New bonus site

Okay my new bonus site actually paid out, so i'm reasonably confident with them!

I signed up with rakeaway:

http://www.rakeaway.com/?ref=snaffle22

I did the Everest bonus and Pokertime bonus through them and was successfully paid out. (They both cleared extremely quickly!!)

And did a couple of their bonuses that are actually through Regalos Poker. Thing is, rakeaway actually gives you an additional bonus on top of the Regalos Poker cash bonus, so its definitely worth using rakeaway for Regalos bonuses.

The other bonuses, well, I will either go through rakeaway, or through the people i've already signed up through if i'm already signed up on their referring site, as there doesn't seem to be any additional bonuses.

It is a very good site though, possibly the best i've found for comparing bonuses, and clearance rates, so i'd highly recommend taking a look.

Anyways if you're interested please use my referal link :)

Also bear in mind that you don't want to use the one off bonus deals on sites where you are likely to want to play on long term and are better off with rakeback. I'd still recommend raketherake for all your long term deals, as well as rakebackstat if you're interested in Bodog. (Links on right)

I found an error with Rakebackstat the other day, which was actually a Bodog error, and Rakebackstat still gave me a credit of $10 just for finding the error. Kudos to their customer service. They also report daily stats which is handy.

I'm off on holiday so i'll catch everyone again in a week's time when i'm back and at the tables.

Cheers all!

Current bankroll: $11,450

August 2008 Summary

Hmmm .. what a month.... just couldnt seem to string several winning sessions together but suffered some huge downswings.

Overall increased my bankroll by $350, but it could easily have been negative for the month if it wasn't for the last few sessions. As Tim points out I also played my first accidental session of NL cash games, where I managed to win one very nice pot.

(Including today where I played for all of 15 minutes, and won one 20BB hand on a $4/8 Bodog table with my Pocket kings holding up 4 ways to the river (capped preflop). Some idiot then decided to slowplay using their entire timer every action, so I quit the table next orbit.

The gain of $350 for the month was made up of:

Bonuses/VIP: $640

William Hill: $50 for 5 hours play bonus
Cake: $60 reload bonus
PSO ultimate bet: $120
New site bonuses (refer next post): $200
Bodog: $10
Party: $200

Rakeback: $170

William Hill: $10
Cake: $40
Bodog: $10
Fulltilt: $110

Poker winnings / (losses): ($460) Ouch - another loss

For August the goals in order of priority are:

• Play my 5 hours on William Hill for the $50 bonus
• Clear my last reload of $60 on cake
• Maybe find a new site to play on and score some new bonuses
• Would be nice to actually win from play :)

Current bankroll: $11,450

Cake payin me back quickly

At least i'm making up some more of my losses on Cake.

The $2/4 and $3/6 tables there donated another 30 or so BBs in total within a couple hours, so i'm gradually clawing my way back up.

Not a hugely interesting session though. I was hitting my cards reasonably often, but probably not more than my fair share. Had a fairly cool run on one table where my VPIP was down to 15% over 100 hands. I still actually ended even on the table though which is quite handy, so would have cleared a bit of bonus and earned some rakeback there as well at worst.

Also upgraded my Pokertracker so microgaming is now importing correctly again. Havent actually played there apart from one orbit though.

Probably wont get much in on the weekend and i'm going away for most of next week, so there wont be too much pokers.

Well at least i'm back up over the $11k mark, and only $100 short of my peak which I dramatically fell off only a few days ago.

Good luck all. Will write again after the weekend.

Current bankroll: $11,250

Winning 100BBs in two hours

Kinda sux that it wasn't at $3/6 .. but a mixture of $2/4 and $1/2 .. but anyways...

Was playing my Everest bonus as I have just signed up there as well as a bit of bodog $1/2 and a few hands of $4/8 but the juicy tables kept breaking up. Boy are there some fish on Everest!! I think in my 350 hands so far i'm running at a super hot 18BB/100 ... I didn't actually play any different from my previous session, just instead of missing every flop and getting sucked out on, my hands actually held up, and I even hit a draw or 2.

Anyways. Here's an example of some of the opponents on Everest:

Hero in co Card dealt to a spot Th8h
Hero raise $8
NORAA call $6
chiapas call $4

Flop: AcQs8s .... hmmm might bet out to see if i can steal this one although not the nicest of flops

NORAA check
chiapas check
Hero raise $4

NORAA call (damn .. well might try to show this down cheap now. wont fire another bullet on that board with him calling and not closing the action)
chiapas fold (well at least one out)

Turn: 2c

NORAA check
Hero check (dont want to get check raised here. do want to showdown my pair)

River: Ad (hmm maybe my pair is good)

NORAA check
Hero check

NORAA shows AQ for a full house .... (way to get value out of that!!!)

Current Bankroll: $11,100

How to lose 100BBs in 2 hours

Short story: run like ass

Slightly longer story:

1. Sit down at a couple $3/6 6max tables which contain 1 maniac and at least 2 big fish each.
2. Hit quite a few starting hands, so have a vpip of just over 30%
3. Dont hit too many flops or turns.
4. Have a went to showdown an extremely low 21% over 2 hours!!!
5. Every suck out and runner runner draw must hit against you by the river
6. You must never hit any draws at all
7. Your W$SD needs to be around 12%
8. (In my case I won 3 showdowns in 2 hours .....)
9. Say goodbye to 100BBs

Single worst hand was a $150 pot. I pick up AA. Preflop betting is capped 3 ways. Flop is A62r. Sweet. Post flop betting is capped! Turn is a T. Turn betting is almost capped i think. maybe 3 bet. River is a 9. I bet out and get raised. Now here i'm thinking well .. there's no flush draw on the board. I have top set. The only possible way I can lose is if someone has 87 who called 3 bets preflop, and then a capped flop bet with only a backdoor straight draw..... Of course muppet shows down 87o .. wtf!!!

Current Bankroll: $10,750 ... ARGH

UB bonus cleared .. and a better session

Was off work sick today and got in about 3 hours of play, starting the day by finishing my UB bonus just 2 tabling for about an hour.

The rest of the time I was playing on Cake playing $3/6 and $2/4 and a bit on microgaming at $2/4 but they have screwed up their software for the moment resulting in no hand histories, and therefore no Pokertracker.

Manual notes here we go again .....

That actually seemed to suit me, as I managed to win a solid 50BBs in the 3 hours, as well as clearing the $125 bonus. Should have also earnt a bit of rakeback on cake as well come to think of it.

A quick check of my stats on UB, where I showed a loss of $18 in the time it took to clear my bonus:

• Hands 559
• VPIP 27.19 ... hmm a bit low .. must not have got too many starting hands. Although actually i think i was next to a maniac for a bit too.
• WTSD 34% .. hmm a bit low .. i guess i didnt hit my hands too often. Annoying.
• W$SD 53.57% ... about right.

For my new bonus i'm also over half way through, so will see if that one pays out, as that should also be a decent bankroll boost. At least this month is looking a little better now!

Current bankroll: $11,350

A handy little session

Didn't actually get much time to play poker on the weekend, and in the hour that I got in to play, there were very few tables open worth actually playing on.

For my ultimate bet bonus, there were exactly 0 tables open at the stakes that I wanted, so that cut that out. Cake had one table open at the $3/6 level and no other tables worth considering.

I decided to sign up for another bonus as well. Will see how that goes and if the affiliate actually pays out before mentioning it on here though. That being said, their site had exactly 0 tables running between $1/2 and $4/8 at the time I signed up as well. (That's where my previous post happened though, where I accidently played an orbit of NL400 instead of limit $2/4).

Anyways, the Cake table turned out to be superb. A couple of decent fish, and every time I had a hand it seemed any othe LAG/TAG would also have a hand, but a slightly weaker one. Finally cracked the $11,000 mark where I ended the session, so things are starting to look a little better.

I also cashed out another $2,000 the other day, as i'd rather have the money earning interest than sitting in a poker or neteller account.

Since my hands were at Cake I dont have any history to post but there were some great fishy plays by my opponents, and one LAG/TAG who decided to raise every street whilst holding 62o versus my top pair. TY.

Hopefully will do some more UB and clear my new bonus this week though, or at least on the weekend.

Current bankroll: $11,050

Sometimes things go your way

Signed up at a new site, and decided to play one orbit on a table to make sure I was tracking correctly to my affiliate.

I started narrowing down the tables by selecting to only show non-empty tables from limits $1-2 to $4-8. There were only 3 running and only one at $2/4 so I figured i'd just join that one for a round.

Didnt realise till after i'd posted my BB that the table was no limit! Oh well. I figured i'd just play till the next BB - who knows .. i might get lucky.

In the BB my first hand was 96o - UTG raise it 3.5BB and one caller, so I obviously fold. Flop was 964r .. ARGH.

Limped into one other hand after one other limper with 96s but whiffed the flop.

For my last hand I was effectively in MP with one player sitting out and here it is:

- hero sitting in seat 1 with $90.00
- storstekarn sitting in seat 2 with $639.00
- Unifett sitting in seat 3 with $876.50 [Dealer]
- stevecfia sitting in seat 4 with $478.00
- Znoppo sitting in seat 5 with $392.90
- _Frida_ sitting in seat 6 with $506.00 [Sitting out]

stevecfia posted the small blind - $2.00
Znoppo posted the big blind - $4.00
** Dealing card to hero: 4 of c, 4 of h
hero raised - $12.00 (though i might take a punt here. table looked tight)
storstekarn called - $12.00 (hmm)
Unifett folded
stevecfia folded
Znoppo called - $12.00 (doh)

** Dealing the flop: 6 of s, 10 of h, Q of s (not a big fan of both a Q and T on the flop)
Znoppo checked
hero checked (i probably should cbet here but chickened out as i was not sure what i'd do if i got check/raised - well i'd probably fold i think)
storstekarn checked

** Dealing the turn: 4 of d (omfg .. bingo)
Znoppo checked
hero bet - $25.00 (well i have about 75 left, so if i bet 1/3 pot here, i can go all in on the river. hopefully no spade turns up)
storstekarn folded
Znoppo called - $25.00 (hmm guess he has a Q or T?)

** Dealing the river: 9 of c (sweet - surely no 87)
Znoppo checked
hero went all-in - $53.00 (i'm pushin)
Znoppo called - $53.00
hero shows: 4 of c, 4 of h
Znoppo mucks: A of c, 10 of s (hehe)
hero wins $191.00 from the main pot (ty)

Cake reload

I dunno, it seems cake have me set up on some sort of deal where they make a new reload offer every time I clear the last bonus. I think I received my email within about 8 hours of clearing my last bonus $. The other good thing is they give you 3 months to clear it and it releases in $10 blocks.

Guess i cant really complain - cheers cake :)

And if anyone is thinking of signing up there, i'd recommend going through raketherake for the additional freeroll as well as rakeback and sign up bonus. As always hit the link on the right!

Its often a quite fishy site, mainly due to the fact that Pokertracker is not allowed. I have to rely on my own notes and reads there. Has been quite profitable though!

Will post again after the weekend. Good luck all.

Next bonus

Thanks to the blindman, i've taken up the ultimate bet free money bonus as my next bonus to clear. Cheers mate.

(Refer my link to PSO on the right if anyone else is interested)

Actually looks like a reasonable bonus of around 8BB/100 or so at the $1/2 level. 375 points for $125 from PSO plus a few $ earned from the ultimate bet sign up bonus. I guess i'm not really concerned about the super user scandal there given the low levels that i'll be playing at, as well as the fact i'm playing limit poker. However, I will be cashing out the instant the bonus is cleared and confirmed.

A couple small issues so far - one, the lack of tables that are running. I've only seen one $1/2 table running (that is not a jackpot table). That one was pretty fishy though so it has potential, particularly given I dont need to actually earn that many points to clear the bonus. Issue #2 was when I did open a new table, my pokertracker refused to import the hand histories whilst UB was open. Kind of a bizarre problem, given the first table imported no worries. Weird.

So far on there i'm down about 5BBs and have earned maybe 60 UB points. Should have been up but lost a couple nasty rivers when my AK v A4 and then the second time with AQs v A6 on a A high flops. The first time in a 8 BB pot the river was a 4. The second time in a 12BB pot the river was a 6. Go figure ....

I also realised last night I still had $10 left to clear on my last Cake poker reload which I deposited months ago. Pulled up a couple $2/4 tables, which were nice and fishy and gave me a quick 10BBs in 20 minutes. Also sat on the waiting list of a very juicy $3/6 table, but didn't get to actually join the table before I quit.

Current Bankroll: $10,800

The invisible $11,000 ceiling

Well bugger me.... this is starting to really give me the sh@#@!!!

Had a superb start to finally clearing my bonus on party - found 2 juicy tables, and they quickly paid off about 20BBs. One fish had a VPIP of 92% and another on the same table had 88%. They were paying off the table left right and centre, and one of them had a $400 stack in front of them. Not bad for $2/4.

Then all of a sudden it went pear shaped. The suckouts came thick and fast, and within 200 hands I was actually down by 25BBs. It seemed every time I had a hand, a scary river card would hit, and inevitably it had improved my opponent. I'll post a few of the hands here shortly, but it was ugly. I'd gone from winning 65% of showdowns, to by the end of the session only winning 30%. Fish #1 ended up with a VPIP of 85% a went to showdown of 60% and ended up winning 60% of those!! He effectively won a third of all hands assuming every single one went to showdown! Not happy. At least I cleared the $100 party bonus, but the instant that happened and the fish left the table I withdrew all my money from party in disgust.

You'd think that would be the worst of it, but no. I fired up Cake and found a couple juicy $2/4 and $3/6 tables. I thought a W$SD at 30% was running super cold. Try 15% on cake for about 140 hands ... SHEESH. There went another 30BBs mixed between both limits. One table was particularly nasty where I'd consistently get called by stuff like only a gutshot with 8 high. A5o calling from the cut off against my preflop raise with A7s. He called my cbet with air, A hit on the turn, followed by 7 on the river.

Of course there was also the usual flushes hitting on the river against me, none of my pairs hitting trips (although at least one did on party earlier ...), and one nasty hand where I had the flush draw and also had trip kings with a Q kicker but was up against trip kings with an A kicker. Obviously the flush draw missed.

Admittedly I did play a couple shocker hands. I called down with KQs high at one stage which was crazy. Also made some silly value bets on the river when scare cards had hit, got reraised and made a losing crying call. All in all, extremely disappointing.

It seems every time I get close to that $11,000 mark, I had a super cold patch and have to start over again.

Anyways here's a selection of hands and various levels of stupidity by myself:

Hand 1:

Grosik posts small blind [$1 USD].
Hero posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ 6s 8s ] (an okay speculative hand)
realchel folds.
payinviter folds.
D00fKopp folds.
Grosik raises [$3 USD]
Hero calls [$2 USD] (not going to fold to a sb steal here)
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5s, Qd, 3s ] (nice fd ..)
Grosik bets [$2 USD] (he's probably c'betting air here i suspect)
Hero raises [$4 USD] (lets see if he'll fold to a reraise)
Grosik raises [$4 USD] (ack .. thats not a good sign ...)
Hero calls [$2 USD] (assuming he's not on the draw .. maybe a big pair? he has been aggro though ...)
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ad ] (blah .. not a good card for me)
Grosik bets [$4 USD]
Hero calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 8h ] (damn .. missed my draw ...)
Grosik bets [$4 USD]
Hero calls [$4 USD] (dunno what i'm thinking here .. exactly what am i beating that bets the flop that hard? a busted flush draw only??)
Grosik shows [ Ac, 7h ]a pair of Aces. (hang on a sec .. he called a reraise on the flop with only one overcard??? ... f off)
Hero doesn't show [ 6s, 8s ]a pair of Eights.
Grosik wins $34.50 USD from the main pot with a pair of Aces.

Hand 2:

Grosik posts small blind [$1 USD].
Hero posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ 5c Qs ] (bah .. trash)
realchel folds.
cubix85xl folds.
payinviter folds.
D00fKopp folds.
Grosik calls [$1 USD] (hmm fishy just beat me on another table .. he has been very loose)
Hero checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, Qh, Qc ] (hehe nice flop)
Grosik bets [$2 USD]
Hero calls [$2 USD] (might just call here .. planning to reraise the turn. I wonder if I should just be out ...)
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
Grosik checks. (i guess he missed the Q. wonder if he has a 6?)
Hero bets [$4 USD] (gotta bet out now)
Grosik calls [$4 USD] (bonus)
** Dealing River ** [ 5h ]
Grosik bets [$4 USD] (hmm wonder if we're splitting the pot).
Hero raises [$8 USD] (there's no way he has a pair of 6s in the pocket .. he woulda reraised the turn surely)
Grosik calls [$4 USD]
Hero shows [ 5c, Qs ]a full house, Queens full of Sixes.
Grosik doesn't show [ 6s, 7d ]a full house, Sixes full of Queens.
Hero wins $30.50 USD from the main pot with a full house, Queens full of Sixes. (thanks for that but u still owe me from that last hand muppet).

Hand 3:

Hero posts small blind [$1 USD].
lowey277 posts big blind [$2 USD] (another fish on my 3rd table - he called down a lot with virtually air)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ks Qh ] (nice!)
Svojak747 folds.
payinviter folds.
barstus folds.
millzy316 folds.
Hero raises [$3 USD] (wont let him in cheap)
lowey277 calls [$2 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, Jc, 5c ] (hmm oesd ..and nothin else)
>You have options at Table 163246 Table!.
Hero bets [$2 USD] (cbet hopin for a fold)
lowey277 calls [$2 USD] (damn)
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
Hero checks. (that flush hitting is kinda annoying .. but it is heads up).
lowey277 checks.
** Dealing River ** [ 9c ] (4th flush card really sux, but i have the nut straight)
Hero checks.
lowey277 bets [$4 USD] (this isnt a good sign)
Hero calls [$4 USD] (i think i have to crying call here .. but maybe not - pot isnt all that big come to think of it)
lowey277 shows [ 6c, 8h ]a flush, Jack high. (ummm .. nice flop call???)
Hero doesn't show [ Ks, Qh ]a straight Nine to King.
lowey277 wins $19 USD from the main pot with a flush, Jack high.

Hand 4:

Svojak747 posts small blind [$1 USD].
ReactionX posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Kc Qc ] (nice!)
bert1848 folds.
RiverMeNow3 folds.
CapnDobro folds.
Hero raises [$4 USD]
Svojak747 folds.
ReactionX raises [$4 USD] (hmm not good ... although he could think i'm on a steal)
Hero calls [$2 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, 4d, 7c ] (nice flush draw again .. 2 overs ... i guess at worst i could be up against TT?)
ReactionX bets [$2 USD]
Hero raises [$4 USD] (lets see where i'm at .. did he cbet air?)
ReactionX calls [$2 USD] (hmm he must have something)
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kh ] (okay not bad .. only behind KK or AK .. still have my flush draw)
ReactionX bets [$4 USD]
Hero raises [$8 USD] (lets see if its KK .. although i guess i'm calling down here with the pot this big)
ReactionX calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Kd ]
ReactionX bets [$4 USD] (hmm he's donked into me ... is this a scare card for him and he's hoping i fold? or is he afraid I wont bet into his hand? I'm now in front of a lot of his range AA, QQ-66 .. only behind AK and TT really)
Hero raises [$8 USD] (may as well pop a raise)
ReactionX calls [$4 USD]
Hero shows [ Kc, Qc ]three of a kind, Kings.
ReactionX shows [ Ks, Ah ]three of a kind, Kings with Ace kicker. (damn it! .. maybe i was too aggro with that reraise on the river! put it down to my fishiness .....)
ReactionX wins $50.50 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Kings with Ace kicker.

Hand 5:

korsar33 posts small blind [$1 USD]. (this was one of the 90% vpip fish)
Hero posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ 8s Qd ]
clientNr9 folds.
bert1848 folds.
RiverMeNow3 folds.
korsar33 calls [$1 USD]
Hero checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, 4h, 3c ]
korsar33 checks.
Hero bets [$2 USD] (lets see if i can get him to fold)
korsar33 calls [$2 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ] (top pair .. with his 60% went to showdown i'm fairly sure i'm in front now)
korsar33 checks.
Hero bets [$4 USD]
korsar33 calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
korsar33 checks.
Hero bets [$4 USD] (may as well value bet here - surely he doesn't have a 9?)
korsar33 calls [$4 USD]
Hero shows [ 8s, Qd ]a pair of Eights.
korsar33 shows [ 9d, Jd ]a pair of Nines. (umm)
korsar33 wins $23 USD from the main pot with a pair of Nines

Hand 6:

korsar33 posts small blind [$1 USD].
Hero posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ 5s 5d ]
clientNr9 raises [$4 USD]
Jolee1993 calls [$4 USD]
D00fKopp folds.
RiverMeNow3 folds.
korsar33 folds.
Hero calls [$2 USD] (with one overcaller i'm having a look at the flop when closing the action for one bet)
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, Jd, Td ] (omfg .. i've actually hit my pair .. the one and only time today)
Hero checks.
clientNr9 bets [$2 USD]
Jolee1993 calls [$2 USD] (another overcall ... this is another fish)
Hero raises [$4 USD] (time for a chek/raise)
clientNr9 raises [$4 USD] (interesting .. top pair? flush draw? worst case he has JJ or TT and i'm drawing virtually dead .. but i guess odds are slim of that)
Jolee1993 calls [$4 USD] (overcall again .. flush draw??)
Hero raises [$4 USD] (i'm going to make the flushes pay)
clientNr9 calls [$2 USD]
Jolee1993 calls [$2 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2s ]
Hero bets [$4 USD] (lets bet out here ... see where i'm at)
clientNr9 raises [$8 USD] (hmmm ... am I up against JJ/TT? surely not)
Jolee1993 folds.
Hero calls [$4 USD] only called here ... i think its right to call down from here .. but am open to maybe raising?)
** Dealing River ** [ Ac ] (flush draw missed so that's great)
Hero checks. (wonder if i should bet out or check/raise. I think i decided at the turn i was calling down)
clientNr9 bets [$4 USD]
Hero calls [$4 USD]
clientNr9 shows [ Ad, Jh ]two pairs, Aces and Jacks. (hehe .. this guy was a rock)
Hero shows [ 5s, 5d ]three of a kind, Fives.
Hero wins $59 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Fives

Hand 7:

korsar33 posts small blind [$1 USD].
Hero posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ad Qh ]
WINYALATER calls [$2 USD]
Jolee1993 calls [$2 USD] (superfish 1)
D00fKopp calls [$2 USD]
Pokerfox73 folds.
korsar33 calls [$1 USD] (superfish 2)
Hero raises [$2 USD]
WINYALATER calls [$2 USD]
Jolee1993 calls [$2 USD]
D00fKopp calls [$2 USD]
korsar33 calls [$2 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, 9s, Qs ] (not a super brilliant flop .. connected and suited. will want to win this one early if possible with TPTK)
korsar33 bets [$2 USD]
Hero raises [$4 USD] (lets try to get some players out .. dont want those draws coming in and hitting)
WINYALATER calls [$4 USD]
Jolee1993 calls [$4 USD]
D00fKopp folds.
korsar33 calls [$2 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ] (okay now trips .. very handy .. now just to avoid those draws ...)
korsar33 checks.
Hero bets [$4 USD]
WINYALATER calls [$4 USD]
Jolee1993 calls [$4 USD]
korsar33 calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 8s ] (ack .. a 3rd spade .. thats not an ideal card for me .. also gives a straight to anyone with a J)
korsar33 bets [$4 USD] (not a good sign)
Hero calls [$4 USD] (i think i have to call here ... although that board is now incredibly ugly for me .. maybe it is a fold)
WINYALATER folds.
Jolee1993 calls [$4 USD]
korsar33 shows [ 5s, 6s ]a flush, Queen high.
Hero doesn't show [ Ad, Qh ]three of a kind, Queens. hmmm last ... but in a big pot ...
Jolee1993 doesn't show [ Js, Td ]a straight Eight to Queen.
korsar33 wins $61 USD from the main pot with a flush, Queen high.

Current bankroll: $10,750

Neutral session

Put in a half hour session last night, and i'll chalk that one up to purely bonus clearing. It took me 20 minutes of those 30 just to find two decent $2/4 tables. The rest were full of TAGs which was quite painful.

By the time I had to quit though I only had one juicy table left. Still .. disappointing to have to quit a very fishy table, but I had to go.

Ended up basically even for the session, but cleared another 40 points of the 300 required from Party to release my $100 bonus. With any luck i'll do the last 80 or so points tonight to release the whole bonus.

I might end up doing the PSO deal for Ultimate Bet next (refer PSO link on the right!). Not sure. Will wait and see.

Current Bankroll: $10,900

Party giveth, party taketh away

Got in a solid 2 hour session on Party which involved the usual musical chairs trying to find a decent table or two. I probably opened up at least 10 tables before finding 3 that were acceptable, although the 3rd table tended to close every so often and i'd have to go off searching again.

Started off absolutely brilliantly. Most of my hands were holding up. Whenever a suckout would hit on me on one table, the opposite table would hold up for a big pot. I actually hit a couple draws even!! In an hour and a half I was up 50BBs which was quite decent.

Then the last half hour came kinda crashing down. Suck out after suck out as an A would hit on the river, with some complete muppet chasing down with A high and no kicker against my made pair. Irritating to say the least, and I gave back 25BBs in very quick time.

Also on the plus side, I have cleared over 50% of the points required for my $100 party bonus.

Current bankroll: $10,900

Party bonus clearing

Only got in 2 small half hour or less sessions on the weekend, and actually deposited the cash to get a $100 party reload bonus which clears at 3 points per $. I think the $2/4 level looks optimal for this bonus, so I think i'll play at that level until it clears. Should take about 4 hours in total if i'm 3 or 4 tabling.

In the first session, it felt like my super cold run was never going to end. Managed to lose three fairly big pots to firstly a gutshot on the river, secondly a runner runner straight, and the third was a particularly big pot where I lost with set over set. That pot alone was about 20BBs with 3 runners. Anyways the session ended about $50 down.

My second session appeared to be the turnaround i've been waiting for. Within half an hour i'd made a good 25BBs, and cleared a bunch of points towards my bonus. I think I received AA 3 times in the half hour, and it held up twice at showdown, and won once preflop where everyone folded to me. Also flopped the nut straight once which made up for two or three semi nasty suckouts for the session.

Anyways .. good to finally have another positive session, and have a decent bonus to clear as well.

Current bankroll: $10,800

Ice cold

Well, not quite ice cold, but not far off. Played a little over half an hour, and whilst dropping down early, coming back to even, I still managed to drop again towards the end of the session.

Of the 4 tables I had running 2 were juicy $2/4 tables, 1 was an average $2/4 table where I had good position on the one fish, and 1 was a fantastic $3/6 table with 3 big fish, and a couple tight passives.

Unfortunately for me the fishiest table dealt me beat after beat and missed draw after missed draw. I ended up with results that have been similar to recent efforts. Winning 2 hands out of 46 on the table. One of those was a cbet on the flop even, so a reasonaly ugly session all round. The hand I won though was a decent size pot, so all in all I only ended up down about $50.

Couple hands from a $2/4 fish:

Hand 1:

** Dealing card to Hero: 6 of d, 8 of d
STUpid_UNGAR folded
Wantmore folded
Hero raised - $4.00 (worth a steal from the button)
zidane6999 folded
newhero called - $4.00 (40% vpip player .. a little fishy post flop too)
** Dealing the flop: 5 of c, 7 of c, 9 of h (luv floppin the nuts. 2 clubs only conern)
newhero bet - $2.00
Hero called - $2.00 (might raise the turn here i think)
** Dealing the turn: 5 of d
newhero bet - $4.00
Hero raised - $8.00 (ty .. although the board pairing does suck a little)
newhero called - $8.00
** Dealing the river: 9 of c
newhero checked
Hero bet - $4.00 (hmm club and board paired again ... i should really check here i think. is a worse hand really going to call?? doubt it)
newhero raised - $8.00 (oh oh)
Hero called - $8.00 (i still cant let it go, but i'm sure I should here)
newhero shows: 3 of c, Q of c (wtf? he's reraised with a flush on a double paired board? argh)
Hero mucks: 6 of d, 8 of d
newhero wins $42.75 from the main pot

Hand 2:

Frisky99 posted the small blind - $1.00
newhero posted the big blind - $2.00
** Dealing card to Hero: A of h, J of c
STUpid_UNGAR called - $2.00
Wantmore folded
Hero raised - $4.00 (easy raise from mp)
zidane6999 folded
Frisky99 folded
newhero raised - $6.00 (hmm ... interesting .. isolating?)
STUpid_UNGAR called - $6.00 (fish)
Hero called - $6.00
** Dealing the flop: A of d, 4 of d, 8 of s (nice .. only behind aa,ak,aq .. so in front of a huge amount of his 3 betting range).
newhero bet - $2.00
STUpid_UNGAR folded
Hero raised - $4.00 (lets see if i'm in front)
newhero called - $4.00 (looks like it)
** Dealing the turn: 4 of s
newhero checked
Hero bet - $4.00 (value bet ..)
newhero called - $4.00
** Dealing the river: 9 of c
newhero bet - $4.00 (weird .. he has donked after calling a turn bet .. )
Hero called - $4.00
newhero shows: 9 of h, A of c (u gotta be f'n kidding. he's sucked out again with a 3 outer this time ... FFS ... interesting to note the 3bet with A9o from the button. F'n lucky c*** ... GRRRR .. that hand would have put me back even for the session)
Hero mucks: A of h, J of c
newhero wins $40.85 from the main pot

Obviously that particular $2/4 table didn't go well either ...

Current bankroll: $10,700

Getting chilly

Another horror session ... for about an hour I managed to play a few tables, one juicy $2/4, one $3/6 and a couple at $1/2.

For the $2/4 table I won 1 hand out of 42 ... the one winning hand worth about 3BBs. On the $3/6 table I won a total of 2 hands out of 67, one of which was when I was in the BB and everyone folded and the other was a somewhat tilty luck box from me. The main problem was that I did have some quite decent starting hands - just everything whiffed .. and when I did hit my AK with an A on the flop, my fishy mate showed down A6 or worse twice, but hit his 6 on the river.

The only plus side was the $1/2 tables won me about 25BBs, and I also managed to find a decent Cake $3/6 table where I won another 10BBs in the space of 3 minutes before the table broke up.

Surely my cold run must be due for a break??

Also received in my email another Party reload ... whats that ... 2 within a week? Anyways its 3X again so I will do that one asap.

For interest here's the one hand that I managed to win:

xjc050217: Post SB $1.50
wimpelhuber: Post BB $3.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [S5 S4] (yep .. pretty average .. might be worth an overlimp if someone limps in)
AlexKG: Fold
LD182: Fold
Hero: Raise (NF) $6.00 (a somewhat tilty steal attempt from the CO. The two fish of the table were on my right so I was hoping to actually take the pot here)
Rhin1: Fold
xjc050217: Call $4.50 (damn)
wimpelhuber: Fold
*** FLOP *** [CQ S6 S2] (well, at least I now have a flush draw)
xjc050217: Bet $3.00 (donk eh? hmmm)
Hero: Call $3.00 (i think i should actually raise here, but got confused by the donk. maybe he has a pair of 6s? He might have folded to a raise. surely he'd c/r a Q?)
*** TURN *** [C2]
xjc050217: Bet $6.00 (hmmm .. he's still betting .. i hope my flush card hits)
Hero: Call $6.00
*** RIVER *** [S3] (well thats about my 3rd straight flush ever ... miracle for this session where I havent hit a draw yet)
xjc050217: Bet $6.00 (good .. maybe he does have top pair?)
Hero: Raise (NF) $12.00
xjc050217: Fold (guess not)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $48.75 Rake $2.25
Hero: wins $48.75

Current Bankroll: $10,750

some perspective

Just had a look at my totals and my last post ...

Interesting to note that although i've been on a decent downswing playwise, thanks to bonuses, I actually hit my peak bankroll yesterday, and today i'm only $100 off my peak bankroll.

So I guess really i'm not doing too badly, just could be doing a whole lot better :)

Downward spiral continues

Put in another half hour session, and yet again got some ugly results.

Out of 24 hands on one $3/6 table, I managed to win one solitary hand. Out of 42 hands on one of the $2/4 tables I managed to win 3 hands. ugly. Also got slaughtered on a $1/2 table as well.

I guess it was the usual story .. a few nasty suck outs, and couldn't hit a draw to save my life, and at least one opponent going to showdown about 60% of the time and winning 80% of those, where my stats were reading the exact opposite .. showing down 20% of the time, and winning only 30% of those.

Thought i'd put in a few examples, although admittedly I did make a few mistakes here and there:

Hand 1:

** I Need You [Hold 'em] (2.00/4.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- ted64 sitting in seat 1 with $66.94
- kjhkjhkjhk sitting in seat 2 with $52.56
- SteveTheZ sitting in seat 3 with $52.80 [Dealer]
- MeCov sitting in seat 4 with $127.52
- Hero sitting in seat 5 with $115.70
- zidane6999 sitting in seat 6 with $96.45
MeCov posted the small blind - $1.00
Hero posted the big blind - $2.00
** Dealing card to Hero: K of h, J of s
zidane6999 folded
ted64 folded
kjhkjhkjhk called - $2.00
SteveTheZ folded
MeCov called - $2.00
Hero bet - $4.00 (The first limper has been playing almost every hand. The sb I think is just trying to get in cheap. May as well make them pay)
kjhkjhkjhk called - $4.00
MeCov called - $4.00
** Dealing the flop: J of h, 3 of h, 9 of h (nice .. top pair and 2nd nuts)
MeCov checked
Hero bet - $2.00 (value bet)
kjhkjhkjhk folded
MeCov called - $2.00
** Dealing the turn: 6 of s
MeCov checked
Hero bet - $4.00 (value bet .. wonder if he has a h? or J and better kicker? .. doubt the latter, i'm fairly sure i'm in front)
MeCov called - $4.00
** Dealing the river: Q of s (not really a good card for me .. completes a possible straight and is an over card to the board)
MeCov checked
Hero checked (not sure if i should put in another value bet here. that last card was a little scary so i ended up just checking behind...)
MeCov shows: 10 of s, Q of h (hmm well i guess he was on the nut straight draw and the 3rd nut flush draw ...)
Hero mucks: K of h, J of s
MeCov wins $22.80 from the main pot

Hand 2:

** Inarijärvi [Hold 'em] (1.00/2.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- PokerTRex sitting in seat 2 with $37.91 [Dealer]
- tomka900 sitting in seat 3 with $47.82
- rolfok sitting in seat 4 with $60.00
- keryipp sitting in seat 5 with $38.99
- Hero sitting in seat 6 with $39.00
tomka900 posted the small blind - $0.50
rolfok posted the big blind - $1.00
** Dealing card to Hero: A of h, J of h (nice!)
keryipp folded
Hero raised - $2.00
PokerTRex folded
tomka900 called - $2.00
rolfok called - $2.00
** Dealing the flop: 3 of h, A of s, 10 of c (awesome flop for me)
tomka900 checked
rolfok checked
Hero bet - $1.00
tomka900 raised - $2.00 (hmm not a great sign although this guy has limped in a lot with a vpip of about 60% and has bet aggressively with middle pair before. AF =3)
rolfok folded
Hero called - $2.00 (i think i should have reraised here .. but i decided i would reraise the turn instead)
** Dealing the turn: 4 of c
tomka900 bet - $2.00
Hero raised - $4.00
tomka900 raised - $6.00 (ack, maybe he actually hit his hand ... 2 pair? trips? must call down from here as he has shown down trash before)
Hero called - $6.00
** Dealing the river: K of s (doesnt really change anything)
tomka900 bet - $2.00
Hero called - $2.00
tomka900 shows: 4 of h, A of c (FFS thats about the 3rd time i've had him dominated and he's hit his 2nd pair)
Hero mucks: A of h, J of h
tomka900 wins $24.70 from the main pot

Hand 3:

** Inarijärvi [Hold 'em] (1.00/2.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- heusteiger sitting in seat 1 with $48.00
- PokerTRex sitting in seat 2 with $33.48
- tomka900 sitting in seat 3 with $41.86 [Dealer]
- rolfok sitting in seat 4 with $63.00
- keryipp sitting in seat 5 with $39.49
- Hero sitting in seat 6 with $47.50
rolfok posted the small blind - $0.50
keryipp posted the big blind - $1.00
** Dealing card to Hero: 10 of s, 10 of h (nice)
Hero raised - $2.00
heusteiger folded
PokerTRex folded
tomka900 called - $2.00 (ah my fishy mate tomka calling with probably anything again)
rolfok folded
keryipp folded
** Dealing the flop: 5 of d, A of s, 8 of s (only one over to my pair .. not bad and my T is a s)
Hero bet - $1.00
tomka900 called - $1.00
** Dealing the turn: 8 of h
Hero bet - $2.00
tomka900 called - $2.00 (hmm he only shows down about 40% of hands which isnt super fishy at showdown so I thought i'd get a fold here)
** Dealing the river: 6 of s
Hero checked (i think i might check/call here ... that flush card sux a bit)
tomka900 bet - $2.00
Hero called - $2.00
tomka900 shows: 8 of d, K of d (ffs ...)
Hero mucks: 10 of s, 10 of h
tomka900 wins $14.73 from the main pot

Hand 4:

** Anytime At All [Hold 'em] (1.002.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- SneakyErik sitting in seat 1 with $110.36
- sinine sitting in seat 2 with $36.00
- Tailchaser sitting in seat 3 with $32.00
- IHateRivers sitting in seat 4 with $136.39 [Dealer]
- Hero sitting in seat 5 with $60.64
- mr_brutal sitting in seat 6 with $50.34
Hero posted the small blind - $0.50
mr_brutal posted the big blind - $1.00
** Dealing card to Hero: 9 of s, 10 of s (not bad)
SneakyErik folded
sinine folded
Tailchaser raised - $2.00
IHateRivers folded
Hero called - $2.00 (will call one here ... probably should reraise if i'm going to play though or fold)
mr_brutal raised - $3.00 (damn)
Tailchaser raised - $4.00 (damn)
Hero called - $4.00 (i think my implied odds are okay here, getting probably 5:1 3 ways)
mr_brutal called - $4.00
** Dealing the flop: 9 of h, 9 of d, 3 of c (amazingly good flop for me!)
Hero checked
mr_brutal checked
Tailchaser bet - $1.00
Hero called - $1.00 (might keep in mrbrutal .. will checkraise the turn)
mr_brutal called - $1.00 (ty)
** Dealing the turn: 8 of s (nice!)
Hero checked
mr_brutal checked
Tailchaser bet - $2.00
Hero raised - $4.00 (time to c/r)
mr_brutal folded
Tailchaser called - $4.00
** Dealing the river: A of d (hmm puts AA in front but surely he's more likely to have AK, KK, QQ, JJ)
Hero bet - $2.00
Tailchaser raised - $4.00 (hmm ak?)
Hero raised - $6.00 (lets reraise here - i'm in front of 85% of his range)
Tailchaser raised - $8.00 (hmmm that is probably AA ... surely he didnt hit his 2 outer???)
Hero called - $8.00 (crying call)
Tailchaser shows: A of s, A of c (FFS!!!)
Hero mucks: 9 of s, 10 of s
Tailchaser wins $37.05 from the main pot

Current bankroll: $10,850

Another day, another sick beat

Got in all of 20 minutes, but what a sick little session.

I scored AA one hand, and got one caller from the BB. Flop was AhKs2d, turn 7s, river 3s. Big blind turns over 4s2s for the flush .... very next orbit, I score KQo, and same guy calls from the big blind. Flop K72r. Turn J, river 5. He flips over 52o ... ARGH

Had a few other nasty one's but they're the one's that come to mind. Had one other huge hand which was quite interesting and wish I had the history.

I held QQ in middle position. UTG limped in, I raised, the button reraised, UTG called 2, then I capped. Flop was KJT with 2 spades - my queen was also a spade. So I had an okay holding although the 3bet preflop from the button could easily lead to him having AK or possibly even AK, JJ, TT. UTG checked, so I bet out with my OESD and 2nd pair. The button then raised, and UTG again called 2 cold. Turn was 6s which gave me the 2nd nut flush draw and still my OESD. UTG checked, so I checked, and the button bet again. River was 3s giving me the 2nd nuts. UTG checked, I bet, button folded, UTG then reraised ... and then flipped over ATo .. his A being the spade giving him the nuts. WHO THE FU@@ calls a 3bet from out of position with ATo utg preflop??? Anyways that pot was close to $100 so would have made a big difference to my session.

On the plus side, Littlewoods paid out all their bonuses to me, so I have now done a withrawal from there. Also withdrew my whole balance from GNUF as well, as I cleared that PSO bonus last month. Will start my Everest PSO bonus shortly.

I think I will also be cashing out a couple $k in the near future as well. May as well have it earning interest rather than just sitting in neteller or on poker rooms.

Current bankroll: $10,950

Party reload cleared

Got in about 5 hours on the weekend, which is quite a lot for me. Admittedly though 3 of those hours were whilst watching the Olympics so I only had one table open, so it didn't result in a huge amount of hands being played.

That being said, I cleared my $100 3x reload bonus on party within that time, so that was a super quick clearing bonus.

Party however, is a bit of a pain in the ass. Its quite difficult to tell which tables are likely to be fishy, so in my first 2 hours when I was 3 tabling I think I would have opened and closed at least 30 tables in the attempt to find a few fishy ones, or to have decent position on an only slightly fishy table.

It did start off quite well though, and the first 2 hours resulted in about 25BBs of profit, and cleared over half of the bonus reload bonus. Then in my second session I ran into the guppy of death.

The guppy of death ran at 70/0.1/50/55 effectively winning 1/3 of all hands played on a full 6max table over 150 hands. If the pot wasn't raised the guppy of death would limp in every time. If it was raised, he'd still limp in quite often. If he hit any piece of the flop he would call all the way to the river. More often than not, the turn or river would improve his hand significantly and take down the pot.

I lost 50BBs to a huge series of runner runner flushes and straights, river two pairs and trips and various other nasty beats like the usual river A versus my pair of Ks. My AA got hammered by 86s ... which flopped one suited card on a K62r board and flushed by the river ... Eventually however I managed to get about 15 BBs back by the time I quit the table and cleared my bonus to end up around $50 for the weekend. It could and should have been better ... but i'm sure that super hot run will come to me soon!

Current bankroll: $10,750 (+360 Aug)

Crawling back up

Got in a half hour session, with the first 10 minutes clearing my last $10 of my William Hill monthly bonus as well as making a tidy 15BB profit. I still believe that is one of the best bonuses going around particularly for people who dont mind playing $1/2 limit (as i've been discussing with The Blindman). So I highly recommend everyone sign up for William Hill and play that bonus every month - using my link on the right of course ... :)

You could simply 5 table for one hour and clear $50 in bonus as well as receive about $10 - 15 in rakeback on the $1/2 tables. Simple as that.

Anyways, also played a bit on the $2/4 tables on microgaming, but basically ended where I started. All in all made around $50 for the session which isn't too bad, and i'm slowly creeping back up towards my peak from last month.

Also got an email from party poker for a reload of 20% to a max of $100. Checking the fine print it clears at a super quick 3 party points per $. I can't see myself not taking this one up! Its about time party gave me a decent bonus though - i've usually been getting 8x one's which aren't worth doing. I do appreciate when they give me the free money bonuses though ... so keep them coming please party.

A couple hands from my session:

Hand 1

** Ingenvinus [Hold 'em] (2.00/4.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- hero sitting in seat 1 with $686.72
- Raigor sitting in seat 2 with $183.66 (aggro fish pre flop)
- errabundo sitting in seat 3 with $19.00
- TenGrand sitting in seat 4 with $193.40 [Dealer]
- DJQuick3 sitting in seat 5 with $131.82 (aggro fish i think)
DJQuick3 posted the small blind - $1.00
hero posted the big blind - $2.00
** Dealing card to hero: Q of s, 10 of c (hmm not the best)
Raigor raised - $4.00
errabundo called - $4.00
TenGrand folded
DJQuick3 called - $4.00
hero called - $4.00 (already 3 handed and i'm closing the action for only half a bet)
** Dealing the flop: 6 of c, Q of c, 7 of c (top pair, 4th nut flush draw actually looks okay to me)
DJQuick3 checked
hero bet - $2.00 (lets donk and see where I stand if mytop pair is good enough)
Raigor called - $2.00 (hmm open raiser just called .. interesting ... wonder if he clean missed the flop .. or has 88 to TT? Probably doesnt have a high club)
errabundo raised - $4.00 (hmm the overcaller preflop reraises ... weird ... maybe top pair as well? hopefully a weaker kicker. Maybe he has the flush? might be ugly if he has trips, but in that case i have the flush draw still)
DJQuick3 folded
hero raised - $6.00 (lets try to push out the open raiser who could also have something like AK)
Raigor folded (cheers)
errabundo called - $6.00 (hmm no reraise)
** Dealing the turn: 9 of s
hero bet - $4.00 (might bet/fold here)
errabundo called - $4.00
** Dealing the river: 3 of c (okay i've hit my flush .. surely he would have raised the turn if he had a big flush card?)
hero bet - $4.00 (might throw out a bet here, although this might be another one of those where I only get called when i am beat. He might call with trips though .. or two pair)
errabundo called - $4.00
hero shows: Q of s, 10 of c
errabundo mucks: K of h, Q of h (hmmm top pair .. that was my original thought ... its nice to outdraw someone once in a while)
hero wins $43.70 from the main pot

Hand 2:

** Ingenvinus [Hold 'em] (2.00/4.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- hero sitting in seat 1 with $676.12 [Dealer]
- Raigor sitting in seat 2 with $208.31
- errabundo sitting in seat 3 with $38.05
- TenGrand sitting in seat 4 with $199.40
- DJQuick3 sitting in seat 5 with $100.82
Raigor posted the small blind - $1.00
errabundo posted the big blind - $2.00
** Dealing card to hero: K of h, J of s (not bad)
TenGrand folded
DJQuick3 folded
hero raised - $4.00 (easy steal raise from the button)
Raigor called - $4.00 (this guy has called most raises from the SB .. vpip 80%
errabundo called - $4.00 (also has proven to be a bit fishy)
** Dealing the flop: 2 of d, 5 of h, A of s (not the best flop for me at all. dont really like the ace
Raigor checked
errabundo checked
hero bet - $2.00 (2 checks to me, definitly cbetting)
Raigor folded (good)
errabundo called - $2.00 (doh)
** Dealing the turn: 9 of c (thats fairly blank)
errabundo checked (hmm he's showing weakness again)
hero bet - $4.00 (always cbetting here again from position)
errabundo folded (cbets do work sometimes!)
hero mucks:
hero wins $19.20 from the main pot

Hand 3:

** Ingenvinus [Hold 'em] (2.004.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- hero sitting in seat 1 with $722.02
- Raigor sitting in seat 2 with $191.81
- errabundo sitting in seat 3 with $38.00
- TenGrand sitting in seat 4 with $222.40
- biiarne sitting in seat 5 with $104.90
- Biolan sitting in seat 6 with $449.48 [Dealer]
hero posted the small blind - $1.00
Raigor posted the big blind - $2.00
** Dealing card to hero: J of s, Q of s (not bad)
errabundo folded
TenGrand folded
biiarne folded
Biolan folded
hero raised - $4.00 (always stealing with this hand in the SB .. and a LOT trashier hands as well)
Raigor called - $4.00 (he folded to my last steal, but didnt fold a lot. also called with 85o earlier to a raise)
** Dealing the flop: Q of h, 6 of h, 4 of c
hero bet - $2.00 (nice flop for me, I think i'm in front)
Raigor raised - $4.00 (this guy has an AF of 5 ... i'd be surprised if i was behind)
hero raised - $6.00 (might as well make him pay. i will probably still call down if he 4 bets me)
Raigor called - $6.00 (only a call .. i'm still betting hard unless a heart or A or K hits)
** Dealing the turn: 9 of s (awesome card for me .. complete blank)
hero bet - $4.00 (value bet)
Raigor called - $4.00 (no raise ... good)
** Dealing the river: A of s (not a good card for me .. but I will check/call)
hero checked
Raigor checked
hero shows: J of s, Q of s
Raigor mucks: 8 of c, 6 of d (nice hand fish)
hero wins $26.60 from the main pot

Current Bankroll: $10,700 (+360 Aug)

Take that fishes!

Got in about an hour last night where I could only find a couple decent games running at $2/4 and also played a couple tables at the same time on William Hill at $1/2 to get closer to finishing my $50 time bonus for the month there.

William Hill was a little odd - on the tighter table which only had one fish and a bunch of tags, I cleaned up making a good 40BBs, whilst on the looser fishy table, I was getting taken to the cleaners, and dropped around 30BBs.

However, on the $2/4 tables it was another story. Again I had good position on the fish, and I actually hit a few draws, and the suckouts from the fish were actually quite limited. All in all made around 20BBs in the hour which isnt too bad.

A few hands from the session:

Hand 1:

** I Need You [Hold 'em] (2.00/4.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- WM__GBG sitting in seat 1 with $42.35
- Hero sitting in seat 2 with $127.95
- slaktis72 sitting in seat 3 with $353.89
- katumba sitting in seat 4 with $210.75
- karenexit sitting in seat 5 with $218.33 [Dealer]
- djodog sitting in seat 6 with $77.58 [Sitting out]
WM__GBG posted the small blind - $1.00
Hero posted the big blind - $2.00
** Dealing card to Hero: Q of h, 4 of c (trash!!)
slaktis72 called - $2.00 (he likes to limp a fair bit. VPIP 45% or so)
katumba called - $2.00 (hmmm i might get a decent pot if i can limp in with my trash)
karenexit folded
WM__GBG called - $2.00 (hehe i'm not going to be raised out)
Hero checked
** Dealing the flop: A of c, 4 of s, Q of s (bingo! .. except for the 2 spades)
WM__GBG checked
Hero bet - $2.00 (not risking this being checked through)
slaktis72 called - $2.00 (nice)
katumba raised - $4.00 (hmm .. not expecting this .. maybe a weak A? pocket 4s would be nasty though)
WM__GBG folded
Hero raised - $6.00 (lets see where I stand)
slaktis72 called - $6.00 (calling 2 bets? hmm at least a pair)
katumba called - $6.00 (no reraise .. i'm more confident i'm in front now)
** Dealing the turn: 4 of h (a nice miracle card for me)
Hero bet - $4.00 (lets see if i am in front - surely he doesn't have 44 so i'm betting hard)
slaktis72 folded
katumba called - $4.00 (yep looks like i've got this)
** Dealing the river: 6 of d
Hero bet - $4.00
katumba called - $4.00
Hero shows: Q of h, 4 of c
katumba mucks: A of h, 8 of h (would have been hard for him to get away from this with no raising preflop - although if he'd raised preflop i'd have folded.)
Hero wins $39.90 from the main pot

Hand 2:

** I Need You [Hold 'em] (2.004.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- WM__GBG sitting in seat 1 with $39.35
- Hero sitting in seat 2 with $157.40
- slaktis72 sitting in seat 3 with $342.16
- karenexit sitting in seat 5 with $216.33 [Dealer]
- Kyroka sitting in seat 6 with $198.28
Kyroka posted the small blind - $1.00
WM__GBG posted the big blind - $2.00
** Dealing card to Hero: Q of s, J of c (good enough 5 handed UTG)
Hero raised - $4.00
slaktis72 called - $4.00 (hmm dont really want calls)
karenexit called - $4.00 (ack)
Kyroka raised - $6.00 (oh oh)
WM__GBG folded
Hero called - $6.00 (well pot is already pretty big, so I gotta see a flop)
slaktis72 called - $6.00
karenexit called - $6.00
** Dealing the flop: 6 of c, Q of d, J of s (awesome!! - can't see what i'm behind to now with the 3 bet unless QQ or JJ)
Kyroka bet - $2.00 (i'd cbet in his position too)
Hero raised - $4.00 (lets find out if i'm ahead - also I want anyone on a draw to pay, and i'd really prefer to win the pot right here)
slaktis72 folded (good)
karenexit folded (even better)
Kyroka called - $4.00 (can live with this)
** Dealing the turn: 10 of d
Kyroka checked (well i guess that takes out AK and probably TT .. although i'd be a little sick if he checkraises here, and that's probably what i'd do in his position. He might be on AA,KK, AQ, AJs?)
Hero bet - $4.00 (gotta value bet ... please dont checkraise)
Kyroka called - $4.00 (Sweet)
** Dealing the river: 7 of c
Kyroka checked
Hero bet - $4.00 (easy value bet i think .. again would be a bit sick if i get checkraised here, but i'd be calling down)
Kyroka called - $4.00 (ty)
Hero shows: Q of s, J of c
Kyroka mucks: A of d, Q of c (woulda been hard to get away from for me too)
Hero wins $47.50 from the main pot

Hand 3

** I Need You [Hold 'em] (2.00/4.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- WM__GBG sitting in seat 1 with $0.00 [Sitting out]
- Hero sitting in seat 2 with $105.35 [Dealer]
- slaktis72 sitting in seat 3 with $358.89
- karenexit sitting in seat 5 with $266.68
- Fantomen1 sitting in seat 6 with $30.20
slaktis72 posted the small blind - $1.00
karenexit posted the big blind - $2.00
** Dealing card to Hero: K of c, J of c (nice)
Fantomen1 called - $2.00 (must punish limpers ...)
Hero raised - $4.00 (Try to get this heads up)
slaktis72 folded
karenexit called - $4.00 (annoying)
Fantomen1 called - $4.00
** Dealing the flop: Q of d, J of h, 3 of h (hmm not the best of flops. wrong suit and I could be behind a Q)
karenexit checked
Fantomen1 checked
Hero bet - $2.00 (gotta cbet with the 2 checks, although a checkraise wouldnt be good, but at least I 'd know where I stood)
karenexit folded
Fantomen1 called - $2.00
** Dealing the turn: K of d (nice, although the board is now two suited)
Fantomen1 checked
Hero bet - $4.00 (would like to win the pot right here really)
Fantomen1 raised - $8.00 (weird reraise here .. surely he would have raised QQ preflop. I guess he could have had 33, but then he'd raise the flop with a flushdraw there. More likely I think his open limp preflop to me means he's on a draw, and most likely a diamond draw as he probably would have bet the heart draw on the flop. Can't really discount KQ either though, or AT)
Hero raised - $12.00 (lets find out how i'm sitting)
Fantomen1 called - $12.00 (hmmm ... I may be in front here)
** Dealing the river: 10 of h (well that card really really sux .. hits the flush draw and an A makes a straight)
Fantomen1 checked (interesting ... wonder if he's going for the check raise?)
Hero checked (i'm thinking this is one where if i bet i'm only getting called by a better hand, so its probably safer to check behind. I'd hate to have to call a reraise here when a reraise basically means i'm beat).
Fantomen1 shows: Q of c, J of d (nice one ... guess he shouldnt have limped in with that)
Hero shows: K of c, J of c
Hero wins $38.95 from the main pot

Hand 4

** I Need You [Hold 'em] (2.00/4.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- WM__GBG sitting in seat 1 with $55.50
- Hero sitting in seat 2 with $113.75
- slaktis72 sitting in seat 3 with $336.29
- bustanut82 sitting in seat 4 with $122.45 [Dealer]
- karenexit sitting in seat 5 with $187.83
karenexit posted the small blind - $1.00
WM__GBG posted the big blind - $2.00
** Dealing card to Hero: J of s, Q of s (not bad)
Hero raised - $4.00
slaktis72 called - $4.00 (dont mind callers with this drawing hand)
bustanut82 folded
karenexit called - $4.00 (good)
WM__GBG called - $4.00 (good)
** Dealing the flop: 2 of s, 10 of c, 6 of h (yuk .. only have 2 overs and bdfd)
karenexit checked
WM__GBG checked
Hero bet - $2.00 (hmm 2 checks ... check or bet ... check or bet ... lets see if a bet takes this one down)
slaktis72 called - $2.00 (guess not)
karenexit called - $2.00 (really guess not)
WM__GBG called - $2.00 (FFS .. looks like i'm throwing this away on the turn)
** Dealing the turn: K of c (hmm now an OESD to the nuts ..nice)
karenexit bet - $4.00
WM__GBG called - $4.00
Hero called - $4.00 (dont mind paying one bet in a pot this size)
slaktis72 folded
** Dealing the river: 4 of h (missed this one ... oh well - can't see any point bluffing either)
karenexit bet - $4.00
WM__GBG folded
Hero folded
karenexit mucks:
karenexit wins $38.20 from the main pot

Hand 5:

** I Need You [Hold 'em] (2.004.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- WM__GBG sitting in seat 1 with $53.90
- Hero sitting in seat 2 with $78.55 [Dealer]
- slaktis72 sitting in seat 3 with $382.19
- bustanut82 sitting in seat 4 with $112.45
- karenexit sitting in seat 5 with $189.33
- Kyroka sitting in seat 6 with $89.95
slaktis72 posted the small blind - $1.00
bustanut82 posted the big blind - $2.00
** Dealing card to Hero: A of h, A of c (my bogey hand of the previous session!!)
karenexit called - $2.00 (nice one fishy .. ol utg)
Kyroka folded
WM__GBG folded
Hero raised - $4.00 (make everyone pay to draw out on me)
slaktis72 called - $4.00 (nice call fish)
bustanut82 called - $4.00 (far out ... 4 to the flop again)
karenexit called - $4.00
** Dealing the flop: J of s, 7 of h, J of h (well thats a somewhat ugly flop ... not sure how to play this. dont want to get checkraised, although I have the Ah which is handy)
slaktis72 checked
bustanut82 checked
karenexit checked
Hero checked (i think this is the wrong move. i'm giving a free card into 3 opponents .. although i guess i'm either a long way in front or way behind anyone with a J)
** Dealing the turn: 2 of h (thats a nasty flush card, although i'm drawing to the nut flush .. would be really ugly if he has a boat)
slaktis72 bet - $4.00 (hmmm has he hit the flush? was he going for a checkraise on the flop? he's bet with worse earlier)
bustanut82 folded
karenexit folded
Hero called - $4.00 (i'm calling this down with the nut flush draw)
** Dealing the river: 10 of h (awesome, now i'm only behind a boat or 8h9h)
slaktis72 checked (smells weak, i'm value betting here)
Hero bet - $4.00 (nut flush .. must bet)
slaktis72 called - $4.00
Hero shows: A of h, A of c
slaktis72 mucks: 8 of h, 8 of s (ty)
Hero wins $30.40 from the main pot
End of game 2123348176

Hand 6

** I Need You [Hold 'em] (2.00/4.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- WM__GBG sitting in seat 1 with $62.50
- Hero sitting in seat 2 with $98.00
- slaktis72 sitting in seat 3 with $350.94 [Sitting out]
- bustanut82 sitting in seat 4 with $132.20
- karenexit sitting in seat 5 with $168.63
- Kyroka sitting in seat 6 with $122.80 [Dealer]
WM__GBG posted the small blind - $1.00
Hero posted the big blind - $2.00
** Dealing card to Hero: K of s, 6 of s (hmm okay)
bustanut82 called - $2.00
karenexit folded
Kyroka raised - $4.00
WM__GBG folded
Hero called - $4.00 (worth a call probably as bustanut is passive and is unlikely to limp reraise)
bustanut82 called - $4.00 (ty)
** Dealing the flop: A of s, 4 of s, J of c (nice .. nut flush draw)
Hero checked
bustanut82 bet - $2.00
Kyroka raised - $4.00
Hero called - $4.00 (hmm 5:1 with 9 outs - worht a stab)
bustanut82 called - $4.00
** Dealing the turn: 8 of c
Hero checked
bustanut82 bet - $4.00
Kyroka raised - $8.00
Hero called - $8.00 (4.5:1 with 9 outs .. i'm still taking a stab!)
bustanut82 called - $8.00
** Dealing the river: 3 of s (wow .. i hit one again .. thats a fair change in fortune)
Hero bet - $4.00 (a river got checked through 4 ways about 3 hands ago so i'm not risking that happening. hopefully get one crying call)
bustanut82 folded
Kyroka folded (oh well)
Hero mucks:
Hero wins $50.55 from the main pot

Hand 7

Back on fishy william hill table
** Shesh [Hold 'em] (1.00/2.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- tomka900 sitting in seat 1 with $68.80
- wout26 sitting in seat 2 with $53.18
- saffy27 sitting in seat 3 with $50.00
- gjuten sitting in seat 4 with $63.49
- gill007 sitting in seat 5 with $499.91 [Dealer]
tomka900 posted the small blind - $0.50
wout26 posted the big blind - $1.00
** Dealing card to saffy27: 10 of h, A of d (okay for 5 handed)
saffy27 raised - $2.00
gjuten folded
gill007 called - $2.00 (button caller .. although he is pretty fishy and could have anything
tomka900 folded
wout26 folded
** Dealing the flop: 10 of s, 8 of c, 9 of d (well at least its not 2 suited .. but that is a nasty flop for me)
saffy27 bet - $1.00
gill007 called - $1.00 (hmm doesnt feel right ... does he have a pair? a straight draw? can't put my finger on it as this guy has played some hugely fishy hands)
** Dealing the turn: 9 of c
saffy27 checked (hate to give the free card for a straight draw when I have TPTK)
gill007 checked (hmm maybe he is on the draw)
** Dealing the river: 4 of d (a nice blank river)
saffy27 bet - $2.00 (lets bet my hand for value)
gill007 raised - $4.00 (argh .. that doesnt make me feel good .. maybe i should have trusted my instincts in this case and checked!)
saffy27 called - $4.00 (going to crying call in case he has something stupid like T5s which he has played before)
gill007 shows: 9 of s, 8 of h (hmm he called a preflop raise with 98o ... nice work. Wonder why i'm getting killed at this table?)
saffy27 mucks: 10 of h, A of d
gill007 wins $14.73 from the main pot

Current Bankroll: $10,650 (+360 Aug)

Still downswinging

Had perfect position on an aggro muppet who was playing 60% of hands and raising 40% of those. He was getting killed early on, however had a massive recovery to win about 50BBs. At the same time I went backwards fairly quickly.

This time I was getting more than my fair share of starting hands worth playing, but boy, did I manage to not hit much at all, and in particular my biggest hands were consistently getting drawn out on.

I thought i'd better check pokertracker, to make sure I wasn't making some huge mistakes, but it just appeared that I wasn't having much luck. All my Ace hands were losers except ATs which really causes problems to your win rate .. particularly when AA falls twice .. once to 96o on a flop of 9KJr turn 7 river 6.

Overall my WTSD was actually a little high at 41% although that was partly explained by having to call down the maniac a bit lighter than normal, however, that really wasn't working as my W$SD was around 32% which really is not profitable.

I am a bit disappointed with myself though as I did tilt towards the end and donked off 8BBs before realising what I was doing and quitting. All in all dropped about 17BB but only because I made a bit of a recovery on another table, and William Hill also paid me off about 15BBs whilst playing $1/2 to clear their time bonus.

Anyways thought i'd post a few hands and my thought processes:

Cbet gone wrong

** If I Needed Someone [Hold 'em] (3.006.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- irish7779 sitting in seat 1 with $234.23
- mr_brutal sitting in seat 2 with $293.09
- preto2 sitting in seat 3 with $246.21
- Arrendajo sitting in seat 4 with $200.59
- bluffman4000 sitting in seat 5 with $54.06 [Dealer]
- Hero sitting in seat 6 with $106.00
Hero posted the small blind - $1.50
irish7779 posted the big blind - $3.00
** Dealing card to Hero: A of h, K of h (awesome)
mr_brutal folded
preto2 folded
Arrendajo folded
bluffman4000 folded
Hero raised - $6.00 (bah only the bb left)
irish7779 called - $6.00 (cool)
** Dealing the flop: 7 of s, 5 of h, 4 of c (hmm whiffed)
Hero bet - $3.00 (worth a cbet)
irish7779 called - $3.00
** Dealing the turn: 8 of c (hmm if he has a 6 i'm in trouble)
Hero bet - $6.00 (Put in a cbet anyways - this guy is playing about 50% of hands and has called down Q high before)
irish7779 called - $6.00 (damn)
** Dealing the river: 2 of d (hmmm not helpful)
Hero bet - $6.00 (hate firing a 3rd bullet ... but there's a chance of a fold here still i think)
irish7779 called - $6.00 (or not)
Hero shows: A of h, K of h
irish7779 shows: Q of d, 8 of h (umm wtf?? he called a raise on the flop with this?)
irish7779 wins $39.90 from the main pot

Standard miss for my session

** If I Needed Someone [Hold 'em] (3.00/6.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- irish7779 sitting in seat 1 with $226.50 [Dealer]
- mr_brutal sitting in seat 2 with $261.59
- preto2 sitting in seat 3 with $247.71
- Arrendajo sitting in seat 4 with $188.21
- bluffman4000 sitting in seat 5 with $75.06
- Hero sitting in seat 6 with $143.50
mr_brutal posted the small blind - $1.50
preto2 posted the big blind - $3.00
** Dealing card to Hero: K of d, A of d (sweet again)
Arrendajo called - $3.00 (another fish at the table .. open limp utg)
bluffman4000 folded
Hero raised - $6.00 (lets punish the limper)
irish7779 folded
mr_brutal raised - $9.00 (handy)
preto2 folded
Arrendajo called - $9.00 (he's called 2 more .. hmmm)
Hero raised - $12.00 (may as well cap it)
mr_brutal called - $12.00
Arrendajo called - $12.00
** Dealing the flop: 5 of d, 4 of s, 2 of d (awesome flop ... nut flush draw and gutshot to straight)
mr_brutal checked
Arrendajo checked
Hero bet - $3.00 (always betting here)
mr_brutal called - $3.00
Arrendajo called - $3.00
** Dealing the turn: 6 of h (surely no one has a 3)
mr_brutal bet - $6.00 (he has a 3?)
Arrendajo folded
Hero called - $6.00 (probably would have raised here if the other guy had called)
** Dealing the river: J of c (bah missed my FD and gutshot and overs)
mr_brutal bet - $6.00
Hero called - $6.00 (crying call .. pot is big .. i have A high. player is a fish who has called down anything)
mr_brutal shows: 5 of s, 5 of c (as expected ... not winning on that river very often)
Hero mucks: K of d, A of d
mr_brutal wins $69.00 from the main pot

FISH

** If I Needed Someone [Hold 'em] (3.00/6.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- irish7779 sitting in seat 1 with $175.12
- mr_brutal sitting in seat 2 with $342.96
- preto2 sitting in seat 3 with $229.63
- Arrendajo sitting in seat 4 with $222.71
- bluffman4000 sitting in seat 5 with $49.09
- Hero sitting in seat 6 with $146.95 [Dealer]
irish7779 posted the small blind - $1.50
mr_brutal posted the big blind - $3.00
** Dealing card to Hero: A of h, 9 of d (not bad)
preto2 folded
Arrendajo called - $3.00
bluffman4000 folded
Hero raised - $6.00 (good enough to raise the fishy limper to isolate)
irish7779 called - $6.00 (hmmm don’t really want callers)
mr_brutal called - $6.00 (dammit)
Arrendajo called - $6.00
** Dealing the flop: 8 of c, 10 of d, Q of h
irish7779 checked
mr_brutal checked
Arrendajo checked
Hero checked (checking through – don’t want to get check raised with one over and a gutshot)
** Dealing the turn: A of c (sweet, hit my over .. but my A is a bit weak still)
irish7779 bet - $6.00
mr_brutal called - $6.00
Arrendajo folded
Hero called - $6.00 (not folding top pair and gutshot)
** Dealing the river: 10 of s (hmm board paired .. not good but it does help my A9 which is now 2 pair with a Q kicker)
irish7779 bet - $6.00 (hmmm … he could have the goods here betting into 2 players)
mr_brutal called - $6.00
Hero called - $6.00 (I’m closing the action although I think I’m beat, I’m probably good enough times or splitting to make this worth a call).
irish7779 shows: 9 of s, J of s (okay who the F*** calls a raise preflop with J9s only to flop the nuts .. FFS. Okay in hindsight the call is not that bad if you know for sure you are not going to get 3bet .. but with 2 players still to act behind .. sheesh).
mr_brutal mucks: 6 of s, A of s
Hero mucks: A of h, 9 of d
irish7779 wins $57.00 from the main pot

** Wait [Hold 'em] (3.00/6.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- GAVIER sitting in seat 1 with $162.44 [Dealer]
- preto2 sitting in seat 2 with $130.07
- mr_brutal sitting in seat 4 with $350.45
- Hero sitting in seat 5 with $199.98
preto2 posted the small blind - $1.50
mr_brutal posted the big blind - $3.00
** Dealing card to Hero: A of s, 5 of s (only 4 handed this is okay utg against some calling fish)
Hero raised - $6.00
GAVIER called - $6.00
preto2 called - $6.00
mr_brutal called - $6.00
** Dealing the flop: 6 of h, 3 of s, Q of s (sweet, another nut flush draw)
preto2 checked
mr_brutal checked
Hero bet - $3.00 (cbet to hopefully take down the pot, or at worst build it for the draw)
GAVIER called - $3.00
preto2 folded
mr_brutal called - $3.00
** Dealing the turn: J of c (not helpin me)
mr_brutal checked
Hero checked (decided not to cbet into 2 opponents. if it was only one i'd definitely fire again here)
GAVIER bet - $6.00
mr_brutal called - $6.00 (thanks for calling)
Hero called - $6.00
** Dealing the river: 3 of d (missed again .. story of my day)
mr_brutal checked
Hero checked
GAVIER checked
mr_brutal shows: J of h, 5 of h (okay what kinda fish calls with Jh5h on that board??)
Hero mucks: A of s, 5 of s
GAVIER shows: K of c, J of s (oh for ffs - another awesome flop call. at least i know I SHOULD be winning here ...)
GAVIER wins $48.45 from the main pot

My 2nd AA of the session:

** Wait [Hold 'em] (3.00/6.00 Fixed - $ Cash Game) Real Money
- jonnyluguber sitting in seat 1 with $18.00
- polle37 sitting in seat 2 with $136.58
- rumblefish08 sitting in seat 3 with $454.22 [Dealer]
- mr_brutal sitting in seat 4 with $268.86
- Hero sitting in seat 5 with $147.00
mr_brutal posted the small blind - $1.50
Hero posted the big blind - $3.00
** Dealing card to Hero: A of s, A of h (sweet!!)
jonnyluguber called - $3.00 (nice)
polle37 called - $3.00 (nice)
rumblefish08 raised - $6.00 (AWESOME)
mr_brutal folded
Hero raised - $9.00 (3bet of course)
jonnyluguber called - $9.00
polle37 called - $9.00
rumblefish08 called - $9.00
** Dealing the flop: 7 of d, J of s, 4 of d (hmm dont really like the 2 spades but not a bad flop)
Hero bet - $3.00
jonnyluguber called - $3.00
polle37 called - $3.00
rumblefish08 called - $3.00
** Dealing the turn: 8 of h (not a bad card .. worth a bet)
Hero bet - $6.00
jonnyluguber went all-in - $6.00
polle37 called - $6.00
rumblefish08 called - $6.00
** Dealing the river: K of h (FD missed good .. although KJ now beats me)
Hero bet - $6.00
polle37 folded
rumblefish08 folded
Hero shows: A of s, A of h
jonnyluguber shows: 6 of s, 5 of s (argh... apparently 56s is worth calling a 3 bet preflop. lucky he was out of cash or he would have taken another $12 off me on the river though)
jonnyluguber wins $70.50 from the main pot

Hopefully I have a better run at showdowns next time!!

Anyways bankroll is now: $10,550 (+360 Aug)

Eaten alive by the fish

Found myself a great $3/6 table and proceeded to get slaughtered by a couple of fish in the space of 30 minutes. Dropped about 20BBs in very quick time, although any one of about 5 hands could have won me back that much as the pots were all quite huge with all the fish at the table, but my draws just refused to hit.

When I did have a hand, sheesh .. was it suck out after suck out. Several times the fish would call down with one single overcard to the board, and seemed to hit it every time. For some reason Q8o was a good hand and worth calling down versus my TT and a flop of 962r and of course a Q would river. Another hand I had Ad4d flop of 3d5d9s giving me a gutshot and nut flush draw. Of course it misses and the guy calling a preflop raise with 97o in middle position wins with top pair.

In the end of the session I checked a couple of the other guys stats -

One, who I will dub 'superfish' was running at a super hot 70% VPIP, showing down 55% of the time and winning 75% of those showdowns. His BB/100 was well over 100 for 70 hands.

The second major fish on the table was a slightly tighter 50% VPIP and only went to showdown 50% of the time, and won 65% of these showdowns.

So, after those two, no one else at the table really won much at all, although one other fish was showing a slightly positive BB/100. Frustrating once again, but I will stick at it. The fish will pay me off!

Current bankroll: $10,650 (+360 Aug)

Disaster averted

Only had time for a little under a couple hours on the weekend which started disasterously.

Playing $4/8 on bodog I found a superb table which had a couple fish on my right who were playing most pots, and calling down with almost nothing in many cases. However, for me, whenever I did hit a hand it seemed like a runner runner straight, flush or full house was always out to get me. In no time, i'd dropped my entire 25BB buy in and had bought in again, only to see the 2nd buy in disappear just as quickly.

At one stage I was holding AKo preflop and raised to have 3 callers on a flop was AK8r. I've bet out and got called by two fish. Turn is a 9 of the 4th suit which takes out any possiblity of a flush, so I bet out again. River is a 7. My raise is then reraised, which I call and he flips over 65o ... I mean WTF??? And this wasn't a one off. Surely these guys were going to pay me back eventually? .. surely ... ?

The table was so good, there was just no way that I could quit it unless I ran out of time to play or the fish left. Over the next half hour the fishes gave me back 30BBs of the 55BBs i'd been down by at one stage, but disappointingly the fish left, so I quit the table.

Found a couple other big fish on Cake $3/6, including one aggro muppet who kept betting no matter what. Got irritating early when he 3bet my KK with 42o only for him to reraise the flop and hit a gutshot straight on the turn. Thankfully he then proceeded to donate a heap back, and I ended up about 15BBs up to return myself to even for the weekend.

Still waiting for that session that starts up rather than the usual hole I keep digging myself into. Thinking about it, I should get a fairly large chunk of rakeback for those couple hours, so should be up maybe $20 or $30. Will wait and see. I guess it could have been a LOT worse after the start.

Current bankroll: $10,750 (+360 Aug)