Monday, August 30, 2010

August summary

Another fairly small month on the tables - just under 7 hours played total, and I started with a horror session that put me down $300. Made a bit back and got to even for the month in the end thanks to bonuses and interest. I also made a withdrawal and will probably make another one or two shortly as there's just no point in having thousands of $ online when it could be earning interest.

Picked up a cake reload bonus, so i'll be putting in a bit of cake time when I manage to get back to the tables. The little dude is at least starting to sleep a bit more, so hopefully that continues ....

Broke even for the month which was made up of:

Bonuses / VIP / Rakeback: $ 100

• Cake $100

Poker bankroll Interest: $100

Poker losses: ($200)

Current bankroll: $26,850
July time played: 7h
July hands played: 1,216
July profit / (loss): $0

July summary

Can't say i've been playin much so not much point setting too many goals. In fact played less than 4 hours total for July for a modest gain, albeit 1/3 from bankroll interest alone.

The gain of $300 for the month was made up of:

Bonuses / VIP / Rakeback: $ 150

• Cake $50

Poker bankroll Interest: $100

Poker profits: $150

Current bankroll: $26,850
July time played: 3.5h
July hands played: 445
July profit / (loss): $300

Monday, July 26, 2010

And missed another one

Can't wait for daylight savings - I just can't do the 4.30am thing at the moment, particularly with Dylan waking me up at various points during the night anyways, so there goes another freeroll without me even playing a single hand.

I've played all of 50 hands since the last post, and won a few BBs. Lost a few with a 3 barrel bluff that got raised on the river, but also did some solid value betting which was called down.

Will get back into the swing of things sooner or later .....

Current bankroll: $26,800
July time played: 3.5h
July hands played: 450
July profit / (loss): $250

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Missed my freeroll

Just couldn't be arsed getting up at 4.30am for my Fulltilt freeroll, so managed to miss that one again. Still very little play this month, and haven't made too much of an inroad into my ironman bonus.

However, in the short sessions i've played i've made a few $ - even after several horrendous suckouts in a couple 20BB pots which were incredibly disappointing.

It can be a little tricky to play when you get handed a screaming baby, but he will always be the priority, so the poker tables tend to get shut down as soon as he needs attention.

I'm not really missing playing much, but that's probably because I played too many hours the month before. Still, I am enjoying it when I do get on the tables so i'm sure my volume will increase shortly. I've decided to do some consolidating of the bankroll as well, and hopefully will withdraw from a few sites I no longer really play on.

Current bankroll: $26,750
July time played: 3h
July hands played: 399
July profit / (loss): $200

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Not much poker

I'd be lucky to have played 200 hands this month, and so far have broken even.

A combination of a funeral, a hospital visit, and Dylan deciding that his time to be super unsettled is from just before I get home from work until I go to bed, has resulted in fairly limited time for poker.

Not too concerned though, i'm sure i'll get back into it, and clear some of my ironman bonus - well hopefully all of it, by the end of the month.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

June 2010 summary

Hmm what can I say. Ended up being my worst month on the tables ever results wise. Could have been even worse except I picked up a couple hundred in my Cake affiliate freeroll.

The last few sessions ended the month just as they began, with my final session on the $5/10 tables including a hand capped preflop with my JJ v TT v AK. Flop JT4r which gets capped. Turn obviously has to be a Q which makes me feel a little sick, followed by a blank river and I lose a 25BB pot.

Actually played a ton of hours - over triple my usual monthly amount, but given I was always on call for bubs, I only played one or two tables at a time, so my volume wasn't really all that much more than normal.

Overall a loss of 350BBs which equated to $900ish after bonuses and rakeback of a good $700.

I qualified for gold level on fulltilt ironman as well - although i've now decided that ironman doesn't really suit me. Being forced into playing almost every day is not something i'm looking for from Poker. I'd rather just play when I feel like it. Basically as soon as I qualified, I haven't been on the tables since which has been the better part of a week.


The LOSS of $900 for the month was made up of:

Bonuses / VIP / Rakeback: $ 600

• Bodog $100
• Cake $100
• Fulltilt $400

Poker bankroll Interest: $100

Poker losses: ($1,600) - ouch

Goals for July are:

• Clear a chunk more of the Cake reload
• Play my Fulltilt and Cake freerolls
• Make a profit

Current bankroll: $26,550
June time played: 85h
June hands played: 8,635
June profit / (loss): ($900)

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Within the first 10 hands

$3/$6 Limit Holdem
4 Players

Pre-Flop: (1.3 SB, 4 players) Hero is BB As Tc
1 fold, BTN raises, SB calls, Hero 3-bets, BTN calls, SB calls

Flop: Td Ad Jh (9.0 SB, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, BTN calls, SB calls

Turn: Kd (6.0 BB, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, BTN checks

River: Qh (6.0 BB, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, BTN checks

Final Pot: 11.8 BB
BTN shows
7d 7s
SB shows
Jc Kh
Hero shows
As Tc

BTN collects 1.9 BB (net -0.1 BB)
Hero collects 1.9 BB (net -0.1 BB)
SB collects 1.9 BB (net -0.1 BB)

HAND 2

$3/$6 Limit Holdem
4 Players

Pre-Flop: (1.3 SB, 4 players) Hero is BB 8s 9c
CO calls, BTN raises, SB calls, Hero calls, CO calls

Flop: Ad 9h 8c (8.0 SB, 4 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, 2 folds, SB calls

Turn: 8h (6.0 BB, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls

River: 9d (8.0 BB, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero 3-bets, SB 4-bets, Hero calls

Final Pot: 31.7 BB
SB shows
Kd 9s
Hero shows
8s 9c

SB wins 7.8 BB (net +0.8 BB)
Hero wins 7.8 BB (net +0.8 BB)

CO lost 1.0 BB
BTN lost 1.0 BB

Hand 3

$3/$6 Limit Holdem
6 Players

Pre-Flop: (1.3 SB, 6 players) Hero is UTG+1 As Jd
1 fold, Hero raises, 2 folds, SB calls, BB calls

Flop: Jh 2d 3h (6.0 SB, 3 players)
SB checks, BB bets, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls

Turn: 4d (6.0 BB, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB calls

River: 7h (9.0 BB, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks

Final Pot: 17.7 BB
SB shows
Ac Js
BB shows
7s 7c

BB wins 8.7 BB (net +5.7 BB)

SB lost 3.0 BB
Hero lost 3.0 BB

Seriously its gotta get better soon.