PLO fun!

Been running pretty bad at nlh so i decided to give plo a go. Im glad i did because in less than 300 hands i have managed to remove all the damage done by nlh recently.

While this is definitely only a tiny sample, but it still seems like plo could be quite profitable for me. I have a basic knowledge of the game which has helped me take advantage of a lot of horrible opponents. Having said that, i really cant say anything worthwhile until i've played about 10k hands and could easily be stuck $50 or something within 1000 hands.

Anyway, im definitely going to be firing up the nlh for the coming days. I need to get back in the green! My main problem lately has definitely been tilt. If i can get that under control i should certainly start turning a profit. Here's my graph of stars thus far. Yuk!

F*** off party, hello stars!

Yesterday i decided to withdraw my funds from party. Upon completing my bonus i had a grand total of $318 ($200 of which i deposited for bonus purposes). This left me with a whopping $118 ($68 net profit).

I decided to return to an old stomping ground, pokerstars, where i have fond memories of running g00t and making moneyz. They also provided a small reload bonus; earn 472 vpp's and get a sleazy $23.70. Easy money!

So i hit the tables, initially 5 tabling fr nl10 then deciding to try my luck at nl10 6 max. I really enjoyed raising more pots and being more aggressive at 6max. Thus from now on i will be staying there. Overall from 650 odd hands i am $22.5 in the green on stars, almost as much as i made from 10,770 hands on f***king party! Here is my story in graphs and stats:

Party!!

Stars!

LOL swongy

Yeh last night really didn't go as intended. I fired up my usual 9 tables of nl10 and within 15 minutes an overally familiar pattern emerged. I managed to drop a very quick buy in with AQ on a 6AA board against 66. This was followed by another quick buy in, all tptk against a flush draw which the villain of course made.


Subsequently the tilt monster grabbed a hold of me and before i knew it had 9 tables of nl50/nl25 open. I decided to buy in for $30 at nl50 and the full buy in at nl25. Early into my tilt i managed to drop a quick buy in at nl25:


http://www.pokerhand.org/?2400517


I think thats pretty much the epitomy of tilt play/ a tilt call. I flat called hoping to hit a monster and when the flop came was just praying to god that he had a flush draw or kq/kj. I battled on and actually played half decent. On on e particular nl50 table i built from $30 to $85. However stacks were coming and going left right and centre and i actually ended up basically breaking even. These are my horrific tilt stats!




I think my play recently at nl10 has been overwhelmingly shit. While i must admit im running bad, im also donating a lot of money with very marginal calls and general tilt. I need to tighten up my ranges post flop and actually put my opponent on a range of hands. Eg: If i call a raise pf with something like AQ and get a flop like AK7, what should my next course of action be if my opponent fires hard again? Or more suitable for nl10, what happens if my opponent checks/ min raises me? In these situations i've typically been going too far with a hand like AQ thats probably beat, especially when on tilt.

Anyway, only 25 points to go until i get the $30 bonus. Hopefully i don't drop more buy ins on the way to achieving this. Once i do get the $30 i will be withdrawing the $200 i initially put in for the bonus so im back to my actual roll.

just quickly

Just thought i'd wrote a quick personal note: i just deposited an extra $200 US to take advantage of a party reload bonus. If i get 240 party points i release a $30 bonus. Therefore:

current bankroll = $312.59 (actual profit +$62.59)
current points = 736 (need to hit 976) within 2 weeks.

gogogogogo

Running Shite

Played almost 2k more hands since last post. Haven't gone anywhere. Running like crap. Seems like a pattern is emerging: log on - lose about 1.5 or 2 buy ins, spend the next hour 9 tabling to redeem it. Had this little beauty first thing tonight: http://www.pokerhand.org/?2391570 I love it when players call your preflop rr with really marginal shit like kq and then call you down with gutshots etc. I definitely needed to give it more juice preflop, but i had been watching this guy for a bit and knew he would be tempted to call me with marginal holdings if he felt the price was right.

All was eventually redeemed and forgiven with this hand: http://www.pokerhand.org/?2391580 It was one of my final hands for the night and allowed me to break even plus win half a buy in. Overall im running at around 5bb (shit for nl10). My graph reflects this bad run:

Running gayish!

So far i have played around 4.2k hands at nl10 with minimal success. I was on a fun heater earlier today but tonight's session brought me back down to earth. It's funny how when your winning poker just seems so easy and you can't possibly lose. Whereas when your losing its the complete opposite; you feel like you can't win shit, even when u have aces all in pf. Anyway, here's a graph of my current progress combined with my tracker stats. If anyone out there is reading this, please give me some constructive criticism on my stats! As a guide, im playing nl10 full ring on party. Thanks!

Redeposit!

After a nice break from poker i decided to start again and deposited $50 onto party. I really want to be able to use all my poker software (tracker, hud and spadeye) and party accomodates all these nicely. The abundance of fish is also a bonus!

Played about 2k hands between last night and this morning managing to win about $34. Currently im running at around 9bb/100. Hopefully i can sustain this for a while, although given that im 9 tabling, anything over about 6bb is acceptable.

Will start positing tracker stats and graphs once i hit around 5k hands. Hopefully things keep going!