Interesting night!

I had a decent night, but I ran about 5 buyins below EV, which is an odd feeling at the tables.  I made around $30, but I could of made around $60-$70.  My table reads are beginning to get better and I have really started to force myself to analyze hands when I have a monster and to take that extra second to put them on a hand before I push the money in.  Everyone needs to do this when playing and when you can start guessing ranges, I found two time last night that a huge over shove on 4th got paid twice because I figured the hands out and knew that my opponents could not fold their holdings. 

I also really started hammering people with extremely low showdown frequency and c betting the absolute shit out of them, and in turn people with High showdown frequency I have been value betting the shit out of and getting paid more and more from these fools calling down second pair.  These two stats in a HUD during Rush is sickening.  I am about to add a 4th table to Rush, I think I have a great grasp on three and the extra rack will be great to receive.  I had my first $20 rake week and I had the highest month of  winnings at micro poker in my career, making almost $200 at .02 .05.  Not even three months ago, the understanding of the game that I now have has greatly increased, and I am generally staying out of trouble at the tables, ensuring that I do not make those ill timed bluffs.  I am greatly enjoying the game more and more everyday and really do hope that one day I can do this for a living, but I have a very long way to go.  A side supplemental income on the side of around a grand or two a month would also be great and I do believe that I can get there very easily from the .25 .50 levels.  The goal though is $1000 online from nothing and I am almost half way there. 

Broke even last night.

Laying down the big hands.  I have been calling out the hands that beat me and calling anyway a ton and it cost me a $20 dollar profit las night from these ridiculous calls.  I have to start laying down to those big river bets, where they made there impossible card, or the guy that calls my re-raise with pocket twos when I have aces and stacks me on the flop of K J 2.  Set miners are a mother fucker, but it is a great way to make money in rush. However, I have got to sniff this shit out a lot faster than I have been. 

Anyway, I need to fold more and I will.  Tonight, I am going to make the effort of laying down the big hands that are beat and start plugging this leak I have acquired.  I will stop overplaying KK and AA postflop and I will have my 99 hold up against a uber aggressive China man for a 15 dollar pot when he calls my all in preflop with KQ offsuit from the small blind.  Damn luckbox...

Still a Rushin!

Played around 4000 hands last night, hit a bit of a down stretch, but in the long run I made another $50.  I am currently sitting at $340 and should get almost another $20 in rakeback.  When I hit $500 I am going to be moving up to .05 .10 rush and see if it is just as juicy. 

Have not ran this well in a long time, but I wonder if it is that or the reads that I have been getting on certain players in Rush Poker.  I have really been able to make a ton of money off of resteals, because there are so many three bet fishes in Rush Poker that it is unreal.  I have never had so much success 4 betting with shit in my life.  I have also noticed that the position players have huge ranges, which allows an exploitable check raise steal with an unconnected board by bluffing the set mine.  It is really a funny scenario and very profitable.


Anyway, good luck and if I am at your table say hello! I love to chat!

Rush and hit $300

I three tabled Rush today for 5000 hands.  I made almost $60 today.

Just wanted to post some pretty pictures.

 

Day two!

Well, I played another 3k hands at .02 .05 last night and made about 12 dollars.  Shrug.  I am running at around 4bb/100  at this level and definitely have a few leaks that need plugged and that mostly revolves around folding to resistance with Top Pair and value betting better.  AKos is still raping me, but I did a bunch of reading to review some fresh ideas about it and low and behold everyone has the same problems with it that I have.  I am about to start mixing the play up at this level since I have my feet wet now and start making plays that I normally would not make.  The HUD got me a huge pot and lost me one as well, because I made a few plays completely based off of it. 

Hand one I was dealt 99, guy to my left was an uber aggressive donk with a high VP so I raise a bunch full knowing that he was going to call with his sb because he defended everytime.  Flop came 345.  I bet, he pushes, I insta call.  He turned over A 6 and I scoop. 

Delt KK, UTG +1, I raise, guy to my left reraises me, and he was a bit nitty.  I think to myself I am most likely in the lead so I just smooth call, but just in case he has AA I Will get a feel on the flop.  (Big Mistake)

Flop came all low, and I pet 3/4 the pot and he calls.  I instantly start thinking JJ or QQ or AA.  J comes out, so I check to see what he does and appear like I gave up on the hand and he bets a 3/4 pot on me and I smooth call.  Junk comes on 5th, and I check because the only hand I beat here is QQ and I know that with his range here I have a 33% chance of winning and he bets a small value bet on the river.  I instantly think QQ and re raise him all in and he calls.  Flips over JJ.  I knew it when it hit and ignored the sirens in my head because you can never believe when that miracle two outer comes for your opponent when you are slow playing.  I made up every excuse in order to re raise and push in for myself and all I did was stack myself.

Moved Up Last Night!

Moved up last night and by the end of the night I was up a freaking buy in after 2000 hands.  It was very Nitty last night and I made about 20 dollars worth of bad calls.  KK ran into a KQ flush, got confused from the reraise on the flop.  He really hid the draw with the reraise, but I sniffed it out only only dropped 3 bucks on the hand.  I felt like there are definitely more steal attempts at the level and the three betting was top notch for the most part.  My bet sizing is a bit off, I need to fix that.  I think I am going to stick with the 3/4 pot flop and 4th bets, and the normal sized 5th bet depending on board texture.  I actually need to tighten up I guess at this level because jesus christ was everyone nitty.  I hardly saw anyone with a 20% or above VP and the PFR was at the 3-4 % level on a bunch of people, so I obliged and stole the blinds all night.

It is definitely a different game at this level, but I can beat it.  I think I am going to stay were I am for now and see what the ride will be like.  I am going to head home tonight and analyze the hands from last night and see exactly how much I leaked, especially overplaying top pair, and how many times I lose with AK three betting, because again I noticed that everyone calls the three bets down now.

Moving up

I have really gathered a great feel for the HUD and have really turned up the winrate.  I have been running at around 10bb/100 at .01.02, and have around $240.00 currently.  Once I hit $250 it is time to head on up to .02.05 and see how well I can do there.  I have had success there in the past, but like I said the run bad will hit the bankroll much harder than down below.  Those all in +EV that do not hit will take a toll if there are to many of them.  I am probably going to start out at 6 tables and work my way up to 8 or so and most likely will be a bit TAG with three bets in key spots, but I have a feeling I am going to be a bit nitty at first until I get a feel for the game.   The players, even at this level, are drastically different than at .01.02.  The way to make money at this level is stealing blinds and pots early and attempting to stay out of showdown unless you float a monster. 

Anyway wish me luck!