I'm not going to claim that I'm a good poker player, but as of right now, I'm having the best month of my poker career!!! Well, except for the month that BJJIII and I hit the BBJP at the Goldstrike in Tunica, MS, but that wasn't due to poker skillz, that was just dumb luck! It's goot to travel w/ a luckbox like BJJIII !!!

I moved up to $50NL on Sunday night and have been killing that game! These folks fold and they fold after committing money to the pot. They also commit their stacks on 2nd best hands way too often. I'm up 5 buyins over the 4 short sessions that I have been playing 2 tables on Bodog. I'll move back up to 3 tables when I get my gig of RAM in that I ordered this weekend. I'm currently running w/ 256mb of RAM, and anyone who knows anything about Bodog knows that you need a ton of RAM to scratch all your itches on the Dog. I also just bought PAHUD, though I am a little undecided on whether or not I like it better than GT+. The "Folds to CB" number may be quite useful and may be worth the cost of the software by itself.

I know that this kind of rush won't last forever, but I'm gonna ride that pony straight outta town until it bucks me off. I'm earning 33.35 BB/100 Hands for this month, even after going busto on FT. I know that kind of earn rate is unsustainable, but hey, it's rolling good now, so I'll keep plugging away.

Bad News

Well, it finally happened. Even after a cash influx I have still officailly hit bottom on my FT acct. It's the 2nd time an acct has ever gone busto on me, and both times it has been on FT. The hand was my AQo from LP that was called by the BB. The flop was A-Q-6 rainbow, the BB leads into me, I raise, he reraises and I stuff my last bit of pocket change into the pot and he eventually calls. Of course, he's got 66 for the bottom set and I'm just SOL. I hate FT and FT hates me, this is probably better for both of us.

Good News

My Bodog acct took a shot in the arm today as I let a friend of mine play the Poker Source Online freeroll that I was entered into via the affiliate program offered there. I had to attend a college graduation for one of my wife's friends, but he came through for me and took 3rd for a $320 payday, (I'll get to keep half of that.) This should get me rolled for $50NL which shouldn't be too much different than the $25NL that I have been profiting on lately. This account was $24 in February after I liquidated most of it, so I am very proud of what has been accomplished on this site.

Also, the $18 that I had on Absolute Poker was given a chance when AP deposited $10 into my account to draw me back to their site. As of tonight, that account is up to $55 and I think I'll be short-stacking on the $50NL tables trying to hit the BBJP that they have started to offer. If it breaks $100 or so, I may move back down to $25NL and start practicing at least some BR management, though there are not enough tables going on AP to allow me to multitable. It's a gamble, but I know where my bread and butter is, good 'ole Bodog and the Horseshoe - Bossier City .

I'll try to mention my other online exploits from time to time, I might enjoy talking about a site that I don't hate...

I run sooo Bad! I wish I had BJJIII's luck!!! AQ hand is a bad push on my part, the SB had just lost a vicious hand and I assumed he may be tilting, but the other 2 are just horrific. I'm glad the broadway hand was against a short stack.

Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed)

MP3 ($9.65)
Landlord79 ($15)
Button ($26.55)
SB ($11.35)
BB ($14.75)
UTG ($24.50)
UTG+1 ($11.90)
MP1 ($26.95)
MP2 ($27.05)

Preflop: Landlord79 is CO with A , Q . Landlord79 posts a blind of $0.25.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, 2 folds, MP3 calls $0.25, Landlord79 (poster) raises to $1.5, 1 fold, SB raises to $4.75, 1 fold, UTG+1 folds, MP3 folds, Landlord79 calls $3.25.

Flop ($10.25) 5, Q, 5 (2 players)
SB checks, Landlord79 bets $10.25 (All-In), SB calls $6.60 (All-In).

Turn: ($27.10) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)


River:($27.10) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $27.10

Results below:
SB has Qd Qc (full house, queens full of fives).
Landlord79 has Ac Qh (two pair, queens and fives).
Outcome: SB wins $23.45.


Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed)

MP3 ($25.25)
Landlord79 ($23.05)
Button ($19.95)
SB ($8.40)
BB ($32.25)
UTG ($35.10)
UTG+1 ($14.05)
MP1 ($51.25)
MP2 ($25)

Preflop: Landlord79 is CO with K , 9.
5 folds, Landlord79 raises to $0.85, 1 fold, SB calls $0.75, 1 fold.

Flop: ($1.95) A , J , 8 (2 players)
SB bets $1, Landlord79 raises to $2.9, SB calls $1.90.

Turn: ($7.75) 9 (2 players)
SB checks, Landlord79 bets $4.65, SB calls $4.65 (All-In).

River: ($17.05) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)
.

Final Pot: $17.05

Results below:
SB has Q J (one pair, jacks).
Landlord79 has K 9 (one pair, nines).
Outcome: SB wins $17.05.



Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (8 handed)

BB ($12.95)
Landlord79 ($8.65)
UTG+1 ($14.25)
MP1 ($0.90)
MP2 ($16.05)
CO ($1.55)
Button ($15.05)
SB ($5.90)

Preflop: Landlord79 is UTG with K , Q.
Landlord79 raises to $0.25, 1 fold, MP1 calls $0.25, 5 folds.

Flop: ($0.65) A , T , J (2 players)
Landlord79 checks, MP1 bets $0.65 (All-In), Landlord79 calls $0.65.

Turn: ($1.95) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)
.

River: ($1.95) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $1.95

Results below:
Landlord79 has K Q (flush, ace high).
MP1 has A 3 (full house, threes full of aces).
Outcome: MP1 wins $1.95.

I just put that one in there for effect, I realize it was a tiny pot, but that was how my day went.

Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed)

CO ($9.30)
Landlord79 ($11.90)
SB ($9.30)
BB ($3.90)
UTG ($8)
UTG+1 ($4.65)
MP1 ($9.90)
MP2 ($4.60)
MP3 ($5.90)

Preflop: Landlord79 is Button with 4 , 4 .
2 folds, MP1 calls $0.10, 3 folds, Landlord79 calls $0.10, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($0.40) 8 , 5 , 4(4 players)
SB bets $0.20, BB folds, MP1 calls $0.20, Landlord79 raises to $0.60, SB calls $0.40, MP1 calls $0.40.

Turn: ($2.20) 5 (3 players)
SB checks, MP1 checks, Landlord79 bets $0.75, SB calls $0.75, MP1 calls $0.75.

River: ($4.45) 5 (3 players)
SB bets $0.5, MP1 folds, Landlord79 folds.

Final Pot: $4.95

Results below:
SB doesn't show.
Outcome: SB wins $4.95.


I finished this morning's session at $11. My stats were 19/10/3, so I was right in line w/ where I like to be stats wise. Things just didn't go my way. Back to Bodog, I run goot there.

All right, since my last post there has been a little activity. I played 2 SNG’s Saturday morning to try to pick up a quick addition to my bankroll. I played a $4+.40 for a $26 token, but ended up losing out of that one in 5th. I was looking for a FTPs SNG to win a seat or token but none were present. I think the WSOP has gotten all of the satties and promos tied up for now. I’ll keep looking for a +EV points tourney, I don’t like qualifiers into satellites because I just don’t have the time and in all honesty it just seems like a crapshoot.

I also played a $5+.50 SNG and got out of it rather quickly, maybe 7th. I had one limper ahead of me and I was on the CO. I’d played really tight up until this point and decided to make a move to pick up some chips. This was probably a bad move as I was in a comfortable spot chip wise, probably 3rd or 4th. I had 9-7s and raised the limper, both blinds folded and the limper called. The flop was 8-8-6r and the villain donked into me for the pot, 525. I had exactly double this and decided for some reason that I did have a little fold equity and an OESD ta boot, so I pushed in on him. He eventually called and showed A-6o for BPTK (new abbreviation that I want credit for! LOL) The turn and river failed to improve me and I was out of this one early.

I realized how bad I was playing NL so I opted to play a little safer game, Stud 8. I’m not sure what went wrong, but I was getting no hands and at one point was down $8 or so. There was only one table going of $.25/.50 Stud 8 and I still had plenty behind for this game, so I took at shot at the $.50/1.00 table. This was a good experience, though I dropped $5 initially, I was able to represent the hands that my board presented and actually strong-arm some pots. I eventually won back up to only down a $1 or so on this table before the wife started ranting about having to leave to go to a swimming party, but I really enjoyed the better competition at this limit. I was still down a few bucks on the .25/.50 table and my loss for this session ended up being $4.65 total. For the day the roll on FT dropped $14.55, leaving me with only $33.60. Man, I hate this month!!!

6-18-07

Having a bad month like I have had, and with the decreased size of my BR on FT, I made a decision to cut down to 2 tables at 10NL in order to help me make better, more thought out decisions. I found 2 tables where there weren’t many stacks over the maximum buyin, and one of which had a very low average pot size. I like the stack sizes to be no larger than the maximum because this more than likely means no one has been on a heater and feeling froggy and can also indicate a newer table where everyone is still feeling out the other players. Average stacks also might indicate a tighter game since no idiot is in there gambling it up and hitting stupid runner-runner hands. These tight tables play well for my aggressive style.

The first hand that we’ll talk about is Ks-Qs on the button. This hand looks pretty and I have position. The action went: 2 folds, MP1 raises to $.35, folds to me, I call and one of the blinds calls. The flop is 5s-9c-Jc and the blind player checks and the pfr makes a standard CB of around 2/3 of the pot. I don’t have much of a hand, but do have a draw, 2 over cards and a runner-runner draw. I elect to call to see what the turn action is, the blind player folds. The turn didn’t help my hand out any but fortunately the pfr’r checked, so I bet and took the pot from him. I guess this really isn’t considered a float since I had some draws, but you could probably call it a semi-bluff float.

I won another hand w/ KQ when my top pair beat a 2nd pair on a very scary board. Unfortunately, the board was so scary that neither of us wanted to inflate the pot very much.

And the final KQ of the night was off suit. I raised a limper from the CO and got 2 callers. The flop was 10s-Js-Ah, Cha-ching!!! It’s checked to me and because of the flush draw I potted it. Both players called, again! The turn was the worst card in the deck for me, As,… B-U-I-C-K!!!! Checks all around. The river was a safe card, but I took the conservative route and checked behind, but the button bet $1 into the $6 pot, the pf limper calls all in for $.10 and I make a crying call with my flopped broadway straight and IT’S GOOOOOOOOODDDDD!!!!!! I took down a nice one when the board was really nasty to me! The button showed a K-Jo, nice hand buddy!

I ended up winning $7.05 on the 1-hour session. BR stands back over the $40 mark at $40.65. I’m gonna slow down, not play anymore SNGs and 2 table at 10NL until I get my roll back up to a respectable level.

Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, I should be back at my favorite fish tank Saturday afternoon to win some real money at the Shoe in Shreveport. BJJIII won’t be making the journey, but my good buddy W.L. should provide some entertaining action, I’ll try to talk him into posting some of his strategy and/or hands following the trip.

I know Florida hasn’t fully implemented their new cardroom laws yet, but my wife’s family has planned a trip to Panama City Beach, FL for late August. If anyone can locate a cardroom there, I’d love to take some $$$’s off some Floridians!!!

Landlord79

I must say, June is turning out to be a very bad month so far. I'm down about $250+ and am just not able to put in any wins. After picking up $15 or so in my last post playing Stud 8, I turned around and dropped $14 Sunday night. Mostly due to going on tilt as I was agitated about some beats I had taken and why this stinking FT BR won't take off like my Bodog account. I followed this up w/ some decent play at 10NL on Monday night, but one bad call put me down for the night and I wasn't able to recover. I did cut my loss down to only $5 for the night, but the current roll stands at $40.40.


Check that, I just played tonight and picked up $7.75 at Stud 8 in 1 hr 15 min. Bankroll is back up to $48.15. I love making 7 high str8's to scoop the pot. Stud 8 is so funny, you feel like you're are folding your life away then you catch a monster hand to scoop a big pot! There's a lot of patience involved in Stud 8, but if you play it right you can make some easy money from the low chasers and high pair players.