Live Cashy + Online Donkaments

Been running ok online I tried 6max 25nl again on Wednesday. Just because. As usual either ran into the nuts or got sucked out on. Got it back to even after 1600 hands but was 2 buy ins down on EV like usual. From reading my blog anyone would think I'm the unluckiest guy in the world. Its because I am.

Wednesday night and back to the Wainui cash game. Its 6-7handed, I buy in for $75 and run card dead for ages. 83o, T2o, 74o over and over. I get Q9 and call Mikes raise in position. I like playing Mike in position. Flop comes down AQxr and he (Over) cbets 7 into 6. Call. Turn is a J and he fires again 16 this time. Call. River K and he tanks and goes another 20. I know I'm not in good shape against pretty much anything so its a pretty easy fold. He shows J10 for the scummy runner runner. Balls. 72 becomes my most winningest hand as I take down a cuple of pots with c bets and collect everyones 50c on top.

I fold pocket KQs to Chris's 4bet from the button. He shows AKs and fold 10's to Lukes 3bet from the blinds and he turns over queens. Its getting late and I raise it up with Jh10h from the cut-off and get called by Tim who has just re-bought in the big blind. Flop comes down 9h3h8 for the open ender, flush draw + 2 overs if you couldn't work that out. I really wanted to get it in on that flop right there. C bet, Tim calls. Turn a J offsuit and bet again. Time shoves over the top and its an easy call. He turns over A9 for 2nd pair. 2 aces and one 9 in the deck. Sure enough a 9 on the river. gg.

Read the forum below the other day. Worryingly truthful stuff in there:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54/poker-beats-brags-variance/surefire-signs-internet-poker-taking-over-your-life-677240/

Had a few red wines and fired up a $26 tourney token on Tilt and a $50 double up on Titan.

3rd for $66 in on Tilt and double up on Titan. Get greedy, play another $50 and bubble it. Down $10 rake. Boo. Titan kindly gave me a $400 bonus I have until the end of May to unlock. What a joke, it gets released as a lump sum and I'd have to pay 3k rake to unlock it. I can't see myself playing 30k worth of tourneys in a month. Give it a go though for sure.

Hard Times and Some Live Play

It turns out my poker autopilot begins to fail at 50nl and I get into too many spots where I'm completely lost. I have been trying to develop some type of thought process to apply to each hand to narrow my opponents range. Its not working so well. Basically started running well below EV (something I can deal with), getting some nasty beats and turning into a station as a result. All in all I have pretty much succeeded in trimming my bankroll down to a tidy $1200 (it was getting a bit bloated anyway). Dropped down to 25nl to try and restore a bit of confidence and won a few buy-ins before getting absolutely smashed with set over set, flush over flush, quads over boat and boat over nut flush.

Back to the drawing board I suppose, I need to revise/ develop some strategy. Easter weekend looks like its going to be good for some grinding, hopefully with some better results.

Went to Chris' (http://deftona1.blogspot.com/) home game last Wednesday for a break from crappy online shit. Buy in for 200bb in a 25/50c game. Got J8/9s a billion times and missed every flop. Hit top set with KK and missed out on a ton of value from AK when he checked the river back to me on the flush card. About 3 hours in the game is down to 5 handed, I'm down to about $75 and I 3 bet A3o from the sb against Chris who had been going fairly crazy. Flop comes down A76 monotone and I c-bet. He calls and I check the King turn to induce the float and Chris bets out. At this stage I feel he is trying to get me off all my medium pocket pairs and missed hands. The river comes a 3 and I feel pretty confident Ive got him. I bet out 1/3rd pot and Chris re-pops me all in. Another 40 or so to call. Pretty sure Chris knows I have an ace but not two pair, I think he would do this with worse two pairs/ rivered straights and sets. Probably a pretty marginal call but I make it anyway and he shows 75s or something for the runner runner flush. Nh I'm off for the night. Chris goes on to two pair every flop and take all the money on the table $750 or something. I'm pleased I didn't re-buy.