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January 7, 2008, 9PM:
Poker Stars Atlantis Bahamas
Day 2 I guess. I'm not in the tournament area at all because I know what I am doing, so they stick me in high limit cash games. Mostly the 50-100 NLH which turns into a 50-100-200 game and the 10-25 or 25-50 PLO, all of which are fun to deal as I never image sitting in one of these games.
This limit is very entertaining as most these guys have nice sized rolls and are chatty little fuckers. Talking about anything from poker, golf, women etc.
The main event is down to about 200 players or so but whatever.
For those of you who play on stars, I recommend winning a seat sometime soon and coming here. There are many well knowns and pros and they are much more friendly then when they are in Las Vegas ;)
Last Update: January 7, 2008, 9:12PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
January 6, 2008, 11PM:
Poker Stars Atlantis Bahamas
Day 1B was today, I did not get to post about day 1 so I will give a brief summary.
Day 1A
The room was full with internet donks, pros, young kids etc. Not much to say other than they are poker and internet junkies. It is amazing how much they let this become their life. We all love poker though but you need a healthy balance.
In the lobby there are about 10 guys playing 4 games each online with their laptops, the other lobby there are about 30 more ;)
Back to day 1A, not much, the play was pretty interesting to see from a dealers point of view. I learned something new that may help some of us with our tournament poker play. It is called "leverage" and "fold equity". It means, unlike we are trained, to (when you have a big stack) to attack and seek out battles with other big stacks. The concept is this. Since the big stack wants to avoid another big stack that if you re-raise or put pressure on a big stack they are more likely to fold or not be contfrontational with you and give up the hand, hence, "fold equity".
Day 1B, not much to say, I was dealing the cash games. Highlight is the 50/100 NLH game. A friend was in the game I had not seen in a bit. He apperntly knocked off a WSOP event, a Bellagio event and plaed around 90th in the Main Event. Lucky guy.
Last Update: January 6, 2008, 11:24PM | Permalink (1 Comment)
January 3, 2008, 8PM:
stupid laptop
Ok so first lesson learned from last night was that if you plan on blogging about your tourney, you should probably make very simple notes about which hands are event worthy since I tried to go back today and update my previous entry with key hands only to fail miserably when I couldn't make out my notes on my work computer.
Still haven't decided which poker room I'm going to migrate to next but money is tight (ironically) so there's no rush. Thanks to people who have given me their tips. It's all being taken into consideration.
Computer issues kept me out of the tournaments tonight but there's always tomorrow.
Last Update: January 3, 2008, 8:26PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
January 1, 2008, 7PM:
Begin Poker Log
Background info:
Name: Jason L.
Playing experience: 2+ years (Dealt for 1 year)
Online experiences: Small ring-games TXS NL/L/PL, OMA NL/L/PL
Goal: Continuously build-up a bank roll from 100$ USD.
Site: PokerStars
Site ID: jmlz87
Started this account up while being on leave for the holidays. Currently a Canadian Forces soldier, training in St-Jean, QC. Used to be a casino dealer, (highlight= dealing to Johnny Chan in '06 BCPC) but needed something more exciting in life. Will be starting out slow, just for lesiure. Hope to be able to play on-base back in St-Jean!
Last Update: January 3, 2008, 7:20PM | Permalink (1 Comment)
December 22, 2007, 1PM:
Second 100 MTTs
On October 21st I finished my 100th multi-table tournament and now, exactly 2 months later, I finished my 200th tournament yesterday.
The average field size for my second 100 tournaments was 523, down a couple hundred from the first set because I played more $2 tourneys as oppposed to $1 tourneys. I met my goal of 8 final tables. I won one tournament (goal was 3). I had 4 top three's missing my goal by one. I had 28 cashes which was down from 30 last set and off of my goal by 5. Part of this is because the $1 tournaments I played in the first set paid a higher percentage of the field than the $2 tourneys I played more of this time. Lastly I cashed for $352 with $136 being profit (down from the $525/$331 of my first set). This thanks in most part to my win in the Ferguson for $252 during my first 100 tournaments.
I am pretty happy with my stats but know that I made some fairly big mistakes while in position to make a top three run. I also think that I gave up on several tourneys and shoved too light just to double up. I wanna try to play every tournament as best I can during the next 100. I also want to mix in several more $5 tourneys now that my bankroll is bigger.
Last Update: December 22, 2007, 12:12PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
December 19, 2007, 7PM:
Poker Journal
Checked my email today to find out UB gave me 10 bux. I guess I gotta build that now. Total roll is now 10.79 weeeeee!
Last Update: December 19, 2007, 7:02PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
December 18, 2007, 6PM:
Poker Journal
I took my 1.75 and turned it into 2.39 which is a .64 cent profit playing.5-.10 limit on b-dog. I played tight aggressive and it paid off. I will build this stack by playing beginner sngs on b-dog til I can venture off into other areas of the poker world. I followed that up by finishing 2nd in a 2.20 beginner sng on b-dog. I should have won. My opponent pushed and claimed he wanted a flipament. I believed him and I was right. He had 5-8 and I had a6. He flopped an 8. That crippled me and he went on to win. I played perfect for the most part. I will win more often than not. roll up to 5.19 now. MOVIN ON UP! I decided to invest 4.40 in 2 beginner sngs and finished out of the money in both. Both times with AK once vs aces and once vs 99. God I hate AK! Well down to .79 cents now. micro donkament cash game I guess!
Last Update: December 19, 2007, 7:01PM | Permalink (1 Comment)
December 17, 2007, 6PM:
Poker Journal
I finished 55th in the b-dog pts freeroll for 1.75. I played pretty well and picked my spots except for late in the tourney when I tried to bluff big stack and I knew better I was just trying to build up my stack. I have gotta pick better spots.
Last Update: December 18, 2007, 6:06PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
December 7, 2007, 5PM:
"More Stats" - What is working/What is not
I just got done reviewing my "more stats" overall and for the last 30 days. For those that do not know this feature you can see what, where, hours etc.
For me, since I play different games, levels and tournaments on primarily two sites it is important to look at "what is working and what is not".
My conclusion is on Poker Stars I should stick with tournaments, specifically PLO when available and then Texas Hold'em. On FullTilt I should stay clear of tournaments and concentrate specifically on lower limit Pot Limit Omaha games.
This was very blatant when I compared hours played with money won/lost. I fight with myself though and think, "why can't I do well on Full Tilt tournamnents but do well on Poker Stars?" Bottom line, it doesn't matter.
Stick with what is working!
So I suggest to any of you who have mulitple things going on to view your "more stats", analyze it and make the appropriate changes. For those happy with your success, don't change much but take a peek.
For those that are just playing the same game, limit and location and feel they are struggling, try and vary up your games. Try new places and game types, online and live. Find where you win and keep going at it.
Just my thoughts, happy hunting.
btw - just watched "Lucy You", not to fond of poker movies but this one was very realistic with "real" poker people involved, anyone that has spent time in Vegas or LA will recognize many of the people, not just the pros.
Last Update: December 7, 2007, 5:51PM | Permalink (2 Comments)
December 2, 2007, 4AM:
Poker Stars and Full Tilt Hand History Uploading
Finally Rob sat on the couch and finished up hand history uploading for both Full Tilt Poker and Poker Stars!
For now not much information is given to you, but remember this, the more hands that are saved the more information will be available to all of us later.
Hand Histories are also nice to backup and verify your online performance as well as to replay hands that were problematic and get opinions.
Uploading hand histories for these sites are the same as Party Poker is, Hand History Uploading Guide
*with Full Tilt Poker you must click the "Save My Hand Histories" box for them to be saved to your machine, the box is located in the "Main Menu" under "Options" and the last option titled "Hand History..." once open you can click the "Save My Hand Histories" box.
*for Poker Stars to save hand histories to your machine, log into the "Main Menu", click the "Options" tab, then close to the bottom the "Instant Hand History Options..."
There you can click the "Save My Hand History" box.
On both sites once in the Hand History menu you can choose where to save the Hand History files on your computer and also to set the length of time in which to save hand histories.
Last Update: December 2, 2007, 5:08AM | Permalink (0 Comments)
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