Friday, March 20, 2009
Bankroll: $2k
On a pretty good run. +$655 today @borgata, after some expenses i'm left with $2030 total. I'm confident I can keep it up and i need to keep winning just to pay back my debts. I currently owe close to 5k to 3 people. This weekend my friend is doing the 1500+150 deep stacked at Borgata so i'm gonna be playing 2-5 and probably crash at his house in Margate. Hopefully i can keep running hot. I still have 2 free nights at the Taj so i should use that next week, we'll see.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
+$550, Running good in the city
Went to the new straddle club, couple of familiar faces but overall nothing special. It was a decent game, i had a few nice runs after reloading for my 2nd $200 and finishing at $955. Hopefully will go back again tomorrow but i'm thinking about just going to AC and trying out the $100+20 again, wednesday nights have some amount guaranteed so that's some incentive. We'll see what happens I guess, either way my friend Mike is going down there this weekend for the $1500 event so I'll probably tag along.
Time to turn this $12 I have left on absolute into a mill...
Time to turn this $12 I have left on absolute into a mill...
$120 to $1150 at Borgata
Crazy day today, got to Borgata around 2:30pm after i picked up a hundo from eng at Rutgers. I used this in addition to my $220 that i had on me and we went halves at 1-2. I was doing alright at first, up 100ish and just teatering above even and then the table died down so i switched. Missed an open ended straight flush draw on the flop and after that I just knew i couldn't play 1-2 anymore. I was tempted to go to 2-5 with it but i decided against since it was eng's money too and he wouldn't approve. anyways, i had exactly $120 and decided i'd register for the 7pm tourny. There ended up being 91 entrants so i was good to go. Early on i double up with QQ when i raised preflop to 200, got 2 callers. flop came Q 6 7 with 2 spades, sb checked i led out for $500 they both call. turn another Q. Sb checked again and this time i checked it to the other guy who bets $600. Sb calls and i flat call praying a spade comes off. River is a red T and sb insta checks and i try to think which line to take. Obviously he doesn't have a Q so what kind of hand does he think I have and what kind of hand might he have. I can't really lead out cause it's very suspicious to smooth call on the turn and then lead out on the river so i decided to check and he made a bet of about $1300. I was gonna try to make it look like a steal so i raised it to $5500 or so and he thinks for like 20 seconds and then shoves with TT lol.
After this i had 22k, blinds got to 1k-2k and i had seen 1 ace, no pairs, and one KJ. I was playing super tight but took down a pot in the blinds when i made a good call with a pair of 6's on KK86J, check check on flop, i led out for 1k on turn, check called 2.5k on river. he had A high.
So i actually did get really lucky cause i was at 17k and blinds were gonna be 1500-3k so i shove with A6 and get called by AQ and flop is A T 6 and i win. But from there i basically picked up Kings at a good time and ran it up to like 106k. We got down to 2 tables and i was feeling confident that i was going to win this thing. $3k for 1st.
So we get down to 2 tables and i pick up AA in the sb, folded around to me and i make it 20k on top blinds were 3-6k. BB auto shoves i call he has ATh and i lose that pot bringing me back down to 70k. When we hit the final table that's when i felt the game really began and within a couple rounds i was back up to $160k. Then we got even more short handed and i ran it up to $260k having 30% of the chips in play. The players were asking to chop and clearly i wasn't going to with this kind of chip stack, we were down to 7. All of a sudden short stacks kept doubling up, then i lost a couple big hands and blinds doubled up so everyone was avg in chips and we agreed to chop evenly. Came out to $1187, gave 37 to the dealers and pocketed $1150. Overall sick run but i'm really determined to use this money to go on a massive heater. Now that i have a roll to work with I kno i can go on a decent run. Hopefully all goes well.
Last week i played online mostly since i lost from that previous session at AC and Bloomfield. So i'vebeen playing $10 and $20 heads up 500chip UT's and been pretty dominant. Since i was left with only $50 in the account after Alex had lost on it i built it up that day to $212. I realized that $20 heads up sng's can give u a pretty steady win rate and sizeable too. It's really easy to get burned out from HU so u gotta really play only when u wanna play. Do not force it. I began to keep in mind this idea and the next morning Alex had lost again and I was left with $100 this time. I played the whole day on and off and ran it up to $285. The next day i transfered some to dimsumboy and had $35 left. Ran it up to $144 and then that day Alex played some $1/2 heads up and doubled it up to $289. I then played a little bit more and had some losing sessions overall down to like $250.
Anyway, i'm really confident in these heads up sng's and i know i can rely on them for extra income. You just really need extra patience but the field is so weak that its worth it to play even if you aren't on your A game. (btw just checked AP and have $12 left, way to go)
So i'm gonna keep playin with this new-found roll and hopefully things go well.
Good game
After this i had 22k, blinds got to 1k-2k and i had seen 1 ace, no pairs, and one KJ. I was playing super tight but took down a pot in the blinds when i made a good call with a pair of 6's on KK86J, check check on flop, i led out for 1k on turn, check called 2.5k on river. he had A high.
So i actually did get really lucky cause i was at 17k and blinds were gonna be 1500-3k so i shove with A6 and get called by AQ and flop is A T 6 and i win. But from there i basically picked up Kings at a good time and ran it up to like 106k. We got down to 2 tables and i was feeling confident that i was going to win this thing. $3k for 1st.
So we get down to 2 tables and i pick up AA in the sb, folded around to me and i make it 20k on top blinds were 3-6k. BB auto shoves i call he has ATh and i lose that pot bringing me back down to 70k. When we hit the final table that's when i felt the game really began and within a couple rounds i was back up to $160k. Then we got even more short handed and i ran it up to $260k having 30% of the chips in play. The players were asking to chop and clearly i wasn't going to with this kind of chip stack, we were down to 7. All of a sudden short stacks kept doubling up, then i lost a couple big hands and blinds doubled up so everyone was avg in chips and we agreed to chop evenly. Came out to $1187, gave 37 to the dealers and pocketed $1150. Overall sick run but i'm really determined to use this money to go on a massive heater. Now that i have a roll to work with I kno i can go on a decent run. Hopefully all goes well.
Last week i played online mostly since i lost from that previous session at AC and Bloomfield. So i'vebeen playing $10 and $20 heads up 500chip UT's and been pretty dominant. Since i was left with only $50 in the account after Alex had lost on it i built it up that day to $212. I realized that $20 heads up sng's can give u a pretty steady win rate and sizeable too. It's really easy to get burned out from HU so u gotta really play only when u wanna play. Do not force it. I began to keep in mind this idea and the next morning Alex had lost again and I was left with $100 this time. I played the whole day on and off and ran it up to $285. The next day i transfered some to dimsumboy and had $35 left. Ran it up to $144 and then that day Alex played some $1/2 heads up and doubled it up to $289. I then played a little bit more and had some losing sessions overall down to like $250.
Anyway, i'm really confident in these heads up sng's and i know i can rely on them for extra income. You just really need extra patience but the field is so weak that its worth it to play even if you aren't on your A game. (btw just checked AP and have $12 left, way to go)
So i'm gonna keep playin with this new-found roll and hopefully things go well.
Good game
Friday, March 6, 2009
2 for 2 (+$650)
Went down to AC the last 2 nights with eng, both times he agreed to put up money for me in exchange for half my action. First night went well, i played well and aside from running into aces with kings i was still able to win $300, half of which was mine.
Then last night we went down again, Eng played 2/5 and i sat at his table. I was up $150 early on but wasn't feeling it since i couldn't play normally with an insufficient bankroll so i moved down to 1/2. Grinded there for a couple more hours after making back what i had lost at 2/5 and finishing overall +355, half of which was mine again. So now i'm up to around $300ish of my own and feel confident about going on a run with that. It takes alot of patience but these small wins are helping me keep my composure. Hopefully i'll have good things to report back in my next couple posts.
Then last night we went down again, Eng played 2/5 and i sat at his table. I was up $150 early on but wasn't feeling it since i couldn't play normally with an insufficient bankroll so i moved down to 1/2. Grinded there for a couple more hours after making back what i had lost at 2/5 and finishing overall +355, half of which was mine again. So now i'm up to around $300ish of my own and feel confident about going on a run with that. It takes alot of patience but these small wins are helping me keep my composure. Hopefully i'll have good things to report back in my next couple posts.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Just can't book a win
Well, I officially haven't won at all this month for February. It's depressing and demoralizing as fuck, but it is what it is. I'm trying to stay level headed when I play but it's impossible to play your best during a downswing. Today was a different beast. I woke up at Borgata around 6am after being on a fucked up sleep schedule and went downstairs. I played some 1/2 until 11am and finished down $70. Then i was really feeling the 100+20 11am tourny so i registered for that. Early on i got built up to about 48k with 10k starting chips. There were only 48 entrants and before i knew it we were at 3 tables and i was feeling great. First was $1900 and I wanted it sooo bad. Then disaster strikes, folds around to me and i button raise with A7c, sb shoves for 7k which was like 5 bb's more and i called, he had K7 and spiked a K. Very next hand blinds go up to 600/1200, utg shoves for 8k, i felt like i could possibly have him dominated or a coinflip at worst so I called after it was folded around to me and we both had AJ, 4 clubs on the board and he wins with the Ac. Then soon after i pick up 44 when another shortstack shoves utg, goes folded around to me in the cutoff and i call he has AK and i lose that as well. Then after that pot I was down to about 17k and blinds were still 1/2k with a 300 ante, it went folded around to me in middle position and i shoved with KJ, goes folded around to the BB who wakes up with 99 and i lose.
Oh yea, just remembered another hand early in the tournament. we're playing 5 handed like the first half hour of the tourny til more ppl fill up the seats since there's late registration and this hand comes up: we're playing 25/50 with deep 10k stacks. UTG limps and goes folded around to me in the sb i got AA and make it 100 on top, BB calls and UTG calls, flop J and 2 low cards with 2 diamonds. I bet $250. Crazy amateur guy who has no idea how to play deep makes it $1k on top. he had me covered and i knew he would make a big bet on the turn no matter what card so i put him on a J and smooth called, other guy folds. turn Kd. . i check, guy bets $2500 i think for like 20-30 seconds and then decide to go all in for $8500ish total, he thinks for liek 10 seconds like he can't believe what just happened and then folds, i show the AA assuming it was best and he goes silent, then he says i had 2 pair so i was like uhhh what? u folded 2 pair? KJ? i was confused, he didn't answer and said, thought you had a flush... mad weird but if he had called then i probably would've been out and coudl've atleast went to the cash game.
After this i had $500 left and wanted to get it back in the cash game. I was kind of pissed that i had such a bad run of cards but i let it go and proceeded to start a new session. I went to 2/5 and sat with $300 and had $200 more to reload. The money was fronted by friend who gave me 1k that previous friday and then i left for AC. I hadn't been having much luck the first few days at 1/2 and 2/5 and dwindled down to $600. So i sit at this new table and everyone has about 300-500 in chips, maybe a little bit more but nothing too crazy. I dwindled down to about $180 and then picked up 33 flopped a set on K 9 3 and doubled up. Then a few hands later i pick up AA. I make it 20 to go and get 2 callers. Flop comes K 4 7, 2 hearts, checked around to me and i made a small bet and got 2 callers. turn is a black J. checks to me and i bet $115 into about $150 and this lady thinks for a while and then calls. river 8h, she insta shoves i have like $120 left and I have to call since i did not put her on a draw and figured she had to have KJ at best but w/e i had to look it up and she had JJ. After this i reloaded for $200 more, dwindled down to about $125 and then shoved preflop when there was about $100 in dead money preflop and an opening raiser made it $25 to go he had JJ i had TT and that was the end of the trip for me. I barely made it home for some reason i kept nodding off and had to pull over and take naps at the rest stops but eventually i did make it back. Needless to say, i felt like i went through hell but it feels good to be home and have my own bed to sleep in tonight. I'm gonna try to grind with what i have online and really try hard to build from that since i have no cash left.
I can't imagine how much longer I can endure of this but as King Niche once told me, you must embrace the beats and never quit even with your balls in the sandtrap....
Oh yea, just remembered another hand early in the tournament. we're playing 5 handed like the first half hour of the tourny til more ppl fill up the seats since there's late registration and this hand comes up: we're playing 25/50 with deep 10k stacks. UTG limps and goes folded around to me in the sb i got AA and make it 100 on top, BB calls and UTG calls, flop J and 2 low cards with 2 diamonds. I bet $250. Crazy amateur guy who has no idea how to play deep makes it $1k on top. he had me covered and i knew he would make a big bet on the turn no matter what card so i put him on a J and smooth called, other guy folds. turn Kd. . i check, guy bets $2500 i think for like 20-30 seconds and then decide to go all in for $8500ish total, he thinks for liek 10 seconds like he can't believe what just happened and then folds, i show the AA assuming it was best and he goes silent, then he says i had 2 pair so i was like uhhh what? u folded 2 pair? KJ? i was confused, he didn't answer and said, thought you had a flush... mad weird but if he had called then i probably would've been out and coudl've atleast went to the cash game.
After this i had $500 left and wanted to get it back in the cash game. I was kind of pissed that i had such a bad run of cards but i let it go and proceeded to start a new session. I went to 2/5 and sat with $300 and had $200 more to reload. The money was fronted by friend who gave me 1k that previous friday and then i left for AC. I hadn't been having much luck the first few days at 1/2 and 2/5 and dwindled down to $600. So i sit at this new table and everyone has about 300-500 in chips, maybe a little bit more but nothing too crazy. I dwindled down to about $180 and then picked up 33 flopped a set on K 9 3 and doubled up. Then a few hands later i pick up AA. I make it 20 to go and get 2 callers. Flop comes K 4 7, 2 hearts, checked around to me and i made a small bet and got 2 callers. turn is a black J. checks to me and i bet $115 into about $150 and this lady thinks for a while and then calls. river 8h, she insta shoves i have like $120 left and I have to call since i did not put her on a draw and figured she had to have KJ at best but w/e i had to look it up and she had JJ. After this i reloaded for $200 more, dwindled down to about $125 and then shoved preflop when there was about $100 in dead money preflop and an opening raiser made it $25 to go he had JJ i had TT and that was the end of the trip for me. I barely made it home for some reason i kept nodding off and had to pull over and take naps at the rest stops but eventually i did make it back. Needless to say, i felt like i went through hell but it feels good to be home and have my own bed to sleep in tonight. I'm gonna try to grind with what i have online and really try hard to build from that since i have no cash left.
I can't imagine how much longer I can endure of this but as King Niche once told me, you must embrace the beats and never quit even with your balls in the sandtrap....
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