Take 2

It's Take 2 time at Full Tilt. I may have to take advantage of this, especially since my bankroll over there is almost bust.

I'm a Slacker

Ya, I never post anymore. But if you check my OPR, you will see I really am not playing much.

I will update you on our home game. I won the league!!!! Woot! Woot! Anyway, if you want more info go to the league page here.

Quick Rundown

So, as I mentioned in my previous post, I haven't been playing too much poker. I still hit the tables a little bit and just want to give a quick rundown on how I'm doing.

I have to give pwnage credit for their success at teaching. I recently came in 9th in a $8.80 MTT on Poker Stars. I believe a lot of that success was from all the videos I have watched.

Also, Pwnage has weekly member tournaments, where the top 3 win an hour session with a pro. I've won twice now. Again, from watching videos. Plus, the one session with Herschelw has really opened up my game. I have my second session coming up next week and hope to refine what I previously learned.

Anyway, that's about it for me. Once I get back in the mood for playing, here's hoping for several more final tables!

Poker on the Back Burner

I'm still playing poker, but I've recently found a new obsession. Someone referred to me to an online site where you can play Risk with other people. It's actually a great site and you have more than just the original map to chose from. There's about 100 different maps in all. Plus, as you beat other players you gain points and you move up the ranks, so another reason to play a lot. If you like risk, I suggest you check the site out. It's called Conquer Club.

My Opinion

Ok, I've been a member of Poker Pwnage for about a month now, so it's time for a review.

It's GREAT! I'm loving it and I've noticed and plugged a few leaks already. My preferred pro to watch is Chardrian. His style of play closely resembles mine, so when I need to make changes, his strategies are the easiest for me to follow. USCPhildo is another good pro to watch if you are a tight nit like me. He limps a little more than I do, but his reasons why make sense and it will be something I dabble with. The one pro I watched and would probably not watch again though is FU15. If you are into a loose aggressive style, watch his videos, they will help manage that style to success. But because he is so different in his play than mine, I would have trouble trying to copy him.

All the pros explain their thought processes very well. As each hand progresses, they explain how and why they took that action. They even comment on other players style of play and what notes to take. How to play against them.

My results in MTTs are on the rise. I've only a small sample size, but in the few tournaments I've played since joining, I've struggled less to maintain my stack. It has also helped me to up my aggression at key stages leading to better blind stealing and easier chipping up.

The site also has a forum. I haven't posted there much but it's not necessary. It is a great place to read though. Most of the posts are strat posts, to further increase your skill at the game.

I would highly recommend trying it out. The cost of joining will easily be recouped within the first couple of tournaments you play.

Comment Spam

Every once in a while, I've been getting comment spam. It's not a lot, I think there's 3 or 4 in total and it's actually written legibly. An added plus is it's actually related to poker.

I haven't deleted any of them yet and I'm not sure if I'm going to. Like I said, it's poker related, so I guess it's not too bad. Basically, this is just a head's up to be careful before clicking any links in a comment. It should be common sense, but just in case.

Staking is Good

I just finished up a $130 stake at PTP yesterday. It was 20 buyins for the $6.50 9 mans and to run as many as I could in 2 weeks. I ended up playing 30 and ended the stake with just over a $100 profit. Which is very nice. It's getting my rep up at the site and I plan on running a similar BAP in a couple weeks.

For now, I'm taking some time off from the tables and watching all the PokerPwnage videos I can. I've already learned tons and I am sure my MTT skills have improved from them. Once I get back to the MTT tables, I'm hoping to test out what I've seen.

That's all I really wanted to post. Just a little rambling for the two or three readers I have.

Poker League

As always our monthly home game was fun. It was a small turnout, only 10 people, but we had 2 new players. The reason for the smaller turnout was Mike and Jen finally had the baby. A new baby boy, Wesley Michael.

Anyway, we decided to play only one table. Brent and Adam busted early, but early enough, that they were allowed to rebuy, making the prize pool that much juicyier. Unfortunatly, I wasn't getting the cards and didn't make money or points. I tried to double up when short with AQ, but Mooney called with A3 suited and hit his flush to knock me out.

Eventually, Mooney lost all the chips I gave him and a cash game was started. The cash game was where the deck loved me. Within a few orbits, I had Mooney all in 2 or 3 times. Plus near the end of the night, I had him all in a couple times and each time, I either doubled up or busted him. I bought in for $7 and cashed out with over $30. Nice!

Rob ended up making the money in the tourney, plus he scored a nice stack at the cash game too, so a very profitable night for our family.

PokerPwnage

I am now an official member of PokerPwnage.com. You have to pay to join, but from the reviews I've heard, it's worth it.

I'm hoping to improve my MTT game. I'm an average player and do well in tournaments, but I seem to min cash a lot. Or if I go deep, I just miss the final table, where all the good pay outs are.

I recommend everyone join, click the links if you are interested.

I'm a Donk

First, the hand:

PokerStars Game #20309113871: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/09/10 21:21:19 ET
Table 'Moguntia II' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: N1kita ($10.10 in chips)
Seat 3: bennihbln ($2.85 in chips)
Seat 6: ViCiouSRaGe ($4.35 in chips)
ViCiouSRaGe: posts small blind $0.05
N1kita: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to N1kita [Ts Tc]
bennihbln: raises $0.30 to $0.40
ViCiouSRaGe: folds
N1kita: raises $0.75 to $1.15
bennihbln: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [Th 8d 3h]
dontthink112 joins the table at seat #4
N1kita: bets $1.70
bennihbln: calls $1.70 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Th 8d 3h] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [Th 8d 3h 7d] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
N1kita: shows [Ts Tc] (three of a kind, Tens)
bennihbln: shows [Ad Qs] (high card Ace)
N1kita collected $5.50 from pot
N1kita said, "gg"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5.75 | Rake $0.25
Board [Th 8d 3h 7d Kh]
Seat 2: N1kita (big blind) showed [Ts Tc] and won ($5.50) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 3: bennihbln (button) showed [Ad Qs] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 6: ViCiouSRaGe (small blind) folded before Flop

Then the chat right after:

bennihbln said, "SICK"
bennihbln said, "WHAT A DONL"
bennihbln said, "DONK"

LMAO!

Dungeon

There is no dungeon at PokerStars where your account is kept when the doomswitch is on.




Note: I've been posting a lot of pics lately. None of them are mine, I just find them funny.

PokerStars Support (More Doomswitch)

The Switch of Doom

Rob and I were at Windsor this weekend. Well, most of our time was spent at Amherstburg where friends of ours live, but we did head to the casino for one of their $110 tournaments.

Yeah, the tournament wasn't long for any of us. The structure is just so crappy. Everyone starts with 2000 chips and first level is 25/50, but the blinds double every 20 minutes. Essentially a super turbo.

The play was bad as expected. A lot of limpy limpy. But none of us had luck on our side. My plan, knowing the structure wasn't the greatest, was to fold pretty much everything except my strong hands and try and double up early. I had JJ in the big blind and got it all in, but ran into AK that caught the K on the river. That crippled me. The was another orbit and what do you know, JJ in the big blind again. I only had 4xBB raise at that time but I knew a stop and go wasn't going to work either, so put it in and get two callers. This time JJ is no good against KQ with the K on the turn.

So I think we were at the casino for at most an hour. All of us busted not only before the money but before final table. The rest of our time was spent, as I mentioned at Amherstburg. We played in their home game there and stayed the night to get to the casino early to register for the tournament.

We definitely hope to do this again. Maybe next time we will make some money at Windsor.

Razz-amatazz

I love razz (well at least until variance kicks in and I start to lose). It's amusing to watch donks, call a completed bet with a J showing. Or two guys raise and reraise, one with a pair and a high card showing, and another with nothing much better.

So far, I play tight, unless I have to bring in, I'm not in the pot unless all 3 cards are 8 or lower. Basically, I tend to have a made hand by 5th or 6th so I don't have to worry about drawing. I so love watching everyone else continue to chase though.

I've actually taken to smack talking a bit. Basically, I will tell my opponent what I have as I bet into them (I always have a strong hand when I do this). For whatever reason, they never believe me and call me down. Well, that or they like to chase.

One fun hand, I had 234 and I ended up HU against a guy showing a 6. I had completed and he had raised. Before 4th, I say in the chat, "Six high is no good here." My hand stays low on the next card and he says, "I have pocket Aces." I respond with "That's awesome." I have nothing but rag cards showing and he thinks AA in the hole is good. He obviously thought he joined Stud Hi or H/L. He probably thought I was a super-donk until the chips shipped my way.

I'm a Shark, baby!

Shark!

I've Been Rolled

So, it's official, I've been rolled. Yesterday, I offered several stakes for $1.20 SNGs. So real small stuff. It's a way for me to get more notice on the site, plus help out other new players. It's also not too big of a risk as really who would go out of there way to steal $1.20.

Yeah, well someone did. One brand new guy applied, I staked and transferred the funds and he still hasn't played. I guess he did this to a couple other people as well. But they were only staking for the same or smaller levels as I was.

So the grand total of money he stole from players on the site? A whole $3.10! How sad is that?

Nothing Interesting

I'm such a bad poster when I have no goals.

I've been donking it up at $0.05/$0.10 NL. I can beat this level comfortably. I have the roll for $25 NL, but I struggle to stay positive there. I think a lot of it is tilting when variance hits me in the ass.

I played a $2.20 6 max on Tilt yesterday and came in 12th. Blah, my AK ran into AJ and 88 or something like that. I was ITM though, but only about $5, sigh.

So that's my boring time at the poker tables. I have no exciting news about those at PTP that I've backed. Only the one stake has ended so far. It was a one night BAP and well, there were no cashes, so no money for me. I've got 4 more stakes on the go and two are running well so far. Hopefully, I haven't jinxed them by saying that. I created a tracker for my investments. I want to make sure that this does stay profitably for me. So as soon as it isn't, it's time to analyze what I'm doing and make necessary changes.

Woot!

I forgot to screenshot it, but last night the TP forum decided to donk it up together at a few micro MTTs on Full Tilt. I only had 6 bux left in my account and there were 3 games we were going to crash. A $5.50 KO, a $2.25 6 max and a $3.30 MTT. Being adventurous and not practicing proper bankroll management on my Tilt account, I decided to go for broke and use up my bankroll in the most expensive one, the KO. After a few hours and 4 knockouts later, I finished 4th for a cool $200 payout. Ooooh, baby!

I think I have money on Full Tilt now. ;)

Staking

So I've been frequenting the PTP forum a lot lately. It's basically a forum to buy and sell pieces of poker players. I don't plan on setting up a stake for myself (at least not yet), but I think I will start using some of my bankroll to stake others. If they make a profit, it's easy money for me.

It's a very busy site and unfortunately, there is always the risk of getting rolled (backing someone who runs off with your money instead of playing). I'm hoping this won't happen too often, but I'm prepared for it. I do plan on being proactive towards preventing it. There are a few people who are on PTP that came from TalkingPoker, so those will the ones I back first. Also, if they back anyone and I'm interested, I might put my money on them as well.

I'm hoping by doing this, I will start make a steady profit. I set a portion aside for more backing, a portion for my own roll and a portion to cash out. I'm going to cross my fingers and hope this works out.