Bubble Boy - Tilt - Lost 1/4th Roll

Well my first two tournies I play for an hour each only to bubble out 1 spot before the money ....

#4978057
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 5th - $0 (Net Loss - $5.50)

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#4979521
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
9 players
Finished 4th - $0 (Net Loss -$11.00)

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I should have been out of this early. Only saw 3 flops out of first 61 hands. Was in 14th of 14th position and came back to place 2nd.

#4980775
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 2nd 0 $27.00 (Net Profit +$21.50)

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#4985370
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 13th - $0 (Net Loss -$5.50)

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BUBBLED OUT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
#4986153
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
9 players
Finished - 4th (Net Loss - $11.00) - One Away From $18, both had Queens, I had Jack Kicker he had King kicker, argh frustrating 3 bubbles in one day.

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#4786713, No Limit Hold'em
Super Satellite MTT
Buy-In: $3.00
2195 players
Finished 1040 - $0 (Net Loss -$3.00)

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#4989281
No Limit Hold'em Turbo
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 8th - $0 (Net Loss - $6.50)

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Was a frustrating day bubbling so much so I made the ultimate poker mistake, but am determined to write it in this log, learn from it, and not do it again. Losing so many tournies on the bubble I started to play some 0.10/0.25 nl ring in an attempt to make back some money. Well once it became about money my play was screwed up and I played hands I shouldnt have. (Net Loss -$28.80)

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Days Summary
Starting Bankroll - $209.41
Ending Bankroll - $158.61
Days Net Change - -$50.80
Net BR since starting this blog - +$62.58

Saturday January 29th 2005 - My Anniversary

Todays mine and the wifeys anniversary so not much poker today. Going to do the dinner and a movie thing, probably go see the new movie "Hide and Seek"

Just played 1 sng and won so prolly a good sign to quit for the day

#4954990
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
9 players
Finished 1st - $45.00 (Net Profit +$34.00)

Played 4 tables of $0.10/$0.25 Ring for about 20 mins and lost $8.55

Days Summary
Starting Bankroll - $183.96
Ending Bankroll - $209.41
Days Net Change - +$25.45
Net BR since starting this blog - +$113.38

Friday January 28th 2005

I'm about halfway through Harringtons book, its awesome, picked up a lot of good stuff so far.

#4934436
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 2nd - $27.00 (Net Profit +$21.50)

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I should have won this, down to heads up and guy calls my all in with a 8 out open ended straight draw and hits on the river. Oh well, thats poker!

#4937019
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 2nd - $27.00 (Net Profit +$21.50)

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Days Summary
Starting Bankroll - $140.16
Ending Bankroll - $183.96
Days Net Change - *$43.00 + $0.80 yesterday
Net BR since starting this blog - +$87.93

Ringling Brothers Circus/Missed Tilt

I didnt get to really play any poker last night cause I took my wife and children to the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, what a fantastic time! Everything you can want from a dude sticking his head into a lions mouth, high wire act, trapeze, 4 motorcycles in a circle cage, an american idol loser singing as a ring master, it was great.

My kids are at that perfect age (5 and 11) where their eyes just light up in amazement at the circus and thats an awesome feeling as a parent. I'm still not too sure about paying $12 for a plastic sword that glows in the dark, but hey cant win em all.

I taped Tilt since I missed it while at the Circus and plan on watching it tonight. I taped The Apprentice last night too, but already watched it.

I did play $0.05/$0.10 NL Ring for about 20 minutes before bed time. First hand I hit a fullhouse and went up $6, but went back down and finished the 20 minute session up $0.80 (Net Profit +$0.80)

MTT Success / Ring Failure

Didnt get to post yesterday so I'll give a quick summary of yesterdays games ...

#4896911
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50 Turbo
18 players
Finished 10th - $0 (Net Loss - $6.50)

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#4895076, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 8th - $0 (Net Loss - $5.50)

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#4786557, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50 Mtt
1225 players
Total Prize Pool: $6125.00
Finished 167th
Money Started at 135 - (Net Loss - $5.50)

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PokerStars Tournament #4786566, No Limit Hold'em
Super Satellite
Buy-In: $3.00
1924 players
Total Prize Pool: $5772.00
Finished 19th - $25.98 (Net Profit +$22.98)
I was 1 away from the final two tables which would have doubled the payout. First place was $1269.85. Hate playing for 4 hrs 30 mins for $26, but sometimes thats the way it goes. I look at it this way, I beat 1905 other people.

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I also played some $0.10/$0.25 NL Ring and didnt fare to well (Net Loss - $33.70)

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Days Summary
Starting Bankroll - $168.38
Ending Bankroll - $140.16
Days Net Change - -$28.22
Net BR since starting this blog - +$44.13

Tuesday January 25th 2005

Well today was a BAD day for tournies, but a few hours of Ring made it an ok day.

The day started off horrible with the Negreanu Open. I went out 65th of 69th. Had 88 in mid position and flopped my set. The only problem was a heart board that wrto flushed up on the turn and I was all in. (Net Loss -$11.00)

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#4868922
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50 Turbo
18 players
Finished 14th - $0 (Net Loss -$6.50)

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#4869279
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished - 14th - $0 (Net Loss -$5.50)

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I played about 2 hours of $0.10/$0.25 NL and ended up winning a little bit. (Net Profit +$61.55)

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Days Summary
Starting Bankroll - $129.83
Ending Bankroll - $168.38
Days Net Change - +$38.55
Net BR since starting this blog - +$72.35

Monday January 24th 2005

12:00 NOON - Just went out and bought "Harrington on Hold'em: Expert Strategy Fro No-Limit Tournaments" by Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie. I understand its an excellent book for those that play NL Tournaments which is primarily what I play so looking forward to it

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5:30 PM CST - Read first chapter of Dan Harringtons book and so far its awesome!
Just finished a tournament where I had no cards.
4844383
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 13th - $0 (Net Loss - $5.50)

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I am registered for a $3 mtt tourny that starts in 30 mins so we will see what happens

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8:00 PM CST - Finished 334th of 1851. Money started at 225. Made a stand with 55 verus AQ. Both the A and the Q flopped. no 5 to save me. (Net Loss - $3.00)

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9:30 PM CST - Well made my $3 back from the MTT I guess ..

#4847996
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
9 players
Finished 3rd - $9.00 (Net Profit +$3.50)

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Just 4 tabled 0.05/0.10 nl for a little bit $10 x 4 buyin. Played for about 15 mins and ended up cashing out $0.80 loss. (Net Loss - $0.80)

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#4850972
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 11th - $0 (Net Loss - $6.50)

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Days Summary
Starting Bankroll - $142.13
Ending Bankroll - $129.83
Days Net Change - -$12.30
Net BR since starting this blog - +$33.80

Sunday January 23rd 2005

Don't watch NFL playoffs and try to play poker, it messes with your game!

I lost on this hand so ridiculously that this person should never be allowed to play poker again. I had QQ first hand of tourny and raised 4x bb and get 1 caller. My flop brings a set for my ladies so I bet the pot and the caller comes over the top all-in. Shows 28 of spades! 2 spades on the flop. First of all who calls 4xbb flop with 28s, let alone pushes with them first hand of a tournament. Anywho the spades came and I left out 30 seconds after the tourny started.

#4814466
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 18th - $0 (Net Loss -$5.50)

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#4815252
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50 Turbo
18 players
Finished - 10th - $0 (Net Loss - $6.50)

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#4817464
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 2nd - $27.00 (Net Profit +$21.50)

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Ok this is the power of HANGING ON BY THE SKIN OF YOUR TEETH. I was in last place, 10/10 for the last 45 mins of this tournament. I played tight and let the mongrols take each other out. Ended up getting 3rd where I shouldnt even got 9th.

#4824200
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 3rd - $18.00 (Net Profit +$12.50)

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Days Summary
Starting Bankroll - $122.13
Ending Bankroll - $142.13
Days Net Change - +$20.00
Net BR since starting this blog - +$46.10

Saturday January 22nd 2005

Busted out 9th out of 18 by a guy who calls my 3xbb raise with QJd and has Q5o. board flops KQT and he sucks out a 5 at the river.

#4787681
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished - 9th = $0 (Net Loss -$5.50)

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Suited AK fell early all in to the mighty JJ
#4789799
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
9 players
Finished - 8th - $0 (Net Loss - $5.50)

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Got frustrated and played a silly hand and hoped my 35% flush draw would hit and it didnt. Had JQd with 2 diamond flop and 668 board. Guy bet into me and I pushed he had 6A and the diamond never came. Silly play.

#4790232
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished - 16th - $0 (Net -$5.50)
I'm not starting off good today

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Finally a win.
#4791331
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50 Turbo
9 players
Finished 1st - $27.00 (Net +$20.50)

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Was in good position and set to make the money and my AK with AK flop ran into KKK. Not good!
#4799693, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 7th - $0 (Net Loss -$5.50)

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45 mins of turbo only to come up 2 shy of the money, argh!

There was one really cool hand in this tourny where I had pocket 5s against pocket kings. The flop brought my 5 for the set. The turn brought a K which killed me and setted the Kings. The river brought the last 5! Gave me 4 of a kind versus the Kings full house. Here is the hand history ... http://www.pokerhand.org/index.php?page=view&hand=30154
#4801014
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 6th - $0 (Net -$6.50)

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#4802210
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 12th - $0 (Net - $5.50)
Terrible cards ...
During current Hold'em session you were dealt 53 hands and saw flop:
- 4 out of 7 times while in big blind (57%)
- 1 out of 7 times while in small blind (14%)
- 3 out of 39 times in other positions (7%)
- a total of 8 out of 53 (15%)
Pots won at showdown - 2 of 4 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 2

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Starting a $1 MTT right now gonna assume I dont place, but will update if I do
(Net Loss -$1)

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Days Summary
Starting Bankroll - $134.93
Ending Bankroll - $122.13
Days Net Change - -$12.80
Net BR since starting this blog - +$26.10

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Well crap its 2 am and I'm still in this stupid $1 MTT tourny. Started out with 2442 people and down to 225 which is where the money starts paying. Netting $0.70 so far! WOOO HOOOO. $0.70 for 3 hours is like almost a quarter an hour!

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Dealer: dna4ever finished the tournament in 196th place. Had top pair at flop and guy sucked out a flush on me. $1.70 ($0.70 profit!)

Friday January 21st 2005

Havent played any online poker, but just left a small home game. Was ring style with home rules, $0.25/$0.50 but $1.00 max bet, no real limit rules. 9 people each with $10 buy in so $80 possible to win. Played for 3 hours and cashed out $40 even so $30 net profit. (Net +$30)

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#4779742
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 8th - $0 (Net Loss -$5.50)
Lost AQ to AK, bummer ;/

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Days Summary
Starting Bankroll - $110.43
Ending Bankroll - $134.93
Days Net Change - +$24.50
Net BR since starting this blog - +$38.90

Thursday January 20th 2005

No poker tonight. Had a 15 hour work day and have to catch up on some TV shows, last nights American Idol and tonights The Apprentice and Tilt.

Wednesday January 19th, 2005

7:45 AM CST - Been at work 45 minutes and got in a quick 15 minute $0.10/0.25 NL session. Hit two good hands. One was quad 10s against trip Kings and another was a good call on a guy on tilt that went all in with 44 and my 9To with a pair of 9s tooko down the pot. 14 minutes to be exact, set down with $25, left with $37.20, (Net Profit +$12.20)

Time to work until tonight .....

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6:00 PM CST - I got silly on my first SNG tonight. Out quickly after having AQ and Q remaining top card on the board and I couldnt lay it down.#4725379
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 17th - $0 (Net -$5.50)

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7:45 PM CST - Ok a little money, no great hands to talk about really and got beat like your supposed to be beat so just an ordinary game where I finished 3/18.
#4726252
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 3rd - $18.00 (Net +$12.50)

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9:27 PM CST - Guess I'm gonna enter this $3 mtt and see what happens, starts in 3 mins and looks like its gonna be 1800 + people. Welcome to Crap Shoot USA, please drive through ....

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10:00 PM CST - Errrr - 1477th out of 1983, 27 mins, did you realize that pocket 8s dont hold up against pocket queens very often??? (Net Loss -$3.00)

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10:30 PM CST - Ok done for the night, just finished 6th of 9 in a $6 turbo.
#4731353
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
9 players
Finished - 6th - $0 (Net Loss -$6.50)

Days Summary
Starting Bankroll - $100.73
Ending Bankroll - $110.43
Days Net Change - +$9.70
Net BR since starting this blog - +$14.40

Tuesday January 18th, 2005

3:30 PM CST - Tonight is the weekly Negreanu Tournament at 20:00 EST. This is a regular Tuesday night gathering that some of the Daniel Negreanu forum members play together. It is a $10 + $1 NL Hold'em MTT.

Outside of that I plan on playing several SNGs and possibly another MTT or two. I'll keep ya posted on the results as they come in.

I just got turned on to some poker stat software called pokercharts, www.pokercharts.com I only start inputting data starting with my games from last night, but so far it is really cool and can't wait to get several days worth into it.

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7:15 PM CST - Well just finished a $3 MTT tourny on stars. 1617 people. I made it to 583rd 1 hr 17 mins in. I was up to 44th at my high point, but a guy busted my Ace high flush with a full house which boated up on the river and he had me covered. ($3 net loss)

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8:30 PM CST - Just finished 53rd of 63 in the Negreanu open. Had QsQc and raised 4xbb preflop with 2 other callers. Flop was Td7h3h and pushed all my chips (little more then pot). 1 caller with AhJh on a draw. Turn brings Js which pairs the caller, but river turns 5h and the Ace high flush takes down my ladies. For complete action see ..... http://www.pokerhand.org/index.php?page=view&hand=29114 (Since I had already bought buyin into this before I started the blog I am counting this as a break even, although its officially a net loss of $11. $0 Net Loss so it will match my BR in pokerstars)

Looks like i'm off to try my luck at some SNGs ....

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9:45 PM CST - First $5.00/$0.50 - 18 person SNG went crappy - Placed 12th out of 18 and got hardly any cards ...
During current Hold'em session you were dealt 55 hands and saw flop:
- 5 out of 8 times while in big blind (62%)
- 0 out of 7 times while in small blind (0%)
- 5 out of 40 times in other positions (20%)
- a total of 10 out of 55 (18%)
Pots won at showdown - 1 of 5 (20%)
Pots won without showdown - 4

Net loss -$5.50

0/3 tonight .. time to try another ....

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10:00 PM CST - I decided to try to play a loose game and it backfired big time. Losing hand was 45 on the BB with 23K flop. I had a open ended straight draw and pushed. Kings prevail.

#4708177
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished - 17th - $0 (Net -$5.50)

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11:00 PM CST - I broke one of my rules and played 3 MTTs in 1 night, not good for the BR. Just played .....
#4652960
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50 Turbo
1438 players
Finished 1101 - $5 (Net -$5.50)

This night is not going well, but my own fault

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Midnight CST - Well the last tourny of the night I made a tiny bit of money, 4th place out of 18, but not enough to net a profit for the day. Its always good to end the night on a win, but just wish I could say I ended the night with a profit ...
#4709133
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Finished 4th - $9.00 (Net +$3.50)

Days Summary
Starting Bankroll - $116.73
Ending Bankroll - $100.73
Days Net Change - -$16.00
Net BR since starting this blog - + $4.70

My Blog

I figured I would start a little blog of my online poker games. I play as 'dna4ever' on pokerstars. I usually play $5, $6 turbo, or $10 SnGs. I also play $3, $5, and $10 MTT and some $0.25 and $0.50 nl.

My main reason for doing this blog is not for other people to read, but to hold myself accountable for my play and bankroll. Truth is I will probably get bored with this blog stuff after like a week and quit posting, but lets see what happens

You can often find me posting or chatting on Daniel Negreanu's website, www.fullcontactpoker.com

Here is a summary of my games tonight:
#4682738
No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $10.00/$1.00
9 players
Total Prize Pool: $90.00
Finished 7th -$0 (Net -$11.00)

#4683533
No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $6.00/$0.50
9 players
Total Prize Pool: $54.00
Finished 9th - $0 (Net -$6.50)

#4683674
No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Total Prize Pool: $90.00
Finished 2nd - $27.00 (net +$21.50)

#4686962
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
18 players
Total Prize Pool: $90.00
Finished 3rd - $18.00 (Net +$12.50)

#4689206
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
9 players
Total Prize Pool: $54.00
Finished 2nd - $16.20 (Net +$9.70)

#4689968
No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
9 players
Finished - 8th - $0 (Net -$6.50)

Day Summary
Starting Bankroll - $96.03
Ending Bankroll - $116.73
Days Change - + $19.70