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August 29, 2009, 4PM: Played 45 minutes at Stratosphere
$60 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (19th out of 20 Players)

i played terrible... AJ first hand i ignored the reraise after me and was convinced my TPTK was best. he had KK and i was out first hand, rebought and donked off my chips within 30 more minutes or so.

Last Update: August 29, 2009, 10:07PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

August 28, 2009, 3PM: Played 24 minutes at Stratosphere
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

soft game, did well for the short time i was there

Last Update: August 29, 2009, 10:05PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

August 27, 2009, 8PM: Played 2 hours at Home
$20 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (1st out of 7 Players)

chopped 1 and 2 with M.  made a great call knocking out ashley.  very gratifying haha

Last Update: August 28, 2009, 4:31PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

August 17, 2009, 9PM: Played 1 hour, 30 minutes at Tamarus
$20 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (1st out of 6 Players)

dominated short handed tourney, chopped 1st and 2nd w M

Last Update: August 19, 2009, 5:51PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

August 15, 2009, 11AM
slump

looking at my log lately and trying to figure out where i'm going wrong.  i think i've loosened my starting hand requirements a little too much having been luckily rewarded by some questionable plays.  i know I've also had a handful of instances where i was eager to get my money in with the best hand too early in the hand only to be drawn out on.  i need to start being more mathematical and only betting enough to have them make a mistake by calling and if i get drawn out on then i at least have the opportunity to fold.  i guess long term i'd come ahead with the strategy of getting it in while i'm ahead, but i don't think my bankroll can take it.  my strategy for the next few sessions is to tighten back up.  i don't think i have the live hand history and experience to be playing as loose as i have been.

Last Update: August 15, 2009, 11:53AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

August 9, 2009, 3PM: Played 3 hours at Southpoint
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

gosh i've been running real bad lately.  its kinda getting me discouraged because i think i'm getting better, but there's no results.  i didn't log this right away and forgot everything that happened, but I remember i got sucked out on 3 times on my all in hands.  waah.  i started playing online again low stakes to regain some confidence.

Last Update: August 12, 2009, 12:11AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

July 31, 2009, 11PM: Played 4 hours at Southpoint
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

i am a donk.  played well completely card dead for nearly 4 hours and more then doubled my buyin, then just donked off my chips in a matter of minutes.  was too tired to be playing.

Last Update: August 2, 2009, 12:48AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

July 25, 2009, 10PM: Played 3 hours at Southpoint
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

lost my first buyin within the first 5 hands, got it all in on the flop with 2 pair, the obvious flush draw, a delta-bravo to the max, reluctantly calls and then screams yesss as he hits it on the river.  i hit up the atm and rebuy with a larger stack.  some unfortunate hands widdled me down once again and i then made a conscious decision to play well and build back up... i end up near even and DB continues to push around the table, be obnoxious, and generally piss everyone off.  i get involved in a hand with him out of vengence and spite with middle pair with QXJ on the flop.  i didn't think he had a Q because I was so intent on revenge.  i lost 2/3 of my stack on that hand.  it was interesting because he goaded me into calling his final bet (he made a boat) by calling me weak after i checked the river.  i knew i was beat when i checked, but that last jab pushed me over the edge and i instacalled with my mediocre hand.  vengence has NO place at the poker table.  so after that i started rebuilding again. the DB got kicked outta the room for vulgarity.  a fish sat down and i won a few pots here and there, including an all in semi bluff that gave me a nice double + up.  last hand I get AK UTG, raise to 4x BB, the table cascades with calls and the button (fish) reraises to 16.  I kick it up to 60, he calls.  flop is AXJ, he goes all in, and I can't lay down my top pair top kicker. his AJ two pair wins sending me to bed.  all in all it was a good learning night, got to make some good plays, and have the no-vengence thing engrained in my mind.  worth the 2 buy in loss in my opinion.

Last Update: July 26, 2009, 2:28AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

July 22, 2009, 8PM: Played 2 hours, 30 minutes at Southpoint
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

was playing pretty damn loose aggressive... too loose probably. i'm experimenting a lot more with positional raises, squeeze plays, and timed all-ins. its causing quite a bit of volatility, but i'm learning a lot from identifying more imaginative plays.

Last Update: July 26, 2009, 2:15AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

July 20, 2009, 8PM: Played 4 hours at Tamarus
$20 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (4th out of 9 Players)

rollercoaster tourney, made a bad speculative call which put me down early, got lucky and ended up chip leader... very late in the game when amazingly there was still 5 players i went all in twice with decent cards and someone called me with bad cards and hit leaving me very short and desparate, then tripled up again, only to get busted a hand later.

Last Update: July 21, 2009, 12:50AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

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