Is when your internet connection decideds to go flaky, and your nuts gets folded out. F me. My router almost became a frisbee.
I thought i'd fixed my issues with my router reboot the other day, but I was incorrect. Doesn't happen often ....
So after losing a $100 pot when my connection decided to drop mid hand, it was time for some more repairs.
I'm still a bit suspicious of my router, or possibly my wireless usb stick attached to the PC, but figured i'd tackle the router first. A quick firmware upgrade followed by a factory reset and manually re-entering my setting had me back in business.
No issues with connectivity so far, but I won't hold my breath, and have started researching new voip wireless routers just in case. Not sure which brand is best though, and am almost considering looking a commercial grade routers.
Even with that loss on the tables, I still ended a few dollars in front, when the fish were paying me off.
I had AA cracked by one particularly loose and aggressive fish, and a few hands later I received 5d4d in the big blind. He raised from early position and got three callers so that was a no brainer call from me. Flop was a fairly sweet 5s4sTc, and my check/raise got three bet by aggfish. I'm thinkin there's no way i'm behind here - surely he doesn't have TT, so I cap it. Turn is an even sweeter 5h which fills me up. After my bet and his raise on the turn, there's still three runners, and I just can't put him on TT although it's in his range, he's aggro enough to be spazzing out here with AT or an overpair or even a spade draw. I three bet and he caps and the other guy folds which isn't a great sign, however a spade hits on the river giving a flush which I bet into again. He just calls and shows AA for a mighty two pair.
Had a couple other fairly trashy hands hit monsters from the big blind on the flop or turn, so that's probably what kept my session in the black.
Current bankroll: $20,000
September time played: 5h
September profit / (loss): ($350)
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
They say things happen in threes ....
After starting the month running like poo, I was hoping to put in a good session on the weekend.
Unfortunately my PC then decided to freeze every 10 minutes or so. I suspect its overheating so tweaked my fan speed up a touch. That actually did the trick and I was back in business, unless I have torrents running flat stick. Since I don't run torrents whilst playing poker (as it increases the chance of a timeout) its not an issue.
So .... 10 mins into my session, and my internet connection freezes, whilst I have two big pots going. And I dont even get disconnect protection for some reason... So .. after waiting 10 mins I play again for another 20 mins, before my connection freezes again.
Reboot my router, and i'm back in business, and all seems fine. Luckily I was playing on some hugely fishy tables who donated me about 20BBs, but instead of a long weekend session, I get in all of an hour.
Still not sure what the 3rd thing to happen will be .. hopefully my start of the month losses count as the 3rd thing.
Current bankroll: $19,950
September time played: 4h30m
September profit / (loss): ($400)
Unfortunately my PC then decided to freeze every 10 minutes or so. I suspect its overheating so tweaked my fan speed up a touch. That actually did the trick and I was back in business, unless I have torrents running flat stick. Since I don't run torrents whilst playing poker (as it increases the chance of a timeout) its not an issue.
So .... 10 mins into my session, and my internet connection freezes, whilst I have two big pots going. And I dont even get disconnect protection for some reason... So .. after waiting 10 mins I play again for another 20 mins, before my connection freezes again.
Reboot my router, and i'm back in business, and all seems fine. Luckily I was playing on some hugely fishy tables who donated me about 20BBs, but instead of a long weekend session, I get in all of an hour.
Still not sure what the 3rd thing to happen will be .. hopefully my start of the month losses count as the 3rd thing.
Current bankroll: $19,950
September time played: 4h30m
September profit / (loss): ($400)
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Quick stats check
I've played less than 1,000 hands for the month so checking them is going to be fairly meaningless unless i'm making some kind of huge errors.
It looks like i've simply been running pretty cool, with a 26% wtsd intead of a normal 39% or so, and of those i'm only winning 29% where normal is more like 50%.
Running that poorly is always going to cause a nasty little dip to your bankroll.
That being said, in half an hour last night I at least made a few BBs - even though my big hands still can't seem to hold up .... well actually AK held up once versus AJ. The last few days that would have either been a split pot or I would have lost it.
The tables were pretty fishy so I could easily have made a lot more, but I seemed to whiff quite a few flops in multiway pots. Unless I have a decent draw in those situations I tend to just let them go to much aggression - particularly where I have 3 opponents and a passive fish bets into me.
Current bankroll: $19,800
September time played: 3h30m
September profit / (loss): ($550)
It looks like i've simply been running pretty cool, with a 26% wtsd intead of a normal 39% or so, and of those i'm only winning 29% where normal is more like 50%.
Running that poorly is always going to cause a nasty little dip to your bankroll.
That being said, in half an hour last night I at least made a few BBs - even though my big hands still can't seem to hold up .... well actually AK held up once versus AJ. The last few days that would have either been a split pot or I would have lost it.
The tables were pretty fishy so I could easily have made a lot more, but I seemed to whiff quite a few flops in multiway pots. Unless I have a decent draw in those situations I tend to just let them go to much aggression - particularly where I have 3 opponents and a passive fish bets into me.
Current bankroll: $19,800
September time played: 3h30m
September profit / (loss): ($550)
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Running cool
Can't say i'm winning too many showdowns lately. Think i'll have to do a quick stats analysis tonight to see whats going on.
Dropped another quick 30 or 40BBs last night, and had another run of about 40 hands without winning a single one.
I guess it just happens at times, and you need to just roll with it. Hopefully that heater is just around the corner. Gaining this $50 bonus on fulltilt though is starting to get expensive, as i'm running like a big fat turd there.
Current bankroll: $19,750
September time played: 3h
September profit / (loss): ($600)
Dropped another quick 30 or 40BBs last night, and had another run of about 40 hands without winning a single one.
I guess it just happens at times, and you need to just roll with it. Hopefully that heater is just around the corner. Gaining this $50 bonus on fulltilt though is starting to get expensive, as i'm running like a big fat turd there.
Current bankroll: $19,750
September time played: 3h
September profit / (loss): ($600)
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Phew
Only another short session on the weekend, which started horribly.
I think within half an hour I was down about 50BBs, most of which were on a super fishy $5/10 table, where i'd again found four opponents with VPIPs over 50, and only one overly tight TAG on the table.
My four fish then took me apart, and in the first half hour I didn't win a single hand. Not one in approximately 45 hands. Ouch.
I recovered most of it though as they continued to play trash and not suck out on me. Pity I also dropped a few BBs on fulltilt doing their take 2 promo, which i've hit every day so far in order to maximise it.
We also had a home game friday night which was great fun again. A new player joined us for the session, who didn't know too much about the game, and decided to go all in with AA on the river with a board showing 4567x. He later went all in in the second game with a two pair AK on a four heart board with neither of his cards hearts. I had two hearts and was fairly disappointed to see the fourth heart hit the board on the river - however I had the second nuts so bet it and he called.
Overall I broke about even for the session, and in those games its not about profit or loss but more just playing the game and the banter and sledging between mates.
Hopefully i'll have a decent session online soon. Some rakeback will also help the fairly sad looking record for this month so far.
Current bankroll: $19,900
September time played: 2h30m
September profit / (loss): ($450)
I think within half an hour I was down about 50BBs, most of which were on a super fishy $5/10 table, where i'd again found four opponents with VPIPs over 50, and only one overly tight TAG on the table.
My four fish then took me apart, and in the first half hour I didn't win a single hand. Not one in approximately 45 hands. Ouch.
I recovered most of it though as they continued to play trash and not suck out on me. Pity I also dropped a few BBs on fulltilt doing their take 2 promo, which i've hit every day so far in order to maximise it.
We also had a home game friday night which was great fun again. A new player joined us for the session, who didn't know too much about the game, and decided to go all in with AA on the river with a board showing 4567x. He later went all in in the second game with a two pair AK on a four heart board with neither of his cards hearts. I had two hearts and was fairly disappointed to see the fourth heart hit the board on the river - however I had the second nuts so bet it and he called.
Overall I broke about even for the session, and in those games its not about profit or loss but more just playing the game and the banter and sledging between mates.
Hopefully i'll have a decent session online soon. Some rakeback will also help the fairly sad looking record for this month so far.
Current bankroll: $19,900
September time played: 2h30m
September profit / (loss): ($450)
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Muppets strike back
Had a fairly poor run in my last session, where it seemed every flush draw for me missed, whilst any gutshot, flushdraw, or two outer would hit my fishy opponents.
I even found a $5/10 table where four of the other five players had a vpip over 60 - and I still couldn't seem to win many showdowns.
Could have been worse though as at one stage I was down an extra 20BBs on the $5/10 table after a series of nasty suck outs.
Hopefully the weekend will be more successful.
I've kept up the Fulltilt promo, scoring about 3 or 4 points per day. The whole month will net me a huge $50 reward - however - i've already dropped more than that so far.
Current bankroll: $20,000
September time played: 1h30m
September profit / (loss): ($350)
I even found a $5/10 table where four of the other five players had a vpip over 60 - and I still couldn't seem to win many showdowns.
Could have been worse though as at one stage I was down an extra 20BBs on the $5/10 table after a series of nasty suck outs.
Hopefully the weekend will be more successful.
I've kept up the Fulltilt promo, scoring about 3 or 4 points per day. The whole month will net me a huge $50 reward - however - i've already dropped more than that so far.
Current bankroll: $20,000
September time played: 1h30m
September profit / (loss): ($350)
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Take 2 promotion
Decided i'll do the Fulltilt take2 promotion which requires you to play at least 2 tables and earn 1 point for a certain number of days to get a bonus, which increases the more days you play.
1 point doesn't take all that long - maybe one orbit at $2/4 at the most, so I figure i'll try to play it every day for the $50 bonus. If you're not already signed up to fulltilt, feel free to go through my rakeback site - Bonus Chasing Grinder Rakeback .
You actually have to sign up for the promotion through your cashier as well to activate it which is annoying, but necessary.
I played another short half hour session last night, mainly on the $3/6 tables with a couple $2/4s briefly on full tilt. Made a solid 15BBs in the first couple hands where I was dealt monsters as soon as I sat down which is always nice. You not only look like a maniac, and get paid off more when you raise first in for your first few hands at a table, but that image gets to stay with you for at least most of that session.
Current bankroll: $20,150
September time played: 1h
September profit / (loss): ($200)
1 point doesn't take all that long - maybe one orbit at $2/4 at the most, so I figure i'll try to play it every day for the $50 bonus. If you're not already signed up to fulltilt, feel free to go through my rakeback site - Bonus Chasing Grinder Rakeback .
You actually have to sign up for the promotion through your cashier as well to activate it which is annoying, but necessary.
I played another short half hour session last night, mainly on the $3/6 tables with a couple $2/4s briefly on full tilt. Made a solid 15BBs in the first couple hands where I was dealt monsters as soon as I sat down which is always nice. You not only look like a maniac, and get paid off more when you raise first in for your first few hands at a table, but that image gets to stay with you for at least most of that session.
Current bankroll: $20,150
September time played: 1h
September profit / (loss): ($200)
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