The Return of the Blog
Due to several requests, I am going to return to blogging about my poker life. Honestly, I didn't think anyone cared one way or another. But if the people want it, the people get it!
I guess it has been about 6 months since my last blog entry. Since then, I have played a ton of poker. I finished my MS degree during the spring quarter of this year and basically haven't done any school work since then. I decided that I wanted to play poker during the summer and just bum around for a while instead of being worried about school.
Since I stopped school at around the beginning of May, I have played about 200k hands of 100nl. Without going into too much detail, I'd say things are going pretty well for me as a professional player. I'm still playing tiny limits but I am sort of crushing the games to make myself a good living. I plan on moving up to higher limits eventually, but for now I am just building a bankroll and savings account. As I see it, I need to have 6 months living expenses set aside for my wife and I before I can consider myself bankrolled for any game. Hence I am still playing the lowest limits I can think of to make a decent amount of money.
Once I have the bankroll (hopefully within the next month or 2), I will be moving up to bigger games and hopefully bigger wins. That's about all I want to say for now, so I'll just leave you with a few hands from the last couple of days.
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 6 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)
SB: $53.50
BB: $150.30
Hero (UTG): $150.85
MP: $129.85
CO: $13.50
BTN: $42.10
Preflop: Hero is dealt Qc Ks (6 Players)
Hero raises to $3.50, MP calls $3.50, 4 folds
Flop: ($8.50) 7c 7s 5s (2 Players)
Hero bets $7.00, MP calls $7.00
Turn: ($22.50) 7c 7s 5s Ad (2 Players)
Hero bets $17.00, MP calls $17.00
River: ($56.50) 7c 7s 5s Ad 9c (2 Players)
Hero checks, MP bets $74.00, Hero calls $74.00
Pot Size: $204.50 ($3 Rake)
MP had 6s Ts ([6s Ts] a pair of Sevens) and LOST (-$101.50)
Hero had Qc Ks (a pair of Sevens) and WON (+$100.00)
Yes, I had a read.
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Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 5 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)
Hero (SB): $108.95
BB: $166.80
UTG: $61.00
CO: $17.15
BTN: $195.50
Preflop: Hero is dealt 6d 6c (5 Players)
UTG calls $1.00, CO calls $1.00, BTN folds, Hero calls $0.50, BB raises to $5.00, UTG calls $4.00, CO calls $4.00, Hero calls $4.00
Flop: ($20) 6h 6s 5c (4 Players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks, CO checks
Turn: ($20) 6h 6s 5c 5d (4 Players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG bets $3.00, CO calls $3.00, Hero raises to $11.00, BB calls $11.00, UTG raises to $19.00, CO folds, Hero calls $8.00, BB calls $8.00
River: ($80) 6h 6s 5c 5d Ad (3 Players)
Hero bets all-in for $84.95, BB raises all-in to $142.80, UTG calls all-in for $37.00
Uncalled bet of $0.00 returned to BB
Pot Size: $286.90 ($3 Rake)
UTG had 5s 5h (four of a kind, Fives) and LOST (-$61.00)
BB had As Ac ([As Ac] a full house, Aces full of Sixes) and LOST (-$108.95)
Hero had 6d 6c (four of a kind, Sixes) and WON (+$174.95)
Quads vs. Quads vs. Aces full... so sick.
I guess it has been about 6 months since my last blog entry. Since then, I have played a ton of poker. I finished my MS degree during the spring quarter of this year and basically haven't done any school work since then. I decided that I wanted to play poker during the summer and just bum around for a while instead of being worried about school.
Since I stopped school at around the beginning of May, I have played about 200k hands of 100nl. Without going into too much detail, I'd say things are going pretty well for me as a professional player. I'm still playing tiny limits but I am sort of crushing the games to make myself a good living. I plan on moving up to higher limits eventually, but for now I am just building a bankroll and savings account. As I see it, I need to have 6 months living expenses set aside for my wife and I before I can consider myself bankrolled for any game. Hence I am still playing the lowest limits I can think of to make a decent amount of money.
Once I have the bankroll (hopefully within the next month or 2), I will be moving up to bigger games and hopefully bigger wins. That's about all I want to say for now, so I'll just leave you with a few hands from the last couple of days.
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 6 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)
SB: $53.50
BB: $150.30
Hero (UTG): $150.85
MP: $129.85
CO: $13.50
BTN: $42.10
Preflop: Hero is dealt Qc Ks (6 Players)
Hero raises to $3.50, MP calls $3.50, 4 folds
Flop: ($8.50) 7c 7s 5s (2 Players)
Hero bets $7.00, MP calls $7.00
Turn: ($22.50) 7c 7s 5s Ad (2 Players)
Hero bets $17.00, MP calls $17.00
River: ($56.50) 7c 7s 5s Ad 9c (2 Players)
Hero checks, MP bets $74.00, Hero calls $74.00
Pot Size: $204.50 ($3 Rake)
MP had 6s Ts ([6s Ts] a pair of Sevens) and LOST (-$101.50)
Hero had Qc Ks (a pair of Sevens) and WON (+$100.00)
Yes, I had a read.
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Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 5 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)
Hero (SB): $108.95
BB: $166.80
UTG: $61.00
CO: $17.15
BTN: $195.50
Preflop: Hero is dealt 6d 6c (5 Players)
UTG calls $1.00, CO calls $1.00, BTN folds, Hero calls $0.50, BB raises to $5.00, UTG calls $4.00, CO calls $4.00, Hero calls $4.00
Flop: ($20) 6h 6s 5c (4 Players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks, CO checks
Turn: ($20) 6h 6s 5c 5d (4 Players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG bets $3.00, CO calls $3.00, Hero raises to $11.00, BB calls $11.00, UTG raises to $19.00, CO folds, Hero calls $8.00, BB calls $8.00
River: ($80) 6h 6s 5c 5d Ad (3 Players)
Hero bets all-in for $84.95, BB raises all-in to $142.80, UTG calls all-in for $37.00
Uncalled bet of $0.00 returned to BB
Pot Size: $286.90 ($3 Rake)
UTG had 5s 5h (four of a kind, Fives) and LOST (-$61.00)
BB had As Ac ([As Ac] a full house, Aces full of Sixes) and LOST (-$108.95)
Hero had 6d 6c (four of a kind, Sixes) and WON (+$174.95)
Quads vs. Quads vs. Aces full... so sick.
posted by the_real_zano at 8:14 PM
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