Learning Texas Holdem Poker

Is the winter sleep of this blog over?

Published on 2010-03-04 13:07:00

Yes and No.No, cause I don't have the intention to update this blog on a fixed schedule. I will post when I want to post.Yes, cause I did start playing poker again! Not much, but now and then I kick off a $2.20 180 seater at Stars. The idea is to play a set of 50 and see how far I do get.I did deposit $25 in the beginning of the year, but the initial deposit is already banked, together with a small profit. At the moment the bankroll stands on $110.47.Since the beginning of this year I already ha

Hibernation

Published on 2009-12-17 11:31:00

The tittle says enough!

Back to Stars, Back to SNG

Published on 2009-12-11 11:46:00

Well I have to admit my defeat. Cash games are not mentioned for me. It took $125 to understand this lesson.Also a big downside of Doyles is that it is not possible to withdraw an amount below $50.So it is back to Stars and back to SNGs.I did convert some FPPs into $11 via a satellite. So that will be my BR to start with.Let's how far it will bring me. I will start @ the 17 seater @1.75.Cheers,dremeber

A lot to learn

Published on 2009-11-25 13:35:00

Well ring games are more difficult than I expected. I did know that it wasn't easy, okay, but it never crossed my mind that SNG play will cost you a lot of money at ring games.In the first week I did play 1849 hands. Most of them @ NL10. The result is shameful. A loss of $49.2. If I add to this the rakeback I did have a net loss of $41.56. Luckely, I made a profit of $6.34 @ NL20.The second week was a little bit better. Combined with the rakeback and a part of the bonus I did clear I did made a

I moved to Doyles

Published on 2009-11-13 08:42:00

Unfortunately, the SNGs they are offering are my cup of tea. So I decided to learn the pure art of poker: cash games.I will start @NL10. Why NL10. I have a rakeback deal via rakeback.com. A rakeback deal @nl10 and with 300 hands will give me an advantage of a dollar per day. That's around 25 to 30 per month which means a big deal for me.Also it will allow my clear more parts of my bonus. At the moment Doyles is giving out a 110% bonus up to 600$ for a first deposit. While the SNGs are not my cup

set 8: completed! Who am I kidding?

Published on 2009-11-05 15:00:00

Maybe the better question is: What the fuck is wrong with the Stars SNG.I'm just having it @ Stars. Giving me one bad beat after another. The pricks. In set 8 I had a loosing streak of 11 SNGs without a cash. Getting bubbled out, getting 2 and 3 outers against me. I know that bad beats are part of the game but it almost reached a point where it starts to have an impact an my mental state outside of poker, which is ringing an alarm bell.So for the moment I will clear my Stars account. Don't know

Stepping up, stepping down

Published on 2009-11-02 16:22:00

Well despite the good luck wishes of Amatay I have to step down after only 1 set at the $3.40 level.Only 6 cashes and a loss of $20.2 sealed my faith.It could have gone different but I did get bubbled out on a few occasions with the correct push but no luck. This evening I also ran twice into KK and once into AA, just bad luck. In the last 2 I did get eliminated with AJ vs KQ and KQ vs K10. Especially this last one was a hard one to swallow. The other one, despite being ahead after the push it w

Change of plans

Published on 2009-10-31 08:16:00

Did not play for 2 days and still I did made a profit. The guys from RTR did pay-out the syndicate members. This pushed my BR above the targeted $125.This means that I now have a BR big enough to play at least one set of the $1.75 one and one set of the $3.40 one. So according to my BR management I should step up a level, which I will.It feels strange I can tell you. While the $1.75 one were a minefield it felt like home. But I hope that it just like moving, while mostly it feels strange, you no

Set 7: Acceptable

Published on 2009-10-29 18:08:00

Set 7 is finished. The good news is that it did bring my BR above $100. A little bit faster then expected.Set 7 was good for a profit of $21.05, 2 wins, 9 cashed and 19 FT.I donked away 2 SNGs in which I got eliminated within the first 2 hands. Twice with AK, trying to steal the pot. I still cannot explain why I did this.The overall profit now stands on $74.45. Good for a ROI of 24%.If everything goes according to plan I can leave the $1.75 behind me after set 7. I did hesitate to step up to the

Set 6: the zone?

Published on 2009-10-25 15:51:00

Set 6 did end with a bummer, 2 2 outers against and 5 non cashes but for the rest it was a great set.16 FTs, that's 2 less then the set before. But a mighty 5 victories, add to this 1 second place, 2 third places and 1 fourth place and the result is a profit of $31.85. Good for a ROI of 72,8%. With other words, not bad.Very glad with the 5 wins, which makes a big difference in profit.The FT ITM conversion was 56,25%. Could be better but we cannot complain about everything.With the pauout night a