Wednesday 2 hours

Thursday 1.5 hours

Friday 3 hours

Saturday 1 hour

Tuesday:

Up $380 this morning, don't think I played all that great, though better than last night, I just ran good hitting monster hand after monster hand.

Kept thinking I would finish this month at 2K but thats a random goal. At this point I'm just hoping to play every hand as best I can. Trying to focus on no knowing my bankroll, bonus amount or rakeback amount every second I'm playing. I don't wanna know any of that stuff, just wanna focus on my play.

Monday

Tilted again, this time hard and longer. Dropped $200 in playing horribly while sick and not feeling so great. I knew I shouldn't have played but I played anyway. I was too sick to really pay attention to the cards -$200. Got tilted by GF and went on life tilt. Not good.

Sunday:

Played for 3 hours. Played OK. Mistakenly took at shot at $200NL in which I played ok, but with my tiny bankroll I was not able to withstand the swings.

Not optimal. This is a form of tilt.

Played 3 hours yesterday and finished at $1370

Played 1.5 hours so far today, still at $1370.

Played 3.5 more hours for a total of 6.5 hours.

Finished at $1300. Oops

Played 3 hours today.

Started with $1400 finished with $1070, so -$330.

Tilted hard at the end. -$100 because of tilt. Losing hand after hand just wore me out after 2 hours.

Bodog ticker 11170, played for 3 1/2 hours.

My roll is at $770. Felt like I ran bad today. Played about 1200 hands today I think.

Lost a lot of small pots, didn't get much action on my big hands. Not sure what else to say. Went over all my hands in PT 2, can't find anything I'd do different.

There is a hand where I check called all in w JJ 3 bet bet oop on a low flop on turn. The guy was nitty but he had 3 bet my AQ to 15 the hand before so I just went with my JJ.

Later vs the same guy, he raised to 3 pre, I thought this looked weak so I 3 bet w AJ off on the button and cbet, he min raised to $36 on the flop and I had to fold my A high. I gotta find weaker players who will give me action soon.

Ran like crap today.

Roll is at $800

1000 hands played. 3 hours played.

Donked off like $50 out of frustration at one point.
Running bad started to effect my play a lot.

-$55 KK flopped set vs j 10 that rivered straight
-$35 KK oop vs j9 that turned two pair
-$30 w AQ two pair vs shorstacker who rivered straight on button w kj off
-$30 straight vs bigger straight, so no chop-$25 top two j 10 vs turned stra8t short stacker
-$45 nut straight vs quads
-$35 oop w a7 2nd pair donking off

-$250 today

Overall I'm satisifed w my play.

R a few things I coulda done better tho. Stick with 3 tables instead of 4 unless I already have good reads on who is who. Table select a little better. Do not play when I have a lost/no reads feel for poker atm.

Recommended DC videos from Janis, I should check these out:

From the Ground Up by tubasteveBaby Steps by tubasteveTurning the Corner by sthief09both Real Life Micro NL-Grinder series by wiltontiltthe Late Night Coaching with Joe Tall vids on NL are pretty good too but i think some of them might be above micro level. "

Played poker all day pretty much. 9am-9pm. 2ooo hands today.

I'll say I played 6 hours today. Finished with 1010.

November 2008 Post 1

Hours played in November

1st 4
2nd 1
3rd 3
4th 1
5th 3
6th 3
7th 7
8th 4

Running total: 26
Running total $770 $150 withdrawal fee
Money in account $620
Running hourly: 29

October Wrap Up

October was an interesting n unique month as far as poker goes. I started the month with a $2K roll and feeling the need to take a shot at $100NL due to my carpal tunnel and overall loss of interest in .25-.5 poker. So take a shot I did. In my first 10K hands at 100NL I proceeded to lose $700, $200 of which I was able to get back.

So on October 15th I was down and out, sitting with a $1500 bankroll and a hard headed persistence to stick at 100Nl despite not winning. I got a lesson from a successful bodog $600 NL regular and things turned around. In the two week period from October 15th-October 30th I built a $100 bankroll on Bodog into a $3000 bankroll on Bodog plus $180 on AP for a monthly total of $3180 and finishing the month +2480.

I am starting October with $3000 on Bodog and $180 in Absolute Poker.

My plan is to continue at $100NL Bodog and to try to win enough that at the beginning of next month, December, my bankroll will have grown.

For the time being I feel relieved but I need to stay vigilant.