My Last Shot - And This Time Its Serious

so i've spent the last couple of days in the think tank, where am I going wrong? how can I be such an erratic player? take a look at my graph, its a mess!!



looking at this kind of thing in my old mindset I would say to myself i'm a winning player i just have tilt issues - this is bullshit! my game has gotten worse over the last year, i'm break even over the last two months and about $200 down overall (excluding Omaha, i dont want to mention Omaha!)

i spend a fair bit of time playing poker as a hobby and I need to make sure its worthwhile, i dont want to make millions, I want to make enough to justify the time spend away from the wife and kinds, the time spent away from mates and other hobbys etc.

so what i've decided is to give it to the end of the year, i'm not setting a profit target, i'm setting a $ per hour target.

by December 31st 2010 I want to have earnt $6 an hour including rakeback

the sick thing is even with $0 table profits my $383 rakeback & tourney profit means I currently have earnt $4.97 an hour!!

maybe I should revise a higher target?

to achieve this I need to work on my game, both poker wise and mental wise

poker wise I need to study my stats, watch training vids, read articles and post hands on forums

mental wise I need to work on game selection, play when i'm not feeling tired or distracted, stop playing when i feel tilted etc

I'm going to use this blog as a notepad, the side columns will have room for me to make notes on things i think will improve my game, i'm also going to add in more things to monitor my game graphs etc.

if i put all this work in then i should suceed.

A Needed Break

following the last post I lost even more money, about $70 before i came second in one of the $3 90 manner KO's i was playing as a relaxation game.....bankroll is now around $760.

so what im doing is not playing tonight, im looking through some hands and reading "treat your poker like a business" which is what i need to do!

when i come back probabaly tomorrow i want to have a plan and some more rules set in my head, i need a clear goal not just jumping on the laptop and playing cos i havent got something to do.

i have around $15 to come in from the syndicate game and ill break my promise and redeposit $100 or so from previous winnings. i want to be back at $1000 for month end ready to resume my withdrawal of winnings plan.

enjoy yourselves if you're playing its back to poker school for me!

stacked 5 times in a 20 minute session

this must be a world record?

i better show you how to play as well as i do......

HAND 1

so I call with a "speculative hand" in position, flop a gut shot, bloke gives up on turn so i rep.....i then hit the river and bet but the bloke fires back, now considering the flush has just hit and the board is paired i should save myself $12? but of course i dont

Full Tilt Poker Game #23273984714: Table Manhattan - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 08:18:43 ET - 2010/08/22
Seat 1: SinbadTheBad ($11.20)
Seat 2: 4kNort ($25)
Seat 3: kaukkajumal ($25.25)
Seat 4: Daytrader999 ($11.68)
Seat 5: ZaPlesk ($8.75)
Seat 6: Kirill252 ($27.30)
Seat 7: ZwiFTi ($32.82)
Seat 8: fatmorpheous ($25)
Seat 9: CTPAHHIK ($8.85)
CTPAHHIK posts the small blind of $0.10
SinbadTheBad posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [9s 5s]
4kNort folds
kaukkajumal raises to $0.75
Daytrader999 folds
ZaPlesk folds
Kirill252 folds
ZwiFTi folds
fatmorpheous calls $0.75
CTPAHHIK calls $0.65
SinbadTheBad folds
*** FLOP *** [8c Js 7c]
CTPAHHIK checks
kaukkajumal has 15 seconds left to act
kaukkajumal bets $1.75
fatmorpheous calls $1.75
CTPAHHIK folds
*** TURN *** [8c Js 7c] [7d]
kaukkajumal has 15 seconds left to act
kaukkajumal checks
fatmorpheous bets $4
kaukkajumal has 15 seconds left to act
kaukkajumal calls $4
*** RIVER *** [8c Js 7c 7d] [6c]
kaukkajumal checks
fatmorpheous has 15 seconds left to act
fatmorpheous bets $6
kaukkajumal has 15 seconds left to act
kaukkajumal raises to $18.75, and is all in
fatmorpheous calls $12.50, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $0.25 returned to kaukkajumal
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kaukkajumal shows [Jc Jd] a full house, Jacks full of Sevens
fatmorpheous mucks
kaukkajumal wins the pot ($48.45) with a full house, Jacks full of Sevens


Hand 2


standard QQ into KK no shame here?

Full Tilt Poker Game #23274009295: Table Plomosa - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 08:20:27 ET - 2010/08/22
Seat 1: kaukkajumal ($25.25), is sitting out
Seat 2: fatmorpheous ($25.10)
Seat 3: Amenotepia ($25)
Seat 4: apollo14 ($25.08)
Seat 5: daTourist ($5.42)
Seat 6: CTPAHHIK ($12.45), is sitting out
Seat 7: thehurricane6 ($45.94)
Seat 8: like0731 ($25.92)
Seat 9: HUNTTHEFISH ($25.45)
HUNTTHEFISH posts the small blind of $0.10
fatmorpheous posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [Qc Qd]
Amenotepia raises to $0.75
apollo14 folds
daTourist calls $0.75
thehurricane6 calls $0.75
like0731 folds
HUNTTHEFISH folds
fatmorpheous has 15 seconds left to act
fatmorpheous raises to $4
Amenotepia raises to $11.50
daTourist has 15 seconds left to act
CTPAHHIK stands up
daTourist has requested TIME
daTourist calls $4.67, and is all in
thehurricane6 folds
fatmorpheous has 15 seconds left to act
fatmorpheous raises to $25.10, and is all in
Amenotepia calls $13.50, and is all in
fatmorpheous shows [Qc Qd]
Amenotepia shows [Kh Ks]
daTourist shows [6s 8s]
Uncalled bet of $0.10 returned to fatmorpheous
*** FLOP *** [Tc Ad 7h]
*** TURN *** [Tc Ad 7h] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Ad 7h 2s] [4d]
fatmorpheous shows a pair of Queens
Amenotepia shows a pair of Kings
Amenotepia wins the side pot ($37.20) with a pair of Kings
daTourist shows Ace Ten high
Amenotepia wins the main pot ($16.26) with a pair of Kings

Hand 3

not sure here, I have flopped the nut flush draw and the caller in the middle indicates he hasn't got anything (he would raise with a hand?)

of course he has nothing only trips! and i dont hit


Full Tilt Poker Game #23274056293: Table Nadir - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 08:23:45 ET - 2010/08/22
Seat 1: imamaniac1 ($24.75)
Seat 2: harley2208 ($90.23)
Seat 3: Gandalf Grigio ($10.73)
Seat 4: ghjhsd ($26.50)
Seat 5: Amenotepia ($26.95)
Seat 6: blacksmith05 ($25)
Seat 7: raisonblue ($25)
Seat 8: fatmorpheous ($25)
Seat 9: slolifan ($6.68), is sitting out
ghjhsd posts the small blind of $0.10
Amenotepia posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [Ac Tc]
blacksmith05 folds
raisonblue folds
fatmorpheous calls $0.25
imamaniac1 folds
harley2208 calls $0.25
blacksmith05 is sitting out
Gandalf Grigio folds
ghjhsd raises to $1.25
Amenotepia calls $1
fatmorpheous calls $1
harley2208 folds
*** FLOP *** [3s 7c Jc]
ghjhsd bets $4
Amenotepia calls $4
fatmorpheous raises to $23.75, and is all in
ghjhsd folds
Amenotepia calls $19.75
fatmorpheous shows [Ac Tc]
Amenotepia shows [3d 3c]
*** TURN *** [3s 7c Jc] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [3s 7c Jc 4s] [6d]
fatmorpheous shows Ace Jack high
Amenotepia shows three of a kind, Threes
Amenotepia wins the pot ($52.73) with three of a kind, Threes


Hand 4

speculative hand backfiring although you have to admit ive very unlucky?

Full Tilt Poker Game #23274104851: Table Lute - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 08:27:08 ET - 2010/08/22
Seat 1: U On Dog ($16.36)
Seat 2: TheTrainee82 ($7.81)
Seat 3: hassofass007 ($25)
Seat 4: iKinnay ($10.40)
Seat 5: fatmorpheous ($30.04)
Seat 6: Pio1980 ($24.97)
Seat 7: like0731 ($28.59)
Seat 8: INMM ($20.35)
Seat 9: _sanpo_9b ($25)
like0731 posts the small blind of $0.10
INMM has 5 seconds left to act
INMM has timed out
INMM is sitting out
_sanpo_9b posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [8h 9h]
U On Dog calls $0.25
INMM has reconnected
TheTrainee82 has 15 seconds left to act
INMM has returned
TheTrainee82 has requested TIME
TheTrainee82 folds
iKinnay folds
INMM has been disconnected
INMM has reconnected
fatmorpheous has 15 seconds left to act
fatmorpheous raises to $0.75
Pio1980 folds
INMM has been disconnected
like0731 has been disconnected
like0731 has 15 seconds left to act
like0731 raises to $2.75
like0731 has reconnected
_sanpo_9b folds
U On Dog folds
fatmorpheous calls $2
*** FLOP *** [As 8c 8d]
INMM has reconnected
like0731 has 15 seconds left to act
like0731 bets $3.50
fatmorpheous raises to $7
like0731 calls $3.50
*** TURN *** [As 8c 8d] [Ks]
like0731 checks
fatmorpheous bets $11
like0731 raises to $18.84, and is all in
fatmorpheous calls $7.84
like0731 shows [Ac Kc]
fatmorpheous shows [8h 9h]
*** RIVER *** [As 8c 8d Ks] [Kh]
like0731 shows a full house, Kings full of Aces
fatmorpheous shows a full house, Eights full of Kings
like0731 wins the pot ($54.80) with a full house, Kings full of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $57.68 | Rake $2.88
Board: [As 8c 8d Ks Kh]
Seat 1: U On Dog folded before the Flop
Seat 2: TheTrainee82 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: hassofass007 is sitting out
Seat 4: iKinnay didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: fatmorpheous showed [8h 9h] and lost with a full house, Eights full of Kings
Seat 6: Pio1980 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: like0731 (small blind) showed [Ac Kc] and won ($54.80) with a full house, Kings full of Aces
Seat 8: INMM is sitting out
Seat 9: _sanpo_9b (big blind) folded before the Flop

Hand 5

failed bluff. in fact just fail

Full Tilt Poker Game #23274160567: Table Posse - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 08:31:00 ET - 2010/08/22
Seat 1: lin e laun u ru ($17.35)
Seat 2: Zille90 ($25)
Seat 3: redwood77 ($27.43)
Seat 4: iamamandown ($30.25)
Seat 5: BOEREL ($26.50)
Seat 6: Kirill252 ($25.35)
Seat 7: TheTrainee82 ($5.15)
Seat 8: fatmorpheous ($28.06)
Seat 9: Blade_God1 ($25)
lin e laun u ru posts the small blind of $0.10
Zille90 posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [Ts Ah]
redwood77 raises to $0.50
iamamandown folds
BOEREL folds
Kirill252 calls $0.50
TheTrainee82 folds
fatmorpheous has 15 seconds left to act
fatmorpheous calls $0.50
lin e laun u ru calls $0.40
Zille90 raises to $3
redwood77 folds
Kirill252 folds
Kirill252 adds $0.15
fatmorpheous calls $2.50
lin e laun u ru folds
*** FLOP *** [4c Ks 8h]
Zille90 checks
fatmorpheous bets $5.50
Zille90 calls $5.50
*** TURN *** [4c Ks 8h] [2s]
Zille90 checks
fatmorpheous checks
*** RIVER *** [4c Ks 8h 2s] [3h]
Zille90 checks
fatmorpheous bets $15
Zille90 has 15 seconds left to act
Zille90 calls $15
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fatmorpheous shows [Ts Ah] Ace King high
Zille90 shows [Qh Qd] a pair of Queens
Zille90 wins the pot ($46.08) with a pair of Queens


bankroll at an all time low of $800, profit since July 1st is only $400 with only $56off this table profit

anyone have any ideas what to do? i was on $600 table profit about 10 days ago :-(

might need a plan, maybe stick to full ring or heads up solely... full ring im down $440 headsup im up $537 so maybe its obvious what i should play?!

ahhhh dont know what to do, i'm definetly not redepositing any more profit, i have to win this back!

building back

things got a little mental since the last post on the friday following my last post i had a crazy session, at one point my bankroll dipped below $500 before a mental hand occurred where with both of us mega deep with +$150 i hit a flop of 238hh with king 8 hearts, there was no way i was going anywhere even when all the chips were shoved in the middle, the villain had a mega draw with ace 4 hearts but i held and insta quit to end up even for the day

since then ive had a few small cash sessions and won back $100 only to lose $100 playing today, so many times i put the stack in when my instincts are screaming no, really need to work on folding :-(

only bright spot is tourneys three deep runs but out in the 20-30ish position mean im up about $40, obviously the final table is where it turns sweet so i just need that extra step... to be fair the $3.30 KO with 24 left i put all the chips in with J4 on a J410 flop (i was big blind, limped pre) villain had QQ and hit the queen on the river.

other interesting thing is that ive won about $400 playing on my stake at paddypower, i have taken $150 from my $200 share and padded the bankroll up, in my figures i have put this as a redeposit so my withdrawn figure is now $400 even though its still $580. i want my figures here to reflect the actual full tilt profit.

here as figures table profit has slipped from $600 to $180, a lot of work to do on improving my game.

18-Aug

NLH HU $514.00
NLH FR -$410.00
Rush $75.00
Tourneys -$2.00
Bonus & Rakeback $318.00
Other $34.00
Total $529.00

Bank Roll $899.00

Withdrawn $400.00

Premium Hands LOL

sigh another $100 lost, which makes it nearly $500 in 3 days. thats nearly half normal my bankroll.

i know people will think that im tilting it away but im not, ive stayed within my bankroll limits and ive stayed sober :-)

trouble us im running like shit, running so bad, a 40 buyin roll is not enough. at present my bankroll is $670, i refuse to deposit any money that has been withdrawn already, the $150 i put back on was actualy money won from a different site under my stake but i dont want to include this in my figures. i might ban myself on full tilt and play on my stake to drum up some funds - who knows.

anyway to prove i run like shit here is a graph of AA/KK/QQ hands, should be a nice line up right?



and before you ask, NO I DONT FUCKING LIMP IN. EVERY FLOP HAS BEEN DRYER THAN A NUNS CUNT.

time for a beer adios.

bankroll $670

Runnng Under EV

damn just when I need a winning session I run like Heather from Eastenders in a headsup session



3 times I had top pair/overpair against smaller pair with flush draw and every time the flush came.

the $200 expected earnings would of gone a long way to clawing back the earlier disasters

as it stands bankroll at $700, $50 will be redospited over the weekend


13-Aug

NLH HU $493.00
NLH FR -$308.00
Rush $13.00
Tourneys -$38.00
Bonus & Rakeback $318.00
Other $34.00
Live Poker $0.00
Total $512.00

Bank Roll $702.00

Withdrawn $580.00

Absolute Disaster

so the house to myself, music in the background and determined to claw back $260 lost in my last two sessions.

what happens? i lose $175! sick sick sick coolers, just gonna post the hands and hopefully see if i can spot anything when i talk them through with a mate tomorrow. any comments please give.

this hand i limp in as the villain shibs nova has been spazzing out a lot, play 42/2 he could literally have anything... as played this must just be a cooler?

Full Tilt Poker Game #23032205902: Table Dryer - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:13:40 ET - 2010/08/12
Seat 1: Franky_Abagnale ($25.07)
Seat 2: OlegJu ($7.70)
Seat 3: sonegei-face ($20.19), is sitting out
Seat 4: anorekim ($34.13)
Seat 5: 0Cypher0 ($25)
Seat 6: Yoshique ($26.10)
Seat 7: EssQue67 ($30.62)
Seat 8: fatmorpheous ($48.85)
Seat 9: shibs nova ss ($43.66)
0Cypher0 posts the small blind of $0.10
Yoshique posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [Ad Ac]
EssQue67 folds
fatmorpheous calls $0.25
shibs nova ss calls $0.25
Franky_Abagnale raises to $1.50
OlegJu folds
anorekim folds
0Cypher0 folds
0Cypher0 adds $0.10
Yoshique folds
fatmorpheous calls $1.25
shibs nova ss calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [Qh 7h 7s]
fatmorpheous checks
shibs nova ss checks
Franky_Abagnale bets $3
fatmorpheous calls $3
shibs nova ss raises to $7.50
Franky_Abagnale folds
Franky_Abagnale adds $4.43
fatmorpheous calls $4.50
*** TURN *** [Qh 7h 7s] [7c]
fatmorpheous checks
shibs nova ss bets $34.66, and is all in
fatmorpheous calls $34.66
shibs nova ss shows [Qs Qc]
fatmorpheous shows [Ad Ac]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 7h 7s 7c] [3d]
shibs nova ss shows a full house, Queens full of Sevens
fatmorpheous shows a full house, Sevens full of Aces
shibs nova ss wins the pot ($89.17) with a full house, Queens full of Sevens
Franky_Abagnale: lol

this is dog shit, he obv had AK/AQ/SET but i retard call hoping he has AJ

Full Tilt Poker Game #23032449389: Table Fox River - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:23:51 ET - 2010/08/12
Seat 1: Stavrovskiy_ftp ($9.54)
Seat 2: dzejson123 ($25.99)
Seat 3: raysmore ($46.56), is sitting out
Seat 4: SNOWKER ($8.75)
Seat 5: fatmorpheous ($41.93)
Seat 6: Cielodew ($46.78)
Seat 7: Chimbote ($43.39)
Seat 8: rino1501 ($9.57), is sitting out
Seat 9: John__Lemon82 ($25)
John__Lemon82 posts the small blind of $0.10
Stavrovskiy_ftp posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [Qh Kh]
dzejson123 folds
rino1501 has returned
fatmorpheous raises to $0.75
Cielodew folds
Chimbote raises to $2.75
John__Lemon82 folds
John__Lemon82 adds $0.10
Stavrovskiy_ftp folds
fatmorpheous calls $2
*** FLOP *** [Qc Ks Ah]
fatmorpheous bets $5.85
Chimbote calls $5.85
*** TURN *** [Qc Ks Ah] [5d]
fatmorpheous checks
Chimbote bets $10
fatmorpheous calls $10
*** RIVER *** [Qc Ks Ah 5d] [2s]
fatmorpheous checks
Chimbote bets $24.79, and is all in
fatmorpheous calls $23.33, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $1.46 returned to Chimbote
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Chimbote shows [Kd Ac] two pair, Aces and Kings
fatmorpheous mucks
Chimbote wins the pot ($81.21) with two pair, Aces and Kings


standard running into a set, he could have flush draw jacks or even Ace 10. he was playing spazzy stats like 33/10

Full Tilt Poker Game #23032847305: Table Dryer - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:40:10 ET - 2010/08/12
Seat 1: Franky_Abagnale ($25)
Seat 2: OlegJu ($11.70)
Seat 3: sonegei-face ($33.39)
Seat 4: anorekim ($27.92)
Seat 5: squire123 ($25)
Seat 6: Yoshique ($25)
Seat 7: EssQue67 ($28.99)
Seat 8: fatmorpheous ($60.47)
Seat 9: shibs nova ss ($81.46)
fatmorpheous posts the small blind of $0.10
shibs nova ss posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [Qh Qd]
Franky_Abagnale folds
OlegJu folds
sonegei-face calls $0.25
anorekim folds
squire123 has 15 seconds left to act
squire123 folds
Yoshique folds
EssQue67 folds
fatmorpheous raises to $1.25
shibs nova ss calls $1
sonegei-face calls $1
*** FLOP *** [4h Th 6d]
fatmorpheous has 15 seconds left to act
fatmorpheous bets $3.75
shibs nova ss folds
sonegei-face has 15 seconds left to act
sonegei-face raises to $7.50
fatmorpheous raises to $59.22, and is all in
sonegei-face calls $24.64, and is all in
fatmorpheous shows [Qh Qd]
sonegei-face shows [4s 4d]
Uncalled bet of $27.08 returned to fatmorpheous
*** TURN *** [4h Th 6d] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [4h Th 6d 2s] [Tc]
fatmorpheous shows two pair, Queens and Tens
sonegei-face shows a full house, Fours full of Tens
sonegei-face wins the pot ($65.03) with a full house, Fours full of Tens

standard?

Full Tilt Poker Game #23032511866: Table Fries - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:26:27 ET - 2010/08/12
Seat 1: filbertlcfc13 ($27.23)
Seat 2: fatmorpheous ($31.19)
Seat 3: Haivanka ($8.75)
Seat 4: marioTJ ($40.98)
Seat 5: GLun_Py ($56.73)
Seat 6: AlexSL1 ($42.73)
Seat 7: cheepay ($13.51)
Seat 8: rmab1 ($13.36)
Seat 9: Franky_Abagnale ($25)
GLun_Py posts the small blind of $0.10
AlexSL1 posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [Ac As]
cheepay calls $0.25
rmab1 folds
filbertlcfc13 folds
fatmorpheous raises to $1.10
Haivanka folds
marioTJ folds
GLun_Py folds
AlexSL1 has 15 seconds left to act
AlexSL1 calls $0.85
cheepay calls $0.85
*** FLOP *** [2s 9s Qc]
AlexSL1 checks
cheepay checks
fatmorpheous bets $3.40
AlexSL1 has 15 seconds left to act
AlexSL1 raises to $10
cheepay has 15 seconds left to act
cheepay folds
fatmorpheous raises to $30.09, and is all in
GLun_Py has been disconnected
GLun_Py has reconnected
AlexSL1 calls $20.09
fatmorpheous shows [Ac As]
AlexSL1 shows [Ks Qs]
*** TURN *** [2s 9s Qc] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [2s 9s Qc 4c] [Js]
fatmorpheous shows a pair of Aces
AlexSL1 shows a flush, King high
AlexSL1 wins the pot ($60.58) with a flush, King high

i should find a fold here, he is screaming set

Full Tilt Poker Game #23032783314: Table Sally - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:37:33 ET - 2010/08/12
Seat 1: PILLCLINTON28 ($13.89)
Seat 2: Sir_Rayu ($44.44)
Seat 3: b3tb3t ($6.89)
Seat 4: TheTrainee82 ($0), is sitting out
Seat 5: fatmorpheous ($25)
Seat 6: Nikita_Grost ($29.04)
Seat 7: GypseeQueen ($33.15)
Seat 8: kkatmom ($25)
Seat 9: EVILZHARK ($28.16)
GypseeQueen posts the small blind of $0.10
kkatmom posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [Kc Kd]
EVILZHARK folds
PILLCLINTON28 folds
TheTrainee82 adds $8.75
Sir_Rayu folds
TheTrainee82 has returned
b3tb3t has 15 seconds left to act
b3tb3t has requested TIME
b3tb3t folds
fatmorpheous raises to $0.85
Nikita_Grost has 15 seconds left to act
Nikita_Grost calls $0.85
GypseeQueen folds
kkatmom folds
kkatmom adds $0.25
*** FLOP *** [9c Td 3s]
fatmorpheous bets $1.75
Nikita_Grost has 15 seconds left to act
Nikita_Grost raises to $4
fatmorpheous raises to $9.50
Nikita_Grost has 15 seconds left to act
Nikita_Grost raises to $18.75
fatmorpheous raises to $24.15, and is all in
Nikita_Grost calls $5.40
fatmorpheous shows [Kc Kd]
Nikita_Grost shows [3d 3h]
*** TURN *** [9c Td 3s] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [9c Td 3s Js] [6h]
fatmorpheous shows a pair of Kings
Nikita_Grost shows three of a kind, Threes
Nikita_Grost wins the pot ($47.84) with three of a kind, Threes

Cooler?

Full Tilt Poker Game #23033128510: Table Harden - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:51:25 ET - 2010/08/12
Seat 1: fatmorpheous ($44.54)
Seat 2: OuttatheBlue ($43.56)
Seat 3: ManBoat ($16.63)
Seat 4: Nikita_Grost ($25)
Seat 5: TheTrainee82 ($7.32)
Seat 6: kkatmom ($28.08)
Seat 7: josefigueroa_dz ($25)
Seat 8: mr Mesrin ($33.46)
Seat 9: SNOWKER ($4.53)
TheTrainee82 posts the small blind of $0.10
kkatmom posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [Ts Ks]
josefigueroa_dz folds
mr Mesrin folds
SNOWKER has 15 seconds left to act
SNOWKER folds
fatmorpheous has 15 seconds left to act
fatmorpheous raises to $0.75
OuttatheBlue calls $0.75
ManBoat folds
Nikita_Grost folds
TheTrainee82 folds
kkatmom folds
*** FLOP *** [5s 6s Jd]
fatmorpheous has 15 seconds left to act
fatmorpheous bets $1.25
OuttatheBlue calls $1.25
*** TURN *** [5s 6s Jd] [Js]
fatmorpheous bets $3.25
OuttatheBlue calls $3.25
*** RIVER *** [5s 6s Jd Js] [Qc]
fatmorpheous bets $3
OuttatheBlue has 15 seconds left to act
OuttatheBlue raises to $12
fatmorpheous calls $9
*** SHOW DOWN ***
OuttatheBlue shows [Qd Jc] a full house, Jacks full of Queens
fatmorpheous mucks
OuttatheBlue wins the pot ($33.11) with a full house, Jacks full of Queens

meh not even sure what my bankroll is now

might need a break.

no more $50 rush

just had a session at $50 rush and lost $70 so that makes it $270 straight lost...bankroll is down to $720 so ill probably redeposit $150 from the $300 of withdrawals I made in the last week, will just have to grind it back up, losing is part of the game, it is how you react to losing which is so important

the figures show $5 lost in tourneys but this is not strictly true, i entered a $5 scheduled MTT as the last game of my RTR syndicate, it was only around 160 runners but still final tabling was nice and my 7th saw me send $29 to the collective prizepool, not sure how much of a return we will get as i think we are not showing a profit.

Mrs is out tonight and taking the baby, only for a couple of hours but means i can have a good session, will probably 16 table the $25 full ring...hopefully i can have an upswing and get me upto the path to $1000.

12-Aug

NLH HU $426.00
NLH FR -$128.00
Rush $12.00
Tourneys -$38.50
Bonus & Rakeback $318.00
Other $41.00
Live Poker $0.00
Total $630.50

Bank Roll $720.50

Withdrawn $680.00

The Tilt Rained Down

i was thinking this morning about how well poker had been going, yesterday was pretty much a brag post and it did not include an evening win of about $70 and another withdrawal which made it $680 withdrawn since 1st of July.

Today though my demons returned....I played a 4 table rush session was not really focusing and basically i can break it down in a timeline of shit

10 mins in...i have KQ with queen of diamonds, it gets raised to 75c and i call.. flop is Jxx2 diamonds bloke checks i check, turn is 3rd diamond, bloke checks i bet $1.50 he calls.... river queen of spades he checks i bet $4 he re-raises all in only another $3... i have to call and he has a slow played nut flush. fair one.

1 min later.... i have 99 for some reason i limp, flop 847 i bet pot villain calls, turn ace, i bet $1.75 villain min raises, i should fold? i call. river 8 villain shoves for $5 i call even though i dont beat anything - he has quad 8's

im bored typing now so ill show the last 3 hands of the rush session -

this hand so obvious he has a monster, his timebank call pre and then minraise flop jesus why do i not get away

Full Tilt Poker Game #22980972459: Table Apollo - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:17:06 ET - 2010/08/10
Seat 1: FoonyBoony ($37.80)
Seat 2: rm4ak ($27.93)
Seat 3: Ace Inhibitor ($3.93)
Seat 4: FuRiVa2010 ($26.81)
Seat 5: SammuLo ($18.55)
Seat 6: josephthepimp ($25.35)
Seat 7: fatmorpheous ($25.02)
Seat 8: Tip33 ($25.15)
Seat 9: BabolAjax ($25)
FoonyBoony posts the small blind of $0.10
rm4ak posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [Jh Js]
Ace Inhibitor folds
FuRiVa2010 folds
SammuLo raises to $1
josephthepimp folds
fatmorpheous has 15 seconds left to act
fatmorpheous raises to $3
Tip33 folds
BabolAjax folds
FoonyBoony folds
rm4ak folds
SammuLo has 15 seconds left to act
SammuLo has requested TIME
SammuLo calls $2
*** FLOP *** [6d 2s 7c]
SammuLo checks
fatmorpheous bets $6
SammuLo raises to $12
fatmorpheous has 15 seconds left to act
fatmorpheous calls $6
*** TURN *** [6d 2s 7c] [6h]
SammuLo bets $3.55, and is all in
fatmorpheous calls $3.55
SammuLo shows [Kh Kc]
fatmorpheous shows [Jh Js]
*** RIVER *** [6d 2s 7c 6h] [7s]
SammuLo shows two pair, Kings and Sevens
fatmorpheous shows two pair, Jacks and Sevens
SammuLo wins the pot ($35.58) with two pair, Kings and Sevens

bit unlucky

Full Tilt Poker Game #22980978182: Table Apollo - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:17:21 ET - 2010/08/10
Seat 1: fatmorpheous ($25)
Seat 2: Kynsilaukka ($10)
Seat 3: Vox Lusa ($51.43)
Seat 4: poldpf ($16.73)
Seat 5: Defndrofangels ($25.40)
Seat 6: dkstjgus ($39.04)
Seat 7: ofidio ($25.65)
Seat 8: Hutynek ($20)
Seat 9: LuckIsOn ($26.29)
ofidio posts the small blind of $0.10
Hutynek posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [6c 6s]
LuckIsOn raises to $0.75
fatmorpheous calls $0.75
Kynsilaukka folds
Vox Lusa folds
poldpf folds
Defndrofangels folds
dkstjgus folds
ofidio folds
Hutynek calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [6h 3d 9h]
Hutynek checks
LuckIsOn has 15 seconds left to act
LuckIsOn checks
fatmorpheous bets $1.50
Hutynek folds
LuckIsOn raises to $4.75
fatmorpheous raises to $24.25, and is all in
LuckIsOn calls $19.50
fatmorpheous shows [6c 6s]
LuckIsOn shows [4h 5h]
*** TURN *** [6h 3d 9h] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [6h 3d 9h 7d] [Qc]
fatmorpheous shows three of a kind, Sixes
LuckIsOn shows a straight, Seven high
LuckIsOn wins the pot ($48.31) with a straight, Seven high

now this is just retarded...when i tilt i dont even play as well as a retard

Full Tilt Poker Game #22981029340: Table Apollo - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:19:40 ET - 2010/08/10
Seat 1: youus ($25)
Seat 2: JCHolyHands ($25)
Seat 3: Johnny Benson ($10.39)
Seat 4: Swine_1967 ($13.77)
Seat 5: jaman1965 ($11.19)
Seat 6: Alonso_NWAC ($83.61)
Seat 7: fatmorpheous ($29.43)
Seat 8: Todoshok ($47.67)
Seat 9: Sausa84 ($25.81)
Sausa84 posts the small blind of $0.10
youus posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [Qs Ks]
JCHolyHands folds
Johnny Benson folds
Swine_1967 folds
jaman1965 folds
Alonso_NWAC raises to $0.75
fatmorpheous raises to $2
Todoshok folds
Sausa84 folds
youus folds
Alonso_NWAC has 15 seconds left to act
Alonso_NWAC raises to $7
fatmorpheous calls $5
*** FLOP *** [Th As 3d]
Alonso_NWAC has 15 seconds left to act
Alonso_NWAC checks
fatmorpheous bets $14.35
Alonso_NWAC has 15 seconds left to act
Alonso_NWAC raises to $28.70
fatmorpheous calls $8.08, and is all in
Alonso_NWAC shows [Ah Ac]
fatmorpheous shows [Qs Ks]
Uncalled bet of $6.27 returned to Alonso_NWAC
*** TURN *** [Th As 3d] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Th As 3d Qc] [7h]
Alonso_NWAC shows three of a kind, Aces
fatmorpheous shows a pair of Queens
Alonso_NWAC wins the pot ($56.25) with three of a kind, Aces

final damage was $200 as i then carried on tilting at headsup before i snapped out of it... FFS im sober as well what is wrong with me

will have to redeposit a withdrawal now as Bankroll is only $800, will probably put on $100-$150 in the next few days, will update figures but the postive is that im still up $200 for the month, have some soul searching to do re managing this tilt.

hey at least i still havent played higher than 25c/50c

:-)

Low Volume = High Profits

when i laid out my plans for the month I thought I would aim for about 30k hands a month, today i'm a 3rd of the way through the month and ive done 2600 hands.

I just cannot motivate myself to play, footie manager & TV and chilling with a beer seems like a more plausible option.

Only benefit is that i cant stop winning, in less than 1000 hands at $50 headsup and $50 rush ive won $340, in 1600 hands of $25 ive lost $4 - you cant make this shit up.



Hopefully as the football season has started up i might get some motivation to drink less and try and get my arse in shape, at the age of 28 i should still be able to motor up and down the wing, with my team being relegated last year there is a real possibilty of some glory at the lower level!

anyway figs look impressive, $580 withdrawn, unfortunetly a lot of this has not gone to debt clearance and has gone to household...ah well figs as follows

9-Aug

NLH HU $420.00
NLH FR -$128.00
Rush $222.00
Tourneys -$33.00
Bonus & Rakeback $318.00
Other $41.00
Live Poker $0.00
Total $840.00

Bank Roll $1,030.00

Withdrawn $580.00

Took a shot

last night i went out for dinner and upon return did not really fancy playing poker, i had consumed a few vodkas and knew that a lengthy session wouldnt be a good idea, what was a good idea though would be step up a level to $50 rush and play for 15 minutes or so to generate 50 full tilt points... the plan was play tight and wait for spots with real value, or summit....as it turns out i won $83 in the short session, I sucked out with all in preflop, I had QQ on the button, big blind had KK, no getting away there but luckily queen on the flop... won a couple of other nice hands, hit a set with 66 and got paid off by AJ who turned two pair.. no significant losses the worst being this hand

Full Tilt Poker Game #22831447244: Table Mercury - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:52:23 ET - 2010/08/04
Seat 1: Drogba99 ($56.45)
Seat 2: eeyoreXXI ($20)
Seat 3: Thiemo14 ($26.10)
Seat 4: iPokerz ($54.80)
Seat 5: Netskater ($59.80)
Seat 6: fatmorpheous ($68.40)
Seat 7: alvar margets ($39.50)
Seat 8: ALmramor ($20.95)
Seat 9: ich_der_tremper ($47.50)
alvar margets posts the small blind of $0.25
ALmramor posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatmorpheous [Kd Tc]
ich_der_tremper folds
Drogba99 folds
eeyoreXXI folds
Thiemo14 folds
iPokerz folds
Netskater raises to $1
fatmorpheous calls $1
alvar margets calls $0.75
ALmramor folds
*** FLOP *** [7d 7s Kh]
alvar margets checks
Netskater bets $1.50
fatmorpheous raises to $4
alvar margets folds
Netskater calls $2.50
*** TURN *** [7d 7s Kh] [8h]
Netskater checks
fatmorpheous bets $6
Netskater calls $6
*** RIVER *** [7d 7s Kh 8h] [Td]
Netskater checks
fatmorpheous has 15 seconds left to act
fatmorpheous bets $12
Netskater calls $12
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fatmorpheous shows [Kd Tc] two pair, Kings and Tens
Netskater shows [As Ad] two pair, Aces and Sevens
Netskater wins the pot ($45.15) with two pair, Aces and Sevens

I think I played this pretty well, why villain didnt re-reraise me I have no idea!!

bankroll $1060 - two withdrawals in one week a possibilty :-)

August Graph Below, $94 an hour sustainable?-

August Begins

I’ve had a Good Start to the month. Didn’t play Sunday as I was hungover from a stag do but I’ve played a couple of short sessions and won $90 at a mixture of Rush and Headsup.

I’ve made an early withdrawal my account needs money to cover birthdays and a few things, bit annoying as my winnings are meant to be paying off my credit card but what can you do if the family bank account has no money in it!!

Have been playing the odd lunctime sess and after a horrible month last month where I paid out nearly £150 I have recovered this month and im £200 up in 3 games, quite astonishing how much trouble we get into with a pot limit game with blinds at 10p/20p!!

Biggest hand of the day was when I had AK10J rainbow, HughDiago who was tilting and losing made a standard raise and I did a very rare 3bet, Hugh and Mug called… flop came K10Q rainbow – nice, Hugh bets I re-raise Hugh calls, turn is 7 and a second club, Hugh bets out and I reraises £18, hugh calls again but folds my blank river bet of £42… turns out he had Q10 with two clubs…

Anyway bankroll is $970ish will post a graph probably tomorrow as I don’t think ive done one since my re-attempt at taking this seriously..

July Wrap Up

Barely played in the last few days of the month and annoyingly only hit Bronze Level of Iron Man when in reality Gold should be what im hitting.

played the $320 freezeout on Ipoker again on my stake but got nowhere near the cash finished 350ish/700 after the most card dead tourney ever.

June as a whole though has to be seen as a success, a profit of near $500 and more importantly no Degening at all.

For July i want to win a bit more at the tables and not rely on Rakeback and Bonuses, i'll probabaly need to set myself a hands target to give me motivation to play though.

July Figures

31-Jul

NLH HU $291.00
NLH FR -$128.00
Rush $10.00
Tourneys -$33.00
Bonus & Rakeback $314.00
Other $41.00
Live Poker $0.00
Total $495.00

Bank Roll $985.00

Withdrawn $280.00