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PokerStars Game #27911216280: Tournament #161655379, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2009/05/07 7:06:55 CET [2009/05/07 1:06:55 ET]

Table '161655379 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button

Seat 1: matthias2009 (1440 in chips) 

Seat 2: mellkell (1465 in chips) 

Seat 3: 90alate19 (1420 in chips) 

Seat 4: iaym2plez (4550 in chips) 

Seat 6: jakesteez (1610 in chips) is sitting out

Seat 7: Billbust (1590 in chips) 

Seat 8: Sadameva (1425 in chips) 

matthias2009: posts small blind 15

mellkell: posts big blind 30

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to matthias2009 [Ad Td]

90alate19: raises 90 to 120

iaym2plez: folds 

jakesteez: folds 

Billbust: folds 

Sadameva: folds 

matthias2009: calls 105

mellkell: folds 

*** FLOP *** [Tc Ah 4h]

matthias2009: checks 

90alate19: bets 210

matthias2009: raises 390 to 600

90alate19: raises 390 to 990

matthias2009: raises 330 to 1320 and is all-in

90alate19: calls 310 and is all-in

Uncalled bet (20) returned to matthias2009

*** TURN *** [Tc Ah 4h] [Ks]

*** RIVER *** [Tc Ah 4h Ks] [Qc]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

matthias2009: shows [Ad Td] (two pair, Aces and Tens)

90alate19: shows [Ac Kd] (two pair, Aces and Kings)

Succes

Played and won a series of Heads-Up sit'n'go's today and managed to unlock my $50 bonus!

My bankroll is now at $ 159!

You know you're running good...

..when you make quads the first hand you play. yesterdayevening i won 2 of the 3 sit n go's i played, finished second in the other one. I even made a straight flush! Too bad i have no hand histories because i was played at moens' his house on his PC.

Recent succes means my bankroll is growing again, with now $ 114.86 to play with!

Hi everyone, im sorry for the lack of updates this week but i haven't been able to play much.

after losing at the cash tables i decided to go back to my first love, sit-n-go tournaments!

I've been playing 5 $1 18man sit-n-go's and won 4 of them, hooray. I think i will focus my game more to these SNG's and watch some videos and read some articles in order to stay succesfull at these fun tournaments.

727

Played 727 hands today, spreaded in two 1hour sessions. Overall i have $1 profit, lol. Could have been way more if this particular hand didn't end up in my face.

I have 8-T, my favorite hand on the cut-off (1 before button). Player A minraises to $0.10, i call aswell as the blinds. The flop comes 9 J Qrainbow, thats right, i just flopped a straight. Offcourse KT beats me here so i don't have the stonecold nuts. Both the small and the bigblind check it over to the original raiser who bets $.10 in the $.40 pot. I call and hope the blinds add some more cash to the pot (in my mind, my pot). Suprisingly the smallblind makes it .60. causing the big blind to fold and the original PFR to push allin for $.40. Now im confused, the smallblind checkraised so he might have a set, or the same hand as i have, 8T. I decide its time for action and reraise him to $2. He, having me covered completely, pushes allin for $10 and there is no way i am letting this go. i call and and way ahead of his 9J for two pair. Actually im ahead 75%, even 80% when a King comes on the river. But before i can even cheer the Jack of spades pairs the board and gives him a full house. I was digusted, stood up and was about to trow some pencils through the room but i was able to control myself. Still a very very nast bad beat.

That gives a total bankroll of $106 after 3330 hands, hoping i can get back in + before i play my 5Kth hand.

until then, good luck!

Im on a losing streak

So today my plan was to grind my losses back up to $150, playing tight and solid poker, guess it wasn't meant to be, because i lost a few buy-ins and now im stuck at $105. A few examples of how lucky i was:

1.I have AK on the button and utg makes it $ 0.20, i decide to spice it up to .55. The smallblind calls as well as the original raiser. The pot is $1.70 and the flop comes AQK rainbow, giving me top two pair. obviously this is still a scary board, since the smallblind or the player utg could have queens. The original raiser makes bets $ .40 and i raise it up to $1. Small blind folds quickly and UTG goes all-in for $9 or more, having me covered. I decide my two pair should do it and call, only to see he has J-10 and flopped a straight. No King or Ace on the turn or river so i lose my first buyin. 

Still i managed to keep playing tight and not let the loss affect me, or so i thought.

2. I failed to fold my Queens when the flop brought an ace, but that was because he checked it to me and called me 3bet preflop with A7...thats right, ace-seven.

3. Running my Queens into Kings.

4. Im on the button with ATo and utg makes it .20. The cutoff calls, i call and the smallblind decides to join the party aswell. All 4 of us see a flop of A7Q (yes, again A7 :o). It gets checked to me and i bet .75 into the .85 pot. Folds all around until the cutoff goes all-in for 1.90. I call quickly, supposing my top pair is enough, which is correct since he has J-10 offsuit. He needs a King to make a straight and beat me, which means i am more than a 90$% favorite after the turn (a 4). But 90% doesn't seem enough when the river brings a K and doubling him up.

Sessions like these can be quite frustrating, i tell you that, so i decided to quit, probably trying again tomorrow, hoping lady luck will be a little more kind to me than today.

Hoping to bring some better news tomorrow,

hands played: 2603

bankroll $-14.64 = $105

Back to square one

Damn, last two days have been terrible for my roll. I 4 tabled on my girlfriend's laptop, without Holdem Manager, playing too loose and too aggresive and now im back at $ 134. I hope i can play some more when i am home and grind it out untill im back to atleast $ 150.

Patience is key.

Babysteps...

Not much time for a report here, the last couple of days i managed to play several shorter (max 1 hour) session and been winning most of them.

I've now got 1577 hands to my name and won $ 19.98 bringing my bankroll to a new $ 161. Yes!

First session

Hi, I just finished playing for 2 hours, played 4 6MAX 5NL tables and am down $2.80, which isn't too great. I had a great start when i doubled up with my AA vs AK, all the money went in preflop and the best hand won. I think i was able to double up 2 or 3 times over the whole session, but lost most of it on some bluffs i shouldn't have made.

 I played 684 hands which is good, most of the time i get tired after 200 or so. Maybe next time i should sit out and take a 5 minute break to clear my head in order to stay focussed.

I won a big hand with JK of spades, where i opened UTG for 3xBB, something i wouldn't do early in a session, where i would probably fold this hand UTG. Player behind me calls and the rest of the table folds. He has me completely covered with $ 7 stack.

The flop comes 9TQ with 2 spades, which is obviously a great flop. I decide not to put in a continuation bet (cbet% at this table at this point is 80) and check it to the player behind me who bets $0.20 in the 0.37 pot. I think a call here is best option, a raise might scare of a weak Q or a potential bluff. I make the call and the pot grows to $0.77. 

The turn is a 5, so now the board has 2clubs and 2 spades. 5 is a good card for me and decide to check it again. Villian now places a $0.60 bet in the 0.77 pot. Im sure he has a Q, maybe even Q9 for 2pair or QJ for an openended straight. I decide this is where i should get the most value and make it $1.65. He calls me and the river brings another 10 and the third club. I don't think he has two clubs (runner runner) or has QT and has me beat with a full house. At this point the pot is $4.07 and i go all in for my remaining $3 which is a great valuebet. He calls and shows Q8 for 2 pair, I win the pot for $10.07.

The biggest pot i lost was a bluff, losing $2.50 and another one where a player decided to slowplay his aces but thas was only $.70.

Even though i haven't won i feel good about this session, and somewhat of a good start for the blog.

Hope you enjoyed reading, see you next time.

BR: $ 141.54

Hands Played: 684

Welcome

So here it is, my first poker blog!

I will be using this blog to keep track of my results and evolution as an online microstakes player, posting sessions, strategy and many other usefull information.

I will be playing as matthias2009 on Pokerstars, which recently became my favorite site to play on. It's has plenty of low stakes tables, great software and themes and challenging tournaments. I also decided to purchase Holdem Manager, which is an awesome tool to keep track of your progress, as well as exploiting and recognizing your opponents leaks. 

With HM(holdem manager) purchased i still have $ 140 at my disposal, which will be my bankroll to start with. Although i enjoyed playing the 6max 10NL (which means $10 buyin for 100BB), i will have to step down a little in order to minimize my risk of busting all my money in a bad session. Decent bankroll management is crucial in order to move up the limits.

Rules:

I will only play at a level where i have 20 or more buyins, aka 20000BB. For starters this will be the 0.02/0.05 tables. I will move down when i have less than 15 buyins and will move up when i have 20 buyins for the next level, in my case $200 for 10NL.

If at any time during a No-Limit or Pot-Limit cash-game session the money on the table represents more than 10 percent of my total bankroll, I must leave the game when the blinds reach me.

If you want more information about bankroll management, i suggest you take a look at the website below.

So, thats it for now, I won't be playing any poker tonight because i have to work in 30 minutes, but i'll try to play and report a decent session tomorrow.

Please excuse me for any typos.

Links in this article:

http://www.pokerstars.net/

http://www.holdemmanager.net/

http://www.flopturnriver.com/Bankroll-Management-101.html