Shit...........................................................................

Right when I was starting to put things together, they pull the plug.  I had a releases coming up, I had 100 dollar rakeback weeks starting up, Ironman was almost at month 6 gold status, and I was getting ready to move up again.  I am definitely going to have some long boring fucking nights when the wife and daughter are asleep. I am considering playing at Bodog, but hell I may just wait for online poker to open up here in the states and just study the game in the meantime so when I am able to play again I will be a better player.  (And yes I do see this coming, considering that the US is trying to find every which way to make money now.)

It really depresses me though, of all the long hours of studying the game and learning the ins and outs, that I am no longer able to experience the high and lows of the game anymore because of ignorant people wanting a cut of the action. 

Anyway, since I have nothing ti blog about for the time being I will be blogging a bit less.  The bankroll sits at $950, just $50 away from my goal, and if I can get it off the site I will definitely look into some other site, but I am not sure if that would be wise..  I think after some time passes I will look into the safety and legality of these other sites...

Quick Post... 900

Had a monster night, hit 900 last night.  I was only playing Rush NL5, but I won almost 15 buyin for the night.  I upped my aggression this week, trying new things at these lower stakes trying to figure out new things to try at the NL10 ring games.  I have 70 left on my release so 1000 is right around the corner.

Surpassed 800, 100 Release, Rakeback, 25 Take Two

I have a bunch of free money coming in currently.  My rakeback took a hit due to buying those cash game tickets, but if all goes well I will be near 1000 in a few weeks.  This means I turned nothing, into 1000.  I did well again last night at the NL10 tables making two buy in's in about 500 hands.  I mostly played Rush though, and I know I said I quit, but they gave me a 100 release and I needed to make some quick FTP. I broke even at Rush, not folding when I should.  Everytime, that little voice in my head is going FOLD FOLD FOLD, but my damn hand seems to find a way to the call button, which it followed by a couch punch or some horrible profanity. 

People may think I am crazy, but I know my ability and I know my bankroll management and deep down a year from now I think I could be playing NL100.  I really have been putting in the time and I learn more and more everyday.  My bankroll definitely will need to be in the 10k range a year from now, but if you stay a consistent winner when moving up the stakes you are going to grow that bankroll faster and faster with the added rakeback/Ironman/ and eventually blackcard bonuses. 

See you all at the tables and if you are a 40/3,  50/25,  8/2,  please sit down and play with me!

Quitting Rush...

Do not get me wrong, Rush has been very good to me, but after I started playing 10NL full ring last night I simply could not believe how many people gave their money to me. I am dumbfounded that I didn't play this more and as to why I have been so wrapped up into RUSH I have no idea.  I get better reads, I make more money, and I was only playing 6 tables last night. (Was on a small Monitor)

 I only made 50 last night, playing for two hours.  It just really feels good to see people push all-in preflop with QQ again, because in Rush this is a definite all-in fold. I also enjoy the pace of the game more, which allows me to really think about certain steal spots.

Anyway, I am probably going to play 10-12 tables tonight and see how it goes.

March in Review, Downswing

I made around $200 last month..  Not a bad month for the stakes I was playing, but ever since I have moved up I am running into a bit of a Downswing. 

I am currently 90 dollars below EV for the month of April..  I am down a total of $50 over all, but have almost that in rakeback, so I am currently sitting at a 25k hand break even.  It has been brutal.  Every 35% flush flop push has gotten there, KK losing to AK every time and even when I get a fish to push with garbage preflop they hit.  I had a 42 suited push against QQ preflop and he hit the flush, I had a K 10 offsuit push against AA and he hit two pair, I had KJ push to a 3 dollar 4 bet I put on him and he hit runner runner J, carcking AA.   I have had set over set as well with me floppin it while they hit theirs on the turn. 

I am not losing my cool though, well atleast for the most part..  I am just grinding through it, eventually it will all even out.

.5 .10 Rush

The only difference between 5NL Rush and 10NL Rush is simple, the swings and bet sizing.  I played around 1500 hands and made 1 dollar last night at NL10, but I should have made almost 30, but I stationed three hands that I should not have.  KK <  JJ, I new he had the set, but let him value bet me all the way to the river.  AA < JJ, exact same thing, and finally calling my two pair to the river with two other players..

These three hands cost me around $28 dollars, if I found the fold button, I would have made 20 easy.  I get really confused with over pairs sometimes, (AA,KK,QQ) especially on the flop of whether I am ahead or not, to the C-bet Re-raise. 

I do not see myself playing 5NL rush unless i decide to 8 table rush in the future to add more income, which is a possibility if I get table ninja.  I see just at 1500 hands an hour currently, so I could potentially see 2500 every hour if I decide to do this.  I am a firm believer in the law of large numbers and the more hands you see the less variance you notice. 

Anyway, hopefully I can run 6-10bb/100 at NL10.  I have been at almost 12bb/100 at NL5 rush the last 100k hands. 

700 club!!!!

I need to move up, and been taking stabs here and there, but I have two 100 releases coming up and going to have those active when I move up!