Trying to get rolling again

I just ordered IdleMiner and it is a godsend for helping to get good info on the players you are against. It also really helps me to focus on playing against bad players and leave the table when those guys run out of cash.

With more data I find I end up looking at Poker Tracker data much more. Do a screen for vpip over 50% and won show down % less than 35%. These guys make my buddy list for sure with a win rate of -86.8 ptbb / 100 hands. Is it possible to lose over 6 buyins in 150 hands? The answer is sure if you have stats like this: 66.2/21.8/5.8 and have an 18% win at SD %! You have to love how they build their image but still pot it with 2nd pair on all streets against an obvious overpair. Took an hour to repay me for the cost of the program!

Here was my hand of the night against this genius:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)


saw flopsaw showdown

Button ($163.65)
SB ($49.30)
BB ($62.10)
UTG Hero ($54.35)
MP (Villian)/ ($50)
CO ($71.75)



Preflop: Hero is UTG with Kd, Qc.

UTGA raises to $1.75, MP (Villian)/ calls $1.75, 4 folds.

Flop: ($4.25) Jd, Td, Ks (2 players)

UTG bets $2, Villian raises to $4, UTG raises to $14, Villian calls $8.
I have to bet here and try to get his money in the middle.

Turn: ($30.25) As (2 players)

Hero checks, Villian bets $36.25 (All-In), Hero calls $36.25.
Now it is time to give him some rope so he can hang himself.


River: ($0) 4h (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $102.75

Results in white below:

Hero has Kd Qc (straight, ace high).

Villian has Ac 5c (one pair, aces).

Outcome: Hero wins $102.75.

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Bad Call

Just wanted to put this out there to see if I should have folded this on the turn when I was drawing to a full house.

Full Tilt Poker Game #4330085106: The Mookie:Bow to Budo (32645907), Table 5 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:10:15 ET - 2007/11/28
Seat 1: wwonka69 (2,125)
Seat 2: VinNay (2,925), is sitting out
Seat 3: jjok (3,410)
Seat 4: sellthekids (3,045)
Seat 5: Rake Feeder (3,030)
Seat 6: Mungo36 (3,000)
Seat 7: JL514 (3,330)
Seat 8: whiskigrl (3,135)
Seat 9: BuddyDank (3,000)
VinNay posts the small blind of 15
jjok posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Mungo36 [Qc Qh]
sellthekids folds
Rake Feeder folds
Mungo36 has 15 seconds left to act
Mungo36 raises to 90
JL514 folds
whiskigrl folds
BuddyDank calls 90
wwonka69 folds
VinNay folds
jjok folds
*** FLOP *** [Ts 9c 8s]
Mungo36 bets 166
BuddyDank calls 166
*** TURN *** [Ts 9c 8s] [Qs]
Mungo36 has 15 seconds left to act
Mungo36 bets 336
BuddyDank has 15 seconds left to act
BuddyDank raises to 1,110
Mungo36 calls 774
*** RIVER *** [Ts 9c 8s Qs] [Td]
Mungo36 has 15 seconds left to act
Mungo36 bets 666
BuddyDank has 15 seconds left to act
BuddyDank calls 666
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Mungo36 shows [Qc Qh] a full house, Queens full of Tens
BuddyDank mucks
Mungo36 wins the pot (4,109) with a full house, Queens full of Tens
The blinds are now 20/40
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,109 Rake 0
Board: [Ts 9c 8s Qs Td]
Seat 1: wwonka69 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: VinNay (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: jjok (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: sellthekids didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Rake Feeder didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Mungo36 showed [Qc Qh] and won (4,109) with a full house, Queens full of Tens
Seat 7: JL514 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: whiskigrl didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: BuddyDank mucked [Js Kc] - a straight, King high

JJ not okay at blogger events

Played pretty solid but lost a race with JJ vs. AQ against Lucko. He didn't have much time at the table to see that I was playing quite tight that evening. Of course it bites to lose that key race as that would have given me the chips to survive a turbo event with shortstack pushing.

Next week I will attempt to not have other things going on until 5 mins before the start of the tournament... I really think you need to do a small warmup event or something before sitting down to get the silly out of my system!

Work is really ramping up and I expect to age about 7 years over this next year. Building a business is tough work.

Getting back into the swing of things

Been on a rollercoaster as I just watched the CTS videos on CR. Damn that guy is nice and loose and super aggro. Adds variance to the results but it sure mixes up play and gets you lots of action for your big hands. When I tried it out I was running 32/28 and cbetting about 80% of flops. Still using most of GP's position plays to make sure that I take advantage of early position limpers.

Here is a hand that shows the nice action I was getting this evening:

Full Tilt Poker, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players

LeggoPoker Hand History Converter



Hero (SB): $24.75
BB: $25
UTG: $24.30
MP: $29.50
CO: $25
BTN: $42.25

CO posts $0.25

Pre-Flop: Q Q dealt to Hero (SB) <--- sweet position to get a real hand... have been 3 betting light to these min raises all evening and they are starting to call those reraises.

UTG folds, MP raises to $0.50, CO folds, BTN calls $0.50, Hero raises to $3.60, BB folds, MP calls $3.10, BTN folds


Flop: ($8.20) Q T 9 (2 Players) <---- good flop as KJ isn't likely to be around at this level but will still check and hope they bet into me.
Hero checks, MP checks <--- shucks missed bet


Turn: ($8.20) T (2 Players) <--- perfect turn card to play weak and let straight and flush hit on river
Hero checks, MP checks



River: ($8.20) 7 (2 Players) <--- bet pot and hope they have something
Hero bets $9, MP raises to $18, Hero raises to $21.15 and is All-In, MP calls $3.15

Results: $50.50 Pot ($2.50 Rake)
Hero showed Q Q (a full house, Queens full of Tens) and WON $48 (+$23.25 NET)
MP mucked A 3 (a flush, Ace high) and LOST (-$24.75 NET)

Now if I can stop the stupid 3 barrel bluffing from happening very often I can get back up to playing at least NL50 on a regular basis.

AA at Blogger Events

Finished my return to the ring with a nice 68th place finish monday night at Hoy's event. Had Fuel and Cmitch at my table and super aggro guy to my right.... so tough spot to be in but deep stacks so I decide to take my time and chat until I get AA on the button. Standard raise... get reraised... I rereraise and then villian pushes with 1010. River 10 gives me a flush but the board had already paired.... early exit for me and looking forward to the Mookie.

Gotta win one of these events because my online cash is so low.

Blogger Donk Time Again

It sure doesn't take long until I turn into a push monkey and lost most of the cash I won by playing good solid poker. You can actually feel yourself about to do something stupid and you can't stop your body from clicking the button.....



Well I know the solution to that... good banter at the Monday at the Hoy event tonight.... hope I can get my wireless going so I can watch my Penguins play tonight at the same time.

Couple days of playing

Moved into the new house now and have reliable internet access. Have spent the last couple days getting used to playing again at NL25. Nice to be up about 4 buyins and won 3 tournaments that I started at the same time the other night.

Currently working on getting my next job started as I left a hedge fund that I worked for over the last 5 years+ last week. Figure with the new house why not get the job stuff in order with a new opportunity to be my own boss.

Hopefully I can get home to play in a few of the blogger events next week.

Back in the Ring!

Glad that the games are still full of nice fat fish! Took me an hour to catch him but here is the capture. He was betting with anything and I knew if I hit he would pay me off with his stack. Love the reraise to $36 on the turn! Need to get off to a hot start to build up the bankroll again.

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saw flopsaw showdown

Button ($47.25)
SB ($66.25)
BB ($84.45)

UTG =(Villian)/ ($52.35)
MP ($50)
CO ($84.85)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6d, 7s.
UTG =/ raises to $1, 3 folds, SB calls $0.75, Hero calls $0.50.



Flop: ($3) 5s, 4s, 5h (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, Villian bets $3, SB folds, Hero calls $3.

Turn: ($9) 3c (2 players)
Hero checks, Villian bets $9, BB raises to $36, Villian calls $27.



River: ($81) Qd (2 players)
BB bets $13, Villian calls $12.35 (All-In).

Final Pot: $105.70

Results in white below:

Hero has 6d 7s (straight, seven high).

Villian has 7d 7h (two pair, sevens and fives).

Outcome: Hero wins $106.35.

It is so hard to close off loose ends

Finally got moved into the new house so it is possible that I can show up to some blogger events starting next week. It has been a long ride but now having internet access at home is going to get me back in the swing of things. Still have to setup the wireless network for the house but that shouldn't take long tonight.

Time to get back to reading everyone elses blogs as well which has been off and on over these last few months.

On the work front I am still waiting to tie up a few loose ends before figuring out my next move. Time to start hitting up some contacts for some good opportunities or at least some stock picks while I am waiting around.

New Work Developments

Lots of exciting stuff going to happen soon on the work front..... looking forward to getting back into my usual positive attitude. If things go well then hopefully I can afford to go to the WSOP and just buy my way into a few events without the wife worrying about me.

Anyway, just wanted to say that it won't be long until I am back.

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Getting killed in live events

Managed to get an invite to a 5k freeroll live event with 50 entrants... top 4 get paid. Most of the guys haven't played before so either don't know what they have or don't know how to bet. Either way I have no chance in those type of events.

So then I get to play 5-5 cash against these guys and watch guys call three big bets with tpnk. All said and done I run into set over set and set vs. flush draw and watch a ton of cash flow the wrong way. Oh well that is poker...

Outside of that there are a lot of changes coming in my life... moving to a new house .... a tide is turning at work (more to be announced later) and internet access is going to be mine again! Then the goal is to get home earlier and play in a few of the weekly events against the real bloggers.

Looking forward to raise of 336 coming your way soon.

Almost in new home

Only another couple weeks and then I will be in the new house... this should mean dependable internet access instead of not having any real contact to the world like over the last five months in the current location. It has been a struggle to keep up any poker game at all.

On the work front things aren't going the way I want them to. I can't stand seeing a bunch of guys in my type of position getting patted on the back because they document every phone call better than I do. In the end all we really should do is focus on the profit/loss in each position by person. One guy just got to cover a bunch of stuff that used to be in my wheelhouse. In the end they will pull all of those names from that guy when he loses some cash.

Hope you guys are making lots of money online.... hope to see most of you live or online soon.

Last Day in Current Club

Our poker club is moving I found out last night.... showed up because Kat said she would be there ... she wasn't in sight when I arrived. Shame since it has been too long since I last had a pint with her while ranting about some silly calling station getting lucky again.

Well last night I was the one making them whine. It is great when you can notice the cocky super lag before you see one hand... min raise from utg and then berates everyones play and taunts people the whole time. I mentioned to the guy sitting next to me what a piece of work that guy is and that I am going to run over him soon. He laughs at me and says that is his buddy and he has been pushing around the table for a while.

Took me about an orbit and he min raised from MP and I repoped him with QJs. He calls of course and when he checks to me I bet into him getting an insta call. Then he decides to get frisky with me and leads out on the turn so I call to induce a bluff bet on the river. He complys and puts out a weak river bet which I raise and he calls with J4o... nice first orbit time to get some food.

Overall he ended up busted along with a girl who loved to raise every hand because she said she didn't care about money. She must have not liked to win very often either because she did a lot of losing!

So I might check out this Nexxus club that is over at bloor and bathurst to try my hand against a group that has no clue how I play.

That is three profitable poker nights in a row... amazing what a little concentration and focus can do for the game.

3rd Place in Club Tournament

Managed to get out last Wed night and play some poker and managed to get 3rd place. Amazed that I was able to play super tight and still get paid off for big hands.

Only hand where I thought I got a little luck on when I raised from MP with 77. The BB was so weak that I could just steal the blinds with a regular raise. Short stack to my left goes all in. One crazy fool down the end reraises which could be AK which is why I decided to call and gambool... I win the race vs. 44 and AK (good read me!) even with the first card off the deck being a 4!

Set over set has been my luck lately with me having the higher set. I guess if you play almost no poker for months you get a little luck. Now lets just get some internet access for me and I am off to the races.

Starting to get back into the groove

Really hating the idea of not having internet access at home but only going to rent there for another couple months so not worth it to get it installed at this point. Going without cable and a home phone as well because the builder messed up when they never put a line from the house to the cable box... going to be a bitch to fix it now.

This last long weekend I decided to go to Fallsview to play live against the fish. They have silly blinds for the max buy in allowed at the table... sat down at a 2/5 NL table with a 200 max buy in. Hand of the night had to be my limp of JJ from UTG which gets called by six others (no chance of getting anyone to fold so playing it like a small pocket pair!). The BB raises to $30 and five callers...

Perfect flop A J 7 rainbow. BB leads out for $60 and I smooth call. Super aggro asian behind me pushes for a total of $175 and too tight Jewish fellow calls for his last $60. BB goes into the tank which lets me know that I am way ahead or he is a great actor! Either way I am going to get my cash in the middle here as I don't have him raising that much with AA based on playing against him for the last 4 hours. He finally calls and then I reraise all in which is another $87 to the BB. He actually folds his AK which was impressive vs. all the pay so far this evening.

Asian guy had pocket 7's, and the Jewish guy had AK. JJ holds and I scoop a huge pot of over $700! Donked away about $150 before getting my ass off the tables close to 4 am and heading home to get up the next day at 9 am. Don't forget the 1 hour drive I have before getting to my place.

Need Internet Connection

Hell I am so sick of not having internet access at home. We are waiting for Cogeco and the builder to figure out who has to build the line from the house to the cable box. This is taking forever and I am starting to get pissed off.

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No internet and no air conditioning.

Just moved into the rental house that I will live in for 5 months while the new house gets built. So far I have no AC and no internet access... so no poker but tomorrow night I will be playing in a $100 buyin tournament. Actually on second thought it looks like I might go play a quick tournament tonight for $60. Unless the wife is still not feeling well then I will rush to her side.

Smokkee I will be back.

I am moving this weekend as my fathers day gift! At least we hired movers to put us into our house rental for at least 5 months while our new place gets built.

Soon as I can I will do what I can to get back to the blogger events and try to win some of them!

I am sure that most of you guys miss my 336 reraises into you holding the nuts....