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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 

Time to move up

I've been grinding $25 NL on Full Tilt for the last couple of weeks in my quest to built my bankroll back up.

After reloading Full Tilt with $50 I'm pleased to say I'm up to over $500 now and I'll throw in some $50 NL. I figure I'll throw in good tables with 10 buy ins for the stakes.

I got up to a little over $200 through tourneys and sit and goes and here are my stats from the cash games this month:

Hands: 5735
Amount Won: $247.60
BB/100 hands: 8.63
VP$IP: 18.66
PFR: 11.67

I'd still like to open up a little more and get get the vp$ip above 20 and pfr higher. I'm slowly working in more hands and good spots into the mix. I'm not as tight as I used to be but I think I can still push a few more edges.

Hopefully I'll run well in my first stint back at 50NL. Can't wait til I get back to 200NL and beyond!




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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 

Hate when this happens

Full Tilt Poker Game #3888272607: Table Sunray (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:14:56 ET - 2007/10/17
Seat 1: JohnnyScotch ($57.85)
Seat 2: nobarefeet ($17.65)
Seat 3: phoenixdan8 ($24.25)
Seat 4: ManchesterFreak ($13)
Seat 5: scottwire ($25.10)
Seat 6: waswas12 ($26.25)
phoenixdan8 posts the small blind of $0.10
ManchesterFreak posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to scottwire [6d 7d]
scottwire folds
waswas12 raises to $0.85
JohnnyScotch calls $0.85
nobarefeet folds
phoenixdan8 folds
ManchesterFreak folds
*** FLOP *** [5d 4d 8d]
waswas12 bets $1.50
JohnnyScotch has 15 seconds left to act
JohnnyScotch folds
Uncalled bet of $1.50 returned to waswas12
waswas12 mucks
waswas12 wins the pot ($1.95)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2.05 | Rake $0.10
Board: [5d 4d 8d]
Seat 1: JohnnyScotch folded on the Flop
Seat 2: nobarefeet (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: phoenixdan8 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: ManchesterFreak (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: scottwire didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: waswas12 collected ($1.95), mucked


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Wednesday, October 03, 2007 

Back in the right direction

So until this past week I've pretty much been going the wrong direction.

I also took a nice vacation (yay Disney World) which was a nice week away from the computer :)

My Full Tilt challenge went kaput again as I added another $50 and went busto on a fun hand.

I raise button with AK. SB calls, BB is a maniac and pushes all in for $60 (just did the same thing with 97 offsuit last hand). SB calls with TT, BB shows QQ. flop QTx. No jack to save me and I go busto.

Deposit another 50 and it is time to get back up. The following Tuesday after I returned from vacation, I deposited another $50 and there was a $33 tourney for Chiptalk that I said what the hell. Luckily, I finished 3rd for about $70 and up to almost $90 in my account.

I then had a nice 2nd place finish in the Thursday night Chiptalk Tourney :) I got all in with TT vs 55 and he rivered a 5 to cripple me :(

Last night I played in the $3 rebuy tourneys on both Full Tilt and Stars and cashed in both for $24 and $30 (I paid $9 in each). It's nice to cash but I'd love to finally get to a final table.

Played a bunch of sit and goes on FT as well and now up to 130 yay. I'll probably play sit and goes mostly for now to get the roll up as I seem to do best in them.

good luck at the tables!


  • 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)

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