Category Archives: Positions
Progress update 2008/05/01
Um, I’m down a little bit overall, but I still feel like I’m progressing. I went on tilt at PokerStars a little bit and lost about 25% of my stack. I deposited some more money at FullTilt and that’s going … Continue reading
I think I’m getting the hang of this poker thing…
My bank reached $130 today. I’ve gotten pretty good at tripling up at the $.05/$.10 tables (with a $2 buy-in), and my wife has gotten really good at $1 tournaments, placing in a money position about 50% of the time. I’m really … Continue reading
Pride before the fall
It’s been a rough few days. After doing so well, we (I say we since my wife has been playing with me lately) hit a rough patch. We were down about $20 after losing 8 tournaments in a row. Bad … Continue reading
Positions: March 27, 2008
You finished the tournament in 2nd place. A $10.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account. Real Money PokerStars: $69.79 (+$7.70) Full Tilt Poker: $1.15 (no change) Total Deposited: $100.00 Lifetime Money position: $70.94 (-$29.06) Play Money PokerStars: … Continue reading
Finally Learning to Make Money with NLHE Tourneys
You finished the tournament in 4th place. A $1.80 award has been credited to your Real Money account. You finished the tournament in 1st place. A $14.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account. Real money tourneys are … Continue reading
Positions: March 12, 2008
Back to play money. Play Money PokerStars: $69,325 (+$13,500) Full Tilt Poker: $42,913 (+$36,020) PuzzlePirates: $2,470 (no change) Real Money Full Tilt Poker: $1.15 (-$37.65)
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Bad Breaks + Real Money Positions
Had a few bad breaks tonight. I don’t think I played poorly like I did yesterday, I just hit a few brutal losses. First I flopped Ace trips and lost to a straight. Then, 2-3 minutes later (no kidding), my pocket Kings … Continue reading
Positions: Feb 24, 2008
I played a couple of freerolls tonight at Pokerstars and lost pretty bad. I’m not sure why I suck so much at those. Otherwise, my multiple tables strategy worked out relatively well. PokerStars: $55,825 (+$19,195) Full Tilt Poker: $6,893 (+$2,479) … Continue reading
Played some bad poker tonight.
I am still learning to control my emotions. I’m ok with losing to good hands, but I get really agitated when I make stupid mistakes, e.g. getting too excited about a straight when there’s a potential flush on the table. These guys were … Continue reading
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Played at Big Boys Table + Position Update
So I decided to move up to the big boys table today at PokerStars. Even though this is still play money, but I’ve been working hard to get to my $40k (the max buy in at the 100/200 table) and I … Continue reading
