How Can You Run Like God and Only Win Half a Buyin?

Like this.

Basically I played like crap for a bunch of hands and pretty much was spewing all over the place. Just as I was about to give up for the night, I went on an insane run and made up for all my losses and more. Im feeling pretty lucky tonight.

Good luck at the tables!

Bankroll milestone

Ive been playing alot of 50NL and its going really well. I think Ive been running way above expectation, but also making some good reads and overall playing pretty well. After being at only around 400 a little over a month ago I have finally reached the 2K mark bankroll wise. Im beginning to get more and more confident that I will be able to build my roll back up to its previous status but only time will tell. My plan is to keep playing 50NL until I get to 3K or maybe 3.5K, we'll see how confident I feel about my game.

In other news, Ive finalized the details of my spring break vacation for this year. Im headed down to Florida to visit my good friend boater2071 along with ferocious kitty. It should be an incredible trip and Im really excited, plus we should be able to fit in some live poker at Hard Rock so Im super excited about that.

Good luck at the tables!

Poker's going well for me (Some blog notes)

So Ive been thinking about this whole blog thing and I think one of the reasons I have been so adverse to posting is because I have come to expect from myself a huge blog post, which is not required. Its my blog, if I wanna make small posts, I can. So, in an effort to start blogging more, I think Im gonna be cutting down the size of my posts.

Since last posting, thngs have been going pretty well. I have gotten some nice scores in the 12 dollar 90 mans (2nd and 3rd, each for over 100 dollars). These tourneys are pretty soft but they have such fast structures that with 20 people left, they are just pushfests and require getting extremely lucky. I may continue to play them, but I dunno if I can run that well for so long.

Lastly, I finally took a shot at 50NL rush poker and it went great. I won 4 buy ins in 800 hands. I dont know what it is about rush but it makes people play so crazily, Ill take it though.

Good luck at the tables!

There, that one wasnt so long

Ridiculously long time no post

Here's a very short recap of the last 2 months since I last posted

-Over winter break I played a bunch of tournaments with my friends Ferocious Kitty and boater2071, overall they didnt really amount to a whole lot.

-Towards the end of break I happened to run like god in a super turbo and come in 4th of 1400 for 600 bucks bringing my roll up to about 1k.

-I goofed around at 25NL and lost about 4 buys ins, down to about 900

-I ran goot once again and cashed a super turbo for 140

-Rush poker was introduced and I won a whole bunch at 6max 25nl bringing my roll up to 1300

-I then proceeded to suck at rush poker and lost back down to 1000

-A nice score in a 8 dollar tournamnt nabbed me 181 bucks for 3rd of 180 and brought be up to 1200

-I recieved massive amounts of rake back, by my standards (77 bucks), and now sit a little less than 1270.

In the past few months I havent been playing as much poker as I normally have, which is due to a number of factors. First, my class schedule isnt as conducive to long grinding periods as my schedule of last semester. Last semester there would be huge blocks of time where I could get in a good 3-4 hours of cash in and call it a day, this semester its pretty rare. This is mainly because my schedule matches up pretty well with my gf's so most of my off time is spent with her, whereas last semester we had totally conflicting schedules which limited hang out time with the gf but made time for poker.

Secondly, I have the LSATs coming up on Saturday and I have been studying for them (especially recently) by doing a bunch of practice tests. Generally when it comes to tests I procrastinate alot, but when it is a test that is going to determine the rest of my life, I take it seriously.

Lastly, and probably most importantly, I am finding it hard to put my A-game into a poker session. I dont know what it is but it causes me to make stupid plays and generally ignore the instincts and knowledge that I have built up over the years. When I dont bring my A-game (or even B game), I tend to lose. And when I lose, I dont wanna play as much. And when I dont play as much I come into sessions rusty etc Its a vicious cycle that I am hoping I can get out of.

I hope to be blogging more often after the LSATs, though I said the same thing two months ago so we'll see.

Good Luck at the tables!!

I have officially made it as a blogger

I have registered to play in the WBCOOP PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! You too can Play Poker Online at PokerStars.com and take part in the WBCOOP which is open to all Bloggers by registering on WBCOOP to play.

Registration code: 490930

Ferocious Kitty's a stud!!

While Ferocious Kitty has conceded in our prop bet (free onion strings FTW), he has made up for it and then some by taking down a Stud Hi tourney for a nice little chunk of cash. Who knew Kitty could mix it up so well at stud? Not me, but this isnt the first time he has surprised me with his poker skillz.

So do me a favor and go show him some love on his blog, the man deserves it.

PS My other good friend OES is starting back up his blog as well, he is also a major beast and I'm sure would greatly appreciate some love on his blog as well. Hit it up! Linky

Update

As the my first semester of junior year comes to a close, work has been piling up which equals no poker. Since my success in the CAP games at the end of november, Ive only played a couple more sessions but they were almost entirely breakeven. In 4 days Im heading back home to MA which I pretty excited about. Finally gonna see Ferocious Kitty for the first time in like 4 months, so there will be alot of catching up to do, looking forward to that. Also with more free time, there will be more time for poker, so hopefully Ill have more to blog about soon. Just gotta get through 2 finals and a 10 page paper and ill be done

Good luck everyone and happy holidays!