Hey Gang,
Been a while since my last update. I just wanted to give you guys a quick rundown of what I've been up to since I last posted. Since the last entry I have played about 4 sessions. I played a home game on Tuesday with a group of guys I met at the casino. The game was pretty laggy even though it was just a .50/1 game. Straddles and double straddles were frequent which built the pots up pretty quickly. Long story short, I ended up dropping $350 in no time and at the end of the night I ended +190. It's a great group of guys and the games at the casino on Tuesdays isn't exactly that great either. The game is right down the street from my house so I will be definitely playing in this game more often if I continue to get invited.
The next few sessions at the casino weren't too much to write home about. I went the next day on Wednesday and actually ran into one of the guys in the home game. The game was really good and I think I ended the night +1600 or so. Thursday I remember going but I don't really remember what happened.
After baseball and a bbq on Saturday, some of the people I was with wanted to hit up the casino so I took the chance to grind on the weekend. I mainly just play during the weekdays so I can spend the weekends with my gf, but since she was amongst the group that wanted to go, I finally got to play on the weekend. I immediately got seated at a table with a couple of my friend's friends. Just a couple standard younger asian guys. First hand I played vs one of them I opened 99 from UTG and got flatted in MP. Comes down T82r and goes check, check. Turn is Jx and I c/c a bet of 40. River is a 3x and I figured he might just be bluffing and he could only bet a straight or a Jack and he ended up showing me AJo. OOPS. I then proceeded to 3b the hell out of the other guy and he folded every single time to me. This chipped me back up to my original buyin of $500. The next hand of interest came against the same guy I was 3b'n relentlessly. I opened CO with 87dd and got a caller on the BTN and the guy squeezes to 70. I flat because we both got about $600 and the BTN was a pretty bad player. BTN flats and flop comes Q45dd. Squeezer checks and I bet $110 and take it down. Little later in the night the guy to my right had shown a propensity to bluff a ton and really wanted to get in a hand with him. The time came when he opened CO and I flatted 96cc on BTN and one of the blinds came along. Flop comes 962ss and the original raiser bet $25 and I raised to $75 which he flatted. Turn was a 3s and he led into me for about $110 with about $250 behind. I decided to flat and reevaluate on the river. The river brought a 3x and he shoved and I tank called after about 2 minutes and he showed me the Qd and mucks. I'm not sure if he had QQ or just air. After this hand I just slowly chipped up and decided to quit after about a couple hours to catch up with the rest of the gang. Ended the session +900.
The last session I played was just last night. I quickly found out that Monday nights/Tuesday mornings are REALLY slow. There were only two tables on 3/5 running and both were shorthanded. I got placed on the asian gambling table it seemed. There were 5 of us and it seemed every pot had at least a $100 preflop and all ins were very frequent. It took me a while to adjust since most of the players aren't this aggressive so I slowly bled chips trying to figure out how to play against this lineup. I got down to about $230 from my original buyin of $500 when the pot was straddled and opened to $30 and every at the table called. I decided this was a good squeeze spot. I looked down in the straddle and saw the Ace of clubs and shoved. I was met by a reraise and was up against QQ. I actually got lucky against my opponent and took it down with A3o. The guy to my right looked at me befuddled as to why I would ship with A3o lol. I told him I just was squeezing and he didn't seem to understand. The very next hand they had a cowboy come over to our table and he immediately raises to $30 and I look down at AA in the SB and 3b to $120 with about $500 effective. He flats and we see a flop of 532dd. I decided to just open shove to make my hand look bluffy and he might call with an overpair. He did decide to call and the board ran out Tx, Tx, and I scooped the pot. After this hand they combined both tables it was just a rollercoaster for me. My stack fluctuated from 1k to 500 for most of the night. I eventually got down to $250 after an ill advised bluff vs the cowboy. I ended up getting my stack in AK v AA and almost decided to leave after dropping $500. I decided to reload and a new player sat down who turned out to be very gambly. He had about $250 left in his straddle and I open AQo to $30 and he shoves and I call. He turns over 96cc and I hold. The very next hand I open AKo UTG and the same guy squeezes to 120. He has about $400 total and I just ship and he calls with 64o and I hold again. After a few orbits this guy ends up leaving and I am dead tired by this time. I played for about 6 hours and wanted to beat traffic on the way home. I ended up cashing out $1130 for a profit of $130. This was by far the hardest day for me. I was card dead for a long time and the competition was just a lot better than usual. I am hoping this trend isn't going to continue and that I can get on some softer tables.
Session 3 Recap-
Time: 6 hours
Buyin: $500
Stakes: .5/1 Home Game
Cashout: $680
Profit: +180
Session 4 Recap-
Time: 4 hours
Buyin: $500
Stakes: 3/5NL
Cashout: $2100
Profit: +1600
Session 5 Recap-
Don't remember
Session 6 Recap-
Time: 2 hours
Buyin: $500
Stakes: 3/5NL
Cashout: $1400
Profit: +900
Session 7 Recap-
Time: 6 hours
Buyin: $1000
Stakes 3/5NL
Cashout: $1130
Profit: $130
Here's hoping that Monday won't happen again!
Cheers,
mazzler
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
6/6/2011
Hey Gang,
Just got back from Tulalip after a day of doing nothing. That's my idea of perfect Sunday! Anyway I made the drive up north and saw that there were a lot more tables on this night than the Thursday night I played last time. I was on the waitlist for about 30 minutes before getting onto a table. The first table I was at seemed okay from the look of it. The first hand I played, I iso'd to 25 w/ 33 in MP v an UTG limper. Flop came KK5hh and the limper c/c my bet of 35. Turn was a 8x and the limper again c/c for 65. River was a 3x and this guy c/c a $200 shove with KQ. That got me up to about 800 and got berated for a while. It's always fun to get berated because the people that do it are always so bad. My last hand at this table happened against this guy that had been drinking for a bit but actually seemed like the only one that knew what he was doing. I opened QQ from UTG to 20 and get him to call from the SB. Flop comes Q76 and drunk guy c/c $25. Turn is a nice 2x which the drunk again c/c $65. The river was a Kx and for some reason he led for $225 which left him with about $125 behind. I shoved after a couple seconds and gives a speech about me having KQ or something but he mucked pretty quick after that.
Our table broke after a while and I got moved to another table and scanned around the table. I had a guy wearing some Las Vegas hat to my right and one other player a two seats to my right that looked reggish. When I say reggish, I mean he looked young and had a big stack. Turned out that this guy was pretty good so I chose my spots against this particular player. After a couple orbits of mucking, I picked up AQo from the BB. The reggy guy opens to $15 on BTN, asian SB flats, and I 3b to $55. The SB overcalls and the flop comes K77 and the SB c/c $50. Turn is 8x and SB c/f to a bet of $120. I figure he flats with a lot of small PP and double barreling will get him off most of those hands. A few hands later I pick up AA in MP and I squeeze the reg and SB and get no action. The very next hand I pick up AKss and squeeze the same two guys again by the SB overcalls. We were both about $1600 deep at this point. Flop comes 722cc and SB leads for $300. At this point I'm like wtf. It looks so much like 99-JJ but I'm not sure if he is folding to a raise. I contemplated just flatting but in the end I just mucked because I told myself I should avoid those marginal situations. There was one really huge whale at the table that would L/C pretty much his whole range. He got c/r on a KQJT9sss and actually shoved with JTo. LOL.
The most interesting hand of the night was when I got into a hand with the reggy looking guy. He opened CO to $20 and I 3b to $55 on BTN w/ K7ss. He 4b to $160 and for some reason in Washington, you can only put in 3 raises. He had about $600 total and I had him covered. I elected to flat because it looks super strong on my end and I had position. Flop comes 852r and he checks. I decided to bet $110 and he tanked for about 5 minutes before folding. The reason I 3b and flatted was because I had already 3b him about 3 or 4 times beforehand and he always folded. I feel like he was positionally aware that I could show up light so I think he could be 4b'n light as well. When he checks, I am only worried he played AA tricky and would c/r but I still elected to bet because I am obv never going to win that pot at showdown and needed to put maximum pressure on him.
Session 2 Recap-
Time: 4 hours
Buyin: $500
Stakes: 3/5
Cashout: $1515
Profit: +1015
Just need to keep grinding and I feel like I have a huge edge in these games. I am hoping the games are this good on the other days I plan on going. Good luck at the tables.
Cheers,
mazzler
Just got back from Tulalip after a day of doing nothing. That's my idea of perfect Sunday! Anyway I made the drive up north and saw that there were a lot more tables on this night than the Thursday night I played last time. I was on the waitlist for about 30 minutes before getting onto a table. The first table I was at seemed okay from the look of it. The first hand I played, I iso'd to 25 w/ 33 in MP v an UTG limper. Flop came KK5hh and the limper c/c my bet of 35. Turn was a 8x and the limper again c/c for 65. River was a 3x and this guy c/c a $200 shove with KQ. That got me up to about 800 and got berated for a while. It's always fun to get berated because the people that do it are always so bad. My last hand at this table happened against this guy that had been drinking for a bit but actually seemed like the only one that knew what he was doing. I opened QQ from UTG to 20 and get him to call from the SB. Flop comes Q76 and drunk guy c/c $25. Turn is a nice 2x which the drunk again c/c $65. The river was a Kx and for some reason he led for $225 which left him with about $125 behind. I shoved after a couple seconds and gives a speech about me having KQ or something but he mucked pretty quick after that.
Our table broke after a while and I got moved to another table and scanned around the table. I had a guy wearing some Las Vegas hat to my right and one other player a two seats to my right that looked reggish. When I say reggish, I mean he looked young and had a big stack. Turned out that this guy was pretty good so I chose my spots against this particular player. After a couple orbits of mucking, I picked up AQo from the BB. The reggy guy opens to $15 on BTN, asian SB flats, and I 3b to $55. The SB overcalls and the flop comes K77 and the SB c/c $50. Turn is 8x and SB c/f to a bet of $120. I figure he flats with a lot of small PP and double barreling will get him off most of those hands. A few hands later I pick up AA in MP and I squeeze the reg and SB and get no action. The very next hand I pick up AKss and squeeze the same two guys again by the SB overcalls. We were both about $1600 deep at this point. Flop comes 722cc and SB leads for $300. At this point I'm like wtf. It looks so much like 99-JJ but I'm not sure if he is folding to a raise. I contemplated just flatting but in the end I just mucked because I told myself I should avoid those marginal situations. There was one really huge whale at the table that would L/C pretty much his whole range. He got c/r on a KQJT9sss and actually shoved with JTo. LOL.
The most interesting hand of the night was when I got into a hand with the reggy looking guy. He opened CO to $20 and I 3b to $55 on BTN w/ K7ss. He 4b to $160 and for some reason in Washington, you can only put in 3 raises. He had about $600 total and I had him covered. I elected to flat because it looks super strong on my end and I had position. Flop comes 852r and he checks. I decided to bet $110 and he tanked for about 5 minutes before folding. The reason I 3b and flatted was because I had already 3b him about 3 or 4 times beforehand and he always folded. I feel like he was positionally aware that I could show up light so I think he could be 4b'n light as well. When he checks, I am only worried he played AA tricky and would c/r but I still elected to bet because I am obv never going to win that pot at showdown and needed to put maximum pressure on him.
Session 2 Recap-
Time: 4 hours
Buyin: $500
Stakes: 3/5
Cashout: $1515
Profit: +1015
Just need to keep grinding and I feel like I have a huge edge in these games. I am hoping the games are this good on the other days I plan on going. Good luck at the tables.
Cheers,
mazzler
Friday, June 3, 2011
Resurrection
Hey Gang,
Long time no post! Since my last post a lot has gone down. I was doing pretty well up until April, playing mostly 200NL and 400NL. Then Black Friday hit and everyone just got shitted on. I have to admit that this was pretty depressing and I took the next few weeks off to try and just figure out what to do next. Along with poker, I do financial planning on the side that I could always fall back on. Just last week though I decided I would try to do the live grind for a month to see how I would do and re-access at the end of the month.
This blog is going to mainly talk about my live sessions and just a way for me to record keep for myself. There are a couple casinos within 30-40 minutes of me that I have to choose from but I have decided to grind mostly at Tulalip Casino. The reason I chose Tulalip over Snoqualmie is because of the $500 max buy at the 3/5 game as opposed to only $300 max at Sno. The poker room is also better IMO because of the spaciousness of Tulalip. The Sno poker room is like a sardine can where every table is squished right next to each other and it is cold as hell in there.
I had my first session of the month last night and found out that Tulalip has a hourly high hand promotion worth $200. This was the cherry on top of everything I mentioned previously about Tulalip. I took a look at the waitlists and decided to hop on the 3/5 game to shake the rust off my live game before diving into 5/10. I usually play a little tighter when I first get to the table just to get a feel for my opponents. I quickly found that there were 2 solid players at my table and the rest were pretty big fish. The first hand of note happened about 5 minutes after I sat down. I iso'd a UTG+1 and MP limp with J8cc on BTN to 25. Flop came Ax7s2s; I got c/c by UTG+1 for 40. Turn was another Ace. UTG+1 c/c again for 95. I cbet here because he might dump his FD with the board pairing and even if he has an ace, I don't think he has a very strong kicker. The river came a 9x. I bet 185 this time thinking he was going to fold all his small aces but he actually tank called after about 5 minutes with A8ss. I guess I'm just a fish and I shouldn't try to bluff so much. This helped me build an aggro image though because it seemed as though I was the only person at the table willing to bluff. After this hand I topped off to 500 again.
No other hands of note really came up for the next few hours but I slowly chipped up to even with about a $800 stack. The next hand of interest began when it got limped around to me in the SB and I woke up with KK. I raise it up to 35 and got 1 call by a nit reg. Flop came down Q99r and I elected to check because I think his hand consists of a lot of pocket pairs and I only really get value from some Q's and JT. Nitreg checked back and the turn was a 3x. I cb 45 and got called. River is a 7x which I wasn't entirely happy about but I bet 80 and was prepared to fold to a raise but he just flatted and mucked.
The game ran pretty shorthanded for a while, having usually 4-5 players until the end of the night where they combined another table with ours. It was just playing as many hands as possible against the fish and value betting as best I could. There was one guy that would never bet his strong hands and would c/c his mid set vs TP. It made it a lot easier for me to play against him because he played so passively. I was able to pick my spots carefully and ended the night with about a $1250 stack. After my total buyin of $800, I was up about $450 after about 5 hours of grinding.
Overall I'm happy with how I played because the table wasn't exactly the best since there were actually a few good players at the table. I plan on playing Sunday-Thursday between 11pm-5am. I'm hoping the games will be running during those times as its the only time I can really go.
Session 1 Recap-
Time: 5 hours
Buyin: $800
Cashout: $1250
Profit: +450
Hopefully we can get some rungood and crush this month.
Cheers,
mazzler
Long time no post! Since my last post a lot has gone down. I was doing pretty well up until April, playing mostly 200NL and 400NL. Then Black Friday hit and everyone just got shitted on. I have to admit that this was pretty depressing and I took the next few weeks off to try and just figure out what to do next. Along with poker, I do financial planning on the side that I could always fall back on. Just last week though I decided I would try to do the live grind for a month to see how I would do and re-access at the end of the month.
This blog is going to mainly talk about my live sessions and just a way for me to record keep for myself. There are a couple casinos within 30-40 minutes of me that I have to choose from but I have decided to grind mostly at Tulalip Casino. The reason I chose Tulalip over Snoqualmie is because of the $500 max buy at the 3/5 game as opposed to only $300 max at Sno. The poker room is also better IMO because of the spaciousness of Tulalip. The Sno poker room is like a sardine can where every table is squished right next to each other and it is cold as hell in there.
I had my first session of the month last night and found out that Tulalip has a hourly high hand promotion worth $200. This was the cherry on top of everything I mentioned previously about Tulalip. I took a look at the waitlists and decided to hop on the 3/5 game to shake the rust off my live game before diving into 5/10. I usually play a little tighter when I first get to the table just to get a feel for my opponents. I quickly found that there were 2 solid players at my table and the rest were pretty big fish. The first hand of note happened about 5 minutes after I sat down. I iso'd a UTG+1 and MP limp with J8cc on BTN to 25. Flop came Ax7s2s; I got c/c by UTG+1 for 40. Turn was another Ace. UTG+1 c/c again for 95. I cbet here because he might dump his FD with the board pairing and even if he has an ace, I don't think he has a very strong kicker. The river came a 9x. I bet 185 this time thinking he was going to fold all his small aces but he actually tank called after about 5 minutes with A8ss. I guess I'm just a fish and I shouldn't try to bluff so much. This helped me build an aggro image though because it seemed as though I was the only person at the table willing to bluff. After this hand I topped off to 500 again.
No other hands of note really came up for the next few hours but I slowly chipped up to even with about a $800 stack. The next hand of interest began when it got limped around to me in the SB and I woke up with KK. I raise it up to 35 and got 1 call by a nit reg. Flop came down Q99r and I elected to check because I think his hand consists of a lot of pocket pairs and I only really get value from some Q's and JT. Nitreg checked back and the turn was a 3x. I cb 45 and got called. River is a 7x which I wasn't entirely happy about but I bet 80 and was prepared to fold to a raise but he just flatted and mucked.
The game ran pretty shorthanded for a while, having usually 4-5 players until the end of the night where they combined another table with ours. It was just playing as many hands as possible against the fish and value betting as best I could. There was one guy that would never bet his strong hands and would c/c his mid set vs TP. It made it a lot easier for me to play against him because he played so passively. I was able to pick my spots carefully and ended the night with about a $1250 stack. After my total buyin of $800, I was up about $450 after about 5 hours of grinding.
Overall I'm happy with how I played because the table wasn't exactly the best since there were actually a few good players at the table. I plan on playing Sunday-Thursday between 11pm-5am. I'm hoping the games will be running during those times as its the only time I can really go.
Session 1 Recap-
Time: 5 hours
Buyin: $800
Cashout: $1250
Profit: +450
Hopefully we can get some rungood and crush this month.
Cheers,
mazzler
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
October Results
Hey Gang,
Been super lazy with this blog but I have not forgotten about you! Just going to be a short update because I plan on blogging again at the beginning of December. Can't believe the year is almost over and I already know with all the holidays around the corner, it'll be the new year real quick.
RESULTS:
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The month went about as good as I could hope for. I started the month off super hot and sorta cooled down towards the end. I can't be complacent though because there were definitely some spots where I could improve and I know I can't just rely on running hot at 200NL and above.
That's all for now and I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Cheers,
mazzler
Been super lazy with this blog but I have not forgotten about you! Just going to be a short update because I plan on blogging again at the beginning of December. Can't believe the year is almost over and I already know with all the holidays around the corner, it'll be the new year real quick.
RESULTS:
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The month went about as good as I could hope for. I started the month off super hot and sorta cooled down towards the end. I can't be complacent though because there were definitely some spots where I could improve and I know I can't just rely on running hot at 200NL and above.
That's all for now and I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Cheers,
mazzler
Monday, October 4, 2010
September Recap
Hey Gang,
September started off pretty bad and thanks to Brian, was saved at the end. Pretty much I was just burning money and Brian helped me plug some leaks and I feel like I'm gonna just crush in October.
In other news, Pokerstars has decided to stop serving residents of Washington state. Pretty shitty huh? So I'm anticipating that FTP will be doing the same soon so I will be trying to grind as much as possible as well as finding a solution to this problem.
I haven't been playing as much Starcraft lately but the games we have played, we have been doing a lot better. Couple of the guys probably got coaching or something because they have been carrying our team. Time to ride their coattails to diamond!
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Again I'd like to thank Brian for helping me out! You can tell where he started sweating me and the rest is history.
GOALS:
4ptbb+ @ 100NL
Top 50 winner at 100NL
Hope you guys had a great September!
Cheers,
mazzler
September started off pretty bad and thanks to Brian, was saved at the end. Pretty much I was just burning money and Brian helped me plug some leaks and I feel like I'm gonna just crush in October.
In other news, Pokerstars has decided to stop serving residents of Washington state. Pretty shitty huh? So I'm anticipating that FTP will be doing the same soon so I will be trying to grind as much as possible as well as finding a solution to this problem.
I haven't been playing as much Starcraft lately but the games we have played, we have been doing a lot better. Couple of the guys probably got coaching or something because they have been carrying our team. Time to ride their coattails to diamond!
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Again I'd like to thank Brian for helping me out! You can tell where he started sweating me and the rest is history.
GOALS:
4ptbb+ @ 100NL
Top 50 winner at 100NL
Hope you guys had a great September!
Cheers,
mazzler
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
August Recap/September Goals
Hey Gang,
LIFE:
First off, where the hell did summer go? I'm up in Seattle, WA and its freezing up here already. Can't even get through August and its all loom and gloom again. August from what I can remember was a pretty solid month. My gf and I have been making new friends and it has been fun to get to know new people. It all culminated with a end-of-the-year bbq last weekend. Obviously there was lots of drinking and grilling and was good times.
POKER:
August was okay IMO in regards to poker. It was up and down for me and eventually I went on a miniheater at the end of the month to grind out a small profit. I feel like I'm doing really well and knowing what to do in certain situations to be more profitable. I took a few shots at 200NL and it didn't go too great so I have decided to just concentrate on being the best 100NL reg and when I think I am one of the top 100NL regs, I will move up to 200NL.
Graphs:
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GOALS:
4ptbb @ 100NL
Only one goal for September and it is to CRUSH 100NL. I know I can play well enough to get top 10 on PTR's top winners.
Hope you guys had a great summer!
Cheers,
mazzer
LIFE:
First off, where the hell did summer go? I'm up in Seattle, WA and its freezing up here already. Can't even get through August and its all loom and gloom again. August from what I can remember was a pretty solid month. My gf and I have been making new friends and it has been fun to get to know new people. It all culminated with a end-of-the-year bbq last weekend. Obviously there was lots of drinking and grilling and was good times.
POKER:
August was okay IMO in regards to poker. It was up and down for me and eventually I went on a miniheater at the end of the month to grind out a small profit. I feel like I'm doing really well and knowing what to do in certain situations to be more profitable. I took a few shots at 200NL and it didn't go too great so I have decided to just concentrate on being the best 100NL reg and when I think I am one of the top 100NL regs, I will move up to 200NL.
Graphs:
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GOALS:
4ptbb @ 100NL
Only one goal for September and it is to CRUSH 100NL. I know I can play well enough to get top 10 on PTR's top winners.
Hope you guys had a great summer!
Cheers,
mazzer
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
July Recap
Hey Gang,
July was pretty meh on the poker front but awesome on the life front. I only got in about 50k hands at 100NL for a whopping +1200. Started the month off running terrible and it sort of evened out in the end. I blame the lack of volume with a trip to Vegas as well as my birthday at the end of the month. It definitely is really hard to get back into grinding when you take more than a few days off from the game. I just couldn't get any traction after getting back from Vegas. I feel like I won't be able to get many hands in for August either with.... the release of SC2! If anyone out there wants to play, hit me up!
Plans for August are to play at least a little bit but I already know the majority of my time will be spent on SC2. Hopefully I can grind out some profit at tables at the same time hittin diamond league in SC.
Cheers,
mazzler
July was pretty meh on the poker front but awesome on the life front. I only got in about 50k hands at 100NL for a whopping +1200. Started the month off running terrible and it sort of evened out in the end. I blame the lack of volume with a trip to Vegas as well as my birthday at the end of the month. It definitely is really hard to get back into grinding when you take more than a few days off from the game. I just couldn't get any traction after getting back from Vegas. I feel like I won't be able to get many hands in for August either with.... the release of SC2! If anyone out there wants to play, hit me up!
Plans for August are to play at least a little bit but I already know the majority of my time will be spent on SC2. Hopefully I can grind out some profit at tables at the same time hittin diamond league in SC.
Cheers,
mazzler
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