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July 2, 2009, 6AM:
Played 1 hour,
Made $941.88
at Full Tilt
$55 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (5th out of 275 Players)
 Finding a groove in tournaments..
Avoid loosing my whole stack in any marginal hand and/or drawing situation and I will survive grinding.
Don't give up and make a bad all in call with top pair
Early rounds trap and value bet, get in cheap to see flops
Mid rounds, aviod the rocks trapping, hand value like AK,AQ,KQ, 88-JJ go up in value while early rounds they suck ass to raise with pre as you MUST hit the flop.
I notice I lose momentum a few rounds before the money. This is because raising pre I get a ton of resistance by all in "fold equity" players trying to build stacks or go broke.
- To counter this try playing tighter or not being the first one in for a raise but limp?
Gain momentum right before the money as stealing is fun and timing is usually good.
Once into the money it is like the start of the tournament. Short stacks are going nutzo building or busting, lots of all ins.
Once I make it over that hump it is usually easy sailing to final table. Can usualy jockey position and stack to survive.
Keep this all fresh in your head for next time.
*Last hand of this tourney didn't like, in SB with A8 and UTG running hot player raise, I call all in and see TT. I *could have* and possibly should have folded to see a few more hands for free as next to take BB was short like me and have better chance to move up pay scale. Plus I could have been the first player in and not been called or picked up a better hand. I NEVER like to be the calling player all in with a raiser already in the pot.
All in all good.
Last Update: July 2, 2009, 6:39AM
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July 1, 2009, 8PM:
Played 2 hours
at Southpoint
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em
crazy f-in night... lost most of my first buyin pretty quickly after my aggression backfired a few times. I changed seats hoping to get behind some players but ended up sitting to the right of the most aggressive person at the table. mistake 1. forgot my hole cards another hand, thought i had a straight, pushed all in for the remainder of my first buyin. mistake 2. modest raise of 10 bucks with QQ, 8 fuckin callers... by some miracle i flopped quads again! i took down a huge pot and got a bonus on top of it. I had about $500 in front of me, but not for long. made a bad call with top two pair and villain to the left had a boat. mistake 3. next big hand, was calling with an open ended draw and then made a push when a flush card came on the river, hoping it was a scary card for the other guy, he made a great call with 2 pair. mistake 4. now i'm sitting with 200 in front of me and i'm steaming. next hand i flop and open ended draw again, on the turn i hit my straight, i 3-bet all in and get two calls behind. the last guy sucks out a higher straight on the river. my 5th mistake this hand was not just calling and seeing what the river was with two people behind me probably drawing flushes... it sucks to lose 500 in just a few hands, especially when you're the one making the mistakes.
Last Update: July 1, 2009, 11:06PM
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July 1, 2009, 1PM:
The Prodigal Son
 Well, a few things have changed in the 11-months since I've posted:
1. My location is out of date... San Diego is the new base of operations. I've been here since January. I love it. Absolutely fantastic.
2. My poker playing has gone down considerably... I played considerably when I moved out here, due to the lack of initial employment opportunities... actually ran at a pretty solid profit, combining online and live. Cash, I'm a loser... but tourneys I was up.
But, my roll got too far extended so I haven't been able to play live for a while, as I'm trying to maintain a safe level of roll management.
3. Having started playing online again, man... my game is really, really, really off. A mix of bad luck and bad play but I'm still hanging around somehow. I might have to go read Harrington again or earn a considerable amount of disposable income.
Last Update: July 1, 2009, 2:09PM
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June 27, 2009, 11PM:
Played 1 hour, 30 minutes
at PokerStars
$3 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (1st out of 45 Players)
CrazyPalland [Kc Kd]: kalder 30
AndreyLipko: kalder 15
Bernol22 [Qs Js]: checker
*** FLOP *** [3s 6c Qd]
AndreyLipko: checker
Bernol22: better 90
CrazyPalland: kalder 90
AndreyLipko: kalder 90
*** TURN *** [Jh]
AndreyLipko: checker
Bernol22: better 480
CrazyPalland: kalder 480
AndreyLipko: folder
*** RIVER *** [6s]
Bernol22: better 960
CrazyPalland: kalder 870 og er all-in
*** SHOWDOWN ***
[3s 6c Qd] [Jh] [6s]
Bernol22: viser [Qs Js] (to par, damer og bønder)
CrazyPalland: viser [Kc Kd] (to par, konger og seksere)
CrazyPalland vandt 3060 fra potten
Last Update: June 28, 2009, 7:41AM
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June 27, 2009, 3AM:
Played 4 hours,
Made $15.00
at Southpoint
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em
Tonight was interesting, we sat down to a brand new table and there was some crazy people. One guy sitting in seat 1 was just ridiculously drunk and a maniac. He wins first hand against me with a set. Then Im in another hand with him and i had top pair with a good kicker and then the turn comes with a 3rd card to the flush draw and he bets 50 and i fold. He shows me that he has low pair and says "thanks for the charity". It really messed up my game, and i should have left after that hand to a diff table but instead i stayed and then ended up leaving to the other table cuz i was so messed up from the people at the 1st table. I ended up flopping quads and winning my stack back plus 15 dollars. Was def an eye opening experience. Def glad that im walking away a little more than even.
Last Update: June 27, 2009, 3:15AM
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June 26, 2009, 10PM:
Played 3 hours, 30 minutes
at Southpoint
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em
very interesting night. M and I sit down at a new table, and there are just crazies there... drunk maniac is bluffing left an right, bluffs M out of a big pot which sets her a lil on tilt. i end up calling him for a decent pot where he had bottom pair and i had middle. I was proud of that call because it put the fucker in his place a little. i won a huge pot after i pushed all in with top set and someone called with bottom set, I ended up rivering the last 9 for quads and won an extra 150 bonus which i'm not going to include in my bankroll. switched tables and sat down with 300 and made a bad push with AK after someone raised, he was pot committed so really i was hoping for a 6 outer to hit... not smart, the fold equity was just not there... played well after that and ended the night well in the black.
Last Update: June 27, 2009, 3:00AM
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June 26, 2009, 9PM:
Played 3 hours,
Made $237.00
at Kaloosa
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em
 won a huge pot off some guy i dont know when i flopped 2 pair AT vs his AK i think. the very next hand i raise to $17 with 2 black aces. 4 people call. flop 3JQ all clubs. they check to me, i bet $45, tony check calls. turn is Ah. tony leads out for $110 and i instantly put him on KT for the nuts, but i decide that i'm not gonna fold the river for the $200 that he has left, so i put him in. i lose. why? why cant i just call the turn to see if i improve and then fold the river? why do i keep making wrong decisions in these massive pots? damn.
Last Update: June 26, 2009, 9:46PM
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June 25, 2009, 8PM:
Played 3 hours
at Southpoint
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em
bought in with 200. Fired three barrels within the first few hands, thought the second would take it down but when she called I was a bit concerned... river card was a scare card and even though it wasn't consistent with my betting patterns I didn't think she had the stomach for a big bet. after much thought she folded. established my potential aggression very early on. built my stack to about 650... ended up making a real bad call which cost me about 250... I had homeboy pegged on the flop for middle pair (i was right) and was ahead, turn comes and the betting really starts on the river, he bets, i raise, he goes all in for another 100. I think long and hard and call, my move should have been all in not just a raise, because he put the pressure on me there was not fold equity. anyway, long story short i lost to two pair to my middle pair. I left up 200 about an hour after that.
Last Update: June 26, 2009, 9:27AM
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June 24, 2009, 8AM:
Played 3 hours, 12 minutes,
Lost $144.89
at full tilt
$0.10 Pot-Limit Omaha
 absolutely disgusting how bad I run. I whine about it being rigged, well today it was rigged but it made sure I had the nuts and some money in the pot. I lost with top set vs. wrap for 30 buck pot, flop set over set and lose to runner runner flush for 30 buck pot. flop nut str. vs a clown with AA runner runner nut flush for the fool for 20 bucks. get it all in vs. two people, I have nut str. both have flush draws with no full house possibilities and of course it peels right off leaving me drawing dead. there were at least a half dozen hands where I had people drawing terrible and every pot that was over 20 bucks I lost. I decided again to try and get back in the .50/1 game, worked yesterday to get winner so try it again or go broke and quit this damn thing for a while.
well I just got crippled, 3 way pot, I am in sb with AAxx..it was trashy, I won't deny it, someone makes it 3.50 button calls, I pot it and both call. flop is Q 2 2 with 2 diamonds, I figure I am commited here, if they have a 2 good job...I go all in, someone with slightly less calls with J 10 8 9..diamond draw only...peels right off on the turn. I have a couple bucks left, wake up with AAKQ, get it all in vs KK104, flop is K 10 4 turn blank river 4. how funny is this site man? I am about to have fun deleting it from my computer.
Last Update: June 24, 2009, 9:27AM
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June 23, 2009, 7PM:
Played 2 hours, 2 minutes,
Made $6.48
$0.50 Pot-Limit Omaha
typing this up in advance here, got my nose open right away. ramming maniac at table, I wake up with AA double suited he pots on button after I limp, I pop him. flop comes A 6 7 with 2 hearts, top set nut flush draw, I pot the thing hoping he gets stubborn, he does...he has K 10 8 5, the open ender...oh yeah, 4 on the river for 40 buck pot. I take a couple similiar beats. buy into the 40 buck cap game and hit two right off the bat...one I have KKJ10, flop it all K J 10, guy has A Q, I catch the J. couple hands later KK double suited again, KKQ4, flop is 9 10 x, with two clubs, I turn J of clubs for str. flush, guy has A 5 of clubs...I never run like that. make almost 80 two quick pots to get unstuck. well I make 65 in that game, kind of a rollercoaster, but got unstuck so that's all right.
Last Update: June 23, 2009, 9:40PM
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