End of the month...

Still doing well on the 20NL tables on Prima, played about 10K hands with a > 13 PTBB/100, so I'm really satisfied about this.

I've also been playing a litlle 50NL, only 1K hands, resulting in a 1 buy-in loss. Compared to the 20NL tables I don't think these opponents are much harder to beat. We'll see during the next couple of weeks!

For next month I'll try to play 5K hands on 20NL and 5K hands on 50NL, so hopefully my results will be as good as this month :-)

Good luck at the tables...

Running well...

Having a nice run for the moment, BB/100 12.93 over the last 3.5K hands...so I'm not complaining. My reads are doing well, my big hands are being paid off and I'm really focused at the tables.

I must admit that I didn't have to make any borderline decisions the last couple of 3K hands...everytime the money got in I was a huge favorite, so this helps :-)

One nice hand from tonight: Villain was making some really weird moves and plays the last couple of hands.

** Olive Transformer [Hold 'em] (0.10|0.20 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- RicciNas sitting in seat 1 with $24.70
- speldosa sitting in seat 2 with $23.47
- UKGolfer sitting in seat 3 with $11.00
- hens sitting in seat 4 with $15.93 [Dealer]
- Donkey_Shot sitting in seat 5 with $40.32
- A8888 sitting in seat 6 with $19.96

Donkey_Shot posted the small blind - $0.10
A8888 posted the big blind - $0.20
** Dealing card to RicciNas: King of Clubs, Queen of Diamonds
RicciNas raised - $0.80
speldosa folded
UKGolfer folded
hens folded
Donkey_Shot called - $0.80
A8888 folded

** Dealing the flop: Jack of Spades, Ace of Spades, 10 of Diamonds
Donkey_Shot bet - $1.80
RicciNas raised - $7.20
Donkey_Shot went all-in - $37.82
RicciNas went all-in - $16.70

** Dealing the turn: 9 of Hearts

** Dealing the river: Queen of Clubs
RicciNas shows: King of Clubs, Queen of Diamonds
Donkey_Shot mucks:
RicciNas wins $49.30 from the main pot

Maybe I should have raised a little less (about $5.2)? But against such a loose player I like to reraise a little more... especially when I've got the nuts :-)

Back on track...

Started playing again the last couple of days.

NL ($0.25) - 2,935 hands - VPIP 20.14 - PFR 14.69 - BB/100 11.52

So I'm runnig well for the moment. I'll try to play another 7K hands before the end of the month and then I'll give the 50NL another shot.

Life...

Guys I'm taking a few days off, last night a friend of mine (34 years young) passed away, he did have some cardiovascular problems. David, rest in peace my friend!

Sometimes life isn't fair...

Almost no time...

The last couple of days I had a lot of business obligations and parties to attain...so I almost didn't play. I played about 1K hands and I'm down for about one buy-in.

Tonight I'll try to post one terrible hand, I tried to slowplay a monster on the flop, gave a freecard on the turn and then got rivered...

This week I'll move to Battlefield Poker cause I've got a nice rakeback deal over there. Thanks Rob for mentioning it!

Start of August & the Low Limit Grinder Community

Finally another update, last month I've had the biggest downswing in my pokerlife! I lost about 15 buy-ins!! I think the first 5/7 buy-ins I lost were due to pretty sick hands, just bad luck. The additional 8 buy-ins I played very poorly, I think the downswing was making me playing scared and I started playing passive without any aggression. Without aggression you can't win in short handed games!

So I started to analze my PT stats, watched some Cardrunners vids and the I did a poker marathon resulting in a great 12 buy-ins win. Very pleased about this and I regained some confidence about my game.

Last week I also joined the Cardrunners Low Limit Grinder community, so hopefully this will improve my game and I will get in touch with some new great players who're all eager to improver their pokerskills. So I'll try to update my blog once every day with some hands and other pokerrelated stuff.

Some hands of the past days

1) Hand 1: Villain is playing 68/18/3. I saw him make some weird plays. After his check on the flop I knew he had a monster JJ or 77, but considering his big bet PF I concluded he wouldn't make this sort of bet PF. I was pretty sure he had 77 or another small PP.

2) Hand 2: Villain is playing 31/15/.. The last couple of hands he's continously reraising everyone's CBET, so I decide to check the flop knowing he'll fire a bet. How about my all-in check/raise is this a good play or should I just just call?

3) Hand 3: Villain is playing 60/10/1..normally I would just fold to his river shove, but now I'm just wondering what he could possibly have? Would he do this kind of bet with a set, the nut flush draw or a stone cold bluff? They way this hand is played I don't put him on a set or an overpair... so bluff or flush and would you make this call? I'll post the result tomorrow.

Good luck at the tables!