Balance - $182.09

Wow,

Losing streak from hell goin here. I've branched out into a bunch of different tourneys, and done ok (good but not in the money) but I'm going back to nothing but 27 man sit-and-gos until I turn this streak around.

(I've only placed in 2 tourneys in the last 10 days. Not good.)

So, I'm hurting - conservative as hell table - trying to get into 5th place and break this streak. Only 6 players left. Barteik and I are the low stacks.


PokerStars Game #2439946526: Tournament #11835644, Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2005/08/28 - 01:00:56 (ET)
Table '11835644 1' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: barteik (3430 in chips)
Seat 3: Phanourius (8360 in chips)
Seat 4: truky2 (6580 in chips)
Seat 5: IFCopper (2761 in chips)
Seat 6: goldfarb123 (13085 in chips)
Seat 8: Bear Cave (6284 in chips)

Dealt to IFCopper [Ad 4h]

The hand gets folded around to me, and I try to grab the blinds. My hand is decent for a 6 man table.

IFCopper: raises 2111 to 2711 and is all-in

goldfarb123: calls 2411

And the chip leader calls. Great.

goldfarb123: shows [7c Kh]
IFCopper: shows [Ad 4h]

Woot! Beating him from the get go.

*** FLOP *** [2d Qd 7d]

Crap. He's got a pair of 7's - at least I have the diamond flush draw.

*** TURN *** [2d Qd 7d] [Kc]

Shi-at - two pair for him. Come on flush. Ace isn't gonna win it for me.

*** RIVER *** [2d Qd 7d Kc] [Kd]

FLUSH! WOoT! Oh f**k, he made a full house.

*** SHOW DOWN ***
goldfarb123: shows [7c Kh] (a full house, Kings full of Sevens)
IFCopper: shows [Ad 4h] (a flush, Ace high)
goldfarb123 collected 6322 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6322 | Rake 0
Board [2d Qd 7d Kc Kd]
Seat 2: barteik folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Phanourius folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: truky2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: IFCopper (button) showed [Ad 4h] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 6: goldfarb123 (small blind) showed [7c Kh] and won (6322) with a full house, Kings full of Sevens
Seat 8: Bear Cave (big blind) folded before Flop

The losing streak goes on.

-W

As if this could hold up . . .

Current balance $295.50

And currently in 25th place in a 1459 - man $5.50 tourney. . . . check that, 22nd

Anyways, I look at the hands that started this blog and I honestly wasn't as good as I am now. So . . . I might, at some point in the future, go back and re-critique those hands. But, today, I'll go ahead and talk a bit about what changes I made to my game that got me on this winning streak.

17th place.

In essence, I've vastly simplified my game. Hands fall into two categories now - big bets, and limps. There's no subtlety, no choices. Just quickly classifying a hand, and playing accordingly.

Now, if you will indulge me for a second, I'll note that there is a *vast* amount of experience I've gained - about table position, stack sizes, flop textures, card values, pot odds, size of blinds, time of day, time in the tourney - that are taken into account here. And, furthermore, I'm a conservative aggressive player, so this style suits my natural playstyle.

Ouch - 10's vs A's - lost - down to 129th

So, what I've done is simple - If a hand is a power hand, and no one else has opened the betting, I bet 5 times the big blind. Unless the flop is disastrous, I bet the pot.

This pretty much represents pocket Aces, and I take down lots of hands before the flop, and on the flop with it (Since the flop will miss others most of the time) . And, since I'm betting with big hands most of the time, I get more than my fair share of monster pots with a monster hand.

In practice, the money I make with middling hands here will make up for the few times I'm cut off at the pass on one of my bets.

And then the other situation is if my cards are good enough to limp in - I do it, and if I hit a monster, I again bet the pot. Otherwise, I throw it away.

-W

My inbox at home - silly stuff

Nothing but pokerstars results - each e-mail is a tournament where I placed and won money.

-W



Results for PokerStars Tournament 1135136... Aug 16 2KB
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Current winnings - $262 - see if you can spot the bad play here.

PokerStars Game #2334090330: Tournament #10966477, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2005/08/14 - 01:14:03 (ET)
Table '10966477 78' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: TheMagican (11550 in chips)
Seat 2: Slider18 (15520 in chips)
Seat 3: wptwin2005 (10225 in chips)
Seat 4: venom7 (3820 in chips)
Seat 5: IFCopper (10895 in chips)
Seat 6: stallione1 (2200 in chips)
Seat 7: Minesbigger (9525 in chips)
Seat 8: moneypennee (9141 in chips)
Seat 9: sportsz (4825 in chips)
venom7: posts small blind 75
IFCopper: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to IFCopper [Jh Jc]
stallione1: folds
Minesbigger: calls 150
moneypennee: calls 150
sportsz: calls 150
TheMagican: folds
Slider18: calls 150
wptwin2005: folds
venom7: folds
IFCopper: raises 600 to 750
Minesbigger: calls 600
moneypennee: folds
sportsz: calls 600
Slider18: calls 600
*** FLOP *** [7s 4d 7h]
IFCopper: bets 3000
Minesbigger: raises 3000 to 6000
sportsz: folds
Slider18: raises 8770 to 14770 and is all-in
IFCopper: folds
Minesbigger: calls 2775 and is all-in
IFCopper said, "heh"
*** TURN *** [7s 4d 7h] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [7s 4d 7h 9c] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Minesbigger: shows [9s 7d] (a full house, Nines full of Sevens)
Slider18: shows [8s 7c] (a full house, Sevens full of Nines)
Minesbigger collected 23775 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 23775 Rake 0
Board [7s 4d 7h 9c 9d]
Seat 1: TheMagican folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Slider18 showed [8s 7c] and lost with a full house, Sevens full of Nines
Seat 3: wptwin2005 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: venom7 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: IFCopper (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: stallione1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Minesbigger showed [9s 7d] and won (23775) with a full house, Nines full of Sevens
Seat 8: moneypennee folded before Flop
Seat 9: sportsz folded on the Flop

New Winnings Balance $203.50

Cashout request time: 2005/08/11 15:55:26

Cashout amount: $150.00

$100.00 has been automatically credited back to your NETeller account.

A check for $50.00 will be issued to you.

I cashed out my original money (plus an extra $50 currently sitting in my NETeller account) and I am now officially playing on my winnings alone.

-Walt

$252.50

3rd in another $10 tourney.

Final hand that knocked me out:


PokerStars Game #2272904177: Tournament #10951934, Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2005/08/05 - 23:54:33 (ET)
Table '10951934 3' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 2: mac91503 (10885 in chips)
Seat 8: IFCopper (9580 in chips)
Seat 9: ARTSHOUSE (20035 in chips)
mac91503: posts the ante 25
IFCopper: posts the ante 25
ARTSHOUSE: posts the ante 25
mac91503: posts small blind 200
IFCopper: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to IFCopper [3d 7s]
ARTSHOUSE: calls 400
mac91503: calls 200
IFCopper: checks
*** FLOP *** [7h 3s Qh]
mac91503: checks
IFCopper: bets 400
ARTSHOUSE: calls 400
mac91503: folds
*** TURN *** [7h 3s Qh] [7d]
IFCopper: checks
ARTSHOUSE: checks
*** RIVER *** [7h 3s Qh 7d] [2h]
IFCopper: bets 2000
ARTSHOUSE: raises 17210 to 19210 and is all-in
IFCopper: calls 6755 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ARTSHOUSE: shows [Qd Qc] (a full house, Queens full of Sevens)
IFCopper: shows [3d 7s] (a full house, Sevens full of Threes)
ARTSHOUSE collected 19585 from pot
mac91503 said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19585 Rake 0
Board [7h 3s Qh 7d 2h]
Seat 2: mac91503 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: IFCopper (big blind) showed [3d 7s] and lost with a full house, Sevens full of Threes
Seat 9: ARTSHOUSE (button) showed [Qd Qc] and won (19585) with a full house, Queens full of Sevens

Current balance - $215.50

PokerStars Tournament #10913754, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
27 players
Total Prize Pool: $270.00
Tournament started - 2005/08/04 - 22:55:07 (ET)
Dear WCY,
You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $100.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.