Chasing Money - WEEEEEEE!

Strangest thing happened tonight, and this NEEDED to happen cause things were going to well for too long. I sit down at 4 of the $1/$2 dealers choice tables and within an hour I find myself down $100. Hmmmmmmm. Down 50bb in 1 hour on 4 tables, not good!

So what do we do when we are down $100 at $1/$2 tables? But ofcourse we jump up to the $5/$10 tables!!! No way anything bad can happen this way eh?

So 45 minutes later I am not down $100 anymore! wooooo hoooooooo! WHAT!? I'm down $300?? Shit!

Wait, whats this, the $5/$10 dealers choice tables pay $12/hr VFP and I am 3 tabling? HMMM this is $36/hr, I think I shall continue on! Good idea, yes?

Well another 45 minutes later I win back about $140 and i clear 140 fpp for $28 and find myself somehow only stuck $130.

I decided not to push my luck anymore.

Current BR - $1558

Already Hit VFP 10 Hours

It appears that some of the late night play I did on Sunday night into the morning counted on this weeks VFP hours, because I know I didnt play 10 hours of poker yesterday, but when I checked my VFP page this morning I have 11.8 hours of credit already. My 70 fpps cleared into $14. Here is my current breakdown ....

$1/$2 Dealers Choice - 10.4
$1/$2 Hold em - 0.6
$2/$4 Hold em - 0.7
$3/$6 Dealers Choice - 0.2

I am going to be out of town this weekend so won't get to play in either of the VFP freerolls this week, oh well.

Current BR - $1688

Platinum Hold'em Club - Hijacking Lithuanians

It was brought to my attention that a company called Platinum Hold'em Club (Kenoma Financial Technology Corp) has been hi-jacking the RSS Feed from my blog and posting all my blog posts as 'Poker Articles' on their website. If I had been asked for permission for something like this I wouldnt really care, but using my feed to bring more poker content to the search engines for his site which is used to promote another online site is not cool.

I have traced the web domain to Vladimir Nachshunov. Even though the URL for the website indicates its a Lithuanian site the whois puts Mr. Vladimir in Sarasota Fl.

If anyone is reading this blog through this other site then known it the thread is originating from http://dnapoker.blogspot.com and I have not given my permission for its use there.

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Now that thats out of the way. I am halfway through my Aces and Kings book. Just finished the chapter on Men 'the Master'. Wow, that guy is like the leader of the Vietnamese mofia. Crazy story to his life. The book is really good and I would highly recommend it to any poker fan. Here is a link if you are interested in purchasing online ... Aces and Kings : Inside Stories and Million-Dollar Strategies from Poker's Greatest Players.

I got a few table hours of $1/$2 Dealers Choice in at the grid and managed to work up about $16 profit and around 70 fpp points which will be $14 at 1 am tonight.

Current BR - $1674

BAM! $180.80 VFP Payment This Week!

Hoooray for Gamesgrid VFP! I played WAY to much poker this week, but it paid off some yesterday. I got my VFP newsletter email and received $180.80 in VFP payment this week! I played the shit out of dealers choice, 37.64 table hours of it to be exact!

Here is the breakdown of how I earned my $180 bonus ...

37.64 hours at $1/$2 Dealer Choice
4.80 hours at $1/$2 Hold 'em
1.66 hours at $2/$4 Hold 'em
7.85 hours at $3/$6 Hold 'em
2.72 hours at $5/$10 Hold 'em

The newsletter said they are going to continue the 3xbb again this week at the dealers choice tables!

If you are reading this blog and still not on gamesgrid go sign up right now!! There is really not a better bonus offering on the web. I made my first cash deposit on May 15th, today is May 30th. In these 16 days I have cleared $253 of my $5000 deposit bonus and gotten an additional $322.96 in VFP payments and I also got $15 for coming 8th in last weeks VFP freeroll. Thats $590.96 in bonuses in 2 weeks! Tell me any other site that does that. This could be like $1200/month in bonuses!

If you sign up using my nick (dna4ever) I will get 25% of you rake and I will split that with you even 50/50. So on top of all these bonuses you could also get 12.5% of your rakeback. Just contact me on ICQ 423905 or fullcontactpoker.com forum.



Current BR - $1658

Nothing too exciting

Got about 10 table hours of dealers choice in on the grid and played both the VFP freerolls. They actually made Sundays VFP tourny dealers choice format which I thought was really cool. I didnt place in either of them.

I lost about $5 in DC play, but cleared $25 more of my FPP bonus so netted up $20. Also accrued another $30 in VFP $ for tonights payout.

My bankroll is currently at the highest its ever been.

Current BR - $1499

1748 Hand Power Session

Well I deposited $600 into pokerstars to qualify for the full 20% deposit bonus. Needed to rake 600 hands for the $120. I played my longest consecutive online session to date. I 5 tabled for 6 hours straight and cleared the bonus in 1 session. I managed to make $57 in play along with the $120 bonus so $177 for 6 hours work.

One thing I thought was interesting after looking at my stats was in order to rake 600 hands at the $1/$2 level I had to play 1748 hands so an average of 1 out of every 3 hands qualified for the $0.75 rake and therefore a fpp point.

Here were my stats for the session ....

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 1748 hands and saw flop:
- 116 out of 191 times while in big blind (60%)
- 54 out of 193 times while in small blind (27%)
- 188 out of 1364 times in other positions (13%)
- a total of 358 out of 1748 (20%)
Pots won at showdown - 73 of 124 (58%)
Pots won without showdown - 71

Current BR - $1479

Double Header

Well after working my regular 10 hour day yesterday I headed straight to the ball field and coached a double header for my daughters softball team. Unfortunately we both lost games, but both were very close. The last game we were up 11-0 in the first inning and ended up losing it in the last inning. Our girls were worn out by the end of it and getting a little sloppy.

So I finally got in about 10:00 pm and was beat. I played for about 30 minutes on 4 dealers choice tables which is 2 table hours. I lost $5 in play, but got exactly 25 fpp points which converted to $5 this morning so bankroll is exactly the same only I accrued $6 more towards VFP payment on Sunday.

I went ahead and registered for both the Saturday and Sunday VFP tourneys on Gamesgrid.

Pokerstars has another 20% reload bonus going on. I havent decided if I am going to do it or not. Its 20% up to $600 for total possible bonus of $120. Have to rake 5x bonus amount to qualify so $120 bonus would be 600 FPPs.

http://www.pokerstars.com/depositbonus20.html

Current BR - $1302

Lots of Dealers Choice

I didnt play anything, but $1/$2 Dealers Choice yesterday on Gamesgrid. After checking my VFP page I apparently played 7.4 table hours of it.

During my $7.4 table hours I cleared about $15 of my FPP bonus and made about $60 in play so bankroll is back on the upswing.

Current BR - $1302 (currently 24.1 VFP hours accrued for$92.55 pending bonus)

1st Place in the Negreanu Open

Well the Full Contact Poker Forum (http://www.fullcontactpoker.com) decided to resurrect the weekly Pokerstars Forum tournies.

Since this was decided today there weren't that many entries, exactly 30. Its a $10+$1 NLHE MTT.

I ended up finishing 1st and taking down $120 ($109 profit). They are going to start a leaderboard somewhere and I'll post the link when I get it.

Current BR - $1217

Dealers Choice on Gamesgrid

Outside of Holdem and Omaha (and the occassional 7 card stud game) I have never really branched out into all the different card games available. Gamesgrid has tables now called Dealers Choice where the dealer (button) gets to choose which game they want to play and it changes every hand. The available games are Hold Em, 7 Card Stud, 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo, Omaha Hi/Lo, and Razz (worst 7 card stud hand wins). Until yesterday I had never played a Lo game in my life, but man are they fun. According to my VFP page this morning I ended up playing 2.3 hours of Dealers Choice. On top of that I got in 2.4 table hours of regular $1/$2 Holdem, 0.5 hours of $2/$4, and 0.9 hours of $3/$6.

One cool thing is to promote their dealers choice tables Gamesgrid is offering 3x the BB hourly payment to play those tables this week. So $6/hr for the $1/$2 table. With that being said I accrued about $22 in VFP payments yesterday so was basically a break even day. I earned $20 of my fpp bonus, but lost about $37 in play so ...

Current BR - $1108

Still Feel Crappy

Well a good nights sleep dindnt help me feel any better for the fact I lost about $250 because that was about 20% of my bankroll. I did get $45 in fpp bonus added this morning and noticed I played 9.8 table hours last night and accrued $51.00 towards my VFP next Sunday ...

0.8 hours of $2/$4 ($2.40)
6.3 hours of $3/$6 ($28.35)
2.7 hours of $5/$10 (20.25)

Current BR - $1123

Ugh - Worst Session Of My Life $241 Stuck

WOW! Tonight hurt bad! I have never lost $241 in a session before. Maybe this is a reality check that I shouldnt get to comfortable playing $3/$6 and $5/$10. My favorite hand was when I lost $120 on $5/$10 table. I had AK suited, flop comes AK5, yup you gussed it, against 55.

I will be intersted to see how many table hours I played, I was 3 tabling most the time and I think I probably got over 10 table hours in tonight alone.

I got 225 FPP points in tonights session which is $45 so that will help a tiny bit.

Current BR - $1078

$92.82 VFP Bonus Payment For 1 Week

Well one way to make the pain of being stuck $75 go away is to wake up and have received $115.82 in bonuses applied to your account. My 115 fpp was converted to $23 and my weekly VFP payment was larger then I expected at $92.82! Here was the breakdown ...

6.70 hours at $1/$2 Hold 'em
8.76 hours at $2/$4 Hold 'em
11.06 hours at $3/$6 Hold 'em
0.90 hours at $5/$10 Hold 'em

Current BR - $1319

In there newsletter today Gamesgrid is going to start limiting the number of people they add to their VFP program. I am telling you there is no better bonuses out there then whats on Gamesgrid. At this rate I will be clearing over $600 a month in bonuses alone. So do yourself a favor and go join. If you join through my link below and use me as a referral source I get 25% of your rake and I will gladly split that with you, just contact me on ICQ #423905

$75 Stuck

Played a few hours on gamesgrid, 1 $2/$4 and 2 $3/$6 tables. First time I have ever left being really stuck, about $75, I am not sure exactly how long I played but I think at least 3 or 4 table hours of $3/$6 and about 2 table hours of $2/$4 and maybe 1 hour of $1/$2. I built up 115 fpp so even getting stuck $75 when you add the $23 fpp credit and $15 ish in vfp its not as bad. I wont count those bonuses until they clear, which will be tonight.

Current BR - $1203

8th out of 118 in Games Grid VFP Freeroll

Last night I played a little 3/6 and even about 25 minutes of 5/10 for some reason since that was the only games going on Grid. I ended up losing $8 in play, but got 60 fpps which converted to $12 this morning. This morning I played in the VFP $500 freeroll. There were 118 entrants and I made it to the final table and finished 8th when I reraised all-in with my AQ against the chipleader. I ran up against 55 for a coin flip, but my AQ never improved and I finished 8th for a free $15.

Here is the update of my VFP hours which will be paid out at 1 am tonight ...

$1/$2 - 5.6 hours ($8.40)
$2/$4 - 6.3 hours ($18.90)
$3/$6 - 6.9 hours ($31.05)
$5/$10 - 0.4 hours ($3)

19.2 hours - $61.35 expected VFP bonus payment tonight

Current BR - $1278

I Suck

I suck at poker. I 4 tabled $2/$4 on party poker and raked my 700 hands and got my $100 bonus. I lost $170 in the process so netted -$70

Current BR - $1259

Party Poker $100 May Reload Bonus

May Reload Bonus For All Users Announced Today For Party Poker

20% up to $100 ($500 deposit required for max bonus)
Must enter code "BONUSMAY"
Must play 7 raked hands for every $1 in bonus money within 7 days
Valid through 11:59 PM ET on May 25th

I just deposited $500 for a potential $100 bonus after 700 raked hands

How to make $95 in 3 minutes on 3 hands

OK so I sit down at a gamesgrid $2/$4 table and instantly lose $12 and $8 first two hands which I played terrible so I am down $20 when these next 3 hands come up one after the other ....

88 with flop of 89A ($73 pot, $53 net)
http://www.pokerhand.org/index.php?page=view&hand=65407

22 with flop of T92 ($42 pot, $22 net)
http://www.pokerhand.org/index.php?page=view&hand=65409

KA with flop of A46 ($40 pot, $20 net) - This hand I was on the button and it folded to me and I raised the blinds. I think the SB may have thought I was trying to steal and called me down.
http://www.pokerhand.org/index.php?page=view&hand=65410

So $95 in 3 minutes, take out the $20 I lost in first 2 hands and I left with a $75 profit.

Current BR - $1329

POOP

Just lost $100 playing $1/$2 short handed in 1 hour lol. Talk about a crappy run of cards and river suckouts

BR - $1254

Apprentice Finale and Some Poker

Well anyone knows me knows that I am a junky for certain reality shows. I have never missed an episode of all 10 seasons of Survivor and I've seen every episode of the Apprentice. Last night was the finale and as I predicted in week 6 of the 16 week interview Kendra was crowned the apprentice.

Our softball game yesterday got rained out so I came home and ended up taking a nap before the apprentice came on so I got 90 minutes of sleep and it threw off my entire schedule once I got back up.

After the apprentice I immediately played in Red's freeroll on Gamesgrid. There were 12 entrants, 1st paid $70, 2nd $30, rest $0. It was an interesting format, 2 tables of 6 that merged at 6 so you were starting off playing shorthanded. The blinds escalated pretty quick so it became more of a crap shoot towards the middle/end. I made it to the final table and busted out 6th when I pushed on a flop that didnt hit me, but I felt didnt hit my opponent either.

After the freeroll there were not any of my $2/$4 games going so I set down at 1 of the $1/$2 tables and 3 of the $3/$6 tables. After checking my games grid VFP update this morning I apparently played exactly 1 table hour of $1/$2 and 2.7 table hours of $3/$6 building another $13.65 in my VFP Sunday payout.

During my hour of play I made $94 in play and gained 50 fpp points which converted to $10 cash in my bankroll this morning. It was funny because I was up about $170 going into my last orbit and I got dealt AA twice during my last round and got both of them cracked costing me $75 total. One was pretty bad when I guy called me down with 9T when a 9 hit the flop and a T hit the river.

After gamesgrid I was still wired so Joenin and I decided to hit pokerstars for another exciting $1.50 HU limit freezeout at the $0.02/$0.04. After about 40 minutes were were still at exactly $1.50 so we called it a draw and to be continued.

Then I decided to hit up a Pokerstars $10+$1 SnG. I ended up finishing 3rd. Was in for an easy 2nd when my 66 ran into TT and crippled me. $18 payout, $7 profit.

So overall yesterday was a pretty good pokerday, total of $111 profit.

Current BR - $1354

Gamesgrid VFP Freeroll

I woke up this morning and checked my account and sure enough my 135 points are now $27 in my bankroll as expected.

My VFP hours were updated and apparently last night I played 2.6 table hours of $1/$2, 3.9 table hours of $2/$4, and 2.5 table hours of $3/$6 so here are my current VFP totals running for this week ...

$1/$2 - 4.2 ($6.30)
$2/$4 - 5.7 ($17.10)
$3/$6 - 2.5 ($11.25)

Current Expected VFP Payment on Sunday night = $34.65

As if gamesgrid wasnt doing enough promotions they have a VFP freeroll tournament every week for those that qualify for a VFP payment (10 table hours in a week). There is a tourny on Saturday and on Sunday. I have to coach one of my daughters softball games on Saturday so will not be able play on then, but have registered for the one on Sunday. These have a $500 prizepool paying like 9 spots, $170 for first. Again, another fantastic promotion and opportunity to get more bonus money.

My friend joenin signed up for gamesgrid and used me as a referral source so I should also start getting 25% of his rakeback (after promotions are paid). This site is definitely doing everything they can to attract players and they have my business!

Current BR = $1243

Spinning Wheels Yet Making Money?

Well I just played for about 2 1/2 hours on Gamesgrid. I had about 4 tables going, a $1/$2, few $2/$4 and a $3/$6.

When i first set down at a $1/$2 table some guy name Red (obviously somehow affiliated with gamesgrid) gives me a karma token because I was advertising and linking their banners on my blog (which apparently gets more views then I thought). Basically its a buyin to a freeroll, like $100 prizepool NL hold em tourny I think.

So anyways the first hour of play I found myself down about $75, doh! I worked back a bit and finally hit a big $70 pot when I runner runnered a flush so it put me back within striking distance of break even. Another hour later I finally got back to even and even managed to make $6.

The great thing about this which is why I titled this post Spinning Wheels Yet Making Money is because during this grind I got 135 fpp points which will convert into $27 tonight and depending on how my hours worked out for the VFP I probably made an additional $10 or $15 there (which again will get paid out on Sunday night).

I wont count any bonuses until they are paid so ...

Current BR - $1216

700 raked hands - 1 Fatty Session

Well good news and bad news. Good news is I just set and 4 tabled $1/$2 tables on partypoker for 4 hours and cleared my 700 raked hands bonus for $100 bonus.

I was up $80 in play and then I got cold decked and outdrawn like you wouldnt believe. I could have had a $180 session including my bonus but I ended up turning my $80 profit into a loss of $6. ARGH! Maybe the 7 beers had something to do with it, I don't know.

I guess I'm not going to complain about a $94 bankroll increase. I'll just got sit in the corner and sing 'what might have been'

Current BR - $1211.50 (YEA official $2/$4 limit territory!)

Party Poker Bonus

After visting http://www.bonuswhores.com I learned of a current PartyPoker promotion ...

* 20% up to $100 ($500 deposit required for max bonus)
* Must enter code "POKERACENOW"
* Must play 7 raked hands for every $1 in bonus money within 30 days

I deposited the full $500 and now have a $100 bonus pending for the next month in which I need to rake 700 hands. Its gonna be tough to get away from this sweet deal at gamesgrid, but I may sneak in a few hands on partypoker here and there.

Long Long Day

Yesterday seemed like it lasted forever. I did my regular 7 am - 5 pm job then drove straight to the ballpark as it was my wife and I's turn for concession stand duty. There were two games and we fed a few hundred people probably hot dots, hamburgers, chili cheese nachos, barbecue, etc. So about 9:30 I finally got home and was beat.

I did manage to get onto gamesgrid for about 45 minutes or so and proceeded to 4 table (2 $1/$2 and 2 $2/$4). I profited $20.75 during my 45 minutes and made 35 fpp points which I confirmed were converted into $7 bonus this morning. The VFP page verified I played 1.6 table hours of $1/$2 and 1.8 table hours of $2/$4. So total profit for that 45 minute session was $27.75 plus I accrued $7.80 towards next Sunday nights VFP payment.

After playing for 45 minutes I tried to get some sleep and read the chapter on Chip Reese and started the chapter on Stu Ungar in my Aces and Kings book. I was too wired so I logged back on and found one of my friends Joenin online and we decided for funsies to start a limit HU match at the $0.02/$0.04 blinds. We played a freezout format each starting with $1.75. It was insane how well my cards came and the match was over in about 20 minutes, I'm up 1-0. Joenin is a good limit player and I expect him to try and even the score tonight.

Current BR - $1117.50

First Gamesgrid VFP Payment & Other Stuff

This is like the coolest thing ever. I woke up for work this morning and logged into my Gamesgrid account and BAM! there was a nice $49.34 VFP Payment deposited to my account. That was only for 2 days worth of play. I wish it had a breakdown so I could see how many hours at each limit I played. I actually emailed gamesgrid to see if they could send me this.

On top of the $49.34 I had another 100 FPP points get converted to cash at the rate of $1 per 5 points so an additional $20 bonus (still $4952 pending)! Man this is great! Total of $97.34 in bonuses in 2 days.

I also won $26 in play yesterday so I got my bankroll up to as high as it has ever been. I finally moved into the 4 digit bankroll and rolled right past $1000! My bankroll is getting closer and closer to be able to legitimately support the $2/$4 level ($1200+).

I watched 3 hours of the Survivor finale last night! Go Tom! Our softball game on Saturday got rained out.

I rented the movie Casino cause I have never seen it, but heard its really good if your into Poker.

I also bought the book Aces and Kings which is written by Michael Kaplan and Brad Reagen. I am on the 3rd chapter and so far it has been a fantastic read. Its inside stories and strategies from pokers greatest players. I just finished reading chapters on Puggy Pearson, Amarillo Slim, and Doyle Brunson. Some of the future chapters include Chip Reese, Stu Ungar, Erik Seidel, Phil Hellmuth, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Howard Lederer, David 'Devilfish' Ulliot, The Women of Poker, Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, The Web Kids, Barry Greenstein, The New Superstars (Negreanu, Ivey, Lindgren)! Needless to say it looks like a great book and I cant wait to read all the way through it!

Current BR - $1088 !

WOW table hours add up fast

OK so on gamesgrid they have a program called VFP which stands for Very Frequent Player program. If you play at least 10 table hours from Monday to Sunday then you qualify for a bonus that week. The bonus is equivalent to 1 and 1/2 times the SB of the limit table you are playing. So if you are playing $1/$2 you would make $1.50 an hour, $2/$4 $3 an hour, $3/$6 would be $4.50 an hour, etc etc up to a $12 per hour table max.

Well I just signed up for GamesGrid yesterday and the 10 hours ends tonight. I knew I played a few hours yesterday and multitabled some. They update your hours and pay out your FPP bonus everynight at 1:00 AM EST. I woke up this morning and my 140 FPP had been converted into $28 and reset back to 0. I now have $4,972 bonus pending. I also checked out my VFP page and somehow yesterday I played 12.2 table hours! I already qualified for VFP this week.

Here was the breakdown of my table hours ....

6.4 hours of $1/$2
4.5 hours of $2/$4
1.3 hours of $3/$6

So as of now I will get an additional bonus of (6.4 * 1.5)+(4.5 * 3)+(1.3 * 4.5) = $28.95. Not to shabby!!!!!

So go sign up for gamesgrid right now! Again, the only negative I can see right now is there is not enough action, but if you go sign up there will be. Remember to sign up under my nick, dna4ever, you can click on the banner in the post below to go straight there!

Current BR - $965

Games Grid Referral

If you decide to sign up for games grid please use this link and me (dna4ever) as a referal source ....

Gamesgrid

So I decided now that I have cleared my $120 bonus on Pokerstars I would hit this monster bonus on Gamesgrid ( http://www.gamesgrid.com )

It is a 1000% bonus up to $500 depo so I deposited $500 and now have a $5000 pending bonus. This site is still fairly new for poker so not much traffic and the and the interface is kinda lame, but oh well.

There was only 1 full $1/$2 table going so I jumped in on it and there were 2 full $2/$4 tables so I jumped in on both of those.

I played for about 30 minutes on the 3 tables and netted about $10 in play.

I played a $10 SnG on stars and finished 8th, ooops.

Current BR - $935

Cleared $120 PokerStars Bonus

Played 90 minutes this morning 5 tabling the $1/$2 limit tables. Wasnt a very good session, just kind of a grind, but I did manage to make $6. More importantly I reached my 600 fpp points and cleared my $120 bonus, yeaa.

Current Br - $936

9th out of 1103 MTT

Well CRAP!!!! Just played a $5 MTT with 1103 people and made it to the final table. I started the final table in 4th position. 3 people should have busted out and were saved by river cards. I ended up with K2 in the SB and it folded around to me and I did a 3x raise attempting to steal BB. BB had QQ and pushed all in. I was pot commmitted getting nearly 3:1 odds so called, but flop brung a Q and I had no recovery. Finished 9th for $82.73. Kinda stunk cause first place paid nearly $1400. Only 8 away!

Ahhhhhh!

I also got in about an hour of 5 tabling $1/$2 and made $50.

Regardless of my MTT frustration I had a nice $120 BR boost.

Current BR - $810

A Softball Ass-Whoopin!

Well my friends as we like to say here in the South. My girls softball team took an ass-whoopin last night!

We called the game in the 3rd inning when the score reached 28-1. I'm telling you it was absolutely freakish how well this other team played. The girls on my team are pretty small and petite and I swear I thought I was going to need to check Birth Certificates on this other team. They were like big giants and a few may not even have been female, not sure.

All I could do was root my girls on to have fun and make the best of it. We have two more games this week, Thursday and Saturday. Our record is 3 - 5 now.

No poker last night.

$1/$2

I didnt think that there would be THAT big of a difference in how fast i gained fpp points from the $0.50/$1.00 level to the $1/$2 level since you have to rake $0.75 versus $0.50 in order to qualify for a point, but boy was I wrong. I played about 45 mins 5 tabling $1/$2 and cleared about 80 fpp points along with another $33 in profit, a nice run for sure. FPPs up to 443. Only 167 more until they release my $120 bonus. Grinding $100 in last 3 days. If I could keep this up it would be a good thing.

Current BR - $685.00

The Grind

Played in a $3 mtt on pokerstars, 1517 entrants, busted out 256th when my pocket 4s hit up against pocket Qs. Money didnt start til 180.

5 tabled on stars at the $0.50/$1.00 limit level still working on this fpp bonus. Turns out I did get a full $600 bonus qualifying in. Got 360 of my 600 necessary fpps. Grinded out $25 profit.

Current BR - $652

Late Night SnG

Midnight rolls around and I couldnt fall asleep so I logged on to trusty ole pokerstars and popped myself into a little $10 + $1 SnG. I havent played a SnG in months it seems. I have played so many thousands of hands of limit it took me a good 10 minutes to adjust to a NL format. Everything played out exactly the way it should in this tourny and I found myself down to about a 11500 to 1500 chip lead HU. My opponent evened the chips out on my by doubling up twice then 5 hands later I took it down when I called his all in preflop with JKh flop came 3JA, he had TJ. $45 for first, $34 profit.

Current BR - $630

Mothers Day

Got up this morning, called my mom and wished Happy Mothers Day.

Offered to take the wife anywhere she wanted for dinner, but she decided we would grill out some hotdogs and hamburgers. Her and the kids planted some flowers in the back yard.

After we got the kids to bed she went to watch her Sunday shows Desperate housewives and Greys Anatomy so I got in 2 hours of poker.

I am grinding off my pokerstars fpp points. I currently have 240 of the 550 I need. I was able to make $23 grinding out 5 tables of $0.50/$1.00.

Current BR - $596

Folded the Nuts on Accident!

ARGH!!!

I was 5 tabling on pokerstars and I had AT sooted, and flop comes ATT! I had action and was reraising but on when I went to raise the turn I accidentally folded when another window popped up on me, DOH!

http://www.pokerhand.org/index.php?page=view&hand=60154

Pokerstars Bonus

Well the 3 Doors Down Concert was absolutely awesome. Breaking Benjamin opened for them and they totally rocked too. The bass player broke one of his fingers in the middle of the set, but he just stinted it up and finished the show, very awesome.

havent played any poker the last few days. Pokerstars has one of their once in a blue moon bonuses going on right now so I took my $550 left and put it there. I need to rake about 550 hands to get the $100 bonus. I played 5 tables of $0.50/$1 for about 2 hours tonight and cleared 100 of the hands.

Here was a really cool hand where i Had KK and flop come down QKK and the other guy had QQ. He wasnt happy I'm sure. http://www.pokerhand.org/index.php?page=view&hand=60117

Made $23 in the process.

Current BR - $573

3 Doors Down Concert

Havent had time to play poker the last few days other then maybe an hour or two so bankroll is still in same area.

Tonight there is a 3 Doors Down concert here in Nashville and I am surprising my wife with tickets for Mothers Day. She absolutely loves 3 Doors Down and has no idea that she is going tonight so that should be a fun surprise.

We finally won another softball game last night, putting our record at a meek 2-4. Our next game is Saturday.

BR - $585

Rough Weekend

I actually played quite a bit of poker this weekend and I realized I have a problem. I have been consistently playing above my BR. Generally the minimum I have bee playing (unless I'm trying to clear a bonus) is $2/$4 and sometimes even $3/6. I have also been playing $50 and $100 NL which for someone with a $700 bankroll is twice the limits I should be playing.

I ended up losing about $200 this weekend and found my BR way back down to $580. Upon realizing this I switched my limit game to $1/$2 which keeps me at the 300 bb rule, but I found myself not as interested at these limits anymore. in $2/$4 or $3/$6 its not uncommon to drag the $70+ pot, but in $1/$2 they rarely get above $30 - $40. I know I need discipline and MUST do these limits again to get my BR back up, but its not gonna be easy.

Current BR - $580