NEW BEST MONTH EVER!!!
October may have been meh, but November was ROCKIN’! With one hot handed trip to the
Horseshoe-Bossier City I posted my biggest single session win ever. This trip propelled me into my biggest month ever. I also had my best month ever at online Full Ring games, I won $1,013, mostly at 100NL on Bodog.
I definitely earned it this month, I played a lot more hours than I usually do. My typical month is around 20 to 30 hours, but I got in 53 hours this month online. I was about 500 hands short of 10k hands with a 6.2 BB/100 Hands win rate. I got in more hours due to my wife being gone for a play that she was dancing in. This caused me to miss Monday night volleyball also, which just added to the time that I could play cards online after my son went to bed.
200NL online was a real challenge this month. I took 3 shots at that game, the first one went really bad. I dropped a full buyin and made a really bone-headed play here:
Bodog No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com
saw flop|
saw showdown
MP1 ($125.50)
Landlord79 ($266.00)
CO ($302.50)
Button ($414.50)
SB ($284.50)
BB ($46.50)
UTG (CompleteRock) ($200.00)
UTG+1 ($287.00)
Preflop: Landlord79 is MP2 with A, A.
UTG
(CompleteRock) calls $2,
1 fold,
MP1 raises to $8, Landlord79 calls $8,
1 fold, Button calls $8,
1 fold, BB calls $6, UTG
(CompleteRock) calls $6.
Flop: ($41) 8, 7, 4
(5 players)
BB checks,
CompleteRock bets $23, MP1 folds,
Landlord79 raises to $64, Button folds, BB folds,
CompleteRock bets $192 (All-In), Landlord79 calls $128.
Turn: ($425) 8
(2 players, 1 all-in)
.
River: ($425) 9
(2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $425
Results below:
CompleteRock has 4 4 (full house, fours full of eights).
Landlord79 has A A (two pair, aces and eights).
Outcome: CompleteRock wins $425.
The second run at it I found a table with a total donk who stacked off really easily. I got into a big hand w/ him here:
Bodog No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com
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saw showdown
Landlord79 ($212.50)
SB ($331.00)
BB ($200.00)
UTG ($200.00)
UTG+1 ($103.00)
MP1 ($588.00)
MP2 ($319.50)
MP3 ($183.00)
CO (theMark) ($515.50)
Preflop: Landlord79 is Button with 5, 7.
UTG calls $2, UTG+1 calls $2,
1 fold, MP2 calls $2,
1 fold, CO
(theMark) calls $2, Landlord79 calls $2,
1 fold, BB checks.
Flop: ($13) 8, Q, 2
(6 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, MP2 checks,
theMark bets $5, Landlord79 calls $5, BB folds, UTG calls $5, UTG+1 calls $5, MP2 folds.
Turn: ($33) 7
(4 players)
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks,
theMark bets $5,
Landlord79 raises to $25, UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, theMark calls $20.
River: ($83) 2
(2 players)
theMark bets $8,
Landlord79 raises to $91,
theMark raises to $174,
Landlord79 bets $180.5 (All-In), theMark calls $6.50.
Final Pot: $444
Results below:
theMark has J K (flush, king high).
Landlord79 has 5 7 (flush, queen high).
Outcome: theMark wins $444.
Upon further review by the 2+2 Forums, this river was better played as a raise of $60 followed by a fold to any reraise. I really have to work on these spots.
On my final shot at 200NL for the month, things finally went right. I played about 30 minutes single tabling and caught Aces, Kings and 7s for some good wins. I didn’t win a buyin back, but I did win 2/3s of one back. I think the table was just a little softer and obviously my card distribution was really excellent for that session.
I practiced a lot more table selection at the end of this month than I have in the past. It’s amazing how many players you actually recognize when you’re not overwhelmed by the volume of the micro stakes games. Most of my table selection was based on who was sitting at a table rather than by the stats of the table. It’s the same principle as playing the player and not their stats. I’m finding weak players before I’m focusing on playing loose games.
I’m happy with how my game is growing, I’m still reading Professional No-Limit (going on the 3rd month now,) and I just bought my 1st Cardrunners video. (Sorry Adanthar, it wasn’t one of yours.) I really don’t play a lot of tournaments; so I felt like a Full Ring video would be better suited to my needs. Daut’s video was at 600NL, so some of the techniques that he taught aren’t really relevant for 100NL, but I have to start learning them sometime. He also ran bad card distribution wise, which puts me into a poor mind frame going into a session, so I probably won’t be watching it that often. I’ve also made a few great contacts w/ some players that are making real money at Full Ring games. I think these contacts will really propel my game forward.
My goals for December are to enjoy the holidays and only play about 5k hands. I’d also like to visit the Horseshoe-Bossier City one more time before the year ends, preferably during the Christmas or New Years weekends. I’d also like to run in the black for 200NL this month.