Wow 19 Days! Sorry!

Posted by icemonkey9 on Mar 26, 2008 in General | 0 comments

Man it's been 19 days since my last post - I suck! Sorry all you blog readers. Here's a quick goings-on in terms of poker:

- Haven't had time to play much. Work is killing me. I don't think I've played 500 hands in the last 19 days.

- When I did play it was so ridiculously up and down that my Win/Loss graph in PokerTracker looks like a mental patient having a cardiac episode. One time i bust out. One time I double up. Crazy thing is that I'm pretty even for cash games for the month.

- Made a fantastic connection in the professional space, and I'll be putting together a ton of ideas for a certain big-time poker organization. I'm hoping just to do even one of them at first, rock it out, and come back with *a lot* more.

- Finally am having another office poker mixer tomorrow night. It might be the biggest one yet! Some wild players are coming so I think some stacks will be passed around the table. The games have always been a lot of fun - which is the entire point - since I am entertaining potential and current clients during the game.

Getting Off Tilt

Posted by icemonkey9 on Mar 7, 2008 in General | 0 comments

So I knew I was on tilt follow my tragic fall from the cash game and decided to take a 48 hour break from the tables. So yesterday for my return, instead of going back to the cash games I decided to try something new and 2-table SnGs at FullTilt.

The results were fairly positive. I had my share of bad beats (couple of villains hitting 5 outers at the river), and put 1 against a good player (I had A9 suited vs AA and found my flush). Overall the session went okay...

9 Games
In the Money : 71%
Buy-In: $20.25
Winnings: $23

Total Profit: $2.75

Again, I'm having trouble finishing first which is just killing me. I really need to read more about heads up play, and not get carried away with, oh you know, KK vs JT as the favorite and lose.

Spoke too soon about March

Posted by icemonkey9 on Mar 4, 2008 in General | 0 comments

Just finished a 90 minute 3 table session at the 10nl game at FullTilt. I think it might rank as my worst ever. It all started with some wild idiot at the table bragging about how he had $1000 in his bankroll on the site, and kept betting $1 on every preflop bet. If anyone called or raised he'd go all in with ANY two cards. So of course, i get QQ at the cutoff and raise it normal hoping he'd go all in ... and he made his $1 bet and typed in "I have 93 an I'll go all in with it baby". So I'm like "gee cool" and push it all in. He calls ... and shows 93.

What happened made me SICK to my stomach.

Flop : 9 4 2 rainbow
Turn: 9
River: K

BAM. Just like that $8 out the window. I left the table. I kept playing at the other tables and although nothing like that happened, there was a case where I preflop raised with 1 caller, hit a set at the flop and pushed, only to be called by the nut straight - another $6 out the window.

The hits kept coming ... I left down $17 pretty much blowing my cash game gains for the month. Sucks. So I figure I'm not at my best right now, I need to get over that bad beat and get my mind straight for next time, and once I'm "off tilt" I'll come back to play more. How long does it take? I think when I'm not dying to play only to make up what I've lost I'll be ready.

March Going Well

Posted by icemonkey9 on Mar 4, 2008 in General | 0 comments

So far 3 days into March and I'm 66% to my entire profit from last month. I think mainly it has to do with playing more hands.

SnG
UB $5.50 - 1st Place for $25 Prize
UB $2.20 - 2nd Place for $10 Prize

Total SnG Profit: 23.30

Cash Games
Playing $10nl @ FullTilt
# of Hours Played: 4
Total Profit: $20.59
Median ROI Per Session: 20.06%

$23.30 + $20.59 = $43.89

My goal of seeing 3,500 hands in a cash game this month is going along okay. Currently I have 628 over a 3 day period. For 30 days that's obviously 6,280 which shatters my goal, but clearly I will not be playing all 30 days straight!

March Goals

Posted by icemonkey9 on Mar 1, 2008 in General | 0 comments

Alright, now that I've taken my online game to the next level, it's time for some serious goals. At least, "serious" in terms of for me, not the hard core poker rounder.

MARCH GOALS:

1. Log in 3,500 hands in the cash ring game at the $10nl game, and be in the positive.

2. Play the $5 SnGs now, no more $2. Continue the same profit, ITM, and improve the 1st place win rate.

3. Update my poker blog at least 3 times a week.

4. Do not play in any stupid big buy-in ($60+) casino tournaments.

5. At the end of the month have my total profit exceed February ($61.67).