PLO is fun

and I am certainly no good at it. I've been playing it a bit on Full Tilt since I have $100 there that I want to transfer over to Pokerstars but my account isn't quite 90 days old yet. Well... now I have $150 there. I went on a $50 heater the other day in about 1 hour playing PLO10 6max. I aggravated a few people on my way when I caught cards on the river. I agreed with them when they called me a "fking donk". I certainly am not very good at Omaha.

It's fun though

EDIT: Oh and I made a few BI's at 2NL on Stars as well. Up to almost $90 there. $10 more to reach my goal.

Weekend poker

Played a bunch this weekend. I was up and down all weekend and ended up with a $5 profit. Lost my first quads over quads hand. It was not a pleasant experience.

Poker Stars $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em - 7 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

BTN: $5.16
SB: $14.12
Hero (BB): $6.01
UTG: $2.59
UTG+1: $1.05
MP: $2.71
CO: $5.02

Pre Flop: Hero is BB with 2c 7c
2 folds, MP calls $0.02, 2 folds, SB calls $0.01, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.06) 7h Js 7d (3 players)
SB bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, MP folds

Turn: ($0.66) 7s (2 players)
SB bets $0.66, Hero calls $0.66

River: ($1.98) Jh (2 players)
SB bets $0.30, Hero raises to $2, SB raises to $3.70, Hero raises to $5.03 all in, SB calls $1.33

Final Pot: $12.04
SB shows Jc Jd (four of a kind, Jacks)
Hero shows 2c 7c (four of a kind, Sevens)
SB wins $11.49
(Rake: $0.55)

I should have raised the pot on the turn because I know no one at 2NL is able to get away from a full house.


I have realized that my VP$IP from the small blind is way too high. It's just so hard to find a fold for most hands when 6 people limp and it's only 1¢ to call.

Tried to transfer the $100 I have remaining on Full Tilt over to Pokerstars but my transfers were declined. I guess my account is not 90 days old yet.

FTP: ~$100
Stars: $76
Bodog: $85 (I think, haven't logged on there for a while).

Moving home after college

I have come to the realization that I will most likely be moving back home with my parents after graduating in May (assuming I don't fail classes). I have yet to decide how bad this situation is. Up until recently I had figured that this would be the worst possibility after graduation. However, my parents have seemed to have relaxed of late and living with them doesn't seem as bad as I once figured. What I'm really concerned about is moving back into the suburbs (def. -EV). I can not stand living in the suburbs. There is absolutely nothing to do. At least I would not have to pay rent and can get a good start on paying back my school loans. I could possibly even start saving some money.

There is also the consideration that my girlfriend (who is not graduating) will be in Australia for the semester studying abroad. I do not look forward to having the talk with her.

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Saturday afternoon at 2NL

Came out of 380 hands with these stats this afternoon. I would have been up a touch more if it weren't for 2 really bad calls for a lot on the river. NOTE: people don't bluff all-in on the river for way more than the pot.

A movie and some play

Poker play unfortunately (gf is sick so none of that kind of play).

Went and saw '21' this evening. It was alright. Despite the inaccuracies it was good. Not great, but good. Also, having a friend work at the movie theater and seeing it for $2 is definitely +EV.

Then I came home and played some 2NL on Stars. Played 643 hands and made $11.71 putting me at 45.53 BB/100. If only I could keep that up forever.

I hit quads but didn't make as much off it as I would have liked. I was really expecting a bet on the river from MP2.

Poker Stars $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

BTN: $3.10
SB: $2.71
BB: $5.22
UTG: $4.35
UTG+1: $1.61
UTG+2: $2.88
Hero (MP1): $5.32
MP2: $5.79
CO: $5.33

Pre Flop: Hero is MP1 with 6h 6d
2 folds, UTG+2 raises to $0.06, Hero calls $0.06, MP2 raises to $0.16, CO calls $0.16, 3 folds, UTG+2 calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.67) 4s 6c 6s (4 players)
UTG+2 checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets $0.26, CO folds, UTG+2 folds, Hero calls $0.26

Turn: ($1.19) 2h (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $0.58, Hero calls $0.58

River: ($2.35) Jh (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks

Final Pot: $2.35
Hero shows 6h 6d (four of a kind, Sixes)
MP2 mucks 2d 4d
Hero wins $2.25
(Rake: $0.10)

Sunday tourneys

Played in the Sunday Hundred Grand yesterday on Stars. Cashed for about $20 from a 70fpp entry from a SNG satellite. Also, played in a $9.5k guaranteed KO tourney on FTP using the $26 token I couldn't use yesterday. Didn't cash but knocked out 2 people earning me $8 in knockout bonus (whoopee!). Still trying to find a person to help me move $100 from FTP to Stars.

Oh yeah, played in a College Poker Championships freeroll on Stars last night. Played for a bit (knocked out 3 or 4 people donkaments style) and then sat out. Forgot about the tourney. When I came back to my computer a few hours later I had been blinded out in 23 place earning me 70¢.

Full Tilt down

I guess I won't be playing in that $16,000 guaranteed, seeing how Full Tilt is down at the moment. Bother.

moving off of full tilt

Well it looks like I am going to be moving my monies from FTP to Stars. I am unable to get rakeback because apparently I am attached to some affiliate. I must have had a cookie saved on my computer when I downloaded and signed up for Full Tilt. I've used my Iron Man medals to purchase a $26 token and am playing a double stacked $16,000 guaranteed tourney shortly. Perhaps I'll get a boost to my BR that will be headed over to Stars. With no cash in the tourney my BR over at Stars will be about $130.


New April Goals:

• move money to Poker Stars
• get BR up to about $250 or so

Hello April

Let us see.... March ended up pretty bad. I lost a few buy-ins at 25NL (which I will not be taking a shot at again until I am at least almost properly rolled for) and then a few at 10NL. I fell from $250+ to about $70 on Full Tilt and am currently sitting at about $100. Some of the money went over to Poker Stars. I currently am sitting on about $20 and am playing 2NL. It is amazing what some people will call with at 1¢/2¢. I also am holding an entrance to the Sunday Hundred Grand tourney on PS. I won it from a 70FPP SNG (had a bunch of FPPs from when I previously played on PS). Hopefully I can at least cash and add a few bucks to my BR on PS (I should probably take the T$ and play SNGs or something, but I want to play the MTT cause I'm not working on Sunday). I also still have $95 sitting on Bodog that I haven't touched in a while. I think I might use it to make bets on the Champions League.


Goals for April:

• either work out rakeback on FT or move FT BR over to PS
  
• build my FT BR back up to at least $200 (preferably $250)
• build my PS BR up to $100+
• get Iron Man Status on FT again this month (probably Silver again but Gold if possible)
• post more on 2+2 and learn learn learn learn