Phew, good news at last

Well its been a while since my last post,and this has mainly been due to a massive downswing pissing me off at the end of sessions and me just shutting down and going to bed. It started about a week and a half ago, and now (thank god) i seem to be past it. The turning point seemed to be the arrival of my new laptop! Its awesome, bigger screen, double the RAM and just soo much better then my desktop. It also meant i could re-install PT and get my HUD back. Anyway the downswing cost me a massive 30$, that might seem small, but at 2NL that represents most peoples entires BR. Luckily im more then rolled for it so it doesnt seem to have dented my armour at all and now im on a bit of a heater im managed to recover my losses

Fuck that. Just lost a buy in AA vs QQ rivered... HSIT

Still running like shit.

Well the shit-spew continues. I managed to actually recover my BR from the downswing two days ago, and today..blah. Im playing as i usually do, with the difference im buying in for the full amount and i cant win a hand. A good example: Flop the bottom end of a straight, so i throw in a big re-raise and get one called. The turn pairs the board, villian over bets the pot, i push and ofcourse he calls. Turns over top set, so im looking pretty good, until the river bringing him four of a kind... I wasnt even irritated, i just smile now. Then the wanker has the nevre to go 'new your were full of it, cant bluff a master'. I didnt even bother replying..just closed down that game. As well as that todya ive run top two pair into riverd set, and gone straight vs better straight. If that wasnt bad enough im not getting my good hands folded around to me, or only making ~10c of them... All my c-bets are now getting re-raised , and i cant remember the last time i hit a flop.. Ive been dealt so many PPs today, havent hit a SINGLE set. A chase flused and OESDs to no effect... i hope this shit ends soon, i cant breake the 150$ barrier.

Running like shite...

Well last night and today have been shit. Been playing for like 3hrs today and im down a good $10 at the 2NL tables. It seems to me i just cant win a hand for a significant amout. Ill pick up small pots here and there, then lose a stack for something like JJ vs 35 (and then had the guy thank me for the cash, what a fucking wanker, i said 'np, just keep calling my pf raises with 35 and ill soon have that back off you' absolute twerp. Ive been up against AA three times with JJ, QQ and AK. Had my aces cracked by JJ rivering a set, which was folled by 'YESS, i love donk money'. Im starting to fucking lose it, im down to playing two tables as im tired of having to rebuy.

DOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSWWWWWWWWWIIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG

Shit

Anoter good session

Well had another good session 4-tabling 2NL, left with a good 10$+ profit. The day started badly with me losing a couple buy-ins in situations i really didnt have to throw money away. Took a good long break, and came back that evening. That session also started badly with me throwing away half a stack on a silly river-hit. However the session turner around when i was on the winning side of a AA vs KK (sorry ice). From there the whole session turned around, got dealt QQ 4 times in 10 mins of 4 different tables, took more then a few stacks through set mining, and in one case quad mining. Not too many interesting hands, pretty standard play but ill show a couple:

My quads, i think i could have got more value on the turn if id bet but on the river i didnt think he was calling much more then a min rasie.



Second hand, standard set mine taking a stack of a straight chaser

First real stab at 5NL

Well i had a session of 2NL earlier today and i was still running well, playing good and left with 6$ profit after a hour (lost a big pot in the 3rd last hand). Decided it was time to have a lookey into 5NL, so i picked a table with a large plr/flop percentage and large average pot size. Straight away i noticed the action was alot faster, and apparantly looser. Seemed a very fishy table to me, so i started off very tight, and won a couple small pots. Then the fish swam away and the whole table started playing tight, i noticed this quickly (was only playing this table so i was pretty focused), and immediatley opened my range. I soon realised i could bully/out-play most of my opponent post flop. Anyway after ~40mins i got tired of poker and left, with a nice 4$ profit for the session.

Anyway some interesting hands.

Right this first one i know i didnt play particlary well but i wasnt going to lay down a open-ended straight flush (and royal) draw to anything less then a all-in. The limp in PF was weak, i was still playing v.passive and probably a little scared as i just moved up. The pot odds obv werent in my favour on the turn (i dont think, i reckon i had about 13-14 outs to win and some more to tie) and i know i got lucky on the river but still, a nice hand.



This second hand i played a bit dodgy, and got pretty lucky. The raise PF was as i was sure i could out play post-flop (winning was getting to my head i think and i was a little big for my boots). The calls on the flop and turn looked weak and as if we was chasing (obv the flush), so i figured id represent the K and on the river i was fairly certain he wasnt calling a signifcant bet. (BTW this wasnt 6-max, just come people had just sat out)

I dont want to leave 2NL

Hit my first $100

Well my BR is up to $100 on PS after 3 weeks of 2NL. Slow profit yes, but im still learning so much about cash ring games, and poker in general, that i feel its a massive milestone for me! Once i get up to $120 ill have a nosey into 5NL and see what its like, im hopeful its not too different from 2NL, just more money involved.



















The hand which finally broke the barrier (ive been up and down id been up and down the 90's for a couple hours)