So far i've cleared almost $160 of my bonus, so only $140 to go. The last few sessions have been fairly painful though and i've been dropping BBs quicker than the bonus has been clearing - more or less purely through a couple muppets who seemed to hit more than they missed.
eg the 99/14 guy who went to showdown 60% of the time and won 50% of those showdowns. Having him on my right would normally be a massive advantage, but this time it was crippling.
The losses at $2/4 have been somewhat offset by small gains at $3/6 and $5/10 - hopefully I can find my muppets again tomorrow and win some back. Doubt they'll have any cash left though. Plenty of other fish in the sea though.
Fulltilt bonus cleared: $158
Fulltilt bonus remaining: $142
Days left: 20
Current bankroll: $22,250
December time played: 2h
December profit / (loss): ($100)
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
November 2009 summary
Well, the first day of November started with a $300 loss. Since then I haven't really looked back and started the month bonus clearing on Cake before switching across to the new Fulltilt holiday hundred bonus which turned out to be the holiday three hundred for me. It's going to take a fair chunk of December for me to work my way through it, and Cake also just gave me another reload so there's already another bonus to clear once Fulltilt is done.
I finally got round to registering Pokertracker 3, so i'll stick with that for my database and HUD for a while.
For November the goals in order of priority were:
• Make a profit again (tick)
• Put in some more volume than August and September and October (significantly more)
• Clear as much of my Bodog reload bonus as possible (cleared a bit, then got sidetracked with Cake and Fulltilt bonuses)
• Clear some more of my Cake reload and see if I can score a few more gold chips and qualify for the freeroll again (tick)
• Play some more Pacific or Microgaming if it seems fishy (Cake and FT took over so missed this one)
• Spend some more poker points and hopefully convert some to cash (fulltilt?) (too busy clearing bonuses. Maybe in January .....)
The profit of $1,600 for the month was made up of:
Bonuses/vip/rakeback: $380
• Bodog $80
• Cake $140
• Fulltilt $160
Poker bankroll Interest: $70
Poker profits: $1,230 (less $80 PT3 licence)
Goals for December are:
• Clear the remainder of my Fulltilt bonus
• Clear some more of my Cake reload
• Qualify for the Cake and Fulltilt freerolls in January
• Play the December Cake and Fulltilt freerolls
• Take up as many xmas freerolls, gifts and bonuses as possible
Current bankroll: $22,350
November time played: 34h30m
November profit / (loss): $1,600
I finally got round to registering Pokertracker 3, so i'll stick with that for my database and HUD for a while.
For November the goals in order of priority were:
• Make a profit again (tick)
• Put in some more volume than August and September and October (significantly more)
• Clear as much of my Bodog reload bonus as possible (cleared a bit, then got sidetracked with Cake and Fulltilt bonuses)
• Clear some more of my Cake reload and see if I can score a few more gold chips and qualify for the freeroll again (tick)
• Play some more Pacific or Microgaming if it seems fishy (Cake and FT took over so missed this one)
• Spend some more poker points and hopefully convert some to cash (fulltilt?) (too busy clearing bonuses. Maybe in January .....)
The profit of $1,600 for the month was made up of:
Bonuses/vip/rakeback: $380
• Bodog $80
• Cake $140
• Fulltilt $160
Poker bankroll Interest: $70
Poker profits: $1,230 (less $80 PT3 licence)
Goals for December are:
• Clear the remainder of my Fulltilt bonus
• Clear some more of my Cake reload
• Qualify for the Cake and Fulltilt freerolls in January
• Play the December Cake and Fulltilt freerolls
• Take up as many xmas freerolls, gifts and bonuses as possible
Current bankroll: $22,350
November time played: 34h30m
November profit / (loss): $1,600
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Tis the season for poker bonuses
The next month or so always seems to be the best time of year to play poker. The sites seem to all throw out great bonuses and other freerolls and incentives to ensure the casual players hit their site in particular during their holidays.
The casual players drink more and are relaxed more and give their money away more easily as well.
All in all, a win win situation.
After Fulltilt's bonus the other week, Cake has now pumped out a nice little reload which i'll also take up. Only 25% to a max of $100, but since they don't deduct fees, it's free money to go along with my rakeback. From memory their bonuses expire in 90 days which is tons of time to get it cleared. If anyone could confirm that would be handy. They're also running some other promotions in the lead up to xmas.
Looking forward to seeing what the other sites have to offer.
Has anyone heard anything about wbcoop this year? I haven't heard a word. Surely Stars are running it again???
Fulltilt bonus cleared: $88
Fulltilt bonus remaining: $212
Days left: 23
Current bankroll: $22,400
November time played: 31h30m
November profit / (loss): $1,650
The casual players drink more and are relaxed more and give their money away more easily as well.
All in all, a win win situation.
After Fulltilt's bonus the other week, Cake has now pumped out a nice little reload which i'll also take up. Only 25% to a max of $100, but since they don't deduct fees, it's free money to go along with my rakeback. From memory their bonuses expire in 90 days which is tons of time to get it cleared. If anyone could confirm that would be handy. They're also running some other promotions in the lead up to xmas.
Looking forward to seeing what the other sites have to offer.
Has anyone heard anything about wbcoop this year? I haven't heard a word. Surely Stars are running it again???
Fulltilt bonus cleared: $88
Fulltilt bonus remaining: $212
Days left: 23
Current bankroll: $22,400
November time played: 31h30m
November profit / (loss): $1,650
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Optimum stakes for clearing FT?
From memory the optimum stakes for clearing the Fulltilt bonus were at $2/4 for fixed limit holdem. I'm not sure if it's still the case but I will just assume it is.
Actually i'm playing a mix of $3/6 and $2/4 as i'm not finding enough fishy tables at either level to have a solid four or five tables running. Admittedly I did get up to six tables last night at one stage, but I'm too far out of practice with six and found myself cutting it fairly fine on timing out. (I did time out twice but thankfully it was where I would have folded anyways).
What I do find with fulltilt is that the fishy tables tend to tighten up fairly quickly, and what started off as a fantastic table to play at can suddenly turn into a TAG fest within a couple orbits. I use the colour coding available in fulltilt to mark each player, so that I can quickly see when I need to quit a table - for example when the player on my right turns from a green fish to a red TAG.
Last night's session ran pretty hot throughout and I was never really down. Ended banking a solid 50BB win to more than make up my loss from the night before and am now past a quarter of my bonus cleared.
Fulltilt bonus cleared: $83
Fulltilt bonus remaining: $217
Days left: 24
Current bankroll: $22,350
November time played: 30h30m
November profit / (loss): $1,600
Actually i'm playing a mix of $3/6 and $2/4 as i'm not finding enough fishy tables at either level to have a solid four or five tables running. Admittedly I did get up to six tables last night at one stage, but I'm too far out of practice with six and found myself cutting it fairly fine on timing out. (I did time out twice but thankfully it was where I would have folded anyways).
What I do find with fulltilt is that the fishy tables tend to tighten up fairly quickly, and what started off as a fantastic table to play at can suddenly turn into a TAG fest within a couple orbits. I use the colour coding available in fulltilt to mark each player, so that I can quickly see when I need to quit a table - for example when the player on my right turns from a green fish to a red TAG.
Last night's session ran pretty hot throughout and I was never really down. Ended banking a solid 50BB win to more than make up my loss from the night before and am now past a quarter of my bonus cleared.
Fulltilt bonus cleared: $83
Fulltilt bonus remaining: $217
Days left: 24
Current bankroll: $22,350
November time played: 30h30m
November profit / (loss): $1,600
Bump in the road
Got hammered on the $2/4 tables whilst clearing my FT bonus last night. Dropped a good 50BBs within probably half an hour which is a fair effort. The $3/6 tables ended up a few BBs, but still a decent loss, partly offset by a rakeback credit.
Also found I have a small problem with Fulltilt in that it freezes my machine when I load it up, and has now frozen it once in play - which is far worse. Not sure if anyone knows of anything that would cause this, but a solution would be helpful.
Hopefully get in a bit of play tonight when the mrs is out at netball. Its probably going to be a fairly light weekend this weekend so I need to get in front on my FT bonus clearing.
Fulltilt bonus cleared: $65
Fulltilt bonus remaining: $235
Days left: 26
Current bankroll: $22,100
November time played: 28h30m
November profit / (loss): $1,350
Also found I have a small problem with Fulltilt in that it freezes my machine when I load it up, and has now frozen it once in play - which is far worse. Not sure if anyone knows of anything that would cause this, but a solution would be helpful.
Hopefully get in a bit of play tonight when the mrs is out at netball. Its probably going to be a fairly light weekend this weekend so I need to get in front on my FT bonus clearing.
Fulltilt bonus cleared: $65
Fulltilt bonus remaining: $235
Days left: 26
Current bankroll: $22,100
November time played: 28h30m
November profit / (loss): $1,350
Monday, November 23, 2009
My xmas present
My Xmas present fresh out of the packaging from my lovely wife arrived from ebay the other day. It was a little large for me to miss .... hadn't put the cupholders in when I took the photo, but still looks good to me. Best present ever ... well almost. Apparently i'm not allowed to use it until after xmas though. No home games scheduled between now and then so that's okay.
Played a little poker last night and made a few more BBs. Nothin much to write about though. Also had a mate of mine ask if there were any decent poker PC games - anyone know of any? I can remember WSOP on xbox that I had a few years ago, but am not sure if anything has been released lately.
Fulltilt bonus cleared: $53
Fulltilt bonus remaining: $247
Days left: 27
Current bankroll: $22,200
November time played: 27h
November profit / (loss): $1,450
Sunday, November 22, 2009
My monthly reminder
Played my Cake freeroll on Sunday morning where I lasted 45 minutes or so.
I'd built up my stack slightly from the starting stack of 1,500 to 2,500 early after the super loose aggro table muppet who played every single hand pushed all in versus my nut flush with his complete air.
At about the 40 minute mark I would have held about the same number of chips thanks to a few blind steals but other than that being pretty much card dead, until I ran into another super loose short stack with 900 or so chips. He open pushed all in from the cut off and after seeing some of the trash he was playing I called in the BB for 700 chips with AJo. He flipped over K5s and when we both whiffed the flop and turn, obviously he has to river his K.
Very next orbit and i'm in the BB again and this time with 88. Min raise from the cut off of 400 is called by the SB, so I decide to push with my 7BBs. Open min raiser folds and cold caller then calls and flips over 77. Happy days. River 7. And i'm out.
At least I didn't spend hours playing for nothing, but it does remind me why I generally don't play MTTs. The frustration is huge.
I kicked off my Fulltilt bonus as well on the weekend so will keep track of how i'm clearing to make sure I clear it all before it expires in 30 days. With a total bankroll of $550 on Fulltilt I was hoping to not have to deposit as that would incur fees which hit my rakeback. My start was poor though, dropping a quick 20BBs at $3/6 and another 20BBs at $2/4. I was looking like I needed to deposit or i'd be restricted to 2 or maybe 3 tables. A few massive fish turned it around though and I made it back and in the process cleared $40 of the $300 bonus.
Fulltilt bonus cleared: $40
Fulltilt bonus remaining: $260
Days left: 28
Current bankroll: $22,100
November time played: 26h
November profit / (loss): $1,350
I'd built up my stack slightly from the starting stack of 1,500 to 2,500 early after the super loose aggro table muppet who played every single hand pushed all in versus my nut flush with his complete air.
At about the 40 minute mark I would have held about the same number of chips thanks to a few blind steals but other than that being pretty much card dead, until I ran into another super loose short stack with 900 or so chips. He open pushed all in from the cut off and after seeing some of the trash he was playing I called in the BB for 700 chips with AJo. He flipped over K5s and when we both whiffed the flop and turn, obviously he has to river his K.
Very next orbit and i'm in the BB again and this time with 88. Min raise from the cut off of 400 is called by the SB, so I decide to push with my 7BBs. Open min raiser folds and cold caller then calls and flips over 77. Happy days. River 7. And i'm out.
At least I didn't spend hours playing for nothing, but it does remind me why I generally don't play MTTs. The frustration is huge.
I kicked off my Fulltilt bonus as well on the weekend so will keep track of how i'm clearing to make sure I clear it all before it expires in 30 days. With a total bankroll of $550 on Fulltilt I was hoping to not have to deposit as that would incur fees which hit my rakeback. My start was poor though, dropping a quick 20BBs at $3/6 and another 20BBs at $2/4. I was looking like I needed to deposit or i'd be restricted to 2 or maybe 3 tables. A few massive fish turned it around though and I made it back and in the process cleared $40 of the $300 bonus.
Fulltilt bonus cleared: $40
Fulltilt bonus remaining: $260
Days left: 28
Current bankroll: $22,100
November time played: 26h
November profit / (loss): $1,350
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