Update

I sat down to play really late on friday night and won the 2.5 bi's I had to make to move up to 3-6. I'm basically not going to cash out on full tilt for a while and move up when I have 20 bi's. 8k for 2-4, 12k for 3-6, 20k for 5-10... etc. I'm really hoping to get up to 5-10 and 10-20 in the next few weeks. It all depends on how hot i run. I lost 1k when I played in the afternoon today. It was my first losing day in a while... Not really sure what I will set as a bi loss stop. I will prob degen it out at 3-6 even if I start to lose. I know I am realy +ev in the game so I just need to put in a lot of hands. I'm still not sure how I can handle 5-10 so we will see.

-Hov

Tilted by Full Tilt's Software

I have been playing on full tilt the last few days. I am tilted by their software because I have had trouble keeping up with the amount of tables I'm usually comfortable with. Timing out making big value bets and such. Its pretty frustrating but I can only blame myself for having to many tables open, talking on AIM, and surfing firefox. I just dropped down to 7 tables and that has given me the proper time to make decisions. I will probably look to ad the 8th table back in a week or so when I'm completely comfortable at full tilt. So my first few days on full tilt I tilted pretty hard and was playing pretty bad but I was lucky to basically break even. Yesterday I won 9 bi's... and today I lost 3. Overall on full tilt I have played just under 6k hands and I'm up about 8 bi's. So far all my hands have been at 2-4 but I should start getting my feet wet in the full tilt 3-6 game soon. Probably later this weekend once I'm properly rolled on there. Today I only had one class so I was able to have a very lazy afternoon :)

I should be updating each day this weekend as I intend to play a lot of poker.

I almost forgot to mention that I lost my MSNL HU match v. bobbofitos. Overall I ran really bad after the money got in. My Pokertracker didn't track any of the hands but bobbo posted most of the major hands here.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthread.php?t=123205

-Hov

I'm Running Really Hot (January Recap)

Got out of bed this morning to play some hands before I went to school. Played 600 hands to clear a final 100k fpp bonus on stars. I made $1200 which was a bit disappointing after I was up 3k after 200 hands. I cant really remember the last time I sat down and had a losing session.. Aka I'm running at god status. I am up like 17kish in my last 10k hands. I have been playing little 500 hand sessions whenever I get a free hour or w/e during the day. Lately I have been averaging about 1k hands a day which I'm happy with now that school is in session. I'm glad I finally got rid of all my fpp's on stars. I just transfered 20 bi's for 2-4 to full tilt. I'm basically going to grind up a roll on there and try and get into some bigger games. Most of 2007 I was worried about $/hr since I knew I couldn't beat the higher games like I did before party poker closed out to American players. So last year I was able to save enough money so that I will never go busto. This year I'm going to make a real attempt to climb up the stakes aggressively. I am very confident with my game right now... at the same time I know I have a ton to learn. In the next few weeks I am really going to put in the time watching Cardrunners videos, posting strategy on 2+2, going over my hands after every session. I may also look into getting a high stakes coach. My screen name on full tilt will be PrincePullen. I just hired an assistant which will be nice. Hopefully that will free up a little extra time to play poker. I will also post pictures of my new dog later this week.

- Hov

Heater

Just got done playing for the first time in a few days today. I felt like I made a bunch of mistakes and overall I wasn't to pleased with my play. I played 1500 hands and won +2200. Just pretty standard running hot. nothing to crazy.

Here are some hands from my session that I saved. I need some advice on the best way to post hands on this blog. I have tried a few different converters... just sort of seeing what you guys like best. Anyway here are the hands I saved from today.

EDIT: just realized that the hand history converter I used doesn't show the suits on the hands I posted. I might try to fix this later

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HAND #1
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Poker Stars, $3/$6 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

CO: $618
BTN: $570
Hero (SB): $630
BB: $156
UTG: $957.30

Pre-Flop: 4 4 dealt to Hero (SB)
2 folds, BTN raises to $18, Hero raises to $60, BB folds, BTN calls $42

Flop: ($126) 5 6 2 (2 Players)
Hero bets $80, BTN raises to $240, Hero raises to $570 and is All-In, BTN folds

Results: $606 Pot ($2 Rake)
Hero mucked 4 4 and WON $604 (+$304 NET)





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HAND #2
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Poker Stars, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): $475.70
UTG: $595.85
BTN: $121.75
SB: $431

Pre-Flop: K A dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG raises to $12, 2 folds, Hero raises to $40, UTG calls $28

Flop: ($82) 6 8 5 (2 Players)
Hero bets $50, UTG calls $50

Turn: ($182) 2 (2 Players)
Hero checks, UTG checks

River: ($182) 2 (2 Players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $132, Hero raises to $385.70 and is All-In, UTG folds

Results: $446 Pot ($2 Rake)
Hero mucked K A and WON $444 (+$222 NET)





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HAND #3
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Poker Stars, $3/$6 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

UTG: $242.40
MP: $525.15
CO: $933
BTN: $961.80
SB: $594
Hero (BB): $730

Pre-Flop: 4 4 dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG calls $6, MP calls $6, CO calls $6, BTN raises to $36, SB folds, Hero calls $30, UTG folds, MP calls $30, CO calls $30

Flop: ($153) 4 3 2 (4 Players)
Hero checks, MP checks, CO checks, BTN bets $78, Hero calls $78, MP folds, CO raises to $336, BTN raises to $925.80 and is All-In, Hero calls $616 and is All-In, CO calls $561 and is All-In

Turn: ($2,641) 5 (3 Players - 1 is All-In)


River: ($2,641) 8 (3 Players - 1 is All-In)


Results: $2,641 Pot ($3 Rake)
CO showed 3 3 (three of a kind, Threes) and LOST (-$933 NET)
BTN showed K A (a flush, Ace high) and WON $2,638 (+$1,705 NET)
Hero mucked 4 4 and LOST (-$730 NET)





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HAND #4
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Poker Stars, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (CO): $612.90
BTN: $120.60
SB: $1,112.10
BB: $473.25
UTG: $62

Pre-Flop: A Q dealt to Hero (CO)
UTG folds, Hero raises to $16, BTN folds, SB calls $14, BB folds

Flop: ($36) 6 T 9 (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $25, SB calls $25

Turn: ($86) 2 (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($86) 9 (2 Players)
SB bets $50, Hero raises to $150, SB folds

Results: $186 Pot ($2 Rake)
Hero mucked A Q and WON $184 (+$93 NET)