AFK until July

I am leaving Australia to head back to the shores of the UK. I am doing a little travelling in between (via Vegas) and will be back online in early July.

AP Bankroll $5265

My challenge to turn $500 into $5,000 by June - DONE
My revised challenge - To turn this amount into $15k by Dec 31st

Unfortunately I wont be playing in any WSOP events this year but will sit down at a few of the loose cash games at the MGM and maybe play a $500 buy in tournament somewhere along the trip. I will put the full report up here when I get back.



Good Luck all

Full Respect for WGCRider

For those that have been in a hole and have not heard WGCRider quit his challenge.

He took on a mammoth task of making $10k in 1 month at the 25nl tables. He gave it a great shot but unfortunately it took its toll on him.

wp Doug.

http://dougkpolk.blogspot.com/

Cbetting at Micro/Nano Levels

Ive recently been helping some players of the lower rungs of the 6max cash games with some decent success. One of the leaks I have noticed at the micros 10nl and the nano 5nl / 2nl is the use of cbetting on missed flops. Cbetting in itself is a profitable play most of the time. But I believe this is for 25nl and above.

CBETTING(Continuation betting): Leading out on the flop after you were the raiser preflop

The micros and nano levels are full of calling stations. They are ripe with players that will call you with middle pair, bottom pair, gutshot draws etc. This means that the range of hands that will call you are wider than the higher levels. In turn this means cbets, when missed, are less profitable. Players at these levels are level 1 thinkers. "What have I got and what is on the flop". Not many of them think what has the other player got and am i way behind here.

ABC poker is the key to winning at these levels. Tight, aggressive and no fancy play. You have to realise micro/nano level is not real poker. This will come at not so higher levels. Down here is for bankroll building from small amounts. Its for the casual player that has $5-$200 online that is probably not reading this blog and has no idea about the winning style of play.

At micro/nano level you will get paid off in the long run on your good hands.
You will lose money on bad beats. (this is a good thing)
You will lose money on bluffs and missed cbets.

10NL and under - Cbet when you hit not when you miss. Try it.

Any thoughts ?

5K target hit !

I hit the $5k mark ahead of my target time. I had a bit of a heater on Saturday/Sunday. Not many hands played but most hands holding up in large pots and hitting great cards.


This was the hand that took me over. The hand history is not working well. Villain had 77.
http://weaktight.com/217659


So May's graph and PT stats





Full year stats






I am going to be moving my home back to the UK shortly after a 2 week driving holiday through the US with a 3 day stint in Vegas obviously. This will leave not a lot of time to play some decent cards online. I think from Mid June to Mid July I may not play anything at all.

New Target - End of Year $15k
This is a revised target from my original $10k by year end. $0.50/$1 is my home at the moment but I will start to look at the $1/$2 tables and maybe sit in on a game if I think its worthwhile.


Bankroll range
$3000+ up to $0.50/$1
$5000+ up to $1/$2
$10000+ up to $2/$4


The reason I say up to is that I will play a table at a lower level if it is worth it. Profit is profit and continuous hunting for the fish is a profitable move at any level. If i find on one session that the players are too nitty or too many regulars then I can easily switch to a lower table and make more $ until the tables change.


This one hand made me laugh
http://weaktight.com/215213

The hand in itself is very poorly played by villain and this starts off with the pf call with T7o in the sb. The chat that follows is worse....


Villain: nh
RYVERRAT: ty
RYVERRAT: ul
RYVERRAT wins ($195.50) with (Three of a kind, tens).
RYVERRAT: tough beat
Villain: shouldnt have called
Villain: one of my favorite hands
Villain wins ($6.91) with (One pair, fives).
RYVERRAT: :)


Are you kidding me.... ? Players believe in favourite hands ? haha. Im surprised his hooves didnt get in the way as he typed. EEE AAAWWWW.