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. . . and they rush back out with some money.

Naishster — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:43:56 +0000

Happy days! all is not lost.

Been playing the rush poker again, I know! I know! I said I wouldn’t but I just couldn’t help myself. Anyways, turns out all went well, tightened my hand range right up to raises which seems to have done the trick. Was calling raises a bit more often with medium pairs which landed me a few $ when the set hit. had a couple of bad hands but overall been playing quite well I think.

Here’s a selection of the bigger winning hands, some questionable?:

Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold’em – 9 players – View hand 538613

The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

Hero (MP2): $15.95

DREBOT 87 (CO): $5.87

Pang13 (BTN): $12.77

Marathon06 (SB): $8.98

SirRoseDuFoy (BB): $24.40

Vonkiwi (UTG): $3.89

AlexFBIAgent (UTG+1): $3.56

RobinQ (UTG+2): $11.22

bamzUs (MP1): $20.96

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is MP2 with 9 9

2 folds, RobinQ calls $0.10, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.10, 3 folds, SirRoseDuFoy checks

Flop: ($0.35) Q J 8 (3 players)

SirRoseDuFoy bets $0.20, RobinQ calls $0.20, Hero calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.95) J (3 players)

SirRoseDuFoy checks, RobinQ bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, SirRoseDuFoy folds

River: ($1.55) 9 (2 players)

RobinQ bets $1.55, Hero raises to $4.60, RobinQ raises to $7.65, Hero raises to $10.70, RobinQ calls $2.97 all in

Final Pot: $22.79

Hero shows 9 9 (a full house, Nines full of Jacks)

RobinQ mucks J A

Hero wins $21.28

(Rake: $1.51)

Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold’em – 9 players – View hand 538678

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PrideoftheSouth (BTN): $20.40

Tangent7 (SB): $6.16

ponana (BB): $9.06

Vany2308 (UTG): $6.91

xaviaru (UTG+1): $10.15

Hero (UTG+2): $22.44

Lennoxlee (MP1): $12.68

EllieGurl (MP2): $5.93

aduron (CO): $11.89

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG+2 with A A

2 folds, Hero calls $0.10, Lennoxlee raises to $0.40, 1 fold, aduron calls $0.40, 3 folds, Hero raises to $1, Lennoxlee calls $0.60, aduron calls $0.60

Flop: ($3.15) 6 2 J (3 players)

Hero checks, Lennoxlee checks, aduron bets $0.90, Hero raises to $2.70, Lennoxlee folds, aduron calls $1.80

Turn: ($8.55) A (2 players)

Hero bets $2.15, aduron calls $2.15

River: ($12.85) 3 (2 players)

Hero bets $6.15, aduron calls $6.04 all in

Final Pot: $24.93

Hero shows A A (three of a kind, Aces)

aduron mucks 9 J

Hero wins $23.27

(Rake: $1.66)

This next hand was a very dodgy call by me. Could have easily been beaten by a set on a push like this. Fortunately he was bluffing. No idea why I called but . . . turned out nice.

Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold’em – 9 players – View hand 538704

The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

007smoke (MP2): $3.67

Im Ur New GOD (CO): $5.61

saccafoutr (BTN): $9.91

Gmenbaby (SB): $14.11

checca (BB): $22.06

breeze351 (UTG): $10.05

The_AfterCast (UTG+1): $13.92

Hero (UTG+2): $21.84

Kairat1975 (MP1): $16.57

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG+2 with T K

1 fold, The_AfterCast raises to $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, 6 folds

Flop: ($0.75) T 2 8 (2 players)

The_AfterCast bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

Turn: ($1.75) K (2 players)

The_AfterCast checks, Hero bets $0.20, The_AfterCast calls $0.20

River: ($2.15) 3 (2 players)

The_AfterCast checks, Hero bets $2.15, The_AfterCast raises to $12.92 all in, Hero calls $10.77

Final Pot: $27.99

The_AfterCast shows A 9 (Ace King high)

Hero shows T K (two pair, Kings and Tens)

Hero wins $26.13

(Rake: $1.86)

Here’s one of the losses, a slightly dum move on my part in the next hand I think. Feedback appreciated.

Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold’em – 9 players – View hand 538691

The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

Phife Tip (BTN): $9.45

Hero (SB): $31.29

Quantum Matrix (BB): $9.50

Athos64 (UTG): $36.09

pokerplayer4065 (UTG+1): $6.01

donkeybozo (UTG+2): $8.30

larc57 (MP1): $7.85

BloodyDude (MP2): $6.75

rasilveira (CO): $3.52

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is SB with K K

6 folds, Phife Tip raises to $0.30, Hero raises to $0.90, 1 fold, Phife Tip raises to $3, Hero raises to $31.29 all in, Phife Tip calls $6.45 all in

Flop: ($19.00) 7 T 6

Turn: ($19.00) 5

River: ($19.00) Q

Final Pot: $19.00

Phife Tip shows A A (a pair of Aces)

Hero shows K K (a pair of Kings)

Phife Tip wins $17.74

(Rake: $1.26)

So, after all those fun and games where do we stand?

Profit/Loss on the day: +$42.82 (All from playing rush poker)

Current bankroll: $69.92

Profit since $30.00 initial deposit: $39.92

Target: Build 30 buy ins for the $5.00 + $0.50 games. 30 x $5.50 = $165.00.

Thoughts:

Only played for 2.08 hours which equates to $20.60 per hour. That’s more than I get paid in work . . . . Hmm
Can’t quite my job on a $69 bankroll unfortunately, just a tad risky.
Question for readers . . . Whats the relevance of big blinds per hour or per 100 hands? I know you can use one of them for some reason, read it somewhere but can’t remember now. And whats a good hourly BB figure or per 100 hands BB figure. I’m guessing its the BB per hour is the one that matters.

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Fools rush in . . .

Naishster — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:59:52 +0000

Rush poker has done my head right in, it’s just pulse thumping addiction!

I really need to keep away from this new rush poker until my cash game is in better form. Got some coaching coming up next month with a good poker player who I’ll tell you all about at a later date. God knows I need the help on that side of my game judging by recent results!

Only played in 2 SnG’s, the rest of my time has been spent playing over 3000 hands on rush poker. You’ll see how much I’m down from rush poker at the end of the post but to brighten things up here are the two SnG’s I played in. One is a single table and I get 1st, the other is a 27 person SnG and I get 4th. 2 games, 2 cashes. happy. (At least with SnG play)

Single table SnG

http://bubble-cast.com

27 person SnG

http://bubble-cast.com

Invested in SnG’s: $4.50

Overall win: $15.48

Profit/Loss on SnG’s: +$10.98

Current bankroll if I didn’t lose so much & rush poker: $86.89

Actual bankroll after losing on rush poker: 27.10 (including $2.23 Rake back)

Profit since $30.00 initial deposit: -$2.90

Target: Build 30 buy ins for the $5.00 + $0.50 games. 30 x $5.50 = $165.00.

Losses on rush poker: $62.02 (not very happy at all, sets me way back.)

Rakeback since original $30 deposit: $10.41

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Rush poker on full tilt, my first stab at it.

Naishster — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:19:56 +0000

Was about to play a SnG about an hour or so ago at Full Tilt when I got that rush poker bonus $5 pop-up. I played, did I win? . . .

$5 free bonus just for trying it so I decided to have a bash. Why not? Even if I lost $5 I get it returned with the bonus so its worth it.

Full Tilt named it well I can tell you! Rush poker is exactly what it is. There’s no messing about, its just hand after hand after hand. Relentless!

Started off really well and built my stack up to about $15 at one stage, lost the whole lot and then doubled up again plus a little bit so I ended up winning $1.48.

Full Tilt also kept their word and deposited the $5 so I ended up $6.48 better off. Certainly worth a shot for anybody who hasn’t tried it yet.

I made a quick video of it here so people could check it out. Should really have been a lot more up but I made a dumb call on an all in with only top pair(Aces) with a Queen kicker and got beat by 2 pair. I should know better, never win making calls like that.

Here’s the hand history video followed by the actual video. I don’t suggest watching the actual video as its terrible due to my laptop being so slow and the sound not matching up with the picture. Need to remedy that problem very soon. Take a look:

http://bubble-cast.com

Profit/Loss on the day: +$1.48

Current bankroll: $75.99 (including Full Tilt’s $5.00 Rush poker bonus)

Profit since $30.00 initial deposit: $45.99

Target: Build 30 buy ins for the $5.00 + $0.50 games. 30 x $5.50 = $165.00.

Anybody else had any experience with rush poker? How did you get on and what do you think of the game?

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Right now I’m very angry at poker!

Naishster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:57:33 +0000

Why am I angry? Bloody poker! God I hate online poker at times!

Just played in a SnG at full tilt poker and guess what? I’m down to the last four people and my laptop decides to crash on me. Fantastic! I think it was because movie 2K was running under another user while I was playing so the pokertracker3, camtasia studio, full tilt poker and all that other stuff running just overloaded it.

That’s the last time I let my girlfriends daughter watch Alvin and the chipmunks. Stinking, annoying rodents! I’m so angry at the chipmunks right now, especially Alvin.

Anyway, the consolation was I still got 2nd place somehow so its not all bad. Also got a nice chunk of rakeback from all the games I played last week so the bankroll is looking better again.

Full Tilt tournament: 138012885

Invested on the day: $2.25

Overall win: $5.40

Profit/Loss on the day: +$3.15

Current bankroll: $69.51 (including a tasty sum of $4.28 rakeback)

Profit since $30.00 initial deposit: $39.51

Target: Build 30 buy ins for the $5.00 + $0.50 games. 30 x $5.50 = $165.00.

Rakeback since original $30 deposit: $8.18

Thoughts: Don’t have too much stuff running on your computer when playing poker because you want to put your TV screen through when your holding top pair with an open ended straight and your in the pot with the chip leader who is over aggressive all the time and betting into you and then it crashes.

Rakeback really is showing a difference to my bankroll now as you can see. If none of you guys have it the opportunity to get your rakeback is here.

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Just played one hold em game tonight, got 2nd place. Rakeback is on the way!

Naishster — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:12:57 +0000

Spent less time playing hold em and more time on the site today

Got a second place result though so its good. All adds up and the bankroll is slowly building again, back to double the original deposit. Good that I can play just one game of holdem and get some cash in a night and not have to start chasing a loss.

Here’s the video:

http://bubble-cast.com

Invested on the day: $2.25

Overall win: $5.40

Profit/Loss on the day: +$3.15

Current bankroll: $62.08

Profit since $30.00 initial deposit: $32.08

Target: Build 30 buy ins for the $5.00 + $0.50 games. 30 x $5.50 = $165.00.

Thoughts: Don’t push all in with a queen high.

Rakeback coming tomorrow, should up my bankroll a little more.

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Two first place wins at the same time. God I love poker sometimes!

Naishster — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:21:05 +0000

played 7 SnG’s before these two and lost so didn’t really make much of a profit but what a great result when I’m filming it eh?

Take a look:

http://bubble-cast.com

Invested on the day: $15.75

Overall win: $18.00

Profit/Loss on the day: +$2.25

Current bankroll: $58.93

Profit since $30.00 initial deposit: $28.93

Target: Build 30 buy ins for the $5.00 + $0.50 games. 30 x $5.50 = $165.00.

Thoughts: Must be concentrating more towards the end of a nights play, always seems like I’m getting the wins late on. Hmm . . . .

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After last nights post . . . .

Naishster — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:28:19 +0000

I did played that last game of poker, I lost so I played another one.

Came 6th i the first 18 man SnG, should have got in the money but in a dumb move I pushed all in on the cutoff with 88 and got called by A J. (or similar) He caught and I was out. Got 1st place in a 9 person after so it’s a small creep up in my bankroll which is sorely needed at the moment. Here’s the video:

http://bubble-cast.com

Invested on the day: $4.50

Overall win: $9.00

Profit/Loss on the day: +$4.50

Current bankroll: $56.68

Profit since $30.00 initial deposit: $26.68

Target: Build 30 buy ins for the $5.00 + $0.50 games. 30 x $5.50 = $165.00.

Thought: Playing a hell of a lot tighter at the start of the games now. Hope this will do the trick and get me back on track.

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Allsorts!

Naishster — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:28:17 +0000

Since the last I wrote been playing in all sorts, 9 person, 18 person, 27 person and 180 person SnG’s. How did I get on? . . . . .The word ‘dung’ springs to mind..

Must have played in about 3 dozen games at least, been too lazy to video any and not played too great either. (Nothing new there then lately) I cheated and broke my cardinal rule of not playing over the $2.00 + $0.25 limit and played in two $5.00 + $0.50 18 man SnG’s. Yes, I am incredibly ashamed of myself but i did came third for an $18 prize in the last one, the last two guys are still battling it out as I type.

Current bankroll is at $52.18, including $0.47 rakeback. about $26.00 down on my last update. My dreams are getting shattered! lol

Ah well, back to the grind. one more 18 man then I’m off to bed, I’ll record this one and post it tomorrow if its not a load of crap.

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Not good, again! not too bad though either considering.

Naishster — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:03:14 +0000

Thank god for bankroll management or I’d be back to my old ways.

Played in 9 SnG’s tonight, only placed in two of them. Got a 1st place and a 2nd place. They eased the blow of losing in the other 7 but its still a loss.

When I used to play before this challenge to turn $30 into as much as possible I would have entered bigger buy in tournaments, I would have probably lost my bankroll by now or close to it. Sticking by the bankroll management plan plan has helped me minimize the losses though.

As you can see from the Pokertracker3 graph below things are not disastrous. Obviously not happy with recent results though. Looking at the bigger picture the graph is still moving upwards. Just hope these losses don’t continue or its back to the drawing board.

Poker Tracker 3 graph 28th Jan '10

Not bitching but this is how I went out on some of the games.

Hit a set of 2’s and got all my money in. Another guy had hit a set of 3’s. Turn and river were a 3 and 2 giving us both quads. Sick loss. (tournament 135732632)

Put in a 4 x BB raise (640 chips) when I was the short stack with Ah Kh and got called, Flop: 3s Qh 3h. got my remaining money (950 chips) all in looking to either force a fold, hit the nut flush or one of my overcards hitting (roughly a 52% chance I believe) but it didn’t happen. Flop & turn: 9c 10s. The guy called both bets with a pair of 2’s. hmmph!( Tournament 135721578)

Somebody raised, I pushed with the small stack holding Ac 10c, got called by the raiser who was holding Jc Kd. He hit a pair of jacks. (Tournament 135682893)

Short stack again, raised with Ks Jd, got called by 2 players. Flop: 4s 2h Js. I bet 280 into a 380 pot, get reraised and call. turn is: 6s. I got top pair and the 2nd nut flush draw so i push in my remaining 830 chips into the 1500 pot. He calls with Qc Jh i have him . . . until the queen hits the river. *sigh* (Tournament 135679340)

Granted, the rest were my fault. lol

Looks like I need to examine why I’m getting into the short stack position so often. Aggression in the wrong places or against the wrong people I think. Need to kerb that.

Invested on the day: $20.25

Overall loss: $5.45

Profit/Loss on the day: -$9.00

Current bankroll: $78.91

Profit since $30.00 initial deposit: $48.91

Target: Build 30 buy ins for the $5.00 + $0.50 games. 30 x $5.50 = $165.00.

Couple of days off now. Try again on the weekend when there are plenty of bad players on. Get a few wins under my belt and restore some confidence hopefully.

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Bad day, Don’t want to talk about it!

Naishster — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:07:35 +0000

Horrible day, seems like I just can’t win. Time to give up on it for tonight.

Four straight losses, played badly, no excuse. Too aggressive and playing hands too far, even when I thought I had the best I seem to run into something bigger. Probably just my p**sed off view though. Setting a limit from now on, if I hit 3 straight losses I’m quitting for the night or at least taking a good break. No point playing when your miffed about things.

Invested on the day: $11.25

Overall loss: $9.00

Profit/Loss on the day: -$9.00

Current bankroll: $84.76

Profit since $30.00 initial deposit: $54.76

Target: Build 30 buy ins for the $5.00 + $0.50 games. 30 x $5.50 = $165.00.

AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!

Ah well, there will be days like this, no doubt about that! Tomorrow is another day.

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