Tumble and fall...

Ok so i haven't posted in a few days, i had a massive losing session where i lost over half my BR but last night managed to recoop my losses on one single table it was sick, some of the hands are as follows:

ullTiltPoker Game #3656492967: Table Ontario (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 5:50:35 ET - 2007/09/24
Seat 1: TX9Ball ($50)
Seat 2: FischersFritze ($55.35)
Seat 3: grauela ($184.25)
Seat 4: NutJuggler ($87.95)
Seat 5: install17 ($79.60)
Seat 6: _BardsTale_ ($50), is sitting out
grauela posts the small blind of $0.25
NutJuggler posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grauela [Ac Js]
install17 folds
TX9Ball raises to $1.75
FischersFritze folds
grauela calls $1.50
NutJuggler calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [Qh 2c Ad]
grauela bets $4
NutJuggler calls $4
TX9Ball folds
*** TURN *** [Qh 2c Ad] [3d]
grauela bets $7.65
NutJuggler calls $7.65
*** RIVER *** [Qh 2c Ad 3d] [6c]
grauela bets $18.50
NutJuggler calls $18.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
grauela shows [Ac Js] a pair of Aces
NutJuggler mucks
grauela wins the pot ($62.55) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $65.55 | Rake $3
Board: [Qh 2c Ad 3d 6c]
Seat 1: TX9Ball folded on the Flop
Seat 2: FischersFritze (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: grauela (small blind) showed [Ac Js] and won ($62.55) with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: NutJuggler (big blind) mucked [Qd Td] - a pair of Queens
Seat 5: install17 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: _BardsTale_ is sitting out

FullTiltPoker Game #3656376575: Table Ontario (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 5:10:36 ET - 2007/09/24
Seat 1: Sebastius ($48.25)
Seat 2: scheli81 ($53.70)
Seat 3: grauela ($107.90)
Seat 4: NutJuggler ($123.85)
Seat 5: install17 ($19.05)
Seat 6: Dannydm ($63.05)
NutJuggler posts the small blind of $0.25
install17 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grauela [Ah Qs]
Dannydm raises to $1.75
Sebastius folds
scheli81 folds
grauela calls $1.75
NutJuggler folds
install17 folds
*** FLOP *** [Jh 4d Qh]
Dannydm bets $4.25
grauela raises to $14
Dannydm calls $9.75
*** TURN *** [Jh 4d Qh] [5s]
Dannydm has 15 seconds left to act
Dannydm bets $25.50
grauela raises to $92.15, and is all in
Dannydm calls $21.80, and is all in
grauela shows [Ah Qs]
Dannydm shows [Ad Jd]
Uncalled bet of $44.85 returned to grauela
*** RIVER *** [Jh 4d Qh 5s] [6s]
grauela shows a pair of Queens
Dannydm shows a pair of Jacks
grauela wins the pot ($123.85) with a pair of Queens
Dannydm is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $126.85 | Rake $3
Board: [Jh 4d Qh 5s 6s]
Seat 1: Sebastius didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: scheli81 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: grauela (button) showed [Ah Qs] and won ($123.85) with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: NutJuggler (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: install17 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Dannydm showed [Ad Jd] and lost with a pair of Jacks

and this suck out

FullTiltPoker Game #3656355042: Table Ontario (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 5:03:24 ET - 2007/09/24
Seat 1: Sebastius ($50)
Seat 2: scheli81 ($55.45)
Seat 3: grauela ($66.65)
Seat 4: NutJuggler ($125.35)
Seat 5: install17 ($18.20)
Seat 6: Dannydm ($55.55)
Dannydm posts the small blind of $0.25
Sebastius posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grauela [Js Ah]
scheli81 folds
grauela has 15 seconds left to act
grauela raises to $1.50
NutJuggler has 15 seconds left to act
NutJuggler folds
install17 folds
Dannydm folds
Sebastius calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Td 4d Jd]
Sebastius checks
grauela bets $3.10
Sebastius calls $3.10
*** TURN *** [Td 4d Jd] [Ac]
Sebastius checks
grauela bets $10
Sebastius raises to $35.50
grauela has 15 seconds left to act
grauela raises to $61
Sebastius calls $9.90, and is all in
grauela shows [Js Ah]
Sebastius shows [Qc Kd]
Uncalled bet of $15.60 returned to grauela
*** RIVER *** [Td 4d Jd Ac] [Ad]
grauela shows a full house, Aces full of Jacks
Sebastius shows a flush, Ace high
grauela wins the pot ($97.25) with a full house, Aces full of Jacks
Sebastius is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $100.25 | Rake $3
Board: [Td 4d Jd Ac Ad]
Seat 1: Sebastius (big blind) showed [Qc Kd] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: scheli81 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: grauela showed [Js Ah] and won ($97.25) with a full house, Aces full of Jacks
Seat 4: NutJuggler didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: install17 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Dannydm (small blind) folded before the Flop


interesting hands, so now my bankroll is at $511.20, everything going smoothly i should be at 750 at the end of the month.

First day of the "grind"

hey all, well its the end of my first day of the "grind" at 25/50 c and i have to say it went rather well. Below are my stats for the day.

sum_hands

946

total won

155.75

big blinds per hour

14.952

That basicly gives you a summary of how the day went i played for about 4.5 hours which gives me a hourly rate of $35 bucks and $11.50 per table per hour. not bad.

It has been interesting to view some of my stats using pokertracker such as tilt raked $34.65 and i attempted to steal the blinds 21% of the time. i think some of the stats that this program give will be highly beneficial to my game in the long run!

The hand below stuck me as an interesting hand that could be played serveral different ways:

Full Tilt Poker Game #3608442962: Table Maui (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 5:33:56 ET - 2007/09/19
Seat 1: v-ville ($50.35), is sitting out
Seat 2: Squinterino ($33.30)
Seat 3: xababa ($17.35)
Seat 4: 15watt ($35.75)
Seat 5: ADecks ($60.65)
Seat 6: grauela ($29.95)
Squinterino posts the small blind of $0.25
xababa posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grauela [Td Ts]
15watt folds
ADecks folds
grauela raises to $1.75
Squinterino folds
xababa calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [9h Jc Qs]
xababa bets $0.50
grauela has 15 seconds left to act
grauela calls $0.50
*** TURN *** [9h Jc Qs] [Js]
xababa bets $3
grauela has 15 seconds left to act
grauela folds
Uncalled bet of $3 returned to xababa
xababa mucks
xababa wins the pot ($4.55)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4.75 | Rake $0.20
Board: [9h Jc Qs Js]
Seat 1: v-ville is sitting out
Seat 2: Squinterino (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: xababa (big blind) collected ($4.55), mucked
Seat 4: 15watt didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: ADecks didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: grauela (button) folded on the Turn

preflop my play was fine i had position on any caller, however my post flop play was appauling i feel, i should have re raised a 3/4 pot sized bet to attempt to get him off the hand as a semi bluff as well as creating value in the pot to hopefully hit my open ended straight draw, the bet on the turn would have been hard to call but if i was really feeling like a gamble i could have called but at this stage felt i was truely beat. I put him on a range of hands such as QK J10 or QJ or a lower PP prehaps even 99. In the future i will definetly raise that flop and fold to a re raise.

thanks for reading.

my poker

As of today i will be playing on fulltilt and solely cash games, and at the .25/.50 cent level. i deposited 250 USD on today using the good old visa. now i know this is not practicing good bankroll management however, i feel confident enough in my game for now to be able to grind this level three tabling using $30 on every table.

Once i have around 25-30 full buy ins at this level i will use a full buy in and grind till i can move up to .50/ $1.

Wish me luck and as of today i have $312.55 in my Tilt account which means a 62.55 dollar profit in just over 2 hours of play today, not bad considering i lost a buy in early in the session.

The next few days i will post some HH and attempt to analyse my play, so stay posted!!


please feel free to comment or suggest things when HH's are posted etc!! cheers people.

grauela

New era of poker

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hey all so this is the begining of my poker life, although i have played for over a year and a half this time im starting afresh with hopefully my last deposit onto fulltilt, where until now i have never played before. my background: mainly a pokerstars MTT player i have decided to head for the cash tables.

my goal for creating a blog is to help my game, inform friends of my progress and hopefully provide some indepth analysis of hands i have had trouble with.