Monday 16 December 2013

Half of December is done - results: OK

Hi guys!

December went really solid so far, can´t complain. Also my favourite promotion, the milestone-hands, is running right now. I expect a really low volume this month since i will spend about 9 days in Germany without poker.





Hands:                   8815 100nl, 14599 50nl
Winrate:                 11,03bb/100, 5,68bb/100
Vpps:                     5212
Played:                   41,72 hours
 
+1578$ cashgame winnings
+169$ fpp value
+52$ stellar reward value
--------------------------------------
= +1799$



Graph of the first 15 days of December 2013:

Saturday 14 December 2013

Getting lucky is more important than playing good!

In these spots u r really scared that there might come the A on the river.


Holdem Manager No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed)

Fish ($133)
BB ($106)
UTG ($108)
NicoleOA (UTG+1) ($104)
MP1 ($100)
MP2 ($100)
CO ($100)
Button ($113)

Preflop: NicoleOA is UTG+1 with K, K
1 fold, NicoleOA raises to $3.50, 3 folds, Button raises to $9, Fish calls $8.50, 1 fold, NicoleOA raises to $30, Button raises to $51, 1 fold, NicoleOA raises to $104 (All-In), Button calls $53

Flop: ($218) K, 7, A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($218) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($218) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $218 | Rake: $3

Button had A, A (full house, Aces over Kings).
NicoleOA had K, K (four of a kind, Kings).
Outcome: NicoleOA won $215

Saturday 30 November 2013

Results of November: OK

Hi guys,

this month started really well and i was running a few stacks above ev for the first two weeks. Sadly i was playing a lot of breakeven for the rest of the month, but i m still ok with the money i made. I will spend the next few days with analyzing what happend in the last 15 days.
Also the cold-season started a few weeks ago, its raining less and the average temperature went down to 27 °C on the day. This month i started to work at night and sleep on the day. The pros are obv the softer tables and more people online, the contra is that i dont get any sun; a few days ago i saw the sun for like the first time in three weeks and almost went blind :). It really feels like living in a deep hole when u wake up at 6pm and go to bed at 7am.

The goal for the last 75 days in 2013 to make 10.000$ in winnings at the tables might be a bit of a callenge since i will spend one week at christmas in germany with my family and will not be able to play poker there. The fact that i have to make 5.000$ in December can be a small problem, but i still hope that the christmas-money from the fish will make the tables redonkulous soft.


Hands:                   11126 100nl, 31348 50nl
Winrate:                 4,21 bb/100 / 9,05bb/100
Vpps:                     8420
Played:                   84,14 hours
 
+3702$ cashgame winnings
+273$ fpp value
+84$ stellar reward value
--------------------------------------
= +4059$




Graph of November 2013:

Saturday 16 November 2013

Free content!








SB ($38.50)
BB ($50.75)
UTG ($55.10)
MP ($40.75)
Hero (Button) ($50)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K, K
UTG raises to $1.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $4.50, 1 fold, BB raises to $11.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $36, BB raises to $50.75 (All-In), Hero calls $14 (All-In)

Flop: ($101.75) A, 8, 4 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($101.75) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($101.75) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in


Hero had K, K (one pair, Kings).
BB had K, K (flush, Ace high).
Outcome: BB won $99.75



 

Friday 15 November 2013

Half of November is done - results: playing ok, running good

Hi guys,

the first half of the month is done and i really enjoyed playing the upswing. Running good, getting setups in my favour and seeing other regs bluffing in my nuts on the deep tables is really the best thing that can happen in poker.

On the other hand i have to admit that i quit two days early and wasn´t working on one day because there was a storm and the electricity went off for some time. So i m a little bit disappointed that i only played 23k hands.

 As far as this month is going i wont be surprised if i could cash big in one of these "week-mission"-freerolls. If i cash 25k i will make a 10k freeroll :)



Hands:                   4856 100nl, 17510 50nl, 326 25nl
Winrate:                 6,69bb/100 / 11,22bb/100, 37,64bb/100
Vpps:                     4081
Played:                   44,53 hours
 
+3031$ cashgame winnings
+133$ fpp value
+41$ stellar reward value
--------------------------------------
= +3205$



Graph of the first 15 days of November 2013:


Sunday 3 November 2013

Internet in Thailand

Hi guys,

if you want to move to another country and have a job that requires internet, try to get as much information about the provider in your new location. I tested the internet in my hotel before i moved to Pattaya and everything was normal, but when i got the house and bought the pc - the internet was really disappointing.

That's the log from two weeks ago, when i tracked 6 hours and got 70 disconnects. Some lasted for over a minute what made me fold all my hands on ps and starts tilting me.






You cant really expect any help from the company itself because they have no qualified people in the supportcenter and even the technicians cant fix the problem after they were at my house four times. After almost 9 month i changed the provider and took the best possible internetconnection there is and suddenly all the problems are gone. I m really happy :)



Here is a Picture of two monkeys hiding in a tree on Ko Lan, a beautiful island close to Pattaya. I really would like to touch them or feed them some bananas, but people told me they are really violent and like to bite. Still fun to see wild monkeys when u go to the beach.




Wednesday 30 October 2013

Results of October: finding back to my game

Hi guys!

Looks like i finally found back to my game. I think the biggest step was to play at the european primetime at 8 pm CET instead of 8am CET. Therefor i dont have to mix 50nl and 25nl since there are so many good tables to play at. Also there are no fishregs joining my new tables over and over again and try to play hu because they need the vpp even if they play a reg hu for -5bb/100; not sure if they realise that.

Playing only 47k hands this month is not really bad because a friend of mine came to Pattaya for two month and i was going out about two times a week. Waking up the day after a party when the sun is already gone makes it really hard for me to work on that day :)


Hands:                   7602 100nl, 34602 50nl, 4496 25nl
Winrate:                 4,18 bb/100 / 4,29bb/100 -4,33bb/100
Vpps:                     7504
Played:                  86,72 hours
 
+825$ cashgame winnings
+195$ fpp value
+75$ stellar reward value
+5$ 72s promo
--------------------------------------
= +1100$




Graph of October 2013:

Tuesday 15 October 2013

Half of October is done - results: playing good, running bad

Hi guys,

i was running really bad, and made no money. I will start playing around midnight because i am bored to play at the worst time when there are only 50k - 70k people online. I normally would say i can´t run any worse than this but last time i said that i was running another 20 stacks under ev in the next 3 days :), so lets just hope for the best :)



Hands:                   3600 100nl, 13799 50nl, 4496 25nl
Winrate:                 -5,64bb/100 / 6,05bb/100, -4,33bb/100
Vpps:                     3571
Played:                  40,36 hours
 
-195$ cashgame losings
+93$ fpp value
+36$ stellar reward value
+5$ 72s promo
--------------------------------------
= -71$



Graph of the first 15 days of October 2013:

Tuesday 1 October 2013

Results of September: no easy money :)

Hi guys!


I started playing at the middle of September and was not able to make a decent amount of money. I think the main reasons for the bad results are the still crappy internet here in my house; even after getting a new line and getting this new line fixed its still really bad and i have disconnects almost every day while i play. Hello tilt :). On the other hand it felt like i was flopping too many middlepairs in 3/4bet pots with QQ/KK, and big slick made a lot of A-highs and was not able to improve. On top of that i ran a few hundred bucks under ev.


At the end of September i lost my Supernova status and went back to Goldstar after making three month less than 6,5k vpp this year. For me its not a big deal since rakeback was only about 15% of my income last year and after making 50k vpp so far, reaching Supernova was not possible this year.



My main-focus right now is to get back to my normal game and stop being lazy :). The last few month i didn´t even update this blog on the beginning/middle of the month; for a german thats not ok :)




Hands:                   17012 50nl, 10644 25nl
Winrate:                 2,31 bb/100 / 10,82bb/100
Vpps:                     2971
Played:                  49,08 hours
 
+132$ cashgame winnings
+166$ fpp value
+59$ stellar reward value
--------------------------------------
= +357$

Graph of September 2013:


Monday 16 September 2013

Results of August: lazy month #2 :)

Hey guys,

lets make it short. I wasn´t playing any poker in August, and even at the beginning of September. Right now i m playing my normal 4 - 5 hours a day and will give an update at the end of this month :)


Sunday 11 August 2013

Results of July: lazy month :)

Hi guys,

there were people working at the house next door and making a shitload of noises while i sleep and work so i decided to take a few weeks off untill they are done. I wasnt running any good and did not feel like playing.

There will be no half month update for August since i m still taking some time off :)



Hands:                   13339 100nl, 17614 50nl, 1713 25nl
Winrate:                 2,10 bb/100 / 4,09 bb/100 14,04bb/100
Vpps:                     8214
Played:                  61,99 hours
 
+558$ cashgame winnings
+460$ fpp value
+82$ stellar reward value
--------------------------------------
= +1100$

Graph of July 2013:

 

Tuesday 16 July 2013

R.I.P. FREDY BULLIT

Just for the lulz!


2+2 Thread where FREDY BULLIT lost his bankroll


Half of July is done - results: meh

Hi guys,

lets make it fast :)
The graph of the last two weeks shows how well i was doing at the tables. "Lost"; or did not make about 1300$ in 4bet pots to setups and was not able to make some money. I also quit three sessions after only playing for like two hours because i did not feel good about it. The plan for the rest of the month is to make money instead of not making money!



Hands:                   9210 100nl, 12440 50nl
Winrate:                 3,48bb/100 / 2,12bb/100
Vpps:                     5385
Played:                  43,08 hours
 
+268$ cashgame winnings
+302$ fpp value
+54$ stellar reward value
--------------------------------------
= +624$



Graph of the first 15 days of July 2013:

Sunday 30 June 2013

Results of June: OK

Hi guys,

this month started really well and i was running a few stacks above ev, and basiclly thats how the rest of the month went. I was playing 26 of the 30 days in June and was winning money at 25 of them. In the last few days i was adding the 200pl tables to my list of tables and will keep them since i saw that there are the same regs as on 25pl, 50pl and 100pl except for a few low/midstakes-regs who are not that big of a deal.

 Playing 100nl, 50nl and 25nl with the focus on the middle limit, i was running about 17 stacks above ev this month. My ev-winrates are under average because it felt like whenever i was all in, i had a coinflip or running against the same hand but having some extra draws.







Hands:                   10012 100nl, 29749 50nl, 5962 25nl
Winrate:                 7,12bb/100 / 11,90bb/100 10,18bb/100
Vpps:                     9834
Played:                  86,94 hours
 
+3834$ cashgame winnings
+551$ fpp value
+98$ stellar reward value
--------------------------------------
= +4483$



Graph of June 2013:



Wednesday 19 June 2013

Blindstealing hit-and-run reg lost a stack

Hi guys,

i like to start new tables and there are some annoying regs trying to sit at my table and stealing blinds, raising any2 and making hit and run after they got some cash. this gif basicly shows this hand




Holdem Manager No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed)
SB ($50)
NicoleOA (BB) ($49.50)

Preflop: NicoleOA is BB with ,
NicoleOA bets $1.50, SB raises to $4.50, NicoleOA calls $3

Flop: ($9) , , (2 players)
SB bets $6.50, NicoleOA calls $6.50

Turn: ($22) (2 players)
SB bets $15.50, NicoleOA calls $15.50

River: ($53) (2 players)
SB bets $23.50 (All-In), NicoleOA calls $23 (All-In)

Total pot: $99 | Rake: $0.50

Results below:
SB had , Ad (one pair, threes).
NicoleOA had , (two pair, tens and threes).
Outcome: NicoleOA won $98.50

Saturday 15 June 2013

Half of June is done - results: OK

Hi guys,

i managed to play 14 of the 15 days this month and was able to keep a good mindset even playing at the day i was a littel bit hangover from the party the night before. After all i think the results are ok, because the milestone-promotion was running and brought a lot of fish to the tables and i was running 9 stacks above ev.

To everyone who is wondering why the winrates on the limits do not match with the cashgame winnings on the tables: i use to take the winrate from the ev-graph instead of the actuall winnings. I had some funny differences of 20stacks/month in the past and decided to use the ev-graph weather i run above or below.

I am happy that the 100nl shots are going very well and i am able to get used to the limits without losing massive stacks to running bad or setups like i did in the shots on 25nl, 50nl and the last time i tryed 100nl. Maybe mixing tables instead of taking pure shots to a limit is a better way for me to gain some experience on the higher limit.





Hands:                   5402 100nl, 18203 50nl,  3770 25nl
Winrate:                 0,74bb/100 / 12,11bb/100 17,22bb/100
Vpps:                     5800
Played:                  51,08 hours
 
+1698$ cashgame winnings
+325$ fpp value
+58$ stellar reward value
--------------------------------------
= +2081$



Graph of the first 15 days of June 2013:

Friday 7 June 2013

K9s in 3way

Hi guys,

the nice player JoMedici was asking to talk about a hand we played today and i think we can discuss it in this blog.


Holdem Manager No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed)

FISH ($29.62) 36/21/10 on 28 hands
Hero (BB) ($55.05)
UTG ($54.72)
Jo_Medici ($56.08) 16/12/2,6 on 1,2k hands
MP1 ($20.91)
MP2 ($50)
MP3 ($44.79)
CO ($50)
Button ($16.50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with ,
1 fold Jo_Medici bets $1.50, 5 folds, FISH calls $1.25, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($4.50) , , (3 players)
FISH checks, Hero checks, Jo_Medici bets $2.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.50

Turn: ($9.50) (2 players)
Hero checks, Jo_Medici bets $5.50, Hero raises to $15.50,  Jo_Medici calls $10

River: ($40.50) (2 players)
Hero bets $22.50 Jo_Medici raises to $36.58 (All-In), Hero calls $13.05 (All-In)

Total pot: $111.60 | Rake: $2.60

Results below:
Hero had , (flush, King high).
Jo_Medici had , (two pair, Queens and fours).
Outcome: Hero won $109




Preflop: I call because i can play a 3way pot and i am last to act on the flop + the fish is in the sandwitch, i get good odds because i m the bb and the reg got 15% openraise from early positions.

Flop: Good board to cbet for the reg, i guess he will cbet with 100% of his range. At this point i am not folding because of the flop, i got a gutshot + bdfd and the fish folded the hand. I decide to call because raising this board makes not that much sense because there are almost no draws out there.

Turn: I check to the preflop- and flopagressor and raise his 2nd barrel because i got K high with has no showdownvalue + gs + fd and can represent hands like 44, TT and QTs, not knowing that the turn paired the board. After i pushed the raise button i realized that my raise makes not that much sense because he is representing the overpair, in witch case i should not raise QT; its more unlikely to have 44 in my hand because another one cam on the board and the only hand that makes sense is now TT.

River: This is one of the few spots i get in every month one or two times when i have no clue what to do :)
 I mean, everything looks bad. Check/fold is possible but weak, since he should fold hands like AQ on the turn unless he sees that i got 13% raise cbet turn and called.
Blockingbet/fold is maybe the worst because he might push AA/KK or fold it. So i remembered Gus Hansen writing in his book (witch i never red but heard about it) that "when u have no idea what to do - bet or push"
So after all i think bet/call is the right move on the river since only QT, QQ, TT and 44 got me beat and these hands are most unlikely in his hand (they are in his range, but not likely in his hand).




There are maybe some missing hands in the ranges i give the people or what i expect the people give me but that are my thoughts:

Flop handranges: JoMedici: top 15%    FISH: top 36% - 50%

Turn handranges: JoMedici: AA KK QQ JJ TT 44 AQ KQ KJ AcXc QTs    i think he will put me on KQ KJ QTs TT 44

River Handranges: JoMedici: AA KK QQ TT 44 AQ QT AcXc    i think he will put me on TT KJ