Play Online Poker SeriouslyThisTime Birthday: October 8, 1985 Location: Folsom, CA (soon to be Vegas) ALL-TIME STATS (more stats) Total Entries: 22 Total Won/Lost: -$40.00 Total Hours: 67 Earnings/Hour: -$0.59 ARCHIVE Most Recent December 2007 (3) November 2007 (19)

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December 6, 2007, 12AM: Played 3 hours, Made $760.00 at Deuces Wild
$3 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

YahoO!! I think I found my game again! I'm not playing scared money, finally.  Again I chose not to bring out the iPOD and I think this helped.  I chatted a lot, and played more aggressively.  I think the combination of 1- being my natural chatty self without my iPOD, 2- not being on scared money, and 3- having just finished antonio esfandiari's book I feel like i'm playing better.  I went through in my head hand from the night to try and see where I could have played anything better, and there really weren't any situations I thought that to be true.  I'm happy, I'm winning, and I'm going to Vegas in a few days! :-D

Last Update: December 6, 2007, 4:18AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

December 4, 2007, 8PM: Played 3 hours, 40 minutes, Made $210.00 at Lucky Derby
$5 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Yay! A winning session! I played great, for the most part.  I forgot to bring my iPOD, but what I discovered was the old me.  When i don't listen to music, I'm more involved with the table.  I do a lot of chatting, and as a result I learn about how people play, and I stay more in tune with the game.  This allowed me to be more aggressive, taking down several pots I didn't deserve.  I could've played longer, and probably would have still won, but Mitch was done, and he was my ride, so we bounced.  I'm happy.

Last Update: December 5, 2007, 10:43AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

December 2, 2007, 4PM: Played 7 hours, Lost $400.00 at Deuces Wild
$3 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Ouch.  Got bad beat out of most of it.  I think my first buy in went away on a bluff, or maybe being hyper aggressive with a draw.  Second buy in went away with i was betting into a calling station with second pair, he had top pair.  third buyin lasted a long time, then went away on a bad beat.  Same with #4, got bad beat.  thought I played exceptionally well though being tight AND aggressive.

Last Update: December 4, 2007, 2:40PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 27, 2007, 9PM: Played 3 hours, Lost $320.00 at Deuces Wild
$3 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Got coolered, go rivered, it was a bad game that I should have left or taken a break from earlier.  It wasn't a horrible game, but nothing seemed to go my way after an early lucky double up.

Last Update: November 28, 2007, 12:22AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 27, 2007, 6PM: Played 6 minutes, Lost $65.00 at Lucky Derby
$60 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (97th out of 98 Players)

Made a great call and got rivered on the second hand.

Last Update: November 28, 2007, 12:20AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 27, 2007, 3PM: Played 3 hours, Made $245.00 at Lucky Derby
$5 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Played good, with perhaps one exception, calling an all in w/ top pair top kicker, I was against KK and lost.  Other than that I kept buying in and ended up making money in the long run.  Didn't try to make any 'hero' moves, worked out vary beneficial.

Last Update: November 28, 2007, 12:18AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 26, 2007, 8PM: Played 4 hours, Made $545.00 at Deuces Wild
$3 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

I played great.  Thanks to a change of music on my iPOD, and some discipline picked up from playing the tourny, I was patient and calm.  I had fun, and I only really played a few hands.  But they resulted in a double up, a triple up, and another big pot when I was close to chip leader at the table.  This is how I always need to play.  Patient and disciplined.  I think I've been losing lately because I've been trying to play to many hands to far.  I've been trying to make what I describe as the 'hero call,' I try and read into my opponents hand more than I should.  I just need to be patient and wait for the better situations, like I did here.

Last Update: November 27, 2007, 1:29PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 26, 2007, 7PM: Played 1 hour, at Deuces Wild
$60 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (18th out of 30 Players)

*I was staked*
 
Played OK, did my typical tourny thing, and when my chips got low I got to eager to make a move, and got my money in w/ A 7 suited in late position, when I had 3100 and blinds were 3 and 6 hundred.  I just bought the blinds the hand earlier with nothing, so I could've waited a round for a better hand to get in with.  I got called by AK and lost.

Last Update: November 27, 2007, 12:16PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 26, 2007, 4PM: Played 2 hours, 30 minutes, Lost $600.00 at Deuces Wild
$3 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

I had money in my pocket.  On the one hand it helped me play with no fear, on the other, it caused me to play a little to bold.  Got a lot of money in on a lot of draws, and wasn't running good.  Took a lot of shots to win pots by betting and none worked.  I was really unhappy about this session, but I was staying, playing the tourny, and still had cash in my pocket.

Last Update: November 27, 2007, 12:13PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 25, 2007, 12PM: Played 2 hours, Lost $120.00 at Deuces Wild
$3 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

I thought I played nearly perfect.  I built up my stack without having to show down a hand, to about $190.  I played a couple situations where I put money in and didn't have the hand to show down, and mucked.  Put me around $140.  I got all my money in as a big favorite and got sucked out on.  Kept my last few bucks, got all my money in AGAIN as a huge favorite, and got sucked out on again.  Decided that the table would figure me for a losing player and try to chase me down after that, so i took off.  Glad I did, and happy how i played.  One of the losing sessions I can be proud of, unlike the previous 2, where I feel maybe I didn't play my best.

Last Update: November 27, 2007, 12:08PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

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