05.31.09
House Burglared
House got burglared this morning. We left the door unlocked throughout the night, and when morning came, the valuables in our apartment were already gone – sony digicam, cash in both me and my sis wallets and both our handphones. The thief is probably a small time theif as he didn’t steal our laptops. Which is the only thing we can be happy about.
So morning me and sis woke up at 9+. We came out to the living room to play our laptops, and i didn’t realise anything wrong at all. Then sister asked where is the camera, i said i don’t know, and thought she just misplaced the camera. Then she said what if someone came in and stole our things and she pointed out that our door wasn’t locked. Then i was like cmon, then why didn’t our laptops get stolen, it doesn’t make sense. Then i check my wallet, which was layed out on the living room table. The cash is all gone! Now it becomes 100% sure that it’s a thief. Then my sis realised her cash in her wallet is gone too (We put all our handphones, bags and laptops in the living room, the bedroom is just for sleeping). Our handphones are gone too! But there are so many things still here like our wallet, laptops, car keys (luckily) that i really don’t know what is missing. Then i was like my mp3 player! but thank god i brought it into my room last night.
So in summary the thief is a small time crook who wanted to steal small things and get out asap. Our front door is closed but unlocked. So this person must have tried to open our door, it wasn’t like our door was swinging wide open. It’s just really unlucky we had a thief come into the apartment one night we didn’t lock the door. what a bad beat.
I spent the whole morning reporting the entire story to the apartment security (which is top notched, ironically). They are good people and i know the security guard did not steal my stuff. Since i moved into this apartment I already liked the security team. They are well trained, and once i even left my keys outside the house, and the security belled the house, and told me i left my key outside. They are really professional. It’s just that there are many people passing by the apartment, especially maids, and various workers. Or even the cleaning service people. So with mom’s suggestion i went to ask to check the cleaning service room, and the cleaners’ bags. I don’t feel nice ravaging their stuff while like 10 people are looking on. And the security taking out someone’s handphone and asking if it was mine. It was just really intrusive. I just want to see all their things and make sure my stuff is not there.
I didn’t have much hope in find the stuff already to be honest, a thief is not so stupid to put these things in their lockers, or on themselves. So no use if they are checked, the thief would not have it on them. They would hide it somewhere. And hp, digicam and cash, they are small and light and can be hidden anywhere.
Why oh why. Funny enough, my brother’s stuff has just been stolen too, but his is unique – cyber extortion! That person got his password and logged into his email and is now blackmailing my bro for $500 for his stuff, which includes all his data in his gmail (which is a lot as my bro is a computer person) and his internet business, his server… really crazy. I don’t know how it’s going, haven’t talked much to brother cos he’s in Singapore. And now this is happening to us.
So my theory is like this, the further we are from our parents the more trouble will come looking for us. My brother is happily in Singapore away from the family and he hasn’t called us since, and this happened to him. Me and my sis are happily away from our parents’ place, while playing internet here, and look what happened 1 day after my mom is not here, we got burglared into. Of course i shouldn’t say we got burglared into, both these incidents are partly caused by our negligence too. Remeber the greatest tragedy before this was when my house caught on fire back in aug 2006 (yes it’s true) that was a time when i was in Australia and my mom asked me to stay with my sis but i didn’t want to. So again, happily away from family.
But then again if you are rational and not full of theories like me, you might just say that we are negligent. We didn’t check that the door in unlocked before we went to sleep. And also we are unlucky to have a thief try to open our house door, and that in a good apartment, there are also people who are poor and bad who pass by everyday. It’s just not safe anywhere is what i’m trying to say. I’m sure this will not happen in Singapore. Now i know why people here place so much emphasis on employee supervision when they are running a business, many people steal. Still I don’t hold any grudges or even any sadness. I don’t even hate the native Indonesian people, cos i know there are bad and good people, we can’t generalise, but if you ask me if i would look at them in a different way from now on, definately, but for security reasons. If i see a worker passing by, of course i would be more suspicious of him now, unlike the past when i would just ignore such things.
My mom was always right. She always asked us to make sure the door is locked. I guess we are not careful enough. I admit my sister and me are more on the careless side, but this is just really unlucky too. I will be so paranoid about locking doors as i am offing heaters from now on. Oh gosh, 2 dramas in a month, what a month May 09 has been.
update: i forgot to say this. it’s another superstitious thing, but i’ll just say it and you make your own opinion.
So about 2 months ago i bought a new handphone number. The number seems nice at first before i realise why no one had chosen it. it goes ****88 77 99 08. Okay so anyone who is Chinese (including me) would have realised that 88 77 99 is actually a very bad number. Chinese love the number 8. But if it goes 88 77 99 it has a different meaning. 88 – “fafa” which means to prosper or get rich. 77- “ququ” which means to go. 99 “jiujiu” means long time. Whereas people love 8899, which means to prosper for very long time. But when you put 77 in the middle it because money “go away” long time. Instead of prospering for a long time, you get broke for a long time. I told my cousin about this, and a couple of friends they just laughed it off, of course i never believed it either (i’m not so superstituous). It’s pretty interesthing, because not only did my handphone and the number got stolen, the cash in my wallet is also gone, not for long time, but forever. But it’s only a small amount, Rp.200,000. Which is like US$20. I am so lucky because i used up almost all the cash in my wallet yesterday to buy a book, which cost Rp.400,000. Really expensive, and i was quite reluctant to fork out this money for the book at first, but looking back now, it was a “well timed” purchase.
05.25.09
2nd in 27man, 3rd in 18man
Finished well again in 9+ tournaments.
But this just threw me off…
PokerStars Game #28586332592: Tournament #166428737, $1.00+$0.20 Hold’em No Limit – Level IX (300/600) – 2009/05/24 23:37:22 ET
Table ‘166428737 1′ 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: ForMyTiaras (20494 in chips)
Seat 2: meeka_malibu (20006 in chips)
ForMyTiaras: posts the ante 50
meeka_malibu: posts the ante 50
ForMyTiaras: posts small blind 300
meeka_malibu: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ForMyTiaras [Jh Jd]
ForMyTiaras: raises 600 to 1200
meeka_malibu: calls 600
*** FLOP *** [5s 5h 4c]
meeka_malibu: checks
ForMyTiaras: bets 1200
meeka_malibu: calls 1200
*** TURN *** [5s 5h 4c] [Th]
meeka_malibu: bets 17556 and is all-in<———–he open shoves three times the pot after i raise preflop and on the flop!
ForMyTiaras: calls 17556 <——- i seriously thought he had TT here. I don’t know what he was raising with but i don’t give him credit so i call.
*** RIVER *** [5s 5h 4c Th] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
meeka_malibu: shows [8h 6h] (a flush, Ten high) <——— donkey shove on turn with 12 outs (25%)!! SO BAD
ForMyTiaras: shows [Jh Jd] (two pair, Jacks and Fives)
meeka_malibu collected 40012 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 40012 | Rake 0
Board [5s 5h 4c Th 7h]
Seat 1: ForMyTiaras (button) (small blind) showed [Jh Jd] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Fives
Seat 2: meeka_malibu (big blind) showed [8h 6h] and won (40012) with a flush, Ten high
PokerStars Game #28586344681: Tournament #166428737, $1.00+$0.20 Hold’em No Limit – Level IX (300/600) – 2009/05/24 23:37:55 ET
Table ‘166428737 1′ 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: ForMyTiaras (488 in chips)
Seat 2: meeka_malibu (40012 in chips)
ForMyTiaras: posts the ante 50
meeka_malibu: posts the ante 50
meeka_malibu: posts small blind 300
ForMyTiaras: posts big blind 438 and is all-in
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ForMyTiaras [Kh 7d]
ForMyTiaras said, “great” <—— i was still looking at the last hand in the hand history and making sense of how absurb it was.
meeka_malibu: calls 138
*** FLOP *** [Jc 2h 9d]
*** TURN *** [Jc 2h 9d] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 2h 9d Qc] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ForMyTiaras: shows [Kh 7d] (high card King)
meeka_malibu: shows [Qh 4s] (a pair of Queens)
meeka_malibu collected 976 from pot
meeka_malibu said, “gg” <—–still had the cheek to say GG. word of advice, if you suckout for the win don’t ever say gg, say sorry/i got lucky.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 976 | Rake 0
Board [Jc 2h 9d Qc 6d]
Seat 1: ForMyTiaras (big blind) showed [Kh 7d] and lost with high card King
Seat 2: meeka_malibu (button) (small blind) showed [Qh 4s] and won (976) with a pair of Queens
Low Orbit Attempt Complete
Okay my goal is to get ranked in the low orbit or Mercury Division ($1-$2.99 SNGs). Basically you just need to complete 20 games. And your total points will be determined by your rank in the SNGs. In the 9 man SNGs which most people play, you get 45 points for 1st, 27 for 2nd, 18 for 3rd. Much like the payout which is $4.50, $2.70 and $1.80. So all i have to do to find out my profits is to divide the points by 10. So if i got 300 points after 20 games. I actually earned $30 in 20 games.
As of writing this blog, i’m playing my 20th SNG to complete the low orbit total points. Blinds are at 25/50 now, so it might take another 30 minutes probably. I only start playing seriously and opening more hands at 50/100 level. I’m at 261 points after 19 games. which is really bad!! Considering i had 189 points already on the 6th game! So my last 13 games couldn’t even match half my points for the first 6 games! How bad is that :( but it’s probably also because i was running too well the first 6 games. I was 6tabling and was in ITM for all 6 tables, finishing 1st 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd! really i never did 6 tabling and get results like this before it’s crazy. It was just blinkin everywhere and i couldn’t concentrate playing HU and 3handed on 4/5 tables.
Really dissapointed in my play too. i could have layed certain hands down that i knew i would be beat by, but because my stack has been reduced so much i just couldn’t stand not calling and having to contend myself with not knowing his/her hand while i remain as shortstack. So i called each time and yeah, that person called down with mid pair and hit his flush, or called down with flush draw and hit the flush on the river. I still payed them off even though i know im beat, next time i should just fold and be content that i made a good fold.
So it’s very likely this last SNG i’m playing i don’t get ITM. So my final points will 261 after 20 games. So that means i earned $26.10 after 20 games. And since each game costs $1+0.20. $1.20 x 20 = $24. So my profit after 20 games = $26.10 – $24 = $2.10! How pathetic lol. Well at least i’m still up. With the rate i’m going the last 15 games i should be happy i’m still up. It seems i only cashed 3 out of the last 13 games. and they are not first places.. two 3rds one 2nd. Also i folded JJ otb once just now when blinds are high, wasn’t paying attention..
I think i do well at the start. Always, when i play any game or sport, i do well in the first 15min or so, when i’m excited and feel happy playing, then i start to lose focus and enthusiasm and do badly. As of writing this i just shoved 33 on the bb with 2 limpers behind. Internet sucks right now, i get disconnected, and when i come back i already won the pot. I check the history and it’s not what i expected. I thought i would have won it against say like a KJ who decided to call the shove after limping, or AJ, AT type of hand which i’m 50-50 against. Turns out i got called by 2 people, holding KK(shortstack) and TT, and i spiked a 3 on the flop. ouch. but i just knocked out of that SNG, i forgot what happened. I am not even observing the table. I think thats my bad habit, i just don’t concentrate on the game. I get restless and must do something else.
My Pokerstars lagging so bad the last 30minutes! I had no lag problems, but just the last 30minutes i get these lags and disconnects, it’s so annoying!
okay back from playing my last 2 tables. knocked out of one when i shoved A8 into 3 people, and get called by AK. The other one i was up against this guy who i was chatting with earlier about a hand i was involved with him in. So it was good we were HU. he played quite tight and it’s easy to play against him. He does some donkey shoves sometimes though, i called him right with A3, he had K5. And he flopped trip fives. Then later he stopped shoving, then all of a sudden shoved again, i knew i was behind with A2s but i had to call, then saw he had A3o ugh! I flopped deuce though and won it. Last hand he tried to bluff me with Q high i called with King pair, there was ace on the board.
I’m not at my best mindset right now. Played too much, and was too unfocused when i play. Listening to music, watching videos, and blogging while i play. Next time i’ma try better to not get too complacent after winning a few games and continue grinding with good attitude. Consistency, that’s all i’m asking for!
I finished the 20 games with 261 points :/ Although i won one game, it was the 23rd game. I actually over shot and played 3 extra games. It’s difficult to keep track of how many games you played when they only record ur results after the table finished playing. So if you got knocked out in 7th in your 5th game let’s say. Your record will show 4 games only. And after 30minutes or so, and your table completes playing, then the table updates. It’s pretty confusing :/ It’s alright that i exceed because i need to play 100 games to get into high orbit rankings anyway.
So it’s 15:00 Monday in America. So the rankings for this week has only gone on for 15 hours. And no one plays from midnight to morning.. so only 44 people have actually completed the low orbit 20 games. So we get to see how much everyones completed scored so far. Top score is 489, this guy is also the only person who’s finished the high orbit! So he’s played 100 games in this 15 hours! So crazy. Is that even possible.. So he plays prolly 10 tables an hour, and played 10 hours straight. Quite sick. Anyway i’m ranked 19th out of 53 people ranked so far. Slightly above average. Pretty bad imo, i was aiming for 420+ which would be what is need to get ranked in top 100 by the end of the week.
But more importantly (or not importantly) check this out.
The bottom 3 players… only have 2 digit points. So they earned $9.20, $6.10 and $1.60 (OMG) respectively after spending $24.00. How the hell someone can only get 16 points after 20 games just blow my mind. He played an 18man SNG and got 4th. Wow it’s just pretty shocking. And only the top 27 people actually got more than 240 points ($24), which means only half of the people so far are in the profit, the rest are losing money. That’s actually revealing. But wouldn’t a losing player not have the motivation to play 20 games in 10 hours?? I’m actually at 10% roi, but for $1 sng i should be doing 20% at least! Even 30% is not much to ask for.
Aiming to finish 100 games, i don’t really care what my score is, i just hope i am up, which i should be. I just want to get the 100 games in in the next 6 days. I just aim for volume now, not monetary goals. If i play more i think i will get better, and if i win i won’t feel like i should stop playing.
05.24.09
I have my lucky moments
It’s good if you 3-outer someone (good for you, not for EV), but it’s even better to get lucky on the last hand of the tournament.
PokerStars Game #28530231557: Tournament #166047954, $1.00+$0.20 Hold’em No Limit – Level VI (100/200) – 2009/05/23 13:15:23 ET
Table ‘166047954 1′ 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 6: ForMyTiaras (9080 in chips)
Seat 8: DrumX (4420 in chips)
DrumX: posts small blind 100
ForMyTiaras: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ForMyTiaras [9c Ac]
DrumX: calls 100
ForMyTiaras: raises 400 to 600
DrumX: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [8c 5s Ad]
ForMyTiaras: bets 800
DrumX: raises 800 to 1600
ForMyTiaras: calls 800
*** TURN *** [8c 5s Ad] [7d]
ForMyTiaras: checks
DrumX: bets 2220 and is all-in
ForMyTiaras: calls 2220
*** RIVER *** [8c 5s Ad 7d] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ForMyTiaras: shows [9c Ac] (a straight, Five to Nine)
DrumX: shows [Th As] (a pair of Aces)
ForMyTiaras collected 8840 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8840 | Rake 0
Board [8c 5s Ad 7d 6h]
Seat 6: ForMyTiaras (big blind) showed [9c Ac] and won (8840) with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 8: DrumX (button) (small blind) showed [Th As] and lost with a pair of Aces
Ughh so bad.. shud’ve folded
PokerStars Game #28527800699: Tournament #166039685, $1.00+$0.10 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (25/50) – 2009/05/23 11:52:28 ET
Table ‘166039685 5′ 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: bentv2 (3130 in chips)
Seat 2: Es Dimoni (1145 in chips)
Seat 3: mocro_wins (1310 in chips)
Seat 4: salmon12345 (1810 in chips)
Seat 5: 27UTG (3380 in chips)
Seat 6: RobE88 (1535 in chips)
Seat 7: paddy253 (2685 in chips)
Seat 8: ForMyTiaras (1655 in chips)
Seat 9: grincolos (1430 in chips)
ForMyTiaras: posts small blind 25
grincolos: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ForMyTiaras [Kd Kc]
bentv2: calls 50
Es Dimoni: calls 50
mocro_wins: calls 50
salmon12345: folds
27UTG: folds
RobE88: raises 150 to 200
paddy253: folds
ForMyTiaras: raises 300 to 500
grincolos: folds
bentv2: folds
Es Dimoni: folds
mocro_wins: folds
RobE88: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [Ac 7c 2c]
ForMyTiaras: checks
RobE88: bets 1035 and is all-in
ForMyTiaras: calls 1035
*** TURN *** [Ac 7c 2c] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Ac 7c 2c Ah] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ForMyTiaras: shows [Kd Kc] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
RobE88: shows [Jd As] (three of a kind, Aces)
RobE88 collected 3270 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3270 | Rake 0
Board [Ac 7c 2c Ah 9h]
Seat 1: bentv2 folded before Flop
Seat 2: Es Dimoni folded before Flop
Seat 3: mocro_wins folded before Flop
Seat 4: salmon12345 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: 27UTG folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: RobE88 showed [Jd As] and won (3270) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 7: paddy253 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: ForMyTiaras (small blind) showed [Kd Kc] and lost with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 9: grincolos (big blind) folded before Flop
Typical cooler
PokerStars Game #28529214387: Tournament #166047675, $1.00+$0.20 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (25/50) – 2009/05/23 12:40:43 ET
Table ‘166047675 1′ 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Löpelmann (1520 in chips)
Seat 2: ForMyTiaras (1470 in chips)
Seat 3: 200nando26 (1940 in chips)
Seat 4: jmm92 (1315 in chips)
Seat 5: mottupoker (2915 in chips)
Seat 6: moegruder (1430 in chips)
Seat 9: Royasse (2910 in chips)
mottupoker: posts small blind 25
moegruder: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ForMyTiaras [Kh Kd]
Royasse: folds
Löpelmann: calls 50
ForMyTiaras: raises 100 to 150
200nando26: raises 100 to 250
jmm92: folds
mottupoker: folds
moegruder: folds
Löpelmann: folds
ForMyTiaras: raises 300 to 550
200nando26: raises 300 to 850
ForMyTiaras: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [7s Th 7d]
ForMyTiaras: bets 620 and is all-in
200nando26: calls 620
*** TURN *** [7s Th 7d] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [7s Th 7d 8s] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ForMyTiaras: shows [Kh Kd] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
200nando26: shows [Ac As] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
200nando26 collected 3065 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3065 | Rake 0
Board [7s Th 7d 8s 4d]
Seat 1: Löpelmann folded before Flop
Seat 2: ForMyTiaras showed [Kh Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sevens
Seat 3: 200nando26 showed [Ac As] and won (3065) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 4: jmm92 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: mottupoker (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: moegruder (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Royasse folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Almost another cooler if i didn’t hit my set
PokerStars Game #28529338977: Tournament #166048129, $1.00+$0.20 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (25/50) – 2009/05/23 12:44:57 ET
Table ‘166048129 1′ 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: jonezki (2500 in chips)
Seat 4: Spaceworkers (2110 in chips)
Seat 5: BrokeNBliss (1030 in chips)
Seat 7: ForMyTiaras (2020 in chips)
Seat 8: DmHvac (4185 in chips)
Seat 9: Malleus09 (1655 in chips)
ForMyTiaras: posts small blind 25
DmHvac: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ForMyTiaras [Qs Qd]
Malleus09: raises 200 to 250
jonezki: folds
Spaceworkers: folds
BrokeNBliss: folds
ForMyTiaras: calls 225
DmHvac: folds
*** FLOP *** [8d Ts Qc]
ForMyTiaras: checks
Malleus09: checks
*** TURN *** [8d Ts Qc] [7c]
ForMyTiaras: bets 250
Malleus09: calls 250
*** RIVER *** [8d Ts Qc 7c] [2c]
ForMyTiaras: bets 650
Malleus09: calls 650
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ForMyTiaras: shows [Qs Qd] (three of a kind, Queens)
Malleus09: mucks hand
ForMyTiaras collected 2350 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2350 | Rake 0
Board [8d Ts Qc 7c 2c]
Seat 1: jonezki folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: Spaceworkers folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: BrokeNBliss (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: ForMyTiaras (small blind) showed [Qs Qd] and won (2350) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 8: DmHvac (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Malleus09 mucked [Kc Kd]
05.23.09
Shipped a 45man
Yes i know it’s only $1 !! but first time ever winning a 45man, i only play 9 man sngs, so kinda excited. wasn’t expecting it this being just for fun and last game of the night.
wasn’t expecting it cos i always do bad at 90mans, but i guess 45 is not that big of a field. was a short stack coming into the final table. then barely made it into the money thanks to 2 big stacks eaten by one bigger stacked. Then i won a coinflip, 55 vs AJo. Then called in the big blind with aces, no brainer. And got to 2nd! I can’t believe it considering i was down to 2BB at one point lol. HU was pretty quick and sick.
1st hand – bluff into a straight, how great is my hand reading skillz
PokerStars Game #28494232189: Tournament #165798544, $1.00+$0.10 Hold’em No Limit – Level XII (800/1600) – 2009/05/22 14:06:15 ET
Table ‘165798544 5′ 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: ForMyTiaras (24826 in chips)
Seat 9: JENITA 222 (42674 in chips)
ForMyTiaras: posts the ante 75
JENITA 222: posts the ante 75
ForMyTiaras: posts small blind 800
JENITA 222: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ForMyTiaras [2s 6d]
ForMyTiaras: calls 800
JENITA 222: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ks 3c Qc]
JENITA 222: checks
ForMyTiaras: bets 1600
JENITA 222: calls 1600
*** TURN *** [Ks 3c Qc] [Ac]
JENITA 222: checks
ForMyTiaras: checks
*** RIVER *** [Ks 3c Qc Ac] [Kc]
JENITA 222: checks
ForMyTiaras: bets 3200
JENITA 222: calls 3200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ForMyTiaras: shows [2s 6d] (a pair of Kings)
JENITA 222: shows [Js Td] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
JENITA 222 collected 12950 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12950 | Rake 0
Board [Ks 3c Qc Ac Kc]
Seat 4: ForMyTiaras (button) (small blind) showed [2s 6d] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 9: JENITA 222 (big blind) showed [Js Td] and won (12950) with a straight, Ten to Ace
2nd hand – shoved over by K9s, i call with Jacks
PokerStars Game #28494253992: Tournament #165798544, $1.00+$0.10 Hold’em No Limit – Level XII (800/1600) – 2009/05/22 14:06:52 ET
Table ‘165798544 5′ 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: ForMyTiaras (19226 in chips)
Seat 9: JENITA 222 (48274 in chips)
ForMyTiaras: posts the ante 75
JENITA 222: posts the ante 75
ForMyTiaras: posts small blind 800
JENITA 222: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ForMyTiaras [Jc Jd]
ForMyTiaras: raises 1600 to 3200
JENITA 222: raises 44999 to 48199 and is all-in
ForMyTiaras: calls 15951 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (29048) returned to JENITA 222
*** FLOP *** [7h Tc Qs]
*** TURN *** [7h Tc Qs] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [7h Tc Qs 9c] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JENITA 222: shows [9h Kh] (two pair, Nines and Sevens)
ForMyTiaras: shows [Jc Jd] (two pair, Jacks and Sevens)
ForMyTiaras collected 38452 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 38452 | Rake 0
Board [7h Tc Qs 9c 7s]
Seat 4: ForMyTiaras (button) (small blind) showed [Jc Jd] and won (38452) with two pair, Jacks and Sevens
Seat 9: JENITA 222 (big blind) showed [9h Kh] and lost with two pair, Nines and Sevens
Next hand – i pick up jacks again.. he open shoved, easy call.
PokerStars Game #28494270039: Tournament #165798544, $1.00+$0.10 Hold’em No Limit – Level XIII (1000/2000) – 2009/05/22 14:07:19 ET
Table ‘165798544 5′ 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 4: ForMyTiaras (38452 in chips)
Seat 9: JENITA 222 (29048 in chips)
ForMyTiaras: posts the ante 100
JENITA 222: posts the ante 100
JENITA 222: posts small blind 1000
ForMyTiaras: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ForMyTiaras [Jh Js]
JENITA 222: raises 26948 to 28948 and is all-in
ForMyTiaras: calls 26948
*** FLOP *** [3d Ks Ac]
*** TURN *** [3d Ks Ac] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [3d Ks Ac 6s] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ForMyTiaras: shows [Jh Js] (three of a kind, Jacks)
JENITA 222: shows [Ts Kd] (a pair of Kings)
ForMyTiaras collected 58096 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 58096 | Rake 0
Board [3d Ks Ac 6s Jc]
Seat 4: ForMyTiaras (big blind) showed [Jh Js] and won (58096) with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 9: JENITA 222 (button) (small blind) showed [Ts Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings
In summary:
- shove in the sb with 25s, got called by KT and flopped a full house 2s full of fives.. yay! (i was left with 2bb so no choice but to shove)
-won a coinflip 55 vs AJ, pick up aces when blinds are very high = gold, pick up 2 jacks in a row against HU shove-r = yay!
-AIPF his KT vs my JJ. flop came King, turn blank, and river Jack = justice
- 45man SNG and 27man 18man are probably worth a try! (variance may not be as bad as i think, and reward is much bigger)
Poker Lately & Plan
So far my live losses is like $300, i just calculated that this morning. And online i’m break even (if not for losing $80 in my first hour playing 1/2 or 0.5/1 i can’t remember).
I have half quit poker a few times already but i think i love the game too much to quit. I love poker like i love Warcraft 3 (melee not dota!) and Virtua Striker. I love the game and the ability to improve your game if you take time and effort to hink it through, and the whole records and rankings systems to track your progress.
My plan is to focus on trading for a source of income and play poker at the side. I have become really realistic these days because i tried for a few weeks and the swings just tell me i am not yet cut out to play poker for a living. Even if i do become one of the best players lets say, i would be earning like $100,000 a year. That would be huge now. But think of when i’m 40, and i’m earning $100,000 a year still, that won’t be awesome. So i think i must find myself a more stable source of income, and play poker on the side, and try to do the best i can at it.
I think it would be great this way because i can appreciate poker more if i play it a little everyday ratehr than playing it all day everyday. When you put in so much hours into something it’s not easy to keep things fresh. But maybe it’s because i don’t have that massing ability. I have always been the type to observe pros play a game, and try to model them. I watch too much, play too little. While i see the best gamers and poker players are those that play way too much! So i’m trying to improve on this aspect, i plan to clock in a set amount of games every night instead of just playing when i feel like it.
2 posts before this i was complaining about running bad at the $2.25 sngs on tilt. That was my first time out trying $2.25 and i remember i was having the same variance problem at $1.25 at some time. It’s just variance! I manage to run okay on $2.25 after that, and then run so bad again like 7 straight games of no cash, and finally when i cash i get 3rd. Was dejected to say the least. You definitely can’t tell that volume solves variance then cos when you lose 2 games, then another 2 games, then another 2 games, and then finally cash out for 3rd only, you just feel like sh*t.
Luckily i found something called super turbos hahaha. I started with normal sngs on stars, then i found turbos on tilt, at first i didn’t know the difference. But later i loved the turbos because the beginning stages i fold almost every hand which is boring, the action really is at 50/100, when you are at about 1300 if you have folded every hand so far. So 13BB to 20BB for everyone, that’s when it gets interesting. So one fateful day i observed a super turbo game $100 buyin i think, the biggest running super turbo on tilt. and i didn’t know what the hell super turbos were until saw the starting chip stack of 300 and blinds at 15/30. That’s starting with 10BB and the blinds go up as quick as turbos. I tried it, the cheapest one at $3.80 after having the bad run at $2.25 and run so crazyily good and bad beating people in and out and won it for $15.75! A huge thing when your bankroll is $70. I was excited about it but i didn’t play anymore cos i thought i could only win because i lucked out.
Then i found that one of my friend S is playing so much of $3.80 45mans and he manage to cash in 2nd and 1st! And 1st is for $60 and 2nd $40. wow i thought. So i observed one of these crazy super turbo all in fest 45mans. Being the careful person i must first assess what the game is like and how to play it. I found through watching that shoving low aces on the CO and BTN is no good. people seem to get called out in the blinds by a higher ace like AQ. so it’s better to wait out for a premium hand even with like 2-3BB left.
So i played the 45man $3.80 and guess what cashed in 2nd! For $40! The first time i played it. I was pretty excited. My bankroll ballooned. And i played another 5 of those i think. Bubble out 7th in one, just missing out on cash (top 6 cashes), 2 of them was ranked 17 20, and the other 2 were so bad 33 42 something like that. Anyway i loved the super turbos ever since. I thought it was the no nonsense straight to high blind sng play. Except starting with 9 players not 4 or 5. I ran like crazy one night, profit $60 after 10 9man super turbos. That’s like 200% roi for the day! But the next day i played 2 times the amount – 20 games – and managed only to break even. How sucky is that… then i know not to get to complacent, and that running good is a huge part of my earlier wins. I continue to play the turbos and super turbos and run not so well, down a bit everyday, pretty frustrating. Then i decide to play one table at once, i was really sucking at 4 tabling the turbos. And 1 tabling did me wonders, i was aware of everything happening at the table and know my opponent’s ranges and tendencies. I manage to cash like almost everytime i single table. So my bankroll was up again. Then recently i played 3 super turbos 9man and cashed 1 3 2. always good to run good (or was i playing good?).
Recently i played on stars for fun and built my roll up from $25 because S wanted to borrow some from me, about $10. I built it up to $40 running good in SNGs. manage to get 3rd playing a 18man. i rarely play and rarely cash at these 11+ players sngs. I then find out about the stars sng leaderbaords and took a shot. I was doing really good for my first 4 games, and decide to 4 table it 4 times to complete 20 games and trying to get into low orbit rankings. And oh my goodness. ran so bad at $1 it’s crazy. my 4 tabling was so robotic i had no reads on any players and i just didn’t feel good playing it. And the results. i ran like 456457457865. Not liek that but close. I was down like $6 after 16 $1 sngs. which is like -30% roi on $1 sngs! which i should be crushing. I don’t know what went wrong, and what was wrong. i looked back and saw some bad beats, some bad calls. Don’t know but i was sure 4-tabling cause me to play inflexible and i had no reads on people. i decide to one table or 2 table now and doing better. Aiming for low orbit rank. i need about 420 to get ranked in the top 100. Which is like 21 per game. So i need to get 2nd/3rd every game or get like 1st for every 2 games.
I am playing as i am writing this blog and didn’t turn out good. I try to 3x people in the sb too much during high blind play. about 11BB. i 3xed the big blind, he shoves on me (he’s chip leader and has like 30BB, covers me by a lot). I am fed up and think he might have nothing because he did that like 1 orbit before. I thought he was abusing me being midstacked. I knew i should fold having like 7 BB left but i just called out of curiousity and he had a better hand than i thought. He had A5s. Flop didn’t help me and i was out in 5th. I thought his range is from total air (if my theory of him abusing as CL was right) or something like rag kings aces or even QT JT J9 type of hands. Anyway i was out because i couldn’t fold, bad habit. earlier on i limped on button with JKo. and now i know why not to limp JKo with 30bb. flop came 34J. 4 players including me. first 2 check, 2nd last to act, min bets, i 3x-ed, pretty standard. sb folds. bb raise all-in. now i know i probably beat. But by what?! J4? J3? those were the hands i was thinking of. I mean he’s in the big blind he can have anything. 34 was possible too. And a set… ah… that’s possible to. Thinking he check raised, a set is most probable, people would tend to lead out to protect two pairs. i called and he revealed 44. I knew i was beat but i just couldn’t lay it down, i just hoped he was a donk who did that with J8 J9 JT JQ, but it was not to be… i should have folded. I had like 20BB left i think, maybe even more.
enough rambling. it’s just past midnight here, i’m going to play some more games on stars, staying true to the plan of massing games. will keep blogging, and updating. My plan is to get ranked in low orbit Mercury division, and then to get $150 on stars and move up to $3.40 SNGs. It’s all about stars now, although i really miss full tilt turbos! non-turbos as so slow i can’t stand it! but now i’m getting used to it. Will build my roll on stars like i did on tilt, slowly and steadly hopefully, and i really hope i think through the game more and improve my SNG play.
05.22.09
Back!
Ok I’m back to blogging now after leaving this blog for like half a year? I am posting again because yes, i’m play poker. I guess i don’t quit that easily… I want to do other things but i don’t know, i guess my mind is poker-filled already. HELP. I am not a gambling addict, i just crave action! I don’t know, i feel bored too easily and look for excitement in sports and games.
I am back to bloggin because i just read some pro poker players’ blogs and i’m surprised that so many of them blogs! I guess poker players are more self-evaluating people, so they tend to be people who keep personal notes of themselves? I am definitely this type. Also it is very shocking to find out how many poker players were athletes! I guess that again is another trait i possess, although i was never near professional in standard in any games, i have always loved all sports and play many sports. I probably above average in like most sports.
Anyway i am getting more out of point here. I just want to say that i will be playing poker from now on, putting in some time each day to play poker, and other times for a new endeavour – investing. I am just starting out, and really clueless and know no people to discuss with? which sucks. at least i got a couple of poker friends. But a true serious discussion partner is very rare, but i think the best thing that you can have in your career. I am learning the basic chart patterns like support resistance those kind of things, i hope i don’t lose momentum, it can get really boring sometimes and i don’t have the best attention span (pretty bad actually). I have my parent’s approval for investing, which is the most i can hope for actually, very comforting actually. First time my self-interest is being supported by both my parents. I think i don’t have anything else to worry about now but to do my best, but that in itself is very difficult, i haven’t been putting in sustained effort in anything for a long time. That’s it, i don’t think this blog post is very structured but i think it should be okay. touched on the things i wanted to discuss at least.
Next blog will be the poker part.
