A sign to quit the game

2 out of 3 hands. Granted a 20fpp tourney but still. The play just seems to be worse than ever.

PokerStars Game #51311014945: Tournament #315310147, 20FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2010/10/18 15:38:17 PT [2010/10/18 18:38:17 ET]
Table '315310147 32' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Senatys (2900 in chips)
Seat 2: pelukaskas (6687 in chips)
Seat 3: larson85 (4785 in chips)
Seat 4: XxkmAnjxX (3575 in chips)
Seat 5: luckyDJB (5970 in chips)
Seat 6: Stewman20 (9675 in chips)
Seat 7: uchose (665 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: keizer05 (6145 in chips)
Seat 9: teachis (1100 in chips)
Senatys: posts the ante 25
pelukaskas: posts the ante 25
larson85: posts the ante 25
XxkmAnjxX: posts the ante 25
luckyDJB: posts the ante 25
Stewman20: posts the ante 25
uchose: posts the ante 25
keizer05: posts the ante 25
teachis: posts the ante 25
XxkmAnjxX: posts small blind 125
luckyDJB: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [As Ah]
Stewman20: calls 250
uchose: folds
keizer05: raises 250 to 500
teachis: folds
Senatys: raises 2000 to 2500
pelukaskas: folds
larson85: folds
XxkmAnjxX: folds
luckyDJB: folds
Stewman20: raises 2000 to 4500
keizer05: raises 1620 to 6120 and is all-in
Senatys: calls 375 and is all-in
Stewman20: calls 1620
*** FLOP *** [Js Ts 2c]
*** TURN *** [Js Ts 2c] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [Js Ts 2c 7h] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Stewman20: shows [As Ah] (a pair of Aces)
keizer05: shows [9c 8c] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
keizer05 collected 6490 from side pot
Senatys: shows [Ad Qh] (a pair of Queens)
keizer05 collected 9225 from main pot
Senatys finished the tournament in 1440th place
Stewman20 said, "how does 98 call there"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 15715 Main pot 9225. Side pot 6490. | Rake 0
Board [Js Ts 2c 7h Qs]
Seat 1: Senatys showed [Ad Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: pelukaskas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: larson85 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: XxkmAnjxX (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: luckyDJB (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Stewman20 showed [As Ah] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: uchose folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: keizer05 showed [9c 8c] and won (15715) with a straight, Eight to Queen
Seat 9: teachis folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #51311077132: Tournament #315310147, 20FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2010/10/18 15:39:35 PT [2010/10/18 18:39:35 ET]
Table '315310147 32' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: sparrow1964 (595 in chips)
Seat 2: pelukaskas (6637 in chips)
Seat 3: larson85 (4735 in chips)
Seat 4: XxkmAnjxX (3400 in chips)
Seat 5: luckyDJB (6370 in chips)
Seat 6: Stewman20 (3255 in chips)
Seat 7: uchose (615 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: keizer05 (15440 in chips)
Seat 9: teachis (1050 in chips)
sparrow1964: posts the ante 25
pelukaskas: posts the ante 25
larson85: posts the ante 25
XxkmAnjxX: posts the ante 25
luckyDJB: posts the ante 25
Stewman20: posts the ante 25
uchose: posts the ante 25
keizer05: posts the ante 25
teachis: posts the ante 25
Stewman20: posts small blind 125
uchose: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [Kc Ks]
keizer05: raises 500 to 750
teachis: folds
sparrow1964: calls 570 and is all-in
pelukaskas: folds
larson85: calls 750
XxkmAnjxX: raises 2625 to 3375 and is all-in
luckyDJB: folds
Stewman20: calls 3105 and is all-in
uchose: folds
keizer05: calls 2625
larson85: folds
*** FLOP *** [7d 4h 6h]
*** TURN *** [7d 4h 6h] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [7d 4h 6h Tc] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
keizer05: shows [Jh Kd] (a pair of Tens)
XxkmAnjxX: shows [Ts Ad] (three of a kind, Tens)
XxkmAnjxX collected 290 from side pot-2
Stewman20: shows [Kc Ks] (two pair, Kings and Tens)
XxkmAnjxX collected 8160 from side pot-1
sparrow1964: shows [6c 6d] (a full house, Sixes full of Tens)
Stewman20 said, "jeez"
sparrow1964 collected 3325 from main pot
Stewman20 finished the tournament in 1384th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11775 Main pot 3325. Side pot-1 8160. Side pot-2 290. | Rake 0
Board [7d 4h 6h Tc Td]
Seat 1: sparrow1964 showed [6c 6d] and won (3325) with a full house, Sixes full of Tens
Seat 2: pelukaskas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: larson85 folded before Flop
Seat 4: XxkmAnjxX showed [Ts Ad] and won (8450) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 5: luckyDJB (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Stewman20 (small blind) showed [Kc Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Tens
Seat 7: uchose (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: keizer05 showed [Jh Kd] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 9: teachis folded before Flop (didn't bet)

bad day

Well I had a bad day in going for my challenge. With tilt creeping in at the end. Nothing went right, no one gives credit in 6-max apparently. In one stretch I flopped 5 top sets in probably 20 minutes losing every hand. I couldn't hit a full house on any of them. 2 suck outs on the river, 1 beat on the turn and the other 2 on the flop. I only paid off 2 on the river but it adds up especially when jumping up to 3/6. Crazy players man. Just speechless right now. Don't know how these guys remain profitable in the long run playing like they do. I 3 bet constantly with the best hand 90-95% of the time and yet they don't seem to hold up. I guess running up my initiall $100 deposit to over $300 was me running above expectation. I guess so. Not sure. But now down to $68.41. Dropped almost $240 today. Only bright side is I made silver star which I haven't had in probably 2 years. Maybe I can bink one of the silver star tourneys...NOT!

I'm on such a bad streak cash right now....mainly from live play. Makes me not enjoy poker but yet I'm addicted. The issue is all I think about is poker sometimes. I don't necessarily need to play all the time but I watch all tv poker, I read tons of poker sites/books and play when I can. I need to take a break. If things don't turn around after Venetian Deep stacks coming up I think I'm done till maybe till Rincon in March. I might use FPP's to play the occasional tourney but a break may be in order. Of course I say this and usually do take a break (with the longest being 6 months) but usually just 1-2 months then right back on the horse.

Adios for tonight. Maybe I'll be back tomorrow.

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BR Challenge update

Struggled tonight playing for just over an hour. No shortage of premium hands especially in a 6-max game which is what I played tonight. I was down early and for most of the session but grinded out a $1.50 profit. Bankroll zooms past the $300 mark to $300.51. I am up over $200 so far. Long way to go to my current goal.

bank roll update

So have been out of town for a few days. Played a quick 35 minute session and won $90.50. First hand of the night was basically my winnings. Got lucky on the river.

BR at $299.01

PokerStars Game #50969899107: Omaha Hi/Lo Limit ($2/$4 USD) - 2010/10/11 21:30:19 PT [2010/10/12 0:30:19 ET]
Table 'Mombasa IV' 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: TJR43 ($36 in chips)
Seat 2: chengwah ($209.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Red Snake-22 ($227 in chips)
Seat 4: Stewman20 ($80 in chips)
Seat 5: foryoupete ($80 in chips)
Seat 7: Memphie ($45.50 in chips)
Seat 8: uwilgetbroke ($40.50 in chips)
Seat 9: dptrouble ($18.50 in chips)
Seat 10: Kimm ($186.50 in chips)
Red Snake-22: posts small blind $1
Stewman20: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [6h Ts Ks Ad]
foryoupete: calls $2
Memphie: folds
uwilgetbroke: calls $2
dptrouble: calls $2
Kimm: folds
TJR43: folds
chengwah: calls $2
Red Snake-22: calls $1
Stewman20: checks
*** FLOP *** [Kc 8h Tc]
Red Snake-22: bets $2
Stewman20: raises $2 to $4
foryoupete: folds
uwilgetbroke: calls $4
dptrouble: calls $4
chengwah: calls $4
Red Snake-22: calls $2
*** TURN *** [Kc 8h Tc] [4s]
Red Snake-22: checks
Stewman20: bets $4
uwilgetbroke: calls $4
dptrouble: calls $4
chengwah: calls $4
Red Snake-22: raises $4 to $8
Stewman20: calls $4
uwilgetbroke: calls $4
dptrouble: raises $4 to $12
chengwah: calls $8
Red Snake-22: calls $4
Stewman20: calls $4
uwilgetbroke: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [Kc 8h Tc 4s] [Th]
Red Snake-22: checks
Stewman20: bets $4
uwilgetbroke: folds
dptrouble: calls $0.50 and is all-in
chengwah: folds
Red Snake-22: calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Stewman20: shows [6h Ts Ks Ad] (HI: a full house, Tens full of Kings)
Red Snake-22: mucks hand
Stewman20 collected $7 from side pot
dptrouble: mucks hand
Stewman20 collected $90.50 from main pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $100.50 Main pot $90.50. Side pot $7. | Rake $3
Board [Kc 8h Tc 4s Th]
Seat 1: TJR43 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: chengwah (button) folded on the River
Seat 3: Red Snake-22 (small blind) mucked [3s 8c 8s 6d]
Seat 4: Stewman20 (big blind) showed [6h Ts Ks Ad] and won ($97.50) with HI: a full house, Tens full of Kings
Seat 5: foryoupete folded on the Flop
Seat 7: Memphie folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: uwilgetbroke folded on the River
Seat 9: dptrouble mucked [Qs Jc Td 9h]
Seat 10: Kimm folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Bank Roll update

Played for an hour and lost $57.50. Was up early as usual and probably should have left but just kept taking sick beat after sick beat and ended up down. Basically lost everything in 4 pots. So sick!

BR at $208.61

BR Challenge update Day 3

So played for 75 minutes and dropped $13.50 but cleared a $10 stellar rewards bonus so basically lost $3.50. Started session up about $60 but over time that evaporated.

BR at $266.11

BR Challenge update

Another quick session tonight of 45 minutes resulted in a $39 win. So far up $269.61 in less than 6 hours of 2/4.

Bank Roll challenge

Hello to the 2 readers of this blog. I haven't been playing much poker either live or on-line lately. Did play a few sessions at Pechanga back in Labor Day weekend and lost way too much money playing 4/8 and 8/16 limit hold'em. Of course BigHeeb dominated.

Came back home and didn't really do much. Then this past weekend with $26 in my on-line account on Stars, I decided to do a bankroll challenge. I wanted to go play live but didn't want to do the drive and play for my usual stakes due to budget issues. I then decided to deposit $100 and only use that for low limit O8 ring games. I decided to play both 6-max and full ring 2/4 limit O8. In 3 different sessions totaling about 5 hours I won about $200. Gotta determine exact amount but it is around $200. I have really enjoyed the 6-max variety and came across some really bad players as is expected in on-line low stakes especially in O8. My plan is to play here and there as my schedule allows and will take a break from Tourney's for now. I did try about $45 in satty's over the weekend only getting a seat in the $11 1/4 million tourney. 2nd weekend in a row without cashing which is a first since my cash rate in that tourney is probably about 60% (small sample size however).

I will update as I proceed. No rush or ultimate goal. I guess stating that defeats the title of this blog so I need to come up with something. Let's say can I build it up to 1K by November 1st? This doesn't sound hard but my time in playing is limited. I have so many other interests that take my time not to mention work and trips to see my girlfriend. Lack of a laptop also hurts. Just hope to be able to build up a nice on-line bankroll to take some shots at larger buy-in tourneys and higher cash games. I will continue to play 2/4 for the time being. One good benefit is I will continue to gain FPPs which will unlock stellar rewards from Stars and should get bronze star this month and maybe even silver star. We shall see. Getting a laptop would help so I can play while watching tv but that will have to wait. Updates to follow.