First Pro Knockout

It wasn't the WSOP, and it wasn't Daniel Negreanu, but it was a decent size tourney and a well known pro...atleast I think so! The good thing is that it wasn't a flip, it was more of a real hand where I outplayed him by checking..
Btw if you don't know his username it is Hevad Kahn. The crazy guy who Final Tabled the WSOP ME!


PokerStars Game #22304816076: Tournament #120443273, $50+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/11/23 17:53:38 ET
Table '120443273 106' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: RaiNKhAN (2370 in chips)
Seat 2: 326River (5723 in chips)
Seat 3: EricDenGode (3070 in chips)
Seat 4: artie0916 (1366 in chips)
Seat 5: M0sdef (2615 in chips)
Seat 6: Stimpar (6458 in chips)
Seat 7: Kentiger (5995 in chips)
Seat 8: Luigi da BP (3311 in chips)
Seat 9: KingCurtis67 (5107 in chips)
Luigi da BP: posts small blind 50
KingCurtis67: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KingCurtis67 [Kc Qh]
RaiNKhAN: raises 200 to 300
326River: folds
EricDenGode: folds
artie0916: folds
M0sdef: folds
Stimpar: folds
Kentiger: folds
Luigi da BP: folds
KingCurtis67: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [7h 6c Qc]
KingCurtis67: checks
RaiNKhAN: bets 400
KingCurtis67: calls 400
*** TURN *** [7h 6c Qc] [Td]
KingCurtis67: checks
RaiNKhAN: bets 1670 and is all-in
KingCurtis67: calls 1670
*** RIVER *** [7h 6c Qc Td] 2♣
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KingCurtis67: shows [Kc Qh] (a pair of Queens)
RaiNKhAN: shows [Ad Kd] (high card Ace)
KingCurtis67 collected 4790 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4790 | Rake 0
Board [7h 6c Qc Td 2c]
Seat 1: RaiNKhAN showed [Ad Kd] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: 326River folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: EricDenGode folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: artie0916 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: M0sdef folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Stimpar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Kentiger (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Luigi da BP (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: KingCurtis67 (big blind) showed [Kc Qh] and won (4790) with a pair of Queens

25NL, I made it!

That's right I made it to 25NL, although not the regular cash game grinding way. I also play sngs and mtts so that helped a lot. Right now I only have one session in and I am taking it slow, at max playing 3 tables. I am mainly doing this so that I can use my horrible HUD(hopefully new one comes soon).
Anyways I am pretty glad I am already at this point since it is only halfway through the month. I am not even going to shoot for 50nl as a goal right now, nor is gold star a gol of mine. All I want to do is beat 25nl and be profitable!

Mid Month Progress

For this being my first month at attempting cash games, I am fairly happy with my progress. Not only am I showing profit but have achieved silver star status at Poker Stars and it's only half way through the month. It also helped that I was playing mtts/sngs on the side and doing well, adding to the BR. I like to think of myself as a hybrid player in the online community. So I'll leave you with this month's progress so far.

I don't know what happened with blogspot but I cannot re-size my jpegs anymore, so just click it for a better view.

+45$ @ 10nl

I have been getting into a groove here lately, just a solid approach to this limit can easily beat it. I hardly get discouraged anymore since such a low limit is filled with fish of all sorts in which I will eventually take their money. Let's just hope I'm at 25nl sooner than later though.



I don't think I could have done anything different here to get away from it, and I don't think I want to get away from it tbh. I was ahead of his ranges and usually want a drawing hand to get his money and and miss most of the time.



I played this well Preflop and on the flop, but I really need to work on getting the most value possible. I think my tournament aggression shows through here and my bet should have been half of what I really bet?



Basically I am glad that I didn't lose a whole lot here but I def could have gotten away from it now that I look back at it. He made a horrible limp in the SB and when I bet on the flop he check called so it was an obvious sign of trips. He could have had a draw but that is just another reason I probably called the 1$ on the river since he might have hit his straight.

I have been seeing that most of the money I lose is against short stackers getting lucky. So maybe I can make an adjustment but usually I am ahead in those situations so, we will see.

As the Dust Settles

Well the good thing is that whole tilt thing didn't last long and I am back to continue my run at 10nl. The bad thing is I am starting all over at a 200$ Bank Roll. I was around 450$ before tilting and close to 25nl, but it's ok, I'd rather see this as me dipping my toe into the pool of cash games. Hopefully By the new year I will be playing 50nl, but that's a more optimistic goal. My more easily achievable goal is just to be a profitable player at 10nl or 25nl.
My problem was that I was obviously reaching for some hard goals. The good friends that I have at Cards Chat basically told me to not have any goals other than just beating the limit I am at. I was still profiting at the pace I was going, but I think I can profit a lot more by slowing down and playing less tables.
I also want to get a lot more Hand Histories via the replay animations, so that will make for better reading and learning.

Tilt

Tilting tilts me, so basically its a never ending process of tilting when I tilt. I really need to work on my disciple if I want to play cash games seriously. I don't know if there is a system or over time and experience you acquire it, but I need to do something...or maybe that's the thing, I always need to do something. Maybe I am playing way too much and need to break down my playing sessions. It feels like when I quit I just go back and play agian since I have nothing to do...or I think too long about how much I lost so I chase it even more. Tilt.......what a bastard

GoldStar?

Ok so since last Monday until yesterday(Sunday) I earned a little over 1k in fpps. This while playing the majority at the end of the week. I have a feeling that if I play like I played over the weekend for the next 3 weeks, I can make Gold Star @ 10nl. I already have 17k hands in for last week and am going for 20k this week. Wish me luck, it's going to be a hell of a lot of grinding :)

10nl YAY

Well I've said before that I was going to move to cash games but eventually gave up and went back....but now I have about 7500 hands at 10nl and am finally in the positive for profit for this horrible week. I am actually excited about this whole move to cash thing. I have already dedicated myself as I put in over 3500 hands in one day.
I really don't think I have to explain why I made the move since its obvious. I'm having a kid soon, have no time, and have school, So cash games are perfect. I leave you with my graph :)

the graph is large but just click on it to see it at a nice size