Ever since PokerStars had their 25% reload bonus, I maxed out the bonus and finally got some money back on to Stars. Been grinding out some SNGs the last couple of days, occasionally mixing in some MTTs.
Played a $16.50 and $11R at 10 on Stars tonight, and I felt I played well as a whole. Was down to 2.5BB in the $16.50 at one point and managed to come back and made it to the final 18 before busting in a questionable hand.
Same thing with the $11R. Was cruising along with a pretty comfortable stack until I stacked off relatively light. I still find myself making some bone-head moves once in awhile and pulling a "Matusow blow up"...either not clearing thinking a hand through, or simply thinking a play will work when it won't majority of the time.
Although the sample size is really small, I've found myself being able to chip up more often in MTTs than before, so its an area of my game that I feel like I've been improving. Will have to continue to monitor my progress.
SNGs been going well...put in about 50 thus far and I'm up about 15BIs, hopefully sustain it throughout and maybe even try to get in to the Battle of the Planets - its been a long time since I've gotten in (first and only time was the very first week they ran that promo).
Other than that, going to take it easy this weekend with a birthday party tomorrow, volleyball all day Saturday, and more sports on Sunday. Back at the grind on Monday.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Poker Tonight
So I lied, I ended up loading 4 180 man SnGs tonight as my friends left earlier than expected after snowboarding, and sitting with 1 tourney still alive, it hasn't been going well.
Busted first one early with AK when I got it in on the flop with TPTK against villain's bottom 2.
Second one involved losing a race with 66 vs. AK when I shoved 15BB after 5 limpers and was called by one of the limpers.
Third one was similar to the second one, except I was called by Q4 and I had 99, obv turned a Q.
Will update the fourth one when it happens, but I'm sitting with 2500 with blinds at 75/150.
Edit...blinds 125/250 with an ante with my stack at 3200~. EP raises to 750, I shove with QQ, player in LP calls for less, EP calls.
KK > QQ > JJ
0 for 3.
Busted first one early with AK when I got it in on the flop with TPTK against villain's bottom 2.
Second one involved losing a race with 66 vs. AK when I shoved 15BB after 5 limpers and was called by one of the limpers.
Third one was similar to the second one, except I was called by Q4 and I had 99, obv turned a Q.
Will update the fourth one when it happens, but I'm sitting with 2500 with blinds at 75/150.
Edit...blinds 125/250 with an ante with my stack at 3200~. EP raises to 750, I shove with QQ, player in LP calls for less, EP calls.
KK > QQ > JJ
0 for 3.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Another Frustrating Night
Hung around the school and played some volleyball, which led to a late dinner and missed the batch of low limit MTT that starts around 21:00-22:00. Ended up just playing a few of the 180 players SnG.
Played 5 in total, went to the final 5 table in 4 of the 5 (the other one I busted like 3rd hand with AA < 64o) but managed to only min-cash in one of them. Never really had a stack to work with in any of them and was short-stack ninja-ing through most of the tourney. If a couple of hands went my way towards the latter stages of a couple of them, results might've been different.
Taking the weekend off from poker, will get back at it next week.
Sports Betting...wow, I managed to go 0-3 last night, made one mistake not realizing Rangers were coming off a back-to-back and Lundqvist wasn't going to be in net, was wondering why the line was this good for them.
Going to take the weekend off as well and will be back at it next Monday.
Played 5 in total, went to the final 5 table in 4 of the 5 (the other one I busted like 3rd hand with AA < 64o) but managed to only min-cash in one of them. Never really had a stack to work with in any of them and was short-stack ninja-ing through most of the tourney. If a couple of hands went my way towards the latter stages of a couple of them, results might've been different.
Taking the weekend off from poker, will get back at it next week.
Sports Betting...wow, I managed to go 0-3 last night, made one mistake not realizing Rangers were coming off a back-to-back and Lundqvist wasn't going to be in net, was wondering why the line was this good for them.
Going to take the weekend off as well and will be back at it next Monday.
Friday, February 6, 2009
First Grinding Day of 2009
Finally got back in the swing of things today putting in my first decent session of MTT in. I didn't play too many as I didn't want to have too late of a late, so I just ended up playing 4 MTTs (1 Limit Hold'em and 3 NL HE)and had a few cash games going on at the side. MTT yielded a whopping 0 for 4, with 2 of the 4 busted relatively close to the bubble. It was quite a disappointing night as I had 2x average stack in all 4 tournaments after the first break in the middle stages, yet busting in all of them short of the money.
Obviously was bitten by the variance bug losing a couple of 2 and 3 outers, but I had my fair share as well. Here is one hand that I KNOW right now I played it wrong on the river, other than that I felt I played pretty well but just have nothing to show for it.
Blinds 250/500 a60 Hero 15K~, villain 18K~. Table has been relatively tight with most hands ending preflop with a raise. I just moved table so don't have any history except for the 3 orbits, villain didn't play a hand,
I raised to 1250 in MP with 89o. Villain defends the BB.
Flop Ac 8h 9c
Villain checks, I bet 2250 and villain insta-calls
Turn Ah
Villain insta-checks, I bet 4200, villain insta-calls
River 10x
Villain leads for 3600...I call
(I chose the worse option between raise/call/fold)
I'll probably put in a few hours tomorrow evening and play a few more MTTs, and will be taking both Saturday and Sunday off due to snowboarding on Saturday and varsity hockey as well as intramural games.
As far as sports betting goes...
76ers decides to win by 5 and not 6 to cost me the game, while Edmonton won as I predicted with Anaheim losing to Nashville.
Took a look at the basketball but at first glance nothing really caught my eye, if anything changes I'll post again in the morning. My picks for NHL is below.
Montreal Canadiens @ Buffalo Sabres o5.5 -120
New Jersey Devils @ Atlanta Thrashers u5.5 -104
New York Rangers +125 @ Dallas Stars
Obviously was bitten by the variance bug losing a couple of 2 and 3 outers, but I had my fair share as well. Here is one hand that I KNOW right now I played it wrong on the river, other than that I felt I played pretty well but just have nothing to show for it.
Blinds 250/500 a60 Hero 15K~, villain 18K~. Table has been relatively tight with most hands ending preflop with a raise. I just moved table so don't have any history except for the 3 orbits, villain didn't play a hand,
I raised to 1250 in MP with 89o. Villain defends the BB.
Flop Ac 8h 9c
Villain checks, I bet 2250 and villain insta-calls
Turn Ah
Villain insta-checks, I bet 4200, villain insta-calls
River 10x
Villain leads for 3600...I call
(I chose the worse option between raise/call/fold)
I'll probably put in a few hours tomorrow evening and play a few more MTTs, and will be taking both Saturday and Sunday off due to snowboarding on Saturday and varsity hockey as well as intramural games.
As far as sports betting goes...
76ers decides to win by 5 and not 6 to cost me the game, while Edmonton won as I predicted with Anaheim losing to Nashville.
Took a look at the basketball but at first glance nothing really caught my eye, if anything changes I'll post again in the morning. My picks for NHL is below.
Montreal Canadiens @ Buffalo Sabres o5.5 -120
New Jersey Devils @ Atlanta Thrashers u5.5 -104
New York Rangers +125 @ Dallas Stars
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Sports Betting - Feb 5
Back at this again...
NHL
Anaheim Ducks +120 vs. Nashville Predators L
Edmonto Oilers +120 vs. St. Louis Blues W
NBA:
Indiana Pacers vs. Philadelphia 76ers -5.5 -106 L
Been looking at the MLB Futures that is now up, and Boston to win the World Series at 9 to 1 looks intriguing.
Also seriously looking at taking the Seattle Mariners at 125 to 1 and maybe Oakland Athletics at 55 to 1 (although I think there is more value in the Mariners than the Athletics).
Taking the White Sox at 25 to 1 is also worth a bet IMO.
NHL
Anaheim Ducks +120 vs. Nashville Predators L
Edmonto Oilers +120 vs. St. Louis Blues W
NBA:
Indiana Pacers vs. Philadelphia 76ers -5.5 -106 L
Been looking at the MLB Futures that is now up, and Boston to win the World Series at 9 to 1 looks intriguing.
Also seriously looking at taking the Seattle Mariners at 125 to 1 and maybe Oakland Athletics at 55 to 1 (although I think there is more value in the Mariners than the Athletics).
Taking the White Sox at 25 to 1 is also worth a bet IMO.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Jan 2009
I have played maybe...2 hours of poker so far this month, and they've all been over this past weekend. Has been busy settling in with this "co-op" job, and getting all the intramural leagues running smoothly. The 2 hours I spent playing has involved around the PokerStars double-or-nothing SnGs, and I would say I'm unlucky to not have won more.
I think I went something like 8-4 this weekend, but there were maybe a couple that I bubbled/second-bubbled (7th) where I lost when I was AIPF as a huge favourite - nothing can be done when donkeys make -ev calls...life moves on.
Starting to look into sports betting again in Feb after the Super Bowl and all. Will probably post a bunch of prop bets here that I'm going to make just for fun. I took the Steelers at -6.5 when the line opened and secretly crossing my fingers that it will go to 7.5 so I can take the middle, but I highly doubt that will happen now. Tempted to make a small bet on a Cards outright win too but I think 2 weeks for the Steelers defence to prepare against the Cards is too much...
Other than that, nothing really new this month, will probably start grinding away again when everything finally starts to calm down and I can start putting in some decent hours again...
I think I went something like 8-4 this weekend, but there were maybe a couple that I bubbled/second-bubbled (7th) where I lost when I was AIPF as a huge favourite - nothing can be done when donkeys make -ev calls...life moves on.
Starting to look into sports betting again in Feb after the Super Bowl and all. Will probably post a bunch of prop bets here that I'm going to make just for fun. I took the Steelers at -6.5 when the line opened and secretly crossing my fingers that it will go to 7.5 so I can take the middle, but I highly doubt that will happen now. Tempted to make a small bet on a Cards outright win too but I think 2 weeks for the Steelers defence to prepare against the Cards is too much...
Other than that, nothing really new this month, will probably start grinding away again when everything finally starts to calm down and I can start putting in some decent hours again...
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