Anyway Heres my session. $1600 from 400nl and $320 from 200nl (approx).
Monday, September 22, 2008
September Progress
Weird, (yet character building?) month at the virtual tables so far. Just a week or two ago I was totally demoralised and having a horrible time. A 40,000 hand breakeven stretch starting from mid August through till a week or so ago, and just a ton of beats saw me have by far my worst run ever. Very hard to get through. Anyway in the last week or so things have totally turned around and I just finished my best session ever. Im also back in the hunt to beat last months record so fingers crossed for the next 8 days or so. Variance, and the luck in poker never ceases to amaze me about how much it can change your results.
Anyway Heres my session. $1600 from 400nl and $320 from 200nl (approx).
Anyway Heres my session. $1600 from 400nl and $320 from 200nl (approx).
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
August Results and September Goals
August was a pretty good month, ran great for 3 weeks and then had a totally brutal 20k hand breakeven/downswing for the last week. My biggest downswing ever, which included losing a incredibly painful $800 pot when I was a 96% favourite on the flop. It was totally demoralising and a very tough week. Still, it was a record month for me so I cant be too unhappy. Outside of that, ive had a cold which has sucked. Here are my August goals and how I did, and my goals for September.
Passed
Kinda Passed
Failed
Play 10,000 hands of 400nl required for staking.
About 70% of the way through, probably would have finished by now if I had not run crap, but my confidence was hurt so I thought it would be best to sit out of 400nl for a few days.
Increase confidence playing at 400nl.
Getting there, still feel like im playing slightly weak, and im afraid to lose a stack.
Play 25,000 hands of 200nl.
Easy, played about 35,000.
Go to the gym min 3 times a week.
Failed, I was on track at the start of the month but I have a cold which has seen me out of gym action for the last 10 days or so. Feel lazy and unfit, looking forward to hitting it again this month.
See my mortgage broker and start preparing to buy a house.
Kept putting it off and didnt do it.
Finish my current Uni Subject.
Handed in my last 2 assignments and got credits.
Watch more DC videos and actually pay attention.
Passed. I have been taking notes watching the "Ringside" and "Freestylin" vids which is great, I have also been watching the "Mathematics of Holdem" series which has helped my maths game alot.
September Goals
25k hands of 200nl
10k hands of 400nl and finish my current staking deal
Start working on my new uni subject
Do my (fucking) tax return
Finish watching "Mathematics of Holdem" DC Videos and rewatch some FR ones
Go see my mortgage broker
Fitness stuff...
Go to the Gym 8 out of the next 9 days, and 3 times a week from then on.
Get a new gym program (because im bored with the old one)
Make sure I eat 3 meals a day and have protein shakes
gogogogo
Passed
Kinda Passed
Failed
Play 10,000 hands of 400nl required for staking.
About 70% of the way through, probably would have finished by now if I had not run crap, but my confidence was hurt so I thought it would be best to sit out of 400nl for a few days.
Increase confidence playing at 400nl.
Getting there, still feel like im playing slightly weak, and im afraid to lose a stack.
Play 25,000 hands of 200nl.
Easy, played about 35,000.
Go to the gym min 3 times a week.
Failed, I was on track at the start of the month but I have a cold which has seen me out of gym action for the last 10 days or so. Feel lazy and unfit, looking forward to hitting it again this month.
See my mortgage broker and start preparing to buy a house.
Kept putting it off and didnt do it.
Finish my current Uni Subject.
Handed in my last 2 assignments and got credits.
Watch more DC videos and actually pay attention.
Passed. I have been taking notes watching the "Ringside" and "Freestylin" vids which is great, I have also been watching the "Mathematics of Holdem" series which has helped my maths game alot.
September Goals
25k hands of 200nl
10k hands of 400nl and finish my current staking deal
Start working on my new uni subject
Do my (fucking) tax return
Finish watching "Mathematics of Holdem" DC Videos and rewatch some FR ones
Go see my mortgage broker
Fitness stuff...
Go to the Gym 8 out of the next 9 days, and 3 times a week from then on.
Get a new gym program (because im bored with the old one)
Make sure I eat 3 meals a day and have protein shakes
gogogogo
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Official biggest pot ever won
Not much to write about lately, im about halfway through my current staking deal and its all going well so far. Here is a hand i just played, im pretty sure its the biggest ive ever won.
Seat 1: Mr.Skuda ($977.80 in chips) | |
| Seat 2: mylo1 ($974 in chips) | |
| Seat 3: 00oasis00 ($731.40 in chips) | |
| Seat 4: debbadegurkn ($381.45 in chips) | |
| Seat 5: callu2see ($329 in chips) | |
| Seat 6: goravensgo ($539.50 in chips) | |
| Seat 7: Faldy ($410.50 in chips) | |
| Seat 8: RaiderDuck ($589.50 in chips) | |
| Seat 9: freds129 ($394 in chips) | |
| Seat 10: Andy1718 ($390 in chips) | |
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| ANTES/BLINDS mylo1 posts blind ($2), 00oasis00 posts blind ($4). PRE-FLOP debbadegurkn bets $12, callu2see folds, goravensgo folds, Faldy folds, RaiderDuck bets $48, freds129 folds, Andy1718 folds, Mr.Skuda calls $48, mylo1 folds, 00oasis00 folds, debbadegurkn folds. FLOP [board cards: 2C,8D,5S ] RaiderDuck bets $86, Mr.Skuda calls $86. TURN [board cards: 2C,8D,5S,AS ] RaiderDuck checks, Mr.Skuda bets $140, RaiderDuck bets $418, Mr.Skuda bets $703.80 and is all-in, RaiderDuck calls $37.50 and is all-in. RIVER [board cards: 2C,8D,5S,AS,9H ] SHOWDOWN Mr.Skuda shows [ 8C,8S ] RaiderDuck shows [ AC,AD ] Mr.Skuda wins $388.30, RaiderDuck wins $1,194. | |
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
August Goals
Slightly late for a monthly goals post, but doesnt matter. July was a excellent month where I won at 4ptbb at 100nl and 200nl for pretty much the whole month, and it was a record in terms of $ won. Hopefully I can break that in August. I have recently been given a 50% stake for 10,000 hands of 400nl to be completed this month so I am very excited to be doing it. So the Goals for the month are..
Play 10,000 hands of 400nl required for staking.
Increase confidence playing at 400nl.
Play 25,000 hands of 200nl.
Go to the gym min 3 times a week.
See my mortgage broker and start preparing to buy a house.
Finish my current Uni Subject.
Watch more DC videos and actually pay attention.
Play 10,000 hands of 400nl required for staking.
Increase confidence playing at 400nl.
Play 25,000 hands of 200nl.
Go to the gym min 3 times a week.
See my mortgage broker and start preparing to buy a house.
Finish my current Uni Subject.
Watch more DC videos and actually pay attention.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Back at home
So we got back from vegas on the 4th, after another shocker of a flight. Hui and Andy had bought noise-cancelling headphones so it was slightly more bearable for them. It was a long 16 hours. Thanks to Andy and Hui for inviting me to go to vegas, loved every minute of it. Hopefully we can all go again next year and play a few WSOP events.
Since getting back ive just been working. I have played around 20k hands online and going alright, although had a few ordinary sessions. Still struggling at 400nl, I feel like every time I get on there im about to lose a big hand....pretty negative mindset so probably not the best to have when Im playing. Im very comfortable playing at 200nl now though which is good. Im happy to play there for the future until Im more at ease with 400nl.
So we have another trip planned for November. This time it will be me, sara, andy, emmy, dave and possibly Hui and Nobby. We are going to New York and surrounding areas from the 21st november until the 13th december. So definetly looking forward to that. It will be more of a touristy holiday this time, so less sitting around in the hotel playing online before heading to the casino.
Since getting back ive just been working. I have played around 20k hands online and going alright, although had a few ordinary sessions. Still struggling at 400nl, I feel like every time I get on there im about to lose a big hand....pretty negative mindset so probably not the best to have when Im playing. Im very comfortable playing at 200nl now though which is good. Im happy to play there for the future until Im more at ease with 400nl.
So we have another trip planned for November. This time it will be me, sara, andy, emmy, dave and possibly Hui and Nobby. We are going to New York and surrounding areas from the 21st november until the 13th december. So definetly looking forward to that. It will be more of a touristy holiday this time, so less sitting around in the hotel playing online before heading to the casino.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
David Copperfield
Yesterday we headed down to the MGM pool which is pretty spectacular, its in the shape of a river and you can float round on these inflatable rings. It was great, the temperature here is perfect for the pool even if its overcast. We stuffed around there for an hour or so and then I managed to get through a disgustingly big cheeseburger from one of the shops around the pool area.
After that we played at Excalibur's poker room. I wanted to play at MGM but the waiting list for us was just a bit too long. Luckily for us finding another poker room is as easy as walking 50m down the road and that's what we did. It wasn't as flashy as MGM but the game was good. I had one extraordinary hand where I had AA and 2 other guys had KK. One of them managed to make a good (?) fold on the flop but I still won a pretty big pot.
Around 10pm we entered the MGM theater (well one of the theaters here anyway) and saw a David Copperfield show. He is playing here twice a night for a few weeks I think. Anyway there were probably 500 other people in there and he performed for roughly and hour and a half. We saw him pass through a sheet of metal, make one of the audience members tie dance around to music, make a napkin float and then turn into a rose, made a ring disappear, he told a story about his grandfather having these license plates, and then he got audience members to say numbers out at random. He then got the plates out of the bag and they were the same as the numbers that the audience had read out. That was really good.
The most impressive tricks was his appearance at the start of the show, where his assistants held up an empty (?) box, and then they closed it and he came out of the box on a motorcycle. Another one he made a car appear out of nowhere which was great.
After that we played at Excalibur's poker room. I wanted to play at MGM but the waiting list for us was just a bit too long. Luckily for us finding another poker room is as easy as walking 50m down the road and that's what we did. It wasn't as flashy as MGM but the game was good. I had one extraordinary hand where I had AA and 2 other guys had KK. One of them managed to make a good (?) fold on the flop but I still won a pretty big pot.
Around 10pm we entered the MGM theater (well one of the theaters here anyway) and saw a David Copperfield show. He is playing here twice a night for a few weeks I think. Anyway there were probably 500 other people in there and he performed for roughly and hour and a half. We saw him pass through a sheet of metal, make one of the audience members tie dance around to music, make a napkin float and then turn into a rose, made a ring disappear, he told a story about his grandfather having these license plates, and then he got audience members to say numbers out at random. He then got the plates out of the bag and they were the same as the numbers that the audience had read out. That was really good.
The most impressive tricks was his appearance at the start of the show, where his assistants held up an empty (?) box, and then they closed it and he came out of the box on a motorcycle. Another one he made a car appear out of nowhere which was great.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Another trip to the Rio and moving to MGM
Yesterday we all went to the Rio and Hui played a couple of satellites. He ended up splitting for first in both of them so nice job Hui. Me and Andy lined up for about an hour to the buffet which probably wasnt worth the wait. On the plus side they had free champagne so I managed to drink probably half a bottle over lunch (well, breakfast for us).
After that we walked over to the poker room and we ran into David Sklansky and I got a photo with him. We also saw Amarillo Slim playing in one of the events. After Hui finished his satellite we went to the bowling alley. Just outside it we ran into Johnny Chan (TV poker pro and founder of the poker site i play at chanpoker.com). I was wearing my chanpoker hoodie as usual and he was pretty happy to get a photo with me wearing it. After that we went bowling and promptly got hustled out of $50 by Andy.
Later that afternoon Hui was playing more satellites at the Rio and me and Andy went to Planet Hollywood to play the cash games. We played for around 2 hours and both finished around $100 in front. It was a satisfying session because I really didnt pick up any big hands, but i was patient and was able to pick up small pots and basically accumulate chips without too many worries.
Today we checked into the MGM grand, its the best place we have stayed in during the trip by a mile. 3 Plasmas, an actual kitchen, 2 bathrooms. Really good pool and gym facilities etc.. We are here for the last 4 nights of the trip. Tonight were probably just going to the gym and then play some live and the tomorrow we are probably going to a show.
After that we walked over to the poker room and we ran into David Sklansky and I got a photo with him. We also saw Amarillo Slim playing in one of the events. After Hui finished his satellite we went to the bowling alley. Just outside it we ran into Johnny Chan (TV poker pro and founder of the poker site i play at chanpoker.com). I was wearing my chanpoker hoodie as usual and he was pretty happy to get a photo with me wearing it. After that we went bowling and promptly got hustled out of $50 by Andy.
Later that afternoon Hui was playing more satellites at the Rio and me and Andy went to Planet Hollywood to play the cash games. We played for around 2 hours and both finished around $100 in front. It was a satisfying session because I really didnt pick up any big hands, but i was patient and was able to pick up small pots and basically accumulate chips without too many worries.
Today we checked into the MGM grand, its the best place we have stayed in during the trip by a mile. 3 Plasmas, an actual kitchen, 2 bathrooms. Really good pool and gym facilities etc.. We are here for the last 4 nights of the trip. Tonight were probably just going to the gym and then play some live and the tomorrow we are probably going to a show.
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