The first clue was that he was Supernova VIP on Pokerstars. I think it must be impossible to be a Supernova VIP and play no higher than 25NL. With the new labelling system on Pokerstars you can configure the client to show your VIP status. You occasionally see a Platinum Star player, but until now [...]
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Just got pwned by a high stakes player at 25NL!
Posted in cash games, online poker, poker hands, tagged poker on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes it just doesn’t seem fair!!
Posted in bad beats, cash games, online poker, tagged poker on October 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Warning: double bad beat story. But I need some sympathy!!
Lost 8 buyins in 3 days.
Lost 5 buyins on Saturday…combination of coolers and tilt. Broke my rules…very undisciplined. Was in a bad mood, tired and should not have even played. Went passed my 2 buyin stop loss (which I established for this reason)…very bad.
Session yesterday unbelievable.
Was [...]
Antonius v Benyamine v Ivey
Posted in cash games, online poker, tagged poker on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the amazing things about online poker is that you can watch the best in the world go at it for huge sums of money. Occasionally I check out the high stakes cash games on Fulltilt and just watch these guys play (and dream!). I just had a look tonight, and sure enough, none [...]
My tilt-resistance has been tested ……
Posted in cash games, online poker, tagged poker on October 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
And I failed miserably!!!!!
I believe that my game has gone to a new level this month….it is just that I am not seeing the results yet. More on this in another post.
I had worked my way up to a 4 buyin profit this month after a lot of ups and downs. However I just got [...]
September was a struggle!
Posted in cash games, online poker, tagged poker on October 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After a good August, I came back down to earth during September. Nevertheless, I feel good about my progress and am looking to pushing forward for the rest of the year.
Here are my results summarised:
Here are some comments in point form:
1. Played 20,260 hands. After being down 7 buyins at one stage, I ended up [...]
End of August Review
Posted in cash games, online poker, variance, tagged poker on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have now been playing poker online for 2 years. I bought in for $50 vowing to never put any more money in. Well I did break this, not because I went broke, but because I thought I would take advantage of the Pokerstars offer in July where you get a 40% bonus up to [...]
Cruising along in August
Posted in cash games, online poker, tagged poker on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick update. August has been good to me so far. After 12,000 hands I am up almost 9 buy-ins.
My bankroll is currently $767, however I am only about 1,500 hands away from a $100 bonus, then another 1,000 hands away from becoming a Silver Star VIP. That will allow me to cash in [...]
End of July Reflection
Posted in cash games, online poker, tagged poker on August 3, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I can summarise July with the following 2 facts:
1. I lost $111.25 over 14,608 hands.
2. I moved up to 25NL lol!
Most of the loss was actually in 25NL. After a good start I had one single session where I lost $115 (ie all of my months losses) due to a combination of bad play and [...]
When you think YOU just had a bad beat……
Posted in cash games, online poker, tagged poker on July 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I stumbled upon this the other day and it made me feel a bit (a little bit) better about some of my recent beats. It is a hand by the young (21yo), successful internet guy Andrew Robl (known as GOOD2CU). He was on Poker After Dark recently (same episode as Tom Dwan, Doyle Brunson, Johnny [...]
Good players know when to lay down Pocket Aces
Posted in cash games, poker hands, tagged poker on July 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
“Good players know when to lay down Pocket Aces” + this hand = I am not a good player.
I think that this hand, more than any other, has depressed me and made me wonder whether I can be a winning player at higher stakes.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $0.25 BB (6 handed)
SB ($26.80)
BB ($39.45)
UTG ($14.50)
Hero ($41.45)
CO ($28.60)
Button [...]
