Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Had a little boring session in the afternoon. nothing much happened, just card dead and several times of, raise-get called, continuation bet-get called/raised actualy adds up very quickly. so I went down like $8 this afternoon. So right now (midnight) I decided to finish my bonus before I sleep and play a few hands. I took like 2-3 small pots consecutively from this guy and he kinda went on a lil tilt for a few hands, then this hand occured....

***** Hand History*****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: sirmania ( $5.65 )
Seat 4: sharris3 ( $37.55 )
Seat 5: pinkykatz ( $50.85 )
Seat 6: potato_onion ( $24.65 )
Seat 3: Hero ( $26.45 )
sharris3 posts small blind [$0.10].
pinkykatz posts big blind [$0.25].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ 4c 6c ]
potato_onion folds, sirmania folds, Hero raises [$0.90], sharris3 folds., pinkykatz calls [$0.65].

** Dealing Flop ** [ 6h, 6s, 3d ]
pinkykatz checks, Hero bets [$1], pinkykatz raises [$2], Hero raises [$3], pinkykatz raises [$4].
Hero calls [$2].

** Dealing Turn ** [ Jh ]
pinkykatz is all-In. ($47)
TheBund3 is all-In.

** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]
pinkykatz shows [ 6d, Kc ] three of a kind, sixes.
TheBund3 doesn't show [ 4c, 6c ] three of a kind, sixes.
pinkykatz wins $51 from the main pot with three of a kind, sixes with king kicker.

I don't know how exactly I played this hand. I think I should've thought about a higher 6 and just called the flop bet. But I think given how I played I probably can't fold the turn there. I was pretty upset after I lost this hand...but what I did was immediately sat out and played at another table. These are the type of guys that put me on ultra tilt...so I stopped and I'm very proud that I did not tilt ONE single hand this session. I ended up doubling my buy-in and stacking this guy who had twice the buy in...so overall up 2 buy ins tonight not too bad at all...

today +32; +100 pp bonus

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Keep the erros coming..

A few days at NL25 6max, 1000 or so hands, I've already committed quiet a few noob errors. They're not extremely fishy; nevertheless, they are huge leaks for a successful player. here are some examples:

- calling big bets on the river to a potential made draw
- calling big bets on the river with just top pair (no/weak kicker) because I sensed a bluff coming (which I was wrong)
- calling a reraise out of the SB with Ace rag and fired away while he kept calling me down. Did not realize I was bluffin into a monster until showdown.

other than these big key erros, I actually think I played pretty well. Today, I lost 2 sets within about 20 minutes, first one got it all in on the flop with a straight draw..lost...second one was so 'kuh shi' cuz the flop came A T 4, the dude had AK and I had TT, board came runner runner diamonds n he took the pot (note. check-check on the river, I would've folded to a bet on the river), also not to mention went all-in with the short stack, lost my AK to 84s. I was down like 2 buy ins but I did not tilt. Maybe it was cuz Zora was beside me, but I think I've grown not to go down that path again. I stuck it through, kept my cool, for the most part, and came out just +2 today when I got my AA all-in preflop 3 way. Very glad how I kept my patience and just played it through w/out thinking bout the beats. I'm actualy enjoying making these mistakes because once I make one of them, they're going into my book and I'll probably never seen them again, at least not coming from myself....

keep the errors coming baby

Sunday, August 27, 2006

A New beginning....

Today I decided for a brand new start. Cleared out my PT database, changed my party SN, and promised myself a new attitude towards the game. My bankroll is not much now....really..not much. but i'm gona start at party's lowest stake. 25 NL 6max cash and work my way up. I think I did pretty well today. Despite one bad river call...I kept my cool throughout the session. I just 1 tabled and I think I might go 2 at the most. I haven't really been that concentrated in the game for awhile so I think this fresh start shall really help me out. The old me would've probably tilted away some money after I lost that big pot, but I kept my cool. I might've played extra aggressive for 2-3 hands, but I stopped immediately. My cards weren't good the whole session and my internet was being laggy the whole time, but I didn't really let that get into me. I just also happened to stack someone at the end of my session, really felt good.

+ $16 (174 hands)

Today's lesson, no matter what happens...KEEP YOUR COOL.