Day 2: FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU

Yes as the dog suggests today (well its now 12:48am so i guess yesterday) was shite and involved a ton of swearing/mumbling/incoherent babble. Got one outered a bunch and the donks fking raped me overall.



Anywho here is the overall picture. Could be worse but im pretty worn after todays efforts. Did learn a few things though and ill probably attack the sng's again tomorrow.

day 1: not too shabby

Today went fairly well money wise but im fairly confident i ran ridiculously under ev. I could have won a heap more but consistently managed to lose pivotal hands on bubbles and when heads up. The pathetic standard of play does bode well for the long run but some of short term beats are laughable. Anyway happy enough with the results.



Overall things seem to be heading in the right direction. Will have to see how im feeling tomorrow. Probably won't get this sort of volume in.

week plan

It's sunday here in sunny Sydney and time for me to establish some goals for the coming week. Haven't played really any poker since last post due to various committments. Roll remains at around $200. Im not sure what constitutes high volume play for sng's & mtt's but ill aim for 300 tourneys (combination of 18, 45, 90 & a few 180 manners). Hopefully i can win > 200.

trying my hand at sng's

After withdrawing my funds i decided to throw a little bit it into Stars. Having read about boku87's new challenge on 2p2 ($5 to 100k in a year) i found myself inspired and intrigued by the potential profitability of sng's & mtt's. Upon playing one thing i soon noticed was the poorer standard evident in these compared to cash games.

I thus decided to deposit $40 on tuesday and commence grinding. Things have gone well since then and im now sitting on $218. Currently playing a mix between $1.75 & $3.40 18 man sng's,
as well as the occassional 45 & 90 manner. Ill step up to ~$5 sng's when i have about $400.

Graph: (missing like $30 for some reason)

Cashing out!

My golf club fees arrived the other day and i have decided to cash out my roll to pay them. At last count my roll was around $950. I think ill inquire on 2p2 about getting a stake. It's a shame i have to cashout because things were going fairly well. Getting this large expense out of the way is very important though.

Takin it easy

Right now im posting from my friend's beach house. I've been taking it very easy the past few days in the steam room, indoor heated swimming pool etc. Have managed to play a bit of pokes though, pretty much all 6 max. I played and won a bit yesterday, maybe like 2 buy ins? but gave it back today. Decide to then play some sng's: won the 1st and came runner up in the 2nd. They were $11 6 manners so that netted me about $40. Currently the roll is $881. Might try log a decent session on the cash side of things tomorrow. Not sure if it will be 6 max or full ring, however this will have to come after more lazing in the steam room and maybe some tennis.

Edit: played some more sng's today. They went fairly well. Roll is $918

Week goal!

The goal this week is to get the online roll to the magical figure of $1000. Currently im sitting on $832 having withdraw like $175 for expenses. The aim is to reach this figure via pure cash winnings rather than rakeback. If i can accomlish this i will be happy.

$168 = $24 a day. GOGOGOGO! Overall graph below.

Today was nice

Only played for about 30 mins or less today and managed to end up +2.5 buy ins. I had some major problems with my rakeback suppliers. Originally i signed up with a guy to earn 52% rb. However some other chaps had offered me 57% and said that they could transfer me under their banner. Obv i said ok. However my original rb supplier found out about this and informed ipoker, who switched me back to the original guy. Thus all the rakeback i have earnt has been transferred to the original guy who only gives 52% rb.

That has meant i've had to change all my rakeback data which has been reduced. It looks like im about even since last post but i have made some money. I have also been including an incremental new player bonus in my hem results but apparently this bonus gets subtracted from my rakeback so i've had to subtract about $50 from my blue line (rb + bonuses line)

All in all the total roll is about $975 but i need to withdraw about $170 for expenses :(

Today

Making the switch to full ring!

I've given it a lot of thought and im going to be playing a lot more full ring in the future. I think im naturally a fairly nitty player who dislikes lots of variance so this sort of mindset is more at home at full ring than 6max. Plus my sweet sweet candy rakeback deal will benefit from the extra tables (currently 16 tabling vs 6 tabling 6max). The hand rate obv isn't as high but i think the overall rakeback will be higher.

Overall when you include bonuses + rb im pretty close to peak. Hopefully i can maintain this upwards movement of recent times.

WAIT! HALT THE OPTIMISM!

I can pretty much say today was the fucking worst day of poker i've had in 2 months. Genuinely exhausted right now from what has been a ridiculously stressful rollercoaster. Thing started really well. I logged on super positive and ready to pwn the weekend donks. Within about 500 hands i was +3 buy ins and loving life. Usually i would stop here and call it a day but in my new analytical approach to poker i decided this was an extremely -ev move, given the woeful standard of players around me. So i battled on. Then the down fall began.

hand 1: http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436752 donk playing 80/20, massive station postflop and often trying to put moves on people. My turn play is obv questionable but it seemed like he usually had something like 89, a fd, or smaller pocket pairs, (44,55,66 etc). Even 99,TT etc are a big part of his range.

So i tried to brush this hand aside and be rational. "He obviously played the hand like a complete knob, but players like him are why this game is profitable etc etc". Anywho, i decided that i would try get back to +50 (as i had dropped to like +38).

And so the fun continued.......

hand 2: Decided to have a brief look at nl50. There's obv no way i can get away from this. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436767

hand 3: yes obv by this stage im tilting. This hand is bad but fml i had no idea what he could have apart from a busted fd, middle pocket pairs or a J. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436774

hand 3: OK THIS IS GOING TO GET UGLY! http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436800

hand 4: smaller one but i love when villains tarp me: http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436803

hand 5: At this point there's a new hole in my plasterboard door. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436804

hand 6: THE OLD FAVOURITE!

The epic climax. I had actually managed to win a bit of money back. Having gone from +60, to -60 (quickfire 6 buy in swings ftw) within a short amount of time i manage to grind back to being within $1 of even. I tell myself "ok nick lets just get to even and call it a day. It was a shit day but you showed good character and am pretty much even". I start closing tables and, of course, am greeted by some old friends of mine:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436662

I literally knew obv what he had when he calls my 5th bet. Time stands still for a moment and i think to myself "This is it. The reward for not tilting and playing solid. What comes around really does go around in poker". I cover my eyes with my hands for the flop. I start to peak through a crack in my fingers for the turn. Thing are looking good. Surely being 95% to win ill make it? No, not this fucking session. Naturally the river;

K

I just sit at my computer fucking drained and so far over it. I decide to continue playing, even managing a small strained laugh at what is probably the iconic bad beat. Few hands later the laughter stops:

hand 7: No words; http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436800

few other ripping good beats from major donks and all said and done im -$101

Poker can go get fucked for a while. While $100 is only 5 buy ins today felt like so much more. Overall i finished 8 buyins from peak and thats enough to warrant a decent hiatus away from poker. From 22k hands of NL20 im now -$50 which is absolute fucking vomit worthy.

today


Overall NL20


Edit: Obv a very long ranty post etc. Anyway going to set some rules out for myself.
1. no more than 7 tables
2. 3 buy in stop loss per session
3. Make a a new database on pt3. I'll continue to import in hem but maybe a having a new graph to look at instead of my current heart rate monitor/seismograph will help me maintain a fresh attitude.

That's better

So after my retardo downswing i took a very critical look at my game and tightened some leaks. Seems to have fixed things at least for the moment.



Have run pretty much exact with ev but i feel as if im making better value bets and better folds. I think it was AE Jones that once said "you make money when you fold" and this seems to be my motto at the moment. Fish at these stakes (unless they are demented bluff monsters) don't generally bet streets with air. If they start doing this its usually time to start mashing the fold button.



<3 rakeback.

URGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Had an absolutely shit house day today which involved dropping 5 buy ins. First significant downswing for a while. Things really kicked off when i got KK all in against a fucking raging donk with AK on a q5810 rainbow board for him to naturally bink the J on the river. After that it was just a ton of coolers and a bit of tilt from me which may have involved a bit of NL50 dabbling (luckily didn't drop any buy ins here). Overall after rakeback it was closer to a -3.5 buy in day so all is not lost.

My main issue is the fact that im not even beating nl20 at the moment. After a fairly significant sample of 17.5k hands im actually down $26 which is truely pathetic. Luckily for rakeback im net + about $160 but my intention is not to become a souless rakeback grinder. I've watched a few videos and seem to think my main leak at the moment is trying to play too fancy at nl20. At nl10 i was crushing for like 20bb/100 across an 18k sample. The simple solution i believe is to play similar to how i was playing at nl10. This basically involves tightening up a bunch and betting more for value on each street.

I might have a session now and the goal is to just play solid, not jizz tilt any buy ins with shit calls when i know im probably beat and not to try bluff donk stations. Be patient and let the cards come. Hopefully ill be able to atleast get back to even for nl20.

June round up part 2

Well my total figure for June got a nice bump up in the wee hours of the 30th and at the beginning of July 1st. Not so much cash game profit, just a few extra benefits from bonuses etc.

*JUNE*

• Roll started at $497
• +$179.27 from cash games
• +$87.73 from rakeback
• +$22.50 from bonuses
• + 27 (my own deposit so i could withdraw from party)

Total: ~ $813.60 (+$320 for the month)