morning session

again too much risk early on but then i started playing tighter. still a few stupid mistakes. hand 1000-something: tight villain raised preflop, i 3-bet, he 4-bet-shoves, i call with AQo. ofcourse he had aces and i lost. without that 1 hand it was a pretty solid session

hm..

hm don't know what happened. i didn't have as many badbeats as yesterday but still..only 3ptbb/100. maybe i was just tired today. $57 to go:


finaly cleared my first-deposit bonus today=extra $50. earned like 30FPPs today and paid $28.4 rake. 27% rakeback would be $7.66 which is more than i won today. i have to move to fulltilt to play 25nl ASAP. i will probably need $750-$1000

i can dodge bullets, baby!

i was supposed to go broke today, except they forgot one thing: i can dodge bullets, baby!

looks like i forgot how to plat and then had a total recall. but no, i had such a bad luck in the beginning - it's ridiculous. king high flush vs ace high flush(that's not omaha, right?),etc. also today i never won after pre-flop all-in. villain open-raises, i 3-bet my aces, he 4-bets me and i shove. what did he have? K4s and hit 2pairs oh well whatever. my BIs were $5 so after about an hour i've had ridiculous stacks at some tables($18-$20+), so my risk was higher. but traders love volatility and so do i:

Hero (UTG+1): $10.76
MP1: $10.05
MP2: $9.68
CO: $5.95
BTN: $8.95
SB: $3.86
BB: $4.51
UTG: $9.74

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is UTG+1 with 4 4
UTG raises to $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, 2 folds, CO calls $0.10, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.37) 7 Q 4 (3 players)
UTG bets $0.05, Hero calls $0.05, CO folds

Turn: ($0.47) 3 (2 players)
UTG bets $0.05, Hero raises to $0.40, UTG raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $10.61 all in, UTG calls $8.84 all in

River: ($19.65) J (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $19.65
Hero shows 4 4 (three of a kind, Fours)
UTG shows Q 7 (two pair, Queens and Sevens)
Hero wins $18.70
(Rake: $0.95)

when i saw turn i thought "alright he hit his flush" but..there is justice :) he protected his dollar with 9 dollars in a very questionable situation. i personaly hate 2 pairs: they can only beat TPTK but noone in his mind commits that insane amount of money to TPTK..unless he has a very short stack.
oh and another observation: at 5nl most pots are multiway, 5-way pots are not uncommon so my robotic c-bets out of position(aka "gay bet", "donk bet" etc) put me in a tough position: i open-raise in an early position with narrow range, like AQs+, JJ+ etc but i always get a few callers and most often i raise flop with TPTK, get a few callers and then someone squeezes the pot. given my SPR, it's i'm commited and it's an easy-shove, however my hand is rarely the best. i have decent sample size in my PT on most of the players so i can devise optimal strategy but it's pretty meaningles..like preflop all-in with K4s. move up to where they respect your raise etc

5nl day 1

i was trying some new things so the graph looks messy. had few coolers(1st gap - nut flush vs 2 pairs that hit full house on turn, then couple of TPTK on flop vs flush draws that hit flush), had a heater (few KK,AA and AK in a row after 350hands), then tried re-reiasing when my c-bet was re-raised on a blank board. i suspect people bluff more here..but sample size is still small. def. good day, but not great. $12.41/hr..pretty much like 2nl but i earn more FPPs :) only 63 more to clear my $50 bonus

getting my feet wet with 5nl

5nl is the limit that is skipped before.i've had only a few sessions at 5nl (y=sin(x)) so i can't tell the difference. i tried it for fun. people were more aggressive..aggressive limpers. probably similar to 10nl but much looser preflop. i should give it a try. another $100 at 5nl. this must be faster (hopefuly!) since $100=50 2nl BIs=20 5nl BIs

last $10

great start but then...omg i lost! i wasn't bothered but it affected my game. red line was going down. probably i was chasing draws then folding too much - sure sign of tilt. so i took a break, watched tv and then came back. not sure if it improved my emotional state but my winnings went up. $7.58/hr and i made last $10. it was supposed to improve my tilt control (because working on tilt control@10nl is more expensive), but i'm not sure if it helped me that much. 2 months ago after a few losses i felt like i was doing something stupid(and i wasn't confident that i can beat these games consistently) and my game suffered. now i don't feel emotionaly affected after few losses(badbeats or stupid play) but it still affects my game. maybe on a more subtle level - i lose few cents here, few cents there, draw dead against better hands etc. but it only means i have alot of new exciting things to learn :)

almost finished

got lots of badbeats including flush vs straight flush and even though i don't feel affected my graph shows the opposite. $6.8/hr.. d'oh! but only $10 more left.