Friday night I started played at around 9pm. I quit 2193.45 full tilt points later, down -$1,548.85 and running about $900 below expectation in all in pots. I manged to get enough points to play the Full Tilt WSOP ME freeroll but I busted in that relatively early.
Playing the Sunday Million at the moment, and it's going pretty well. Hopefully I can make a big score in that, this month has been going pretty bad. Down 7.5k at the moment.
Notable hands from this past session.
Biggest pot of the session I won.
I felt his two barreling range was pretty wide, but didn't include a lot of big aces.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4274489
Tricky spot, John thinks bet/folding river is better.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4268797
This one is pretty gross too, raising turn is probably better. I was a bit concerned he might have 76 or a set, but even if he does, I'm probably stacking off on blank rivers.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4268795
This is a really sick spot. I think I have to bet/call it off. I don't really see a better way to play.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4274866
I lost two big pots with QQ < AA, and QQ < A9 where he rivered an A. Also lost $600 BVB with AK vs KK. Pretty standard imo.
Mostly just run bad, but I was definitely tired and didn't play my best.
The World Series of Poker starts tomorrow. Can't wait, I'm going to be playing Event #4, the $1,000 buyin. They are expecting over 5,000 players, so the prize pool should be over 5 mill. First will be around $900k. Saving all of my run good for this donkament? I hope so.
See you across the felt.
Bryce
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
My Pet Project
So, ever since I graduated, I've been trying to get a Pot Limit Omaha game going at the Hustler. Most people are familiar with No limit hold'em, PLO differs in that the most you can bet is whatever is in the pot at the given time and you are dealt four cards instead of two. It is a very very different game that seems similar enough to Hold'em that many people who play Hold'em will give it a spin.
On Monday, I finally got them to run a small stakes PLO game. It had 2-2 blinds with a 100-400 buyin. The game went really smoothly because the blinds are the game. It makes a pot sized raise preflop $8, and generally only needs a $2 chip to make it work. However, the guys who run the casino didn't like that for some reason and gave me a hard time for it. Whatever, right? Well they changed it to a 2-3 blind 100-500 buyin. This is bad for two reasons. First it allows someone to shortstack the game by buying in for around 30 big blinds, and then also makes calculating the pot way harder. Now a pot sized raise is $11 which means you need two $5 chips and a $1 chip. That's way worse. But I get no respect, so whatever, they don't listen to me. Can't do much else.
At the end of April, I won a WSOP ME seat on Pokerstars. I entered a $650 Sunday satellite and won one of the 57 seats. I don't know if I'll play yet, because if I choose not to play, I'll have $12,000 in cash. That's a lot of money and it might be better if I just don't play. If I can win another $10k before it starts, I might take my shot and try to play. I'd really, really like to play the WSOP ME, so I'm a bit torn.
The brown chip game at the Hustler ran last night (5/10 NLHE), and we made it a mix with 5-5 PLO. I won around $1500, which is a solid win. I won most of it on a big semi bluff that got there on the river.
See you across the felt.
Bryce
On Monday, I finally got them to run a small stakes PLO game. It had 2-2 blinds with a 100-400 buyin. The game went really smoothly because the blinds are the game. It makes a pot sized raise preflop $8, and generally only needs a $2 chip to make it work. However, the guys who run the casino didn't like that for some reason and gave me a hard time for it. Whatever, right? Well they changed it to a 2-3 blind 100-500 buyin. This is bad for two reasons. First it allows someone to shortstack the game by buying in for around 30 big blinds, and then also makes calculating the pot way harder. Now a pot sized raise is $11 which means you need two $5 chips and a $1 chip. That's way worse. But I get no respect, so whatever, they don't listen to me. Can't do much else.
At the end of April, I won a WSOP ME seat on Pokerstars. I entered a $650 Sunday satellite and won one of the 57 seats. I don't know if I'll play yet, because if I choose not to play, I'll have $12,000 in cash. That's a lot of money and it might be better if I just don't play. If I can win another $10k before it starts, I might take my shot and try to play. I'd really, really like to play the WSOP ME, so I'm a bit torn.
The brown chip game at the Hustler ran last night (5/10 NLHE), and we made it a mix with 5-5 PLO. I won around $1500, which is a solid win. I won most of it on a big semi bluff that got there on the river.
See you across the felt.
Bryce
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Double Monthly Updates - March and April
Monthly Updates. I've been swamped with school, but I'm done now, so I can start posting again.
Online Cash Games:
March: +$2,630.35
April: -$1,692.75
YTD: $344.71
Online Tournaments:
March: -$1,790.19
April: +$10,375.19
YTD: +$11,390.79
Live Cash Games:
March: -$6,015
April: -$1,700
YTD: +$1,390
Live Tournament Poker:
March: -$510
April: +$625
YTD: -$220
Net for poker:
March: -$6,900.48
April: +$7,607.44
YTD: +$11,689.86
Stakes
March: -$911.71
April: -$44
YTD: -$1,744.56
Total Net for
March: -$7,812.19
April: +$7,563.44
YTD 2009: +$9,945.30
Online Cash Games:
March: +$2,630.35
April: -$1,692.75
YTD: $344.71
Online Tournaments:
March: -$1,790.19
April: +$10,375.19
YTD: +$11,390.79
Live Cash Games:
March: -$6,015
April: -$1,700
YTD: +$1,390
Live Tournament Poker:
March: -$510
April: +$625
YTD: -$220
Net for poker:
March: -$6,900.48
April: +$7,607.44
YTD: +$11,689.86
Stakes
March: -$911.71
April: -$44
YTD: -$1,744.56
Total Net for
March: -$7,812.19
April: +$7,563.44
YTD 2009: +$9,945.30
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