Well I finally got out of the funk that I was in I think. Today was the first time in about 3 weeks that I even opened up Bodog to play some poker. I told myself that I was going to play a short session to see if I was ready to jump into the waters of Bodog again. I played two short sessions tonight. I played one 30 minute session before supper and I played a one hour session right after supper. This was my favorite hand of the 30minute session before supper. I won about $7 in this short session.

I really hate when someone tries to check raise my CBets!!!!!

Bodog No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

saw flop|saw showdown

SB ($105.26)
BB ($100.25)
UTG ($59.06)
UTG+1 ($68.21)
MP1 ($251.75)
MP2 ($91.38)
MP3 ($78.00)
CO ($155.25)
BJJIII ($81.62)

Preflop: BJJIII is Button with A, 9.
2 folds, MP1 calls $1, 3 folds, BJJIII raises to $5, 2 folds, MP1 calls $4.

Flop: ($11.50) J, 8, 6 (2 players)
MP1 checks, BJJIII bets $10, MP1 raises to $20, BJJIII raises to $40, MP1 folds.

Final Pot: $71.50

Results below:
No showdown. BJJIII wins $71.50.

I dont know why I wasnt at full stack I usually am. I think I lost a nice pot before the hand came up and I didnt reload in time.

These guys need to learn to fear me!!!!!

The second session after dinner was a little more entertaining. I really didn't have many big pots to talk about. I just took down a couple $20 and $25 dollar pots and I ended up winning close to $95 for the night.

I was currently on a 4 BI downswing, so this little win helped boost my confidence.

I currently am sitting at $1,100 on Bodog after having to withdraw some money to finance my little strip club excursion in New Orleans. I still have $1,000 in my live roll that I hope to put to use really soon.

So my total BR stands at around $2,100.

I got a big trek in front of me if I want to reach my goal by Jan08. Wish me luck!!!

Oh and by the way Bodog has gotten 400% better on cashing out. I requested and received my paper check through FEDEX in 4 business days total. I now can say that I LOVE BODOG AGAIN. It used to take close to 20 business days. Mmmmmm good.

Good Luck

Guys I am in a weird mood. I don't know what my problem is. I don't have any drive to play any poker. I haven't played online in about a week. I kinda think it has to do with me being so stressed out with everything going on in my life right now. I haven't been doing much when I get home from work besides sitting around with my wife and Harper and enjoying their company.

I recently got back from a bachelors trip for a buddy of mine that was in New Orleans. We ate at some nice places like The Red Fish Grill and The Bourbon House. We went to a couple of strip clubs, one was Ricks Cabaret and I cant recall the other one. We also went to a Saints game which they lost on a last second 52 yd field goal.

Guys I hope I start to feel better soon. I just wish that I knew what was going on in this body of mine. I feel like someone killed my dog.

Keep me in your prayers.

Billy


PS-Edmond D. stop bustin my chops!!!

Here were my September goals:

1. Play 4K hands
2. Take some shots at $200NL online
3. Play some live poker once again, since my son is born now.
4. Pray Bodog doesn't shut down.


The only goals that I accomplished was #1 and #4 I guess. I never got to 12 BIs for $200NL, so I did not get to take a shot at a higher level this month,but if I can have a couple of good days to start October I should be able to take a couple of shots at $200NL soon.


Ok so here are my results for September and my October Goals

October Goals:
1. Play 4.5K hands online
2. Take a shot at $200NL
3. Win 10+ BIs at which ever level I play regularlly.
4. Play live atleast once.
5. Stop overplaying overpairs.
6. Get online roll to $4K


My PTracker results are about $80 off. I only won $944 this month, which is my new record for online winnings in a month.

My online roll currently sits at $1,730.

Good Luck

How do my stats look? What do I need to work on?.

Played a quick one hour session tonight on Bodog and ended up winning a little over 1 BI. I love when I get lucky.

I play with the button pretty often and we have about the same stats of 18/7/3.

Bodog No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

saw flop|saw showdown

BJJIII ($225.75)
UTG+1 ($75.65)
MP1 ($174.65)
MP2 ($56.50)
MP3 ($52.00)
CO ($158.35)
Button ($92.00)
SB ($101.50)
BB ($156.50)

Preflop: BJJIII is UTG with K, K.
BJJIII raises to $5, 3 folds, MP3 calls $5, CO calls $5, Button calls $5, 2 folds.

Flop: ($21.50) 7, 9, 9 (4 players)
BJJIII bets $25, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button bets $87 (All-In), BJJIII calls $62.

Turn: ($195.50) K (2 players, 1 all-in)
.

River: ($195.50) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $195.50

Results below:
BJJIII has Ks Kh (full house, kings full of nines).
Button has 7c 7d (full house, sevens full of nines).
Outcome: BJJIII wins $195.50.

I know I probably should have folded. I was up for the night and figured I might be good here to often to fold. Am I good here ever?

If anyone needs the luckbox I have it for rent until tomorrow. It feels good to suck out once in a while.

Like I always say the way to win a big pot is to spot them the nutz and suck out.

Current roll on Bodog is $1,647. Total roll at $2,647

Good Luck

Ok, I know that it has been a while since I posted, but I have been swamped at work. I recently got promoted to a different job, so the transition has been kind of difficult, but everything will be fine in due time. I know that is not an viable excuse, but all the spare time that I have once I get home is going to either changing diapers, feeding Harper a bottle, watching football and then if I am not dead tired I will play some poker. The most I usually will play on a weekday is about an hour and even then I kind of feel bad, because in my gut I feel like my wife is having to do all the work around the house while I play poker on the internet. It is very difficult adjusting to having someone else around the house that you must take care of every second he isn’t sleeping, but I wouldn’t change that for any amount of money in the world. I love my little man with my whole heart.

I was approached by the one soul who reads my blog and he suggested that I make this blog about something so that it would push me to write more than once or twice every two weeks. I have decided to make this a bankroll building blog. I know that there are so many blogs out there that deal with bankroll building and I am sure that no one wants another one, but guess what. I DON’T CARE. This is my blog and if you don’t want to read it C-YA. I will mostly be blogging about my bankroll and my family from here on out.

I have one pretty simple goal that I will try to accomplish before the year is out. I am going to try my hardest to have a $8-10K bankroll by the time I go to Tunica for the WPT World Poker Open in January 2008. When I am in Tunica during a major tourney, I usually play low limit NL cash games ($1/$2 or $1/$3) and sometimes even dip into the second chance tourneys that are spread every night. I usually go to Tunica with about $1K in my pocket and if I have a bad run in the $1/$2 or $1/$3 game I am usually not able to take shots at the second chance tourneys, mostly because I don’t have enough money in my roll. If I can get my roll to around $8K by January 2008 I will have enough money to withstand variance and play in all the smaller tourneys/satellites that I want.

Once I get to a $5K live bankroll I will move up to $2/$5 NL at my local casino, where I have been wrecking the game since I turned 21. I currently play $1/$2 there and I have been told that the $2/$5 game is even softer. I also hope to win my way into a major live tourney in 2008, but first I got to get this thing I call a bankroll a little higher before I dream of taking down the WSOP in 2008.

My entire online roll of $1,500 is on Bodog and I am currently 3 tabling $100NL. I have about a $1K live roll that I use for live play and home games. In total I currently have $2,500 that I need to turn into $8K by January 2008. Does this sound doable? I will take a shot at $200NL on Bodog once I get to $2400. I know this isn’t bankroll protocol, but I don’t do this professionally, so 12 BIs for a certain level is ok for shot taking IMO. If I ever drop below 10BIs for a certain level I will move down a level.

Tonight I won $20 messing around playing some fixed limit games on Bodog, while playing in a satellite to the $100K, which I didn’t win. My Bodog bankroll currently is at $1,540. Total bankroll is at $2,540 I will update this every day that I play, win or lose.