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Tuesday, January 30, 2007 

oh to win again

Last weekend I was playing really well and was +918 over two days playing 1/2 NL

I have since lost that all back :(

On a good note, I'm now Goldstar status on Pokerstars but I would much rather be up again.

I have cashed in a couple of tourneys but I haven't won over $100 in a tournament in a while. I will keep playing the $11 rebuy at 10pm and hopefully one of these days I'll make it deep in the money.

I finally had a better than average finish again in the Chiptalk thursday night tournament but I bubbled, finishing 10th. Pushed KQ and ran into KK :(

A few of the guys on PSO had a .5/1 NL session on Full Tilt that I joined in on so we could discuss strategy. I unfortunately haven't had a chance to look over the hand histories. I saw some of the stats and I was the second tightest of the bunch. I do play a little looser than that but I was multitasking and folding some hands I may normally play if I were paying more attention.

I'm still up a few hundred for the month thanks to bonuses but hopefully the wins start coming again soon.

Friday, January 19, 2007 

Fun Fun

The last week or so has seen many ups and downs. My last few Chiptalk tournaments has ended in misery. My $11 rebuy tourneys are not fairing well but I managed to cash in one on Tuesday night.

The only thing going in the right direction at the moment are the cash games. I've been playing 1/2NL on stars and seen lots of ups and downs there too but right now I'm on the up side by a couple hundred or so.

I played with a bunch of PSOers last night at a $100NL table on Full Tilt so we can discuss strategy and plays after we swap hand histories. I made $2 woo! I made a couple of bad plays and a couple of bad non-plays where I should have taken the pot away but didn't. I was amazed by the number of reraises preflop. I wonder if everyone was just getting hit with the deck or making moves. Maybe next time we can add in using video capture software like camstudio and record the table and audio while we give our thought processes. Guess we'll see!

Thursday, January 11, 2007 

Up and Down Day

Cash games were going well. I was up almost $80 and then disaster happened.



.25/.50 NL



99 in the BB

UTG raises to $1

bunch of callers

I call



A93 flop with 2 clubs WOO

I check, UTG bets $2.50, every folds to me and I ...

scottwire: raises $7.50 to $10

Skyhand: raises $45.90 to $55.90 and is all-in



I should have known he had AA sigh.



Played the $11 rebuy but sucked it up and I finally got KK all in against AT who hit the AA55x board.



Played a 180 $22 SNG and I was 2nd in chips at the 50/100 level with 7100. Then I lost every coin flip and got pushed off hands left and right and finally lost AK to TT :( Finished 45th. sigh again



So instead of being up like $50+, I finished the night about -$10.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 

Snuck into the money again

Almost had a nice stack brewing at one point. That is, until I raised with QQ in early position, guy in late position pushed all in and he was a loose reraiser so I called. He shows AJ. Flop Jxx, river J and I'm down to 3400 at 100/200. I luckily got aces at the right time a few hands later when UTG goes all in for 4k, another guy calls, I call and BB calls. so AA holds up and I quadruple up + to around 16000.



Work my way up to 25k at 600/1200 but that was as high as I got. Lost another chunk at 800/1600 and then snuck into the money. 270 paid and I finished 260 when KJ runs into KQ. Another cash though which is always nice :)



PokerStars Tournament #39824499, No Limit Hold'em

Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00

2134 players

Total Prize Pool: $86810.00

Tournament started - 2007/01/09 - 22:00:00 (ET)



Dear scottwire,



You finished the tournament in 260th place.

A $86.81 award has been credited to your Real Money account.


Monday, January 08, 2007 

Getting closer

After a couple of days of ugliness, I got into the money in the $11 rebuy tonight. Getting closer to the final table at least.




PokerStars Tournament #39376885, No Limit Hold'em



Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00



2304 players



Total Prize Pool: $89120.00



Tournament started - 2007/01/07 - 22:00:00 (ET)







Dear scottwire,







You finished the tournament in 128th place.



A $98.04 award has been credited to your Real Money account.


Saturday, January 06, 2007 

90 man Double Stack Sit and Go

After the nice start to the new year, I went 3 multi table tourneys in a row without a cash.



On a whim, I decided just to check out what was happening on Full Tilt. I only had $4 left on the site after getting creamed there lately.



I saw a $22, 90 man double stack (start with 3k chips instead of 1500) SNG filling up with a pro in it, Lee Watkinson. I decided what the hell and quickly deposited and jumped in just in time.



I played pretty well and disaster almost struck. My wireless network decided to wreak havok on my laptop and I couldn't get back on. My wife installed Full Tilt on her machine just so I could keep playing. Blinds were 400/800 and there were only 12 of us less, 9 make the money. I had 12k chips and we had 6 at the table so blinds were coming around fast. I finally got on her computer with a little over 10k.



I had ATs on the button and raised to 2k. SB was an aggressive player and reraised to 6k (he only had 8500). I thought about it for a while but my gut told me he was just making a play. I reraised all in and He called with K4s and my hand held up :)



We finally got into the money on the final table. 8 of us left and then the hand of fate happened as usual. I always seem to get busted this way.



blinds 600/1200.

Folds around to SB who raises to 6k (he has me covered with 26k, I have 20k).



I have AK in BB and push. He thinks about it a long while and calls with 44 and his hand holds up and I'm done in 8th for $54 :(



I WILL WIN ONE OF THESE ONE DAY DAMMIT

Wednesday, January 03, 2007 

My first 180 person SNG

I played a $22, 18 table SNG tonight. 18 players get paid. First one I've ever tried. I was thinking this may suit me well as I enjoy multitable tournaments and I want the payouts to be meaningful but not have to take 6 hours to play an entire tournament.



I didn't play all that great but I got my money in when it counted and a couple of nice suckouts help too. 64s owns JJ when you suck out a flush :)



I snuck into the money then I had JJ hold up against AQ. I then got nothing else good and the table was very active and I never really had a chance to steal blinds. At 800/1600 I got down to 12k and we were down to 10 players. 18-10 all get double their buy-in then the money moves up from there.



5 handed on the table I have K2s on the button and decide to push but SB wakes up with AK. Turned a flush draw but the river didn't help and I bubbled the final table.



My $22 won me $43.20



I played the $3 rebuy again too but got my QQ all in against AK who hit the ace and I was done somewhere around 1100th I think.



Tourney play it is! Might hit a couple of cash tables now though. Going to try to get Silverstar and maybe Goldstar on Pokerstars. I have a bunch of bonuses to still work off anyway. Must win!

 

Multitable fun

I got close last night but not close enough.



I outlasted almost 3300 people but still came up short in the $3 rebuy, finishing 77th.



Not a bad finish at all, but it only paid $64.98. The 6k first place money looked a lot better :)



I have now played 4 rebuys in the last 3 days and finished in the money in 3 of them.



1/2/2007 - $3 rebuy - (spent $9) - 3360 players - finished 77- paid $64.98

1/1/2007 - $3 rebuy - (spent $6) - 3734 players - finished 671 - paid $19

12/31/2006 - $11 rebuy - (spent $22) - 2273 players - finished 203 - paid $72.93



So I'm up about $100 after 4 rebuy tourneys but I've lost that and more at the cash tables.



I'll post a 2006 year end report soon, but I can't seem to find my groove on the cash tables these days. I've been calling down too much it seems.



I am going to play a lot more rebuys and maybe some $22 180 person tourneys. Maybe I should get back to NL cash games instead of limit as well. Guess we'll see!


  • NL = No Limit Holdem
  • PLO = Pot Limit Omaha
  • CP = Crazy Pineapple
  • TD = Triple Draw
  • UTG = Under the Gun (first to act)
  • MP = Middle Position
  • LP = Late Position
  • CO = CutOff (one before the button)

About me

  • I'm Scottwire
  • From NJ
  • Hi there. I started this blog mainly to keep track of how I'm doing playing poker as well as to vent, share my thoughts and feelings, and allow friends and family to follow along. Thanks to everyone following along whether I know you or not. About me - I am currently a web developer who is trying to become a successful Entrepreneur with my wife. We love to travel and are trying to become successful enough to do that as we please :) That's us in a nutshell.
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