have a decent stack I start playing to defensive. I know I should be more aggressive but ... When I decided to increasethe aggressiveness I lost every race I had. So in my eyes a lot of...

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syndicate

2009-09-20T23:04:00.003+02:00

I joined the $11 poker syndicate at RTR. The idea is that everybody plays 5 $11 MTTs. All the winnings will be put into a pot and shared amoung all the members which did play all 5 games. At the moment I played 3 and did cash in ione. A great 96the place out of 2702 contenders. Good for $40. I'm glad that I could add some dosh to the pot. Also trying to play a set of 25 games of the $1.75 18...

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Here we go again

2009-09-11T21:01:00.002+02:00

Didn't play a lot during the past weeks. The weather was to good and I just wasn't interested. In stead of playing I was searching the net for a new laptop with a blu ray player. To bad for me but my specs made it to expensive. Let's see if I can collect some dosh with Poker. The target stands on $1000. In the last 3 days I played 6 6 seaters, cashing in 5 of them. Not bad. Will this be my new...

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Switched to PKR

2009-06-28T22:49:00.002+02:00

I decided to it was time to give Stars some rest. So the question was where do I want to play? After reading some room reviews my eye fell on PKR. For a recreational player, like me, the user interface really is worth a try. Also I did find out that it is a real fish pound. In my first 5 days I made a profit of $70. Not bad. At the moment I'm trying to clear my bonus. I would say give it a try....

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Second loosing day in a row! Auch!

2009-05-29T21:27:00.000+02:00

Luckily I did manage to win my last SNG I played or the damage would have been much bigger. Played 12 SNGs yesterday (10 10 seaters and 2 18 seaters). Didn't cash in the 18 seaters, while I should have in one. But a donk move from my side with AK during the bubble did get me eliminated. Very stuped cause I was atm second in stack. Did cash in 3 10 seaters but the amount won was not enough to...

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A fresh start!

2009-05-28T08:42:00.000+02:00

I decided to upload some fresh funds to Stars and I'm not planning to throw it away like the previous one. But that is easier written down than done. For the first time since long I had to upload funds cause the previous BR dried up, normally I'm able to cash my deposit with some profit but not last time. One of my major BR leaks is that I don't build up a bankroll. I to quickly cash some profit...

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Tilt

2009-05-24T21:48:00.003+02:00

The tittle says it all. Lost $60 in the last few days. With one MTT running, the br is standing on the nice round figure of zero! I don't know what is happening and why I'm loosing. Have to analyze my game. Perhaps I need to starts playing single tables again. Reaching the FT enough but I just can't get into the money. Loosing each race, running into sets and so on. I downloaded a trial version...

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Uhm?

2009-05-22T11:03:00.002+02:00

Nothing much to report. Stepping down is making me a profit but it is smaller than I hope for! I still have to much swings in my game not getting ITM for 10 in-a-row and than cashing in the next three. I have now played 32 games at the $3.40 buy-in and getting a ROI of around 19%. At least 6% below my target. But the good news is that my BR is back climbing. Also cleared 50% of my deposit...

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Where did my profit go? Did you see it?

2009-05-15T18:19:00.000+02:00

Don't know what happened but I lost it. With IT I mean lots of things. Like my luck, the ability to learn poker, the ability to pick the right moment, my coolness and so on. Yesterday I lost a staggering 80 bucks, which meant a decrease of my BR with more then 60%. WTF!!! I tried playing 18 seaters, 45 seaters, 2 in one session, 4 in one session, and single tables. But nothing worked! I cannot...

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Blame it on the Stars

2009-05-14T20:50:00.000+02:00

Well I'm recently undergoing a down swing. So as a result I didn't play a lot in the last few days. Probably a wise decision cause the Tilt monster was trying to catch me. Due to this down swing and a $50 withdrawal my BR decreased to a miserable $120. So less than 19 buy-ins left. In stead of playing I did replay my last 8 SNGs to see if the down swing was caused by bad play or the RNG of...

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Slowly making some progress

2009-05-04T11:17:00.002+02:00

While I stated in my last post that I probably was going to stick with the 18 seaters and put my investigation between the 18 and 45 seaters on hold, I did play 4 45 seaters yesterday evening and I'm glad I did. Only cashed in 1 of them but this was a second place so good for an overal profit of 34 bucks for the evening. Which is great for an amateur at my level. It could have been more but in 2...

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Did I find a leak in my game?

2009-05-01T23:38:00.002+02:00

Well I hope so and I also hope that I closed the leak. After looking at my stats I came to the conclusion that I didn't reach the final table enough and you can't get ITM when you aren't sitting at the FT. Now what was the problem? I maybe took the play tight in the beginning of an SNG a little bit to strict. Now I try to loosen up my play when we are only with 5 peeps left at the table. And it...

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Just in Time

2009-04-28T21:09:00.002+02:00

A week and a half ago I cleared my account after going into tilt mode. The idea was to wait until Stars offered a new reload bonus and it was coming faster than I expected/hoped. Until the first of May you can profit from this reload bonus and like always it is also a bonus which can be cleared by small stakes player. (Bonus code: 09series) It is their second reload bonus period of the year,...

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Runner, runner, runner, runner flush ...

2009-04-20T23:20:00.002+02:00

... It does happen. And it is always against me. This time after so many 3, 2 and even some 1 outers against me (in about 15 SNGs) it was the drop that flood the bucket. So with one SNG ongoing I decided to cash-out my complete bankroll! Luckily I came second in the other one, leaving me behind with a bankroll of $32.something. Just enough for 5 buy-ins. Have to spend them wisely. On the other...

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