Wow.........

I 4 tabled $1oo NL tonight and in an hour and a half experienced the following hands...all these hands were pocket pairs
QQ lost to trip 8's
KK lost to A,4 w/ and A on the river
AA lost to trip 8's
QQ lost again to tip 8's
QQ lost to a rivered A,x
KK folded when A flopped
JJ folded to flop of KQQ
KK folded to flop of AJJ
Lost $380.....could of been much worse I guess....:-(

Tough beats keep coming

Pocket QQ ran down by A3os when A hit on the river
Pocket KK beat by 10,8 when two 8's came
A,K lost to 9,9..legit beat
Pocket 88 got creamed by AQ when flop came AQQ
Pocket QQ lost to Trip 8's
Pocket KK lost to A,4os when A came on river
Pocket AA lost to trip 8's again
Pocket QQ lost to trip 8's AGAIN

All this is ring games and SNG's and I managed to only lose about $260 tonight....

Been a while since.....

I posted here. We are very busy at work and between wokring and playing a little poker I haven't had the energy to post much here. I'm not sure anyone reads it anyway. I do enjoy reading Billinga's and Titans blogs even thought I may not respond to often. I lost about a grand over the past few weeks in cash games and a bad run of SNG beats. There was one day when I got 5th or bubbled in 6 straight $109 and $225 SNG's when I got my money in good and got outflopped or two or three outed. Just a bad run.
On a good note I have played my first real live sessions(2) of NL. A casino near us had a $3-5 - $200 buy in game. After losing my first buy in on a bad call AK against AA I tightened down and played solid poker. I won $479 in my first session and then went back this saturday and turned my $200 buy in into a nice $700 profit. At one point I was up $1,000 and this girl came and sat down and bet $35 in the cut off and I was in BB looking at JJ and said all in. She called and I knew I was beat. She flipped over KK and I doubled her up. So much for my bully attempt. I was very pleased with my play and I play much tighter and aggresive in real games. I was the table leader in a passive agrssive way. I came in hard but also made some great lay downs. I laid down a flipped 2 pair to a set, I laid down KK twice after the flop in multi way action. I play6ed for 8 hours and was pretty exhausted when I was done. I didn't talk much to anyone and tried to concentrate on the game. I hope ya'll are having success at the tables. I'm off for a couple SNG's...wish me luck...

Dark Days...

My bankroll has taken about an $1,100 hit in the last few days between some MTT's and ring games. I have really made some donk moves like TPTK against a flush(rivred), two pair and trips for three painful pots. I also lost about $200+ when I limped in with 44 and hit a 4 on the flop and pushed in and ran into pocket K's and a K hit on the turn. Went out 3 from the bubble in a MTT on Doyles when my A,Qs ran into A,K. I raised for 7K and got reraised all in for my last 14k by the chip leader and that was that. I am taking Foxs advanced sng training this saturday and then the next level of training next saturday. I am hoping that will help my level of play in SNG's. I went out 4th in a $225 SNG on PStars tonight. My JJ preflop all in lost to 99 when a 9 came on the flop. I finished middle of the pack in a few other $33+ MTT the last few days. I am about ready for another hot streak anyday now!!!

I suck at.....

Ring games.....I mean I do ok but I always try to puch at the wrong time with the wrongs cards. It seems that I take 2 steps forward and 3 back. I made about $400+ then gave $600+ back playing on Doyles and Pacific cause I'm trying to clear some bonuses. I got frustrated and went back to Party for a couple $109 SNG's and got 2nd and 3rd. My 2nd place I lost with 99 to A9 when and A came and finally called and all in with A,Qs only to run into QQ. But it felt good to win again. I am trying to figure out why the SNG's are easier for me than the ring games. I am thinking that in a SNG you know that some action is coming as the blinds increase and chips start moving around the table. Because I know the action is coming I find it very easy to sit back and pick and choose my spots. I seem to have a good feel for this style of poker. Maybe I am an action junky and I try to force to much in the ring games. I seem to be playing well as far as stats go. One session I had a VPIP of 21% PFR of 9% and my W$SD was 16/23 for 69% yet I lost $256. My total aggression was 4.5 which is way to high. Oh well, I am just rambling now..thanks for reading and good luck at the tables.....Anybody have any thoughts about the difference in mindset between SNG's and ring games???

Busy Week.....

..of work and such. I did manage to play 10 $55 SNG's and place in 8 of them. 2 firsts, 2 seconds and 4 thirds. I have played some various medium and low level MTT's and took a little bit of cash away from a UB tourney.
I played 200NL at Doyles rooom last night and ended the night up $347. I don't play alot of ring games but in my 15,000+ hands so far it sure seems like the money comes in waves. Ring games can be so volitle and it seems like the best strategy for me is to play rock solid with loose players and wait for that hand where you have them buried and someone is willing to pay you off. It requires seeing some flops though which can deplete the stack rapidly if your not careful. My total BR won on ring games per pokertracker is $2,600.00. I took a big hit early when my A10 hit a flop of A,10,8 and my opponet turned over 10,10 for trips. I then fought back for 3 hours staying pretty much even and the one player who I could never push off a pot with my semi bluffs came over the top of me all in when I was holding a full house with K,s over Q,. He flipped over A,10 ans his measley A,s fell hard for a $300+ pot.

SNG Heaven

Well....I got a good story a bad story. I always like to start with the bad. I was playing $200NL last night (after I said I wasn't gonna play anymore :-) while playing $50+5 Sngs. I ended up losing $400 in the ring games when I over played JJ and ran into trips 10 and knew I was beat but that didn't stop me. I later overplayed my QQ into a K,8,4 flop and I knew he had a K and I pushed anyway...more out of frustration. My VPIP was a nice 16.2, PFR was 9.4 but my W$SD I was 2/8 (horrible). While this fiasco was going on I cashed in all 4 $55 sng's. 1 Win, 2 2nds, and 2 3rds. I rebound back today and placed 2nd and 1st in 2 $50+5 sng's, I also played ring games again which I am really trying to work on and I was getting no cards. My VPIP was 10.7 PRF was 6 and my W$SD was 2/6..I was playing tight and just not getting any cards(2 hours), My only salvation was my total aggression a 12 which is extremely high but I felt like I needed to protect my marginal hands, Then came the hand I got came back on. I was dealt AcKc I bet $6, was raised to $10 and I called. The flop came 4d8cQc. I bet $16 on my flush draw and was rasied to $32. I got about $167 in play and he had $287 so I just push in (more out of frustration) turn came Ks and river 6d, I didn't make my flush by I did make TPTK. He was holding and AQ. He had me till the turn. I was down to $167 pushing all in and came away with $335 total. I was a nice save. Not as dramatic as Titans save the other day but it worked for me. It seems that right now my SNG play is stronger than anything else I play. I wanted to play the Bluff Poker Tour that Bilinga plays in but I had a church deal tonight and couldn't make it. I hope to play this thursday!!