Im a lurker on my own blog !

Im still here... With my current job I dont get to play much but man when I do I seem to be hitting the sweet spot. My $100 starting bankroll is now $1270. The graph above shows my cash games year to date. 36,000 hands is not a lot and I wish I could play some more.

Im now mixing things up between 50nl and 100nl only playing 200-300 hands at a time. Even though this is not by choice it does affect my play. Im focused, very focused for the 30-60mins i play. It seems that it doesnt give enough time for the other players to adapt to me joining a table and I can pinpoint the fish (yes still fish at 100nl) very quickly.

Ill crawl back into my box for now.. If anyone wants any help with 10nl-50nl send me a message or pm me on 2p2 forums.

Ryverrat

to you sir, im on a draw !

Villain was a 24/20/4.3 I sometimes 3bet here, mainly against regs but I elected to call and see a flop.

Obviously a great flop, but adding to this is a potential flush draw. I thought in the back of my mind if I get aggro here I likely get paid off from his pocket pairs but I fold out a lot of broadway and suited connector hands. The chance of a flush coming by the river is 2:1 against. so 2 times out of 3 I may be able to get some more cash here with his aggro style. A diamond may slow him down, other higher cards may help him bluff or even hit a pair.
I considered min reraising the turn but I think that looks too strong. I was also happy with my story of a draw and a flush draw is now 4:1 against.

I didnt expect the river shove but I guess thats what you find when aggro monkey is out of position. I expected to see a 2 pair hand atleast.

Im loving being back at 50nl.

$0.25/0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash Games, 6 Players

Hand Converter by the Pokerhand.org community

Board:

BB: $15.00

UTG: $73.64

UTG+1: $15.00

CO: $50.00

Button: $51.50

SB: $60.79

 

Dealt to: Button

Pre-flop:

(1 folds)
CO raises to $1.50
Button calls $1.50
(2 folds)

Flop:($3,75) (3 Players)

CO bets $2.85
Button calls $2.85

Turn: ($9,45) (3 Players)

CO bets $6.25
Button calls $6.25

River: ($21,95) (3 Players)

CO raises to $39.40
Button calls $39.40

Results:

CO Showed

Button Showed

Button wins $98.75

Time to step up

10nl

25nl

With my original $100 bankroll I have made some money via tournaments and have beaten 10nl and 25nl enough to now start taking shots at 50nl. Bankroll is now $780.

I havent had many 'interesting' situations at 10nl and 25nl. To win at these levels I have been jumping from table to table seeking out the fish and not butting heads with the regs wherever I can avoid it.

50nl should show a different game if I remember from the last time I climbed this ladder. I can start adding to the blog these situations as I have struggled to find many at the lower levels.

Keep an eye on here. I will be posting a little more regular from now.

Fish Frenzy

Ive been quiet as of late.. to be honest poker has taken a back burner as my recently single lifestyle has been a little successful if you get my meaning. Trying to juggle 3 or 4 girls has left my evenings playing poker non existent. For April ive only played 3k hands but OMG they have been good. The recent changes in the online poker world (I really dont need to explain this right ?) have turned the aquarium into a frenzy of terrible players donking off their money. checkout the graph for April...

And my year to date graph

The frenzy will continue for a while. For anyone struggling with 10nl or 25nl and would like to chat leave a message here or send me an email.

With the restrictions at work I don't really have time to write hand analysis posts at present but i'm working on a way around this.

Quick update but thats all your getting at the moment.. its either that or details of my $ex life :) you choose...

Ryverrat

Year to date update.

I still honestly think ive cracked the micros.. Im sort of reluctant to put too much detail on here at the moment. I think once i move to 50nl I will make a post on exactly how i am doing this. The basics lie in table selection, moving around a lot and not playing big pots vs the regs.

25nl is full of more fish than 10nl. There are so many grinders at 10nl. These grinders are unimaginative and very face up.

I have to travel to Poland this week so I havent had time to review and talk about any hands recently. I will do this soon..

Bad Beat of Life

Things in life for me are never all good or never all bad. There seems to always be this yin yang situation with me.

I have suffered the worst bad beat of my life so far. My wife woke up a few days after Christmas and decided she had no feelings for me anymore and has asked to seperate. She moved out this week taking my little 2 year old boy with her. I still get to see him but not as much as before and his future is now not so rosey. I'm not going to pour my heart out on a poker blog but there is some relevance.

The rest of my life is on fire. I am winning at poker, both online and live. Nothing large but its consistant. I have turned my $100 into $400 in just under 2 months of 10nl and small amount of 25nl. My job, i love it. My world is great. Yin Yang. Extreme volatility with an underlying flat trend.

Going forward this will mean more poker. Granted I will be out drinking and getting involved in as many women as possible but it also means I will not be doing 'relationship stuff' like watching stupid sitcoms and walking around shopping centres. I will be able to put in more hours at the virtual felt. Yin .... fkin... Yang !

0 to Hero - killing it..

My second post now enticing the doomswitch by saying that I honestly believe I have cracked 10nl. Check this out..

Almost a 10 buy in run. I feel a lot more sharper after analysing the first 10k hands. I have made a few adjustments and I am even more so moving around tables to find the juiciest fish and not banging heads with the regs.

Next week will see me put a bit more volume in and I will start to analyse a few good hand histories.

small BOOM!!

I had a great weekend for poker. I made 5 buyins at $10nl and entered an on demand tourny for $2. Haha big bucks !! well 189 people entered

Good for the bankroll and great for the confidence.

Will still complete the next 10k hands at 10nl but assuming Im beating 10nl I will have the bankroll to take a few shots at 25nl.

Analysis of 10k hands

Ive run a few questions through HEM in the hope of spotting a few leaks in my game. Here's what I have found...

Firstly the graph.

The overview with positional stats

Overall happy with my positional stats. Im very comfortable with the $vpip difference in my early vs late position. the 17/12 vpip/pfr could maybe be a bit tighter but I dont think that is where I am losing money.

All Pocket Pairs

Seems ok. Not sure how much I should be winning with my overall pp catagory. Maybe a question for 2p2 forums.

Pocket Pairs 22-55

This seems to be a problem. I remember this being a problem when I used to play. I may look to cut them out completely or only multiway in position. The big leak as you can see is the Big Blind. I will analyse those hands and see if there is an obvious leak or just a few unlucky hands.

Suited Connectors

Seems like I am doing ok on playing or rather so NOT playing suited connectors. I try to only play these multiway.

Called Button Raise when I am in Big Blind

Interesting. In my opinion I should only be reraising or folding vs a button steal. I dont want ot be playing out of position and If my hand cannot raise then put it in the bin. I will change this for my next 10k hands and see..

Does anyone have any other questions they analyse their database with ? I would like to hear them.

Pit Stop...

Been away on the slopes of France, banging myself around on my snowboard. I haven't put much time to playing poker over the past few weeks. Im still on the uptrend and will start to do some good analysis of hands which I will put on here.

In the meantime subscribe yourself to Verneer's $200 - $10,000 post on 2p2. Once he hits this he will be giving it all away to charity.. Top top man


How can anyone lose at 10nl with this type of play !!

Full Tilt Poker, $0.05/0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash Games, 6 Players

Hand Converter by the Pokerhand.org community

Board:

UTG: $15.04

UTG+1: $10

CO: $10.15

Button: $9.57

SB: $15.30

BB: $11.66

 

Dealt to: BB

Pre-flop:

Button raises to $.30, (1 folds), BB raises to $1.70, Button calls $1.40,

Flop:($3.55) (5 Players)

BB checks, Button bets $.50, BB raises to $2.60, Button raises to $7.87 and is all-in, BB calls $5.27,

Turn: ($19.29) (5 Players)

River: ($19.29) (5 Players)

Results:

Button Showed

BB Showed

BB wins $18.19