personal challenge: 10k hands in a day (50NL 6max)

Benholio · #1 02-03-2005, 09:53 PM

Lately I have had two problems that are very common to poker players:

-sleep schedule totally hosed (woke up today at about 7 PM)
-hard time putting in enough hours

To fix this, I am going to play a personal marathon of poker tonight (and tomorrow). I am going to start playing now (9 PM EST) and try to play until I have 10k hands, with breaks here and there if needed. I play 4-6 tables of $50NL 6-max, so that equals about 10 hours of poker.

I wanted to post about this to make sure I followed through. Wish me luck! If anyone is interested, I will post updates.

booger · #2 02-03-2005, 09:58 PM

Take breaks and see if you do better well rested....from an old coot with tired eyes [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

fimbulwinter · #3 02-03-2005, 10:04 PM

good luck man,
just realize that's an almost impossible mountain to climb; don't burn your BR or yourself trying to do it.

fim

tap tap tappy · #4 02-03-2005, 10:11 PM

I am really interested in hearing about how this goes as in the B&Ms I typically play 10 to 16 hour sessions. I have played on my trips to the B&Ms the longest was a 28 hour session. I am not saying that one is better than another but am very curious to hear how such a thing goes with some online play. Keep us posted.

warlockjd · #5 02-03-2005, 10:11 PM

yeah....mt dew and breaks are your friends

good luck

TheWorstPlayer · #6 02-03-2005, 10:45 PM

I'd be very curious to see graphs of your VPIP PFR BB/100 etc. over the course of the time. Of course it wouldn't be statistically significant, but I bet if you looked at it you could be like "Yeah, I got really cold decked for an hour." or "Yeah, I went on tilt for a good ten minutes there."

Benholio · #7 02-03-2005, 11:11 PM

Thanks for the encouragement guys. I will post updates whenever I get a chance. Was about to post that I was +$30 after 500 hands, but lost about $150 while typing the post... DOH!

Intereting notes so far.. One of my tables has a 78/30 guy (I have 125 hands on him) with $523 at the table. He just busted me for $60 with J8 vs 99 on an 8 high flop. Hopefully he hangs out for a bit. Here are 2 noteworthy hands:

Here is one where I tried to represent a bluff on the river with a big hand.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 5 handed) converter

MP ($24.35)
Hero ($104.48)
SB ($7.95)
BB ($461.96)
UTG ($60.65)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.5.
UTG calls $1, 1 fold, Hero raises to $4, 1 fold, BB calls $3, UTG calls $3.

Flop: ($12.50) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $3, Hero calls $3, BB folds.

Turn: ($18.50) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG bets $7, Hero calls $7.

River: ($32.50) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero calls $90.48 (All-In), UTG calls $46.65 (All-In).

Final Pot: $169.63

Here is one where I couldn't get away from Kings.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 6 handed) converter

UTG ($84.35)
Hero ($58.15)
CO ($28.54)
Button ($31.5)
SB ($8.58)
BB ($145.95)

Preflop: Hero is MP with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.5.
UTG calls $1, Hero raises to $4, 2 folds, SB (poster) calls $3.50, 1 fold, UTG calls $3.

Flop: ($13) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, UTG bets $6, Hero raises to $15, SB calls $4.58 (All-In), UTG raises to $40, Hero calls $39.15 (All-In), UTG calls $14.15.

Turn: ($125.88) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($125.88) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $125.88

(UTG has Aces)

TheWorstPlayer · #8 02-03-2005, 11:13 PM

Don't think too many people re-raise with anything worse than an overpair, but maybe that is just me.

Benholio · #9 02-03-2005, 11:23 PM

Yep, you are right. I think my call was a pretty bad one there. I am either way behind (or dead), or slightly ahead of drawing hands.

jtr · #10 02-03-2005, 11:24 PM

Hang in there.

Want to mention which tables you're playing at? Need moral support and/or mad 2+2 LAG behaviour?

Cheers,
--JTR.