Run bad :(

So, I have effectively cut my broll in half. Bah this is frustrating. Over the past day, I kept getting 3/2-outed on the river, losing my AA vs KK alli pf, losing coin flips (my AKs + flush draw vs QQ allin on flop), getting my flush counterfeited on the river, and (NOW, as I write this) getting one-outed!!



BAH. I quit.

1-outed Mr. Clownface

This hand is just sick.



It's the first time I one-outed somebody. I think the hand went down pretty well. The flop is pretty drawy and hit most of their ranges, hence the check. Once I hit trips, I bet for value against top pair and any straight draws out there. Now the interesting part. So, the second dude bets into me after being passive on all streets which suggests that he def has a boat at this point. So, feeling that people at 10NL can't fold boats of any sorts, I shove for value. I fist pump then LOLed. I'm now up 7 buyins at 10NL (1.1K hands).

Broll Management

I've been thinking about factors that impede my progress in poker. One thing that always lingers in my head is bankroll management. I have been guilty (x 10) of playing outside of my broll too frequently, and as a result, I find myself starting over many times. I probably have never actually played at any limit with a comfortable broll (even when i was super robusto in the spring cuz that broll build up came from playing outside of my broll). I guess I am too eager to play higher than to play better. For example, just yesterday I played 25NL with only 8 buyins!! Some of the motivation for this redonkulousness might be pride, some of it might be impatience. After tanking my broll multiple times, I really should play within my broll to avoid insanity. I think my lack of broll management may have changed my psyche while I'm at the tables - I probably get frustrated way too easily. I think I will start fresh and work my way up like the norm, instead of trying to play short rolled. Bah.

Anyways, I have not been playing much poker the past two weeks. I won't even have enough pts to make iron man this month :( cuz other stuff has kept me entertained/busy. Maybe once my job is over, (next week) I can start playing again, at 10NL like my broll suggests.

Run RIDICULOUSLY Good

I've been trying to focus more on my play by not multi-tabling too much. I've been playing 3 or less tables with some movie/video running to keep me entertained. I'm trying to be more conscious of not calling and getting to showdown too much but rather raising and folding. I think it's been working so far. I have a WTSD% of 28.3 and W$SD% of 47.2 over 2.2k hands (small size, i know). Still trying to iron out some things.

Anyways, I've been playing some 25NL now that my rakeback came in. I've been running pretty good - 1 buyin over expectation. HEM is pretty cool cause I can see my equity when I go all-in. From the looks of it, my avg all-in EV is about 62.6%. That's pretty solid, i guess.

Anyway over the past two days, I am up 8 buyins at 25NL (RUN GOOD). It will be interesting to see how I play when I do not run so good, imo. If my stats, allin equity, and blah blah blah continue to be good, I might 1 table 50NL or something.

Wheels keep a-turnin

So, I've been playing at 10NL with the $12 from the $100 freeroll. So far, I've been able to turn that winning into $34 over 540 hands (run so good, imo). I feel like I've been making careful (and hopefully correct) decisions. Here are all my all-ins while playing with the $12 winnings, courtesy of Hold'em Manager.


For the most part, I've been getting my money in ahead. The AK hand was essentially a coinflip; villian had QQ. Also the KT hand was dumb..maybe tilting from this hand:



I shoved the river to get value from a weaker flush and possibly a strong T (I've recently been watching DC vids and they talk about trying to get max value with strong hands). I did not expect a set because the flop was so wet (FD and SD possibilities), and he did not raise my cbet. I guess this is a standard cooler, or maybe I am just bad. Okay, time to keep grinding.

Just when you thought it was over...

So, I was bored and randomly signed up for one of those $100 freerolls that starts every 4 hrs or so. Right now I am busto in my account (not counting rakeback), so I can't play cash games. Anyways 5.75 hrs later, I made the final table. I ended busting 2 out of 2700. For my troubles, I got a whopping $12. Good hourly rate, if I do say so myself.

Interesting hand that I was not a part of...bad beat



Anyways, the final table was pretty tight. I would mostly take the pot down with a cbet. The chip leader was a super fish and making ridic hero calls (called an allin with bottom pair on a flush draw board). Eventually I got to play HUs with him for ALL the marbles. We started off equally stacked and that continued for a while. But then he didn't folding for some reason. Eventually I lost KTo < QJs allin pf. Oh well. It was a good run. Now time to go busto again!

ROBUSTO!!

...jk. I have forgotten how to win.