behhh's poker blog

Upcoming poker project!

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:05:00 +0000

Going to be undertaking a poker project where i aim to turn $100 into $1000 using good bankroll management and the poker strategy i preach at my website. Throughout this process ill be bloggin over at that site so feel free to check it all out at www.thecaseace.com in the microstakes section. If you make a party poker account through us you also get access to videos i will be making!

WON THE PROPBET!

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:32:00 +0000

Just won the propbet. You can see all updates at www.thecaseace.com under the micro section.

PROPBET TIME!

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:12:00 +0000

I've been busy organising a propbet to be conducted across one week. Basically it will involve me attempting to win $500 at nl5 within a 7 day period. Got some bets starting to roll in against me so guaranteed epic grind sessions coming up.

You can follow all the updates at www.thecaseace.com under the 'micro' section.

GOGOGOGOGO BEHHHH!

Some mild grinding

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:53:00 +0000

Been logging a few hands the last few days. 15 tabling the old NL5 on stars. After withdrawing my profit last week i threw on $70 yesterday and commenced 10 tabling (increasing tables as my roll allowed it). It's always comforting to know that i can throw on some loose coin and win money without too much effort or variance. I just need to actually apply myself to higher stakes and see what happens for once!

Anyway roll is currently $150 online. Here are my last 30k hands at NL5 for a bit of a laugh. A bit depressing as well though :(

A little bit of gaming before the big launch

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:03:00 +0000

Hey guys decided to throw $60 onto pokerstars and just play some NL5. I've got exams coming up soon so i just wanted to do something low stress that would fill up my study break time. Making a bit of money isn't so bad either. below are the fruits of my labour for the past 2 days. (50bb/100 at this stage, whilst not running overly hot ;)

In other big news the website me and my mates are working on is nearing completion and is going to be awesome. Really pumped up for its launch. Will post updates in this blog. Good luck at the tables for the time being!

Something New!

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:05:00 +0000

Hey guys,

have been discussing making a new potential website with a friend. Watch this space because we might be launching something epic!

taking a break

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:31:00 +0000

Haven't played in the last 3 weeks. Probably won't be playing for a little while, just got too much going on in the real world and i think its time to face the facts that poker isn't a healthy form of income in the long term. Uni exams coming up in November. If the love returns i might throw some dollars online, but at the moment that doesn't seem to be too likely.

Small break but getting back into it.

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:18:00 +0000

Got started on ipoker under my stake and basically ran like death, dropping 4.5 buy ins over ~2000 hands. Decided to take a break for a week and just get my head straight. Having restarted i've won back ~ 8 buy ins so im currently +$140 excluding rakeback. The below graph pretty much shows everything.

Feel like im playing well and im only playing 4-6 tables which has greatly helped my hand reading and concentration. Hoping to play another 25k hands this month which means a dash over 1.5k hands a day. If i can do this and turn it into a 1k month before rakeback id be happy.

Decent few days

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:19:00 +0000

Withdrew a chunk of my money on friday and deposited a fresh 80. Played NL5 till $150 then hit NL10. Been playing well and the results have followed.

I guess the plan at the moment is to just keep grinding and try make enough to cover all my current expenses. I figure if can win about another $300 i should be ok so thats the plan for this week.

Small change for the moment.

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:39:00 +0000

Ipoker started acting a bit funny last week. I tried to deposit some rakeback and they claimed to not be allowing moneybooker deposits. After all the shit that has happened with Eurolinx etc i really wasn't in the mood to be stiffed $600 so i withdrew my money for the time being until things smooth over. Really don't seem to be able to trust anyone but pokerstars these days. Anyway on that note i decided to deposit $100 on stars just to keep my game fresh and try rediscover why its so easy to make money at the nano stakes vs 50nl. Obviously the standard is much higher at 50nl but i just can't seem to be able to hold my shit there lately. Anyway on my first day i managed to pull in a nice 15 buy ins lol whlst running $15 under ev.

Following that i was rolled for NL10. Naturally i start off woefully getting KK vs AA 5 times across the next 3k hands. (Winning one though). Seriously ran so bad. EV shows a small amount of this but not nearly enough of the gross coolers and people who turn ridiculous gutshots on me etc. Anyway enough whinging.

Overall im pretty happy with the volume i've logged recently. 12 tabling (with dashes of 15 tabling when the mood strikes me) really does help increase the number of hands u can play! Going to try get the roll to $300 by the end of August. It currently stands at $232.

Swings

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:41:00 +0000

Haven't played too much NL50 recently but what i have played has been swingy. Had a solid day yesterday winning $300 in about 1k hands but from the 150 hands i played thing morning i was on the receiving end of probably the worst beat ive had in a while. Flopped straight with 67 vs a donk slowplaying QQ, all in on the flop only for him to turn the set and river quads. FML!

Feel like im playing better though and am looking forward to actually logging some decent volume this week, especially this weekend. Time to make this shit count!

<3 rakeback.

Stakeaments

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:30:00 +0000

Started my stake about 5 days ago and its been a fairly swongy start. Have run quite bad overall. Having had AA 27 times im down $15 which is pretty disgusting. After rakeback im about $75 in the green so its not all bad. Hopefully this week is a bit better.

Back to cash for the moment

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:08:00 +0000

I decided to give sng's & mtt's a break for now and return to cash. Might give them a try when im rolled for higher stakes. Anyway im back to NL10 (with a dash of NL25 yesterday) and things are going ok. Trying a new more lag style which might be a bit more swongy but its getting involved in more post flop play which is good.

Got some people who may be interested in staking me for full ring NL50 so i may be going back in that direction. Anyway the goal for the short term at the moment is getting rolled for nl25.

July round up/August goals

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:01:00 +0000

Started late july and ended +$270 from sng's. The goals for August are

To be rolled for $6 sng/mtt's (need around 100 buy ins)
Win $500

Fairly modest goals i think but difficult enough to keep me on the ball. Regarding my previous week plan: Apart from the first 2 days of the "week plan" i basically haven't played at all. I went out on wednesday, friday and saturday nights and couldn't really find good times to play. 3/4's of my tourneys were played on monday and wednesday, but i managed to recover a bit from the downswing on wednesday to get back to +$55. Total games played in this 9 day period is only 178 which is pretty pathetic.

Anyhow im back at uni now so there should be less partying and more grinding. The goal is once again to play 300 games in the next 7 days. Here's the overall picture.

Day 2: FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:46:00 +0000

Yes as the dog suggests today (well its now 12:48am so i guess yesterday) was shite and involved a ton of swearing/mumbling/incoherent babble. Got one outered a bunch and the donks fking raped me overall.

Anywho here is the overall picture. Could be worse but im pretty worn after todays efforts. Did learn a few things though and ill probably attack the sng's again tomorrow.

day 1: not too shabby

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:08:00 +0000

Today went fairly well money wise but im fairly confident i ran ridiculously under ev. I could have won a heap more but consistently managed to lose pivotal hands on bubbles and when heads up. The pathetic standard of play does bode well for the long run but some of short term beats are laughable. Anyway happy enough with the results.

Overall things seem to be heading in the right direction. Will have to see how im feeling tomorrow. Probably won't get this sort of volume in.

week plan

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:45:00 +0000

It's sunday here in sunny Sydney and time for me to establish some goals for the coming week. Haven't played really any poker since last post due to various committments. Roll remains at around $200. Im not sure what constitutes high volume play for sng's & mtt's but ill aim for 300 tourneys (combination of 18, 45, 90 & a few 180 manners). Hopefully i can win > 200.

trying my hand at sng's

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:55:00 +0000

After withdrawing my funds i decided to throw a little bit it into Stars. Having read about boku87's new challenge on 2p2 ($5 to 100k in a year) i found myself inspired and intrigued by the potential profitability of sng's & mtt's. Upon playing one thing i soon noticed was the poorer standard evident in these compared to cash games.

I thus decided to deposit $40 on tuesday and commence grinding. Things have gone well since then and im now sitting on $218. Currently playing a mix between $1.75 & $3.40 18 man sng's,
as well as the occassional 45 & 90 manner. Ill step up to ~$5 sng's when i have about $400.

Graph: (missing like $30 for some reason)

Cashing out!

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:32:00 +0000

My golf club fees arrived the other day and i have decided to cash out my roll to pay them. At last count my roll was around $950. I think ill inquire on 2p2 about getting a stake. It's a shame i have to cashout because things were going fairly well. Getting this large expense out of the way is very important though.

Takin it easy

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:44:00 +0000

Right now im posting from my friend's beach house. I've been taking it very easy the past few days in the steam room, indoor heated swimming pool etc. Have managed to play a bit of pokes though, pretty much all 6 max. I played and won a bit yesterday, maybe like 2 buy ins? but gave it back today. Decide to then play some sng's: won the 1st and came runner up in the 2nd. They were $11 6 manners so that netted me about $40. Currently the roll is $881. Might try log a decent session on the cash side of things tomorrow. Not sure if it will be 6 max or full ring, however this will have to come after more lazing in the steam room and maybe some tennis.

Edit: played some more sng's today. They went fairly well. Roll is $918

Week goal!

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:14:00 +0000

The goal this week is to get the online roll to the magical figure of $1000. Currently im sitting on $832 having withdraw like $175 for expenses. The aim is to reach this figure via pure cash winnings rather than rakeback. If i can accomlish this i will be happy.

$168 = $24 a day. GOGOGOGO! Overall graph below.

Today was nice

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:28:00 +0000

Only played for about 30 mins or less today and managed to end up +2.5 buy ins. I had some major problems with my rakeback suppliers. Originally i signed up with a guy to earn 52% rb. However some other chaps had offered me 57% and said that they could transfer me under their banner. Obv i said ok. However my original rb supplier found out about this and informed ipoker, who switched me back to the original guy. Thus all the rakeback i have earnt has been transferred to the original guy who only gives 52% rb.

That has meant i've had to change all my rakeback data which has been reduced. It looks like im about even since last post but i have made some money. I have also been including an incremental new player bonus in my hem results but apparently this bonus gets subtracted from my rakeback so i've had to subtract about $50 from my blue line (rb + bonuses line)

All in all the total roll is about $975 but i need to withdraw about $170 for expenses :(

Today

Making the switch to full ring!

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:30:00 +0000

I've given it a lot of thought and im going to be playing a lot more full ring in the future. I think im naturally a fairly nitty player who dislikes lots of variance so this sort of mindset is more at home at full ring than 6max. Plus my sweet sweet candy rakeback deal will benefit from the extra tables (currently 16 tabling vs 6 tabling 6max). The hand rate obv isn't as high but i think the overall rakeback will be higher.

Overall when you include bonuses + rb im pretty close to peak. Hopefully i can maintain this upwards movement of recent times.

WAIT! HALT THE OPTIMISM!

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:47:00 +0000

I can pretty much say today was the fucking worst day of poker i've had in 2 months. Genuinely exhausted right now from what has been a ridiculously stressful rollercoaster. Thing started really well. I logged on super positive and ready to pwn the weekend donks. Within about 500 hands i was +3 buy ins and loving life. Usually i would stop here and call it a day but in my new analytical approach to poker i decided this was an extremely -ev move, given the woeful standard of players around me. So i battled on. Then the down fall began.

hand 1: http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436752 donk playing 80/20, massive station postflop and often trying to put moves on people. My turn play is obv questionable but it seemed like he usually had something like 89, a fd, or smaller pocket pairs, (44,55,66 etc). Even 99,TT etc are a big part of his range.

So i tried to brush this hand aside and be rational. "He obviously played the hand like a complete knob, but players like him are why this game is profitable etc etc". Anywho, i decided that i would try get back to +50 (as i had dropped to like +38).

And so the fun continued.......

hand 2: Decided to have a brief look at nl50. There's obv no way i can get away from this. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436767

hand 3: yes obv by this stage im tilting. This hand is bad but fml i had no idea what he could have apart from a busted fd, middle pocket pairs or a J. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436774

hand 3: OK THIS IS GOING TO GET UGLY! http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436800

hand 4: smaller one but i love when villains tarp me: http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436803

hand 5: At this point there's a new hole in my plasterboard door. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436804

hand 6: THE OLD FAVOURITE!

The epic climax. I had actually managed to win a bit of money back. Having gone from +60, to -60 (quickfire 6 buy in swings ftw) within a short amount of time i manage to grind back to being within $1 of even. I tell myself "ok nick lets just get to even and call it a day. It was a shit day but you showed good character and am pretty much even". I start closing tables and, of course, am greeted by some old friends of mine:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436662

I literally knew obv what he had when he calls my 5th bet. Time stands still for a moment and i think to myself "This is it. The reward for not tilting and playing solid. What comes around really does go around in poker". I cover my eyes with my hands for the flop. I start to peak through a crack in my fingers for the turn. Thing are looking good. Surely being 95% to win ill make it? No, not this fucking session. Naturally the river;

K

I just sit at my computer fucking drained and so far over it. I decide to continue playing, even managing a small strained laugh at what is probably the iconic bad beat. Few hands later the laughter stops:

hand 7: No words; http://www.pokerhand.org/?4436800

few other ripping good beats from major donks and all said and done im -$101

Poker can go get fucked for a while. While $100 is only 5 buy ins today felt like so much more. Overall i finished 8 buyins from peak and thats enough to warrant a decent hiatus away from poker. From 22k hands of NL20 im now -$50 which is absolute fucking vomit worthy.

today

Overall NL20

Edit: Obv a very long ranty post etc. Anyway going to set some rules out for myself.
1. no more than 7 tables
2. 3 buy in stop loss per session
3. Make a a new database on pt3. I'll continue to import in hem but maybe a having a new graph to look at instead of my current heart rate monitor/seismograph will help me maintain a fresh attitude.

That's better

noreply@blogger.com (behhh04) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:21:00 +0000

So after my retardo downswing i took a very critical look at my game and tightened some leaks. Seems to have fixed things at least for the moment.

Have run pretty much exact with ev but i feel as if im making better value bets and better folds. I think it was AE Jones that once said "you make money when you fold" and this seems to be my motto at the moment. Fish at these stakes (unless they are demented bluff monsters) don't generally bet streets with air. If they start doing this its usually time to start mashing the fold button.

<3 rakeback.