Poker Journal
10:04 PM - mypalal: Pulled off a well timed bluff in poker. My opponent is just limping way too much and min betting with no hand. - (Twitter)
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Poker Journal for 8/22/09
Poker Journal
7:07 PM - mypalal: Reading the tweets from the Legends of Poker tournament. Joe Sebok is out already. - (Twitter)
7:08 PM - mypalal: Going play some poker tonight. My goal is to get to the next bonus level on Full Tilt. - (Twitter)
7:30 PM - mypalal: Waiting for poker tables to open up and watching Dexter S3 in the mean time. - (Twitter)
8:20 PM - mypalal: Playing 4 tables of poker. Just maintaining at the moment. - (Twitter)
10:01 PM - mypalal: I'm all even in poker tonight. I'm just a few points away from the next bonus - (Twitter)
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Poker Journal for 8/18/09
Poker Journal
12:36 PM - mypalal: RT bluffmagazine ESPN inks new deal with WSOP http://tinyurl.com/onq9ls Seven more years of Mickey Mouse and Poker. - (Twitter)
10:41 PM - mypalal: Playing poker. I'm just maintaining the same balance hoping to get to the next bonus level. - (Twitter)
11:16 PM - mypalal: Another breakeven session of poker, but I'm over half way to the next bonus. - (Twitter)
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Poker Journal for 8/15/09
Poker Journal
5:53 AM - mypalal: is up early. Gonna play some poker. Hopefully take a nap and then head to my niece's birthday party. - (Twitter)
11:08 PM - mypalal: I'm really excited about how well I'm doing at limit poker. Had an OK session. Didn't lose money, made a little bit and close to next bonus. - (Twitter)
Friday, August 14, 2009
Amazing Poker Run
Needless to say this has been a good year so far in poker for me. In 2008, I was incredibly anemic and lost a little bit of my bankroll. At the beginning of the year, I was in the same place. I started with almost $400 and through a series of bad decision dropped my bankroll to $250. It was at that point that I had to get serious about my game and truly consider my game play.
My first step was to be sure that I was playing according to my bank roll. At $250 I would only play SNG’s at 5% of my bankroll. This meant that I could only play SNG’s under $2.50 buyin. The other decision I made was to stop playing turbo SNG’s. I found that at the low levels, the turbos where gambles. By the time I got to 10 big blinds and was push/fold, there were still 7 people in the game and all were playing way too tight. In the regular SNG’s the field would thin to 5 player by the time the blinds go to 50/100.
I also starting playing 3 games at a time. Playing multiple games means that I would not get bored and play hands that I shouldn’t. I was more likely to fold marginal hands because I wasn’t getting the I need to play this rush.
About two month ago, I was able to build my bankroll to $500. I withdrew $100 to celebrate my anniversary and was bankroll building again.
Then everything changed. Full Tilt is celebrating their anniversary and gave me an opportunity to earn a $100 bonus. This was two weeks ago. I’ve always hesitated trying to earn bonuses because you have to play a lot of poker to earn the bonus. Also, you have to play higher limits to earn it fast enough.
I decided to see how my limit skills are today. The last thing I need to do is lose $200 to earn a $100 bonus which is what happened in the past.
I started playing $.50/$1 limit Hold’em and Omaha H/L. I’ve gotten so much better. I started earning on average $20 a session and just earned my first $10 bonus on Monday.
The day to playing limit for me is to fold a lot in early position and stop playing fancy. Quit the hand when you know you’re beat.
Hopefully I haven’t jinxed anything by writing this but now my bankroll is over $500 (would be $600 without the withdrawal).
Two years ago I got my bankroll to $1000 (withdrew half to buy Disneyland annual passes) and have never come close. I hope this year I can repeat.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
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