Locked in

Haven't been this locked in in ages, amazing day.

Hand #004:

PokerStars Hand #109775288124:  Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25 USD) - 2014/01/07 21:12:18 ET
Table 'Arosa' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: PenTAce ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: amaviles ($50.35 in chips)
Seat 3: choeyes ($17.23 in chips)
Seat 4: pidiwang ($20.25 in chips)
Seat 5: JanAurelius ($36.65 in chips)
Seat 6: SheNhai ($25 in chips)
Seat 7: MrB.Favre ($13.99 in chips)
Seat 8: mune010269 ($9.75 in chips)
Seat 9: hungrywolfxx ($12.41 in chips)
mune010269: posts small blind $0.10
hungrywolfxx: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SheNhai [As Qh]
PenTAce: folds
amaviles: folds
choeyes: folds
pidiwang: folds
JanAurelius: raises $0.50 to $0.75
SheNhai: calls $0.75
MrB.Favre: folds
mune010269: calls $0.65
hungrywolfxx: folds
*** FLOP *** [2c Ac 3h]
mune010269: checks
JanAurelius: checks
SheNhai: bets $1.40
mune010269: folds
JanAurelius: calls $1.40
*** TURN *** [2c Ac 3h] [8s]
JanAurelius: checks
SheNhai: bets $2.60
JanAurelius: calls $2.60
*** RIVER *** [2c Ac 3h 8s] [8d]
JanAurelius: checks
SheNhai: bets $4
JanAurelius: raises $6.25 to $10.25
SheNhai: calls $6.25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JanAurelius: shows [Kd Ah] (two pair, Aces and Eights)
SheNhai: mucks hand
JanAurelius collected $29.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $31 | Rake $1.40
Board [2c Ac 3h 8s 8d]
Seat 1: PenTAce folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: amaviles folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: choeyes folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: pidiwang folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: JanAurelius showed [Kd Ah] and won ($29.60) with two pair, Aces and Eights
Seat 6: SheNhai mucked [As Qh]
Seat 7: MrB.Favre (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: mune010269 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: hungrywolfxx (big blind) folded before Flop

This kind of stuff I need to stop doing, this is spew all the way.

Finally, a productive session

With all the non-poker related shit that's been going on, it was nice to finally have a clean session relatively free of coolers and getting paid off a couple times with made hands.

Hand #003:

PokerStars Hand #109741737229:  Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25 USD) - 2014/01/07 10:33:38 ET
Table 'Laodica IV' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: AutumnYeh ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: Egiza1985 ($9.50 in chips)
Seat 3: pokerfish987 ($20 in chips)
Seat 4: SheNhai ($34.03 in chips)
Seat 6: Jakomo_Spb ($21.16 in chips)
Seat 7: VladimirOA ($12.95 in chips)
Seat 8: Josie Pokki ($21.75 in chips)
Seat 9: MyFTORRES ($25.28 in chips)
Egiza1985: posts small blind $0.10
pokerfish987: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SheNhai [Qs Qc]
SheNhai: raises $0.50 to $0.75
Jakomo_Spb: folds
VladimirOA: calls $0.75
Josie Pokki: calls $0.75
MyFTORRES: folds
AutumnYeh: calls $0.75
Egiza1985: folds
pokerfish987: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [6h 9s 9h]
pokerfish987: checks
SheNhai: bets $2
VladimirOA: raises $4 to $6
Josie Pokki: folds
AutumnYeh: folds
pokerfish987: folds
SheNhai: raises $27.28 to $33.28 and is all-in
VladimirOA: calls $6.20 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($21.08) returned to SheNhai
*** TURN *** [6h 9s 9h] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [6h 9s 9h 8d] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SheNhai: shows [Qs Qc] (a full house, Nines full of Queens)
VladimirOA: shows [Kd Kc] (a full house, Nines full of Kings)
VladimirOA collected $26.98 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $28.25 | Rake $1.27
Board [6h 9s 9h 8d 9c]
Seat 1: AutumnYeh (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Egiza1985 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: pokerfish987 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: SheNhai showed [Qs Qc] and lost with a full house, Nines full of Queens
Seat 6: Jakomo_Spb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: VladimirOA showed [Kd Kc] and won ($26.98) with a full house, Nines full of Kings
Seat 8: Josie Pokki folded on the Flop
Seat 9: MyFTORRES folded before Flop (didn't bet)

This was the one hand that made me think quite a bit, I think the most likely hands in his range are flush draws with equity like AKhh, AQhh, AJhh, KQhh. JJ and TT wouldn't play this way, and well, I didn't expect KK to as well. It was a strange line by villain and it got me in this particular spot, I have no idea why he didn't shove pre with KK only 50~ bb deep.

A couple tough spots

Here's a couple hands from the first session of the new year. I spewed quite stupidly at the beginning of the session but got my shit together to get myself back on track. I ended the session playing some solid poker and that is something I haven't been able to do for a while so it was encouraging.

Hand #001:
PokerStars Hand #109576766389:  Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25 USD) - 2014/01/04 11:25:57 ET
Table 'Ascanios III' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Al3xAnd3r22 ($28.21 in chips)
Seat 2: Cocacoki ($23.55 in chips)
Seat 3: SheNhai ($27.17 in chips)
Seat 4: Zimzlim ($43.50 in chips)
Seat 5: MandL55 ($27.78 in chips)
Seat 6: GRAF0610 ($20 in chips)
Seat 8: TIGRANO ($25 in chips)
Seat 9: xraytibu ($26.58 in chips)
TIGRANO: posts small blind $0.10
xraytibu: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SheNhai [Kh As]
Al3xAnd3r22: folds
Cocacoki: folds
SheNhai: raises $0.50 to $0.75
Zimzlim: folds
MandL55: folds
GRAF0610: calls $0.75
TIGRANO: folds
xraytibu: folds
*** FLOP *** [3d Kc Qh]
SheNhai: bets $1.20
GRAF0610: calls $1.20
*** TURN *** [3d Kc Qh] [Th]
SheNhai: bets $2.50
GRAF0610: raises $2.75 to $5.25
SheNhai: calls $2.75
*** RIVER *** [3d Kc Qh Th] [5h]
SheNhai: checks
GRAF0610: bets $9.50
SheNhai: folds
Uncalled bet ($9.50) returned to GRAF0610
GRAF0610 collected $14.09 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $14.75 | Rake $0.66
Board [3d Kc Qh Th 5h]
Seat 1: Al3xAnd3r22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Cocacoki folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: SheNhai folded on the River
Seat 4: Zimzlim folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: MandL55 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: GRAF0610 (button) collected ($14.09)
Seat 8: TIGRANO (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: xraytibu (big blind) folded before Flop

Everything up to the turn is pretty standard. Looking back, I really dislike my turn call alot, villain doesn't have many draws in his range because we have the Kh blocker and 2 fairly high hearts are on the board so this raise is very tilted towards value... Most of his range is random 2 pairs and QQ, TT sets, we really don't beat much of anything here that would raise on the turn. River x/f seems standard the way it played out but I probably could have saved myself the 11bb on the turn.

Hand #002:

PokerStars Hand #109593232847:  Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25 USD) - 2014/01/04 16:00:01 ET

Table 'Troilus III' 9-max Seat #5 is the button

Seat 1: 9pw6z ($40 in chips)

Seat 2: SheNhai ($26.85 in chips)

Seat 3: Rule940 ($24.68 in chips)

Seat 4: soyadri12 ($12.19 in chips)

Seat 5: Fuzzzel ($25.83 in chips)

Seat 6: camiloking17 ($5.45 in chips)

Seat 7: Luvsu ($11.10 in chips)

Seat 8: RMilPoker ($29.92 in chips)

Seat 9: arsa011 ($25.35 in chips)

camiloking17: posts small blind $0.10

Luvsu: posts big blind $0.25

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to SheNhai [Jc Jd]

RMilPoker: raises $0.50 to $0.75

arsa011: folds

9pw6z: folds

SheNhai: calls $0.75

Rule940: folds

soyadri12: folds

Fuzzzel: folds

camiloking17: folds

Luvsu: folds

*** FLOP *** [Qd 6d Qs]

RMilPoker: checks

SheNhai: bets $1

RMilPoker: raises $1 to $2

SheNhai: calls $1

*** TURN *** [Qd 6d Qs] [As]

RMilPoker: checks

SheNhai: bets $3

RMilPoker: raises $3 to $6

SheNhai: folds

Uncalled bet ($3) returned to RMilPoker

RMilPoker collected $11.32 from pot

RMilPoker: doesn't show hand

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $11.85 | Rake $0.53

Board [Qd 6d Qs As]

Seat 1: 9pw6z folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: SheNhai folded on the Turn

Seat 3: Rule940 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: soyadri12 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: Fuzzzel (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: camiloking17 (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 7: Luvsu (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 8: RMilPoker collected ($11.32)

Seat 9: arsa011 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

This hand I really have no idea how to range that well. I don't know what kind of hands he raise flop and x/r's 2 streets with. If he had AQ or AA, he would be betting into turn after x/r flop because I'm calling alot of my range here and I'm probably checking back a significant portion of it. This just seems like really fishy play and I really don't know what to make of villains line here :/

With the beginning of the new year, I'm finally going to start working towards some concrete Poker Goals, and start a blog following in the steps of my buddy Peter (pitabread189.blogspot.ca)

I started playing Poker seriously in August of last year, and started off on a huge heater, pushing my Bankroll up from $300 to almost $1000 in a little less than a month. Variance and reality hit shortly after, and I have been spending the last 3 months dealing with life tilt, as well as uneven play coupled with variance issues making it so I haven't made much progress in the last couple months.

I want to create a bit of order in my play for 2014, and a blog feels like one of the best ways to keep track of my progress and learn from my mistakes. Currently, I am grinding 8 table Full Ring $0.10/$0.25 and hoping to move up significantly by 2015.

In terms of goals for 2014, I want to hit these benchmarks:

  - 1 million hands

  - 100k VPP (Supernova)

As well as just play well and improve my reading and hand recognition skills in general. With a new year comes a new chapter, and I will be aiming to write the damn best one I can.