SSNL Malinois

Down 10 buyins

2007-07-05T21:32:00.000-07:00

Now dropped 10 buyins this week, 2 were due to tilt. Taking the weekend off, dropping down to 25NL monday.

Can't seem to get anything going

2007-07-04T10:11:00.000-07:00

Just getting crushed lately, can't seem to put anything together. Start playing a little, just get destroyed, and then quit, try again later. Last 3 days I've only played 615 hands for -$189.05 and a BB/100 of -30.74. Theres only been one big pot in there, ands its not even worth posting. Got it all in on the flop with top full house and ended up losing. Mostly I'm just losing small pots left and right, not really picking up anything. Sorry for the low content update, but I just wanted to keep the blog active. Might try again later tonight.

Sweating Session

2007-07-03T06:18:00.000-07:00

I'm checking to see if anyone would be interested in setting up a sweating session? Maybe during the day on July 4th. Respond back if you're interested.

Slow start to July

2007-07-01T21:26:00.000-07:00

Pretty frustrating day, never really got anything going. If I won a pot at one table, I would lose one at another. Played about 1637 hands for -$29.45. Hell, just realized that with rakeback and the bonus I was working on, I'm actually up for the day. Here are a few hands, nothing really stood out, was pretty card dead for this session.

Hand 1: Villain was maniac 55/35/10

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 6 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)

SB: $55.70
BB: $23.35
UTG: $13.25
MP: $20.80
Hero (CO): $50.00
BTN: $117.25

Preflop: Hero is dealt Jc Ac (6 Players)
2 folds, Hero raises to $1.75, 2 folds, BB raises to $5.00, Hero calls $3.25

Flop: ($10.25) Ts 3c 8c (2 Players)
BB bets all-in for $18.35, Hero calls $18.35

Turn: ($46.95) 5d (2 Players - 1 All-In)

River: ($46.95) 9h (2 Players - 1 All-In)

Pot Size: $46.95 ($2.30 Rake)

Hand 2: Villain was 18/14/7
Didn't raise the flop for pot control, figured he would call down with any ace and I would fold any hand that I beat. Comments on all streets are welcome.

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 6 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)

SB: $88.85
BB: $52.75
UTG: $46.00
MP: $51.40
CO: $47.90
Hero (BTN): $49.25

Preflop: Hero is dealt Jc Js (6 Players)
UTG folds, MP calls $0.50, CO folds, Hero raises to $2.25, SB folds, BB calls $1.75, MP calls $1.75

Flop: ($7) Ah Ac 4d (3 Players)
BB bets $3.00, MP folds, Hero calls $3.00

Turn: ($13) 7d (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $8.00, BB raises to $20.00, Hero folds
Uncalled bet of $12.00 returned to BB

Pot Size: $29.00 ($1.45 Rake)

Hand 3: Villain was 58/27/5
any way to get more value out of this?

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 6 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)

SB: $20.75
BB: $50.00
UTG: $83.35
MP: $31.05
Hero (CO): $50.00
BTN: $32.30

Preflop: Hero is dealt Kc Ad (6 Players)
2 folds, Hero raises to $1.75, BTN raises to $3.00, 2 folds, Hero calls $1.25

Flop: ($6.75) Jd As 7s (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $3.00, Hero calls $3.00

Turn: ($12.75) Kd (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $7.00, Hero calls $7.00

River: ($26.75) Ac (2 Players)
Hero bets $20.00, BTN folds
Uncalled bet of $20.00 returned to Hero

Pot Size: $26.75 ($1.30 Rake)

Tried to find some more hands to post but just couldn't, lots of really really uneventful stuff.

PokerTracker Checkup: hows your grind???

2007-06-30T17:51:00.000-07:00

Alright, I'm going to try something and I think it would be interesting if some of the other bloggers would do this with me. I'm going to post some pokertracker numbers, and then see what all I've changed during this blogfest. The stats I'll be posting will be from a 2+2 post on how to use pokertracker taken from the SSNL forum, written by Pokey. Here is a link to the original for those who are interested in where to find these stats.

First up is a screenie of the main ring games screen from pokertracker.

Next is positional aggression and positional awareness

Stealing

Blind defense agaisnt a steal

Playing out of blinds

Heads up situations

Heads up no raise

Multi-way

Multi-way no raise

Pocket pairs

Suited connectors

Unsuited connectors

Post flop aggression

Check raising

Just looking at those numbers, it appears that I have a problem with playing in unraised pots, so I would love some suggestions on what to do in those situations. I'll try to find some hands in unraised pots to post soon. My unsuited connectors are losing money because I'm not playing very many of them, and those totals inculde the blinds. I would love comments, and would be thrilled if some people made similar posts so we could compare some numbers.

Session review

2007-06-29T21:52:00.000-07:00

Played 1,024 hands today 13.5/11.4/6 +$43.20 for 4.22 BB/100

My favorite hand of the day:

Opponent was 35/13 and on crazy donkey tilt

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 6 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)

SB: $50.25
BB: $50.35
UTG: $80.80
MP: $66.35
CO: $62.75
Hero (BTN): $53.85

Preflop: Hero is dealt Kd Qh (6 Players)
3 folds, Hero raises to $1.75, SB folds, BB raises to $4.00, Hero calls $2.25

Flop: ($8.25) Jc Ts 5s (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($8.25) 7d (2 Players)
BB bets $4.00, Hero calls $4.00

River: ($16.25) 9c (2 Players)
BB bets all-in for $42.35, Hero calls $42.35

Pot Size: $100.95 ($3 Rake)

BB had Ad 8s ([Ad 8s] a straight, Jack high) and LOST (-$50.35)
Hero had Kd Qh (a straight, King high) and WON (+$47.60)

Most of my hands were pretty straight forward. My biggest loss in a pot was the following hand:

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 6 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)

SB: $131.60
BB: $50.00
UTG: $57.00
MP: $88.40
CO: $61.60
Hero (BTN): $57.20

Preflop: Hero is dealt Kh Jd (6 Players)
UTG calls $0.50, 2 folds, Hero raises to $2.25, 2 folds, UTG calls $1.75

Flop: ($5.25) 7c 3c Kc (2 Players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $4.00, UTG calls $4.00

Turn: ($13.25) Qh (2 Players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $8.00, UTG raises to $16.00, Hero folds
Uncalled bet of $8.00 returned to UTG

Pot Size: $29.25 ($1.45 Rake)

Here villan was 18/13/2 Standard float?

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 5 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)

SB: $128.80
BB: $52.35
UTG: $92.50
CO: $59.45
Hero (BTN): $50.95

Preflop: Hero is dealt 5h 5c (5 Players)
UTG raises to $1.75, CO folds, Hero calls $1.75, 2 folds

Flop: ($4.25) Ts 6d 3d (2 Players)
UTG bets $3.00, Hero calls $3.00

Turn: ($10.25) Qs (2 Players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $6.00, UTG calls $6.00

River: ($22.25) 9s (2 Players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

Pot Size: $22.25 ($1.10 Rake)

UTG had Ac Kc (Ace King high) and LOST (-$10.75)
Hero had 5h 5c (a pair of Fives) and WON (+$10.40)

That was about it for tonight. Very few tough spots for once, but just wanted to keep in the swing of posting on my blog.

Day in review

2007-06-26T21:07:00.000-07:00

Played 1 session today, 239 hands total. Won $128.20.

Only one hand I don't really feel comfortable with. I double barreled because we were 4 handed, but feel now that it was a spew.

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 4 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)

SB: $20.65
BB: $72.80
UTG: $114.10
Hero (BTN): $53.80

Preflop: Hero is dealt 7c 7s (4 Players)
UTG folds, Hero raises to $1.75, SB folds, BB calls $1.25

Flop: ($3.75) 3h Ac Td (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $3.00, BB calls $3.00

Turn: ($9.75) 6s (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $6.00, BB calls $6.00

River: ($21.75) 8d (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Pot Size: $21.75 ($1.05 Rake)

Start o' bloggin

2007-06-26T16:09:00.000-07:00

This is the begining of my blog, starting for the low limit grinders series on Cardrunners.com.

Name: Jared E

Cardrunners name: Malinois

Sites/stakes you will play: 50NL FTP and Stars

Tables you will play at once: 4

Estimated # of hands you'd like to play during the month: 10k - 15k

Blog address: http://ssnlmalinois.blogspot.com/

Poker goals for the month of July: Continue to improve my play, working on my BB/100.

Anything else you'd like to tell us: Going to be on vacation July 21st - 28th. Will probably be able to connect to CR and the blog, but won't be playing any hands during that week. (Hope that doesn't exlude me)