Weekend Results

So the weekend was fairly break even. I was running ok at the cash tables but then hit a downswing where everyone had me beat. Ran my AQ into AK for a buy-in, had a straight with J9 and the only hand that could beat me was AJ, and yup they had it; QQ vs KK straight vs flush it just kept coming. I ended my session down 10$.

I played a few tourneys today; the Sunday Storm, Bigger $11 and the Bigger $8.80. I on;y cashed in the Bigger $11 for $15.94.

I played 4 SNG's and cashed in 2 of them for $22.93 and $12.91. So I basically just made my money back which, I suppose, is better than a kick in the ass lol.

I made it to Chrome Star today. Nothing much to brag about, only 100VPP's but hey.

Tourneys:

Cash Graph:

Some Headway

I made some headway today, which is nice. It's a bit tedious grinding up such low stakes, but hey it has to be done. I did a lot of studying the last day or so and have started incorporating it into my game which has gone well so far. There was a huge whale at my table who had an 86% VPIP, LOL. He always had a hand or chased to the river and got there. I lost about a buy-in to him, and after reviewing the hands in my HM I determined it was not necessary for that to happen. I was just getting stubborn.

I plan on playing a couple tourneys tomorrow. I do enjoy them so I will keep it in moderation.

The graph so far:

So, here I am.

Well it's been a while. I totally botched my goals from last year. I've still been playing a bit but not too much. Cashed in a few tourneys here and there, nothing crazy though. The job I was on last summer got shut down for 3 weeks which cost me about $5k which sucked. I took most of my roll out and bought a Madagascar Giant Day Gecko, which is awesome and I don't regret buying him. So yah other than working not much has happened  My kids turned 3 in December which was nice. I've been getting the poker itch again and I want to stick to it this time. Unfortunately I don't have a ton of money to play. I deposited 150$ a couple days ago and got in around 730 hands playing .02/.05cent. I was up a couple buy-ins but lost it and am back to even. A couple bad spots like running AQ into AK on a A high flop, running my set into a flopped flush and didn't improve. Nothing I'm too worried about yet. Think I'm playing somewhat ok.

I have been reading posts in the uFR forums and am astounded in how things have changed. I'm seeing people recommending bigger 3bets when they are already 3betting to 3x and flop and turn bets "much bigger" when they are betting around 60%. To me that seems to be pushing ppl off of hands and not extracting value. I'm going to continue reading some of these posts and see what I come up with.

I finally got a desk and chair for my laptop. I got a cork board with open raising ranges and Equity stats for different situations vs different types of players. It's not done yet but I will have it done next week.

So yah, my plan for now:
- Play $5nl until I can move up.
- Play SNGs to try and boost roll a bit.
- Study, study, study.
- Don't lose my BR.

The graph so far: