gonores
09-01-2004, 08:25 AM
It’s hard to tell whether or not I should be pleased with Day 1 yet. I played 4 short sessions, adding up to 2307 hands. First 1.5hour session brought me up $1260.5. Sessions 2, 3, and 4 were all about 60-80 minutes, and went -$82.25, $688, and $743. Suffice to say, I was running hot. I settled in for what was going to be a long session in the evening (I had 1300 hands to play). About an hour into the session, I open-raised with 54o from the button, and I finally stopped and saw the monster I had become. I was seeing 32% of my flops and I was attempting to steal with any two cards. Posi-tilt. Ugly thing. I asked TV Superstar poker player Nick B. (coming up this weekend - check local listings) whether or not I was allowed to quit while 900 hands short of my goal, and he granted me permission. The final session was $422.50, putting me at a grand total of +$3031.75 for day 1. Great start cash-wise, but rather disappointing in terms of desired hands played. I’m not sure which to be angry at, though…my inability to work through sub-optimal conditions, or my inability to avoid posi-tilt.
Some hands: Bear in mind, I have never been good at going through a session and picking out hands that would be most interesting to the educated 2+2er. Decisions that interest me are often times decisions that appear to be quite easy once out of the heat of the battle. Furthermore, I am certain there are hands the require more thought than that which I give them. With that disclaimer…
Hand 1: I open-raise on the button with J9o. BB in this hand is weak-tight postflop. Both blinds call. Flop comes K93 with two diamonds. Checked to me, I bet, BB calls. Turn is the 7d, completing the flush draw. Check, I bet, he calls. River is the 4s. Check, bet, call. He turns over K6s for flopped top pair, and I have egg on my face. I know it looks like an obvious value bet on the river, but I knew this guy wouldn’t have called 3 straight with a 3, and neither the turn nor the river could have realistically improved this guy to one pair (unless he had the 4d)…so what is he calling me with here? Bad kings and any 9. Suddenly the value bet doesn’t seem so valuable.
Hand 2: A laydown. UTG posts and checks, folded to SB, who completes. I check with A9o in the BB. Flop comes A98 rainbow. SB bets, I call, UTG calls. Turn comes 8d, putting 2 diamonds on the board. SB bets, I raise, UTG calls 2 cold, SB calls. River comes 4d, completing the flush draw. SB bets, I think a long time, and I muck. UTG calls, SB drags the pot with 7h8h against UTGs J9.
Hand 3: Need I slow down? I reraise UTG raiser (Loose-passive fish) from the CO with AA. Button calls 3 cold, blinds fold, UTG calls. Flop comes J55 with 2 spades. Checked to me, I bet, Button calls, UTG raises, I reraise, button calls 2 more, UTG caps, both call. Turn comes Ad, giving me the 2nd nuts. UTG bets, I raise, Button calls 2 cold, UTG reraises, I cap, button calls 2 more, UTG calls. River comes 6c. UTG checks, I bet, Button folds, and UTG and I end up capping it. Of course, he turns over 55. Given the development of the board, I think I might consider just calling the river checkraise.
Hand 4: Need I grow a pair (only slight educational value): I limp on the button after 2 limpers with 7c6c. SB calls, BB checks, 5 to flop. Flop comes 359 rainbow, giving me a double-gutter. Checked to UTG, who bets, CO calls, I raise, blinds fold, UTG reraises, CO calls 2 cold, I call. Turn is the 8s, giving me the nut straight. UTG bets, CO calls, I raise, UTG reraises, CO calls 2 more, I cap, both call. River is the 9c. Checked to me, and I check? Sure looks dumb as I type it. Anywho, the fun part of the story is that UTG turned over AA, and CO turned over KK.
You might be a redneck if…: So here I am, on a mission to make more money in two months than 70% of Americans make in a year. I’ve made more money already this year than I would have at most entry-level jobs in my field. Somehow, though, these sorts of things continue to happen…I settle down for a little Simpsons watching in the early evening and I bust open a new box of Capn Crunch. I pour myself a bowl and douse it generously with milk. As this is the inaugural bowl of cereal at our new apartment, I was compelled to look around a bit to locate the spoons. I search the kitchen before I realize…I don’t own a spoon. I never owned a spoon. My roommate, who has led a mirror-image life in different college town up until now, doesn’t own a spoon. I was forced to eat my bowl of Capn with a 1/8cup measuring cup. Man…I am a loser.
Obviously, given the nature of this challenge, other things are going to go by the wayside. I bought my way out of my volunteering gig for a Senate campaign today. I spent a few hours a week during the summer working finance for the campaign, but now with the school year coming around, there was an influx of students that could take my place. I didn’t want to just leave for completely selfish reasons, so to compensate, I cut them a $500 check and I recruited someone to take my place. Still, leaving the campaign really sucks, since I really believe in the candidate. Politics always has and always will be a huge part of my life, and it kills me to be detached from this campaign. Anywho…
Day 2 was excellent as well. I picked off a ton of bluffs today. My roommate unfortunately deleted my records for the day, so there I don’t have any hands to post, and I can’t give specific session details. I played solely 10/20 6max today, as it happened that every time a 15/30 6max opened up, I was too content with my table selection. I won’t blame myself for that… I stand by my decision to play my current tables. Results supported my decision….I ended up +$2296.75 today.
I am soooo just waiting for the other shoe to drop. I guess swings can be your friend too.
Summary to date:
Day 1 – Goal: 3200 hands, 10/20 6m
Results: 2307 hands
+$3031.75
Day 2 – Goal: 2800 hands, 10/20 6m - 15/30 6m
Results: 2795 hands
+$2296.75
Cumulative results
Goal: 150000 hands (secret modified hand-scoring system)
Days 1-2: 5102 hands (extrapolated: 153060 hands)
Goal: $60000
Days 1-2: $5328.5 ($3328.5 ahead of pace, extrapolated: $157155…yeah, right)
Please remember: Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
Doug
Some hands: Bear in mind, I have never been good at going through a session and picking out hands that would be most interesting to the educated 2+2er. Decisions that interest me are often times decisions that appear to be quite easy once out of the heat of the battle. Furthermore, I am certain there are hands the require more thought than that which I give them. With that disclaimer…
Hand 1: I open-raise on the button with J9o. BB in this hand is weak-tight postflop. Both blinds call. Flop comes K93 with two diamonds. Checked to me, I bet, BB calls. Turn is the 7d, completing the flush draw. Check, I bet, he calls. River is the 4s. Check, bet, call. He turns over K6s for flopped top pair, and I have egg on my face. I know it looks like an obvious value bet on the river, but I knew this guy wouldn’t have called 3 straight with a 3, and neither the turn nor the river could have realistically improved this guy to one pair (unless he had the 4d)…so what is he calling me with here? Bad kings and any 9. Suddenly the value bet doesn’t seem so valuable.
Hand 2: A laydown. UTG posts and checks, folded to SB, who completes. I check with A9o in the BB. Flop comes A98 rainbow. SB bets, I call, UTG calls. Turn comes 8d, putting 2 diamonds on the board. SB bets, I raise, UTG calls 2 cold, SB calls. River comes 4d, completing the flush draw. SB bets, I think a long time, and I muck. UTG calls, SB drags the pot with 7h8h against UTGs J9.
Hand 3: Need I slow down? I reraise UTG raiser (Loose-passive fish) from the CO with AA. Button calls 3 cold, blinds fold, UTG calls. Flop comes J55 with 2 spades. Checked to me, I bet, Button calls, UTG raises, I reraise, button calls 2 more, UTG caps, both call. Turn comes Ad, giving me the 2nd nuts. UTG bets, I raise, Button calls 2 cold, UTG reraises, I cap, button calls 2 more, UTG calls. River comes 6c. UTG checks, I bet, Button folds, and UTG and I end up capping it. Of course, he turns over 55. Given the development of the board, I think I might consider just calling the river checkraise.
Hand 4: Need I grow a pair (only slight educational value): I limp on the button after 2 limpers with 7c6c. SB calls, BB checks, 5 to flop. Flop comes 359 rainbow, giving me a double-gutter. Checked to UTG, who bets, CO calls, I raise, blinds fold, UTG reraises, CO calls 2 cold, I call. Turn is the 8s, giving me the nut straight. UTG bets, CO calls, I raise, UTG reraises, CO calls 2 more, I cap, both call. River is the 9c. Checked to me, and I check? Sure looks dumb as I type it. Anywho, the fun part of the story is that UTG turned over AA, and CO turned over KK.
You might be a redneck if…: So here I am, on a mission to make more money in two months than 70% of Americans make in a year. I’ve made more money already this year than I would have at most entry-level jobs in my field. Somehow, though, these sorts of things continue to happen…I settle down for a little Simpsons watching in the early evening and I bust open a new box of Capn Crunch. I pour myself a bowl and douse it generously with milk. As this is the inaugural bowl of cereal at our new apartment, I was compelled to look around a bit to locate the spoons. I search the kitchen before I realize…I don’t own a spoon. I never owned a spoon. My roommate, who has led a mirror-image life in different college town up until now, doesn’t own a spoon. I was forced to eat my bowl of Capn with a 1/8cup measuring cup. Man…I am a loser.
Obviously, given the nature of this challenge, other things are going to go by the wayside. I bought my way out of my volunteering gig for a Senate campaign today. I spent a few hours a week during the summer working finance for the campaign, but now with the school year coming around, there was an influx of students that could take my place. I didn’t want to just leave for completely selfish reasons, so to compensate, I cut them a $500 check and I recruited someone to take my place. Still, leaving the campaign really sucks, since I really believe in the candidate. Politics always has and always will be a huge part of my life, and it kills me to be detached from this campaign. Anywho…
Day 2 was excellent as well. I picked off a ton of bluffs today. My roommate unfortunately deleted my records for the day, so there I don’t have any hands to post, and I can’t give specific session details. I played solely 10/20 6max today, as it happened that every time a 15/30 6max opened up, I was too content with my table selection. I won’t blame myself for that… I stand by my decision to play my current tables. Results supported my decision….I ended up +$2296.75 today.
I am soooo just waiting for the other shoe to drop. I guess swings can be your friend too.
Summary to date:
Day 1 – Goal: 3200 hands, 10/20 6m
Results: 2307 hands
+$3031.75
Day 2 – Goal: 2800 hands, 10/20 6m - 15/30 6m
Results: 2795 hands
+$2296.75
Cumulative results
Goal: 150000 hands (secret modified hand-scoring system)
Days 1-2: 5102 hands (extrapolated: 153060 hands)
Goal: $60000
Days 1-2: $5328.5 ($3328.5 ahead of pace, extrapolated: $157155…yeah, right)
Please remember: Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
Doug