I will be updating my new target (100k hands in 4NL SH with a winrate of at least 10bb/100) on the right sidebar of this page. As of this post, I am at 62,000 hands already with a winrate of 15bb/100. My old stat is still the winning style in this limit but I'm trying to mix up and play LAG from time to time.
Work. 4months into my new work as an IT Specialist and I'm feeling 'sick' already. I think there is not enough challenge on my new work. Instead of gaining experience and knowledge, I feel degraded and demoralized. Well, this is reality I guess. I love my profession honestly so I need to believe that all of these that are happening to my work right now is preparing me for a better opportunity (I'm soooo hoping for this one from this 'big IT company' nonetheless).
Poker. With all the downtime in my work at the moment, I'm seriously considering playing full-time again. Our old group, Korporasyon, has plans to start a new operation with the help of a poker friend (hipe). The plan is better this time so I hope they'll still accept me when I quit my job.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
No more monetary Goals.
My December. Food, Booze, Food(Spaghetti), Presents, and FISH. I went close to being BUSTO in online poker last December. My online BR is below $400 to begin 2011. It is very alarming so I did study my poker data and why I'm on a big downswing. Here are my observation/s:
- I started losing big when I stopped recording my poker session data in www.checkyourbets.com. I thought I let my EGO enter my room when I stopped recording at CYB.
*** action item *** Create a new CYB account and record data before and after online session (I started doing this last 1.1.11).
- I play looser when I play more than 6 tables at a time. I don't know but I thought I was playing tighter when I play 8 or more tables but my poker data proved me wrong.
*** action item *** Play 6 tables maximum at the same time.
- I love being LAG but I must admit, high variance kills me.
*** action item *** Study 04NL SH and 10NL SH HH and go back to playing TAG and winning poker in this microstakes. LAGgy style of play will only be practiced only in 10NL SH once I reach 50NL SH.
- Minus all the big losing session (which include a 25bis & 18bis downswing session, etc) I would have been okay.
*** action item *** Review how to handle TILT and follow the golden rule on TILT. STOP playing when on TILT!!!
- I must say on a 44k hands on 04NL SH with a winrate of 15bb/100, I am crushing this limit. I should start playing 04NL SH this year (2011).
*** action item *** Play 04NL SH until I play a total of 100k hands (I have 44k hands already so 56k hands more). Move to 10NL SH when after 100k hands, my winrate is greater than 10bb/100. If winrate is less than 10bb/100, I'll play 20k more hands to achieve a winrate higher than 10bb/100.
With the points above, I am now canceling my original Goal. Instead, I will focus on my action items and prove to myself that I can get this right and that I'm a winning poker player. Shoot me some comments if you have any suggestions. THANKS!
- I started losing big when I stopped recording my poker session data in www.checkyourbets.com. I thought I let my EGO enter my room when I stopped recording at CYB.
*** action item *** Create a new CYB account and record data before and after online session (I started doing this last 1.1.11).
- I play looser when I play more than 6 tables at a time. I don't know but I thought I was playing tighter when I play 8 or more tables but my poker data proved me wrong.
*** action item *** Play 6 tables maximum at the same time.
- I love being LAG but I must admit, high variance kills me.
*** action item *** Study 04NL SH and 10NL SH HH and go back to playing TAG and winning poker in this microstakes. LAGgy style of play will only be practiced only in 10NL SH once I reach 50NL SH.
- Minus all the big losing session (which include a 25bis & 18bis downswing session, etc) I would have been okay.
*** action item *** Review how to handle TILT and follow the golden rule on TILT. STOP playing when on TILT!!!
- I must say on a 44k hands on 04NL SH with a winrate of 15bb/100, I am crushing this limit. I should start playing 04NL SH this year (2011).
*** action item *** Play 04NL SH until I play a total of 100k hands (I have 44k hands already so 56k hands more). Move to 10NL SH when after 100k hands, my winrate is greater than 10bb/100. If winrate is less than 10bb/100, I'll play 20k more hands to achieve a winrate higher than 10bb/100.
With the points above, I am now canceling my original Goal. Instead, I will focus on my action items and prove to myself that I can get this right and that I'm a winning poker player. Shoot me some comments if you have any suggestions. THANKS!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Graduation, PokerManila, and Bad run.
I feel really accomplished and ready again because recently I graduated from the www.asiapokeracademy.com VIP Program Philippines yesterday. Together with 'Berto', who owns this awesome blog, we are the 1st batch of the said program. Unfortunately, a member of the 1st batch was not able to complete the program not because he's not good (fuck he is very GOOD) but, I think he just didn't have enough time to finish other final requirements. So anyway, I feel blessed and happy it is finished and we made it. Thanks to Coach Ron and Coach Ramil for all the support and help. You guys are amazing!!! =)
Last Tuesday, we at PokerManila.com celebrated our Christmas party at the Gamefrog in Metrowalk. After the dinner and drinking, I joined the 2 tables shoot-out SnG for Php700 which is a part of the Xmas party. Each table will pay the top 2 players with a Metro 5Million Xmas tradition seat worth Php10,000. And who knew(lol), I ended up winning a seat together with Pao, Pokerpeys, and Jamapanda of PokerManila (GL GL to us). The SnG shoot-out was crazy, I even turned a K high straight flush busting out Arvyt with his 7s. Good game PokerManila, I'll play my best and bring home the spaghetti.
Then the Bad Run. I am currently on a 24 buyin downswing for the past 5 days in 20NL SH. Yes it's shameful and very uninspiring but that's poker. I am moving down again to 10NL SH and build my BR up to $1000. I'm hungry(spaghetti in mind) and ready to play again.
Current BR - $475.00
December graph below:
Last Tuesday, we at PokerManila.com celebrated our Christmas party at the Gamefrog in Metrowalk. After the dinner and drinking, I joined the 2 tables shoot-out SnG for Php700 which is a part of the Xmas party. Each table will pay the top 2 players with a Metro 5Million Xmas tradition seat worth Php10,000. And who knew(lol), I ended up winning a seat together with Pao, Pokerpeys, and Jamapanda of PokerManila (GL GL to us). The SnG shoot-out was crazy, I even turned a K high straight flush busting out Arvyt with his 7s. Good game PokerManila, I'll play my best and bring home the spaghetti.
Then the Bad Run. I am currently on a 24 buyin downswing for the past 5 days in 20NL SH. Yes it's shameful and very uninspiring but that's poker. I am moving down again to 10NL SH and build my BR up to $1000. I'm hungry(spaghetti in mind) and ready to play again.
Current BR - $475.00
December graph below:
Sunday, December 12, 2010
TILT! and updates...
Why I hate TILT:
1. I spew too much obviously and play like a donk.
2. The fucking reason why the graph below looks like a roller coaster.
2. I feel sick when I go on tilt.
4. My mind goes blank for an hour or two and punch myself for losing 23 buy-ins. I call it FISH/DONKEY Syndrome.
Why I love TILT:
1. I study the game/mistakes.
Here is my latest update on being a spaghetti. I'm back on the green already and I'm really surprised on my RB last month. I received $180+ playing microstakes only and please tell me how is that not AWESOME!!! I played almost 25,000 hands in 45 hours of play last month and I was -$149.00 for a bad month.meh. With that result, I'm still up overall about $30+ for November (Thanks to the cool RB that asiapokeracademy.com gave me).
December! I'm feeling good this December. I have been following/studying materials by aejones and I feel like a newbie again to poker. I started playing LAG for 1 week now and I'm enjoying every freaking hand I play compared to my old style(TAG). I've managed to play with a stat of 31/23/6.3 and my target is 33/23/7. So I'm very close to my target already. I hope this LAGgy style is the perfect formula/sauce for this spaghetti.
Graphs:
NOVEMBER 2010 results:
Overall result (since Oct 28 2010):
1. I spew too much obviously and play like a donk.
2. The fucking reason why the graph below looks like a roller coaster.
2. I feel sick when I go on tilt.
4. My mind goes blank for an hour or two and punch myself for losing 23 buy-ins. I call it FISH/DONKEY Syndrome.
Why I love TILT:
1. I study the game/mistakes.
Here is my latest update on being a spaghetti. I'm back on the green already and I'm really surprised on my RB last month. I received $180+ playing microstakes only and please tell me how is that not AWESOME!!! I played almost 25,000 hands in 45 hours of play last month and I was -$149.00 for a bad month.meh. With that result, I'm still up overall about $30+ for November (Thanks to the cool RB that asiapokeracademy.com gave me).
December! I'm feeling good this December. I have been following/studying materials by aejones and I feel like a newbie again to poker. I started playing LAG for 1 week now and I'm enjoying every freaking hand I play compared to my old style(TAG). I've managed to play with a stat of 31/23/6.3 and my target is 33/23/7. So I'm very close to my target already. I hope this LAGgy style is the perfect formula/sauce for this spaghetti.
Graphs:
NOVEMBER 2010 results:
Overall result (since Oct 28 2010):
Sunday, November 7, 2010
EPIC FAIL!
Okay. My BR was raped/ambushed. Reason? TILT!. My session last week ended with a 25 buy-in downswing in 10NL SH. The tilting started when I had AA and KK at the same time in two tables. Both were cracked, AA vs two pair (89o) and KK vs bottom set (44). Anyway, I won't allow this downswing to happen again. If this happens again, I'm going to quit poker ZZZeriously!
Graph to follow.
Current BR -> $520
Target -> $1000
Btw, I'm playing on a European poker site so the conversion from $ to Euro change from day to day. Which means my graph does not give my exact BR (close but not exact).
Graph to follow.
Current BR -> $520
Target -> $1000
Btw, I'm playing on a European poker site so the conversion from $ to Euro change from day to day. Which means my graph does not give my exact BR (close but not exact).
Saturday, October 30, 2010
First Report
Halloween slowed my grind a bit but I had 2 sessions already and I'm up $84 combined (graph below). I'm in Pangasinan right now and I am starting to notice that I play a lot better when I'm here in the province. I can't be here though because I have a regular job in Metro Manila. Could it be the roosters? lol
I'm doing okay so far. I got stacked twice (KK vs AA and flopped straight vs rivered flush), but yeah I can live with these coolers and bad beats. Green stat is all that matters.
GOAL #1 -> $1000
-> 684 (current br)
-> $ 316 to go
I'm doing okay so far. I got stacked twice (KK vs AA and flopped straight vs rivered flush), but yeah I can live with these coolers and bad beats. Green stat is all that matters.
GOAL #1 -> $1000
-> 684 (current br)
-> $ 316 to go
Thursday, October 28, 2010
What's up!
Alright. I'm kind of not enjoying 'now' right now. Soooooooo, I feel like playing online poker again. My online bankroll is on a downswing and I can only blame myself and my old me being very lazy for the past 2 months.
My current BR is $600. So here are my goals:
- $1000 -> move up to 20NL SH
- $2000 -> move up to 40NL SH
- $2500 -> move up to 50NL SH
- $5000 -> move up to 100NL SH
I will play 2 to 4 hours every night (after office) and update this blog when I have time and energy after a session. Goodluck to me and yeah Spaghetti players, let's shuffle up and deal. =)
My current BR is $600. So here are my goals:
- $1000 -> move up to 20NL SH
- $2000 -> move up to 40NL SH
- $2500 -> move up to 50NL SH
- $5000 -> move up to 100NL SH
I will play 2 to 4 hours every night (after office) and update this blog when I have time and energy after a session. Goodluck to me and yeah Spaghetti players, let's shuffle up and deal. =)
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