You’re never going to believe this…hell, I can’t even believe it. Before I was even done writing that last post, I hit another royal flush! Less than 30 minutes after #4 came #5. I heard back from Party Poker already about the first royal flush and I get a free hat. I emailed them again for the 2nd one and they said I get a hat, so I replied asking for a t-shirt or something different if possible.
I hit the 4th royal flush of my life tonight while playing at Party Poker. This time I sent them an email asking about if they have an special bonus. Who knows, maybe I’ll get a hat out of the deal or something. Doesn’t hurt to ask right?
Yesterday I made a deposit to Empire Poker to take advantage for the 15% reload bonus up to $100 (bonus code GET15). I played in between games and after they were over, clearing the required 500 raked hands in the process. After I was done, I withdrew my money right away and I just deposited over at Party Poker for the March reload bonus of 20% up to $200 (bonus code BONUSMAR). I have to play 1400 raked hands to clear it, so it’ll take a little longer. In addition, I have bonus funds waiting to be earned at Ultimate Bet, Full Tilt, and Poker Stars as well. I’m starting to sound like Mr. Bonus Whore himself. 😉
The other day while watching the Detroit Pistons on TV I noticed an ad for Party Poker on the front of the press row which runs down the sideline of the court. Who’d have thought that gambling would be advertised at a sporting event!
I found a little time to play poker tonight in between the early and late sessions of college basketball. I 4-tabled $0.50/1 and managed to get in 125 hands with a profit of $1. Woohoo!
Not bad considering my rockets lost to 99 that ended up with a straight, my AQ flopped trip aces and lost to a flush (which cold-called my pre-flop raise with
When looking at hands I lost the most big bets on, there were only 3 hands where I lost more than 2 BB. How did I only win a $1 if I didn’t have any big losing hands? Well, I only money on 6 hands. One of those was a split pot and another I had second best but won money because the winner was all-in.
As they have over the last two sessions, my stats look solid. My VP$IP was 14.4% for the short session, but I played my big hands hard. Besides the loss with AA, I won the other two times I had them for nice profits of 8 and 12 BB. Since I moved back down to Party’s lowest limit I’m up 32 BB for an average of 3.62 BB/100 hands. I’d say that’s pretty damn good considering that my VP$IP over that period is only 15.22%. It should be somewhere between 17 and 20 if I was getting some playable hands.
My discipline has improved dramatically over this time from what it had been during my stay at $2/4 for the past few months. I’m not getting married to my good hands and it feels good to be able to lay something down when I know I’m beat.
The next WPBT event is on March 30th at Poker Stars.
Tonight Henry, who works for Full Tilt asked if I wanted to be an affiliate. Since the Empire signups have really fallen off the charts I decided it was time for something new anyways. If you don’t have an account at Full Tilt sign up now, because there isn’t a site out there that can […]
When I got home from work I saddled up for some online play. With three tables of $0.50/1 going I played pretty well. I managed to get in just over 460 hands and take down almost $40. What’s more important than the win is the fact that I’ve played good poker for my last two sessions, dating back to last week.
Early on I was flopping sets left and right. Of course I lost 3 of them to 2 flushes and a gut-shot straight. I didn’t waste extra bets though, which is a good sign. I saw it coming and just called the river bet. I got sucked out on a few times, but I make a few suckouts myself when I originally thought I was ahead, only to spike my long-shot on the river for the winning hand. Some days it just all evens out. This was one of those days and I took advantage of it.
I’m getting better at laying down a hand when it’s clear I’m behind. A few weeks ago I was playing all of my monsters to showdown and it was costing me precious bets. I still caught myself doing it a few times, but I’ve improved 200% in this area already.
I can’t say enough good things about the Poker Tracker Guide though. Before purchasing the book I had no clue what to look at when evaluating my play. Now I simply spend a few minutes after a session reviewing some key hands. It’s really helping my game. Today I only cold-called a raise twice pre-flop, with 44 once and 99 the other time when several players had already called the raise. I ended up flopping a set of 4s, which paid off nicely. It’s simply amazing how well the concept of odds works in limit poker. Let keep it our secret though…don’t tell the fish!
Tonight’s WPBT HORSE event was interesting. I only play hold’em, so I had no clue during the ORSE part of the tournament and finished 56th out of 93. Since Full Tilt doesn’t do a good job with hand histories I don’t have the info to post about any hands. Besides, it’s hard to remember since every 10 minutes or so we were switching to another poker variant. I should have really won the hand I went out on, but this player just wouldn’t fold. It was in Razz and I had A2/5, so I completed the bet and he called. I got an A on the next card, which should have made his K5 look dominated, but he called anyways. I had no choice but to bet the whole way hoping he’d fold since I was severely short-stacked, but he called me down and ended up with a 97 low or something like that. When he called with K5, he had 97 hiding. WTF! Why did he even call the flop with 97/5?
Oh well, I’m sticking to hold’em.
The next WPBT event is in less than an hour. Go sign up for the HORSE tournament at Full Tilt.
Nick Momrik 