5NL hasn't excatly been as easy as I had hoped. For the first time in my poker career I've been running worse than my EV. Moving up and taking beats on a regular basis can be frustrating, but atleast knowing I'm getting it in good can be comforting.

Full Tilt Poker $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players -

BB: $5.94
UTG: $5.97
UTG+1: $3.63
UTG+2: $5.87
[b]Hero (MP1): $5.00[/b]
MP2: $5.05
CO: $2.18
[b]BTN: $2.05[/b]
[b]SB: $6.79[/b]

[b]Pre Flop:[/b] ($0.07) Hero is MP1 with J :heart: K :heart:
[i]3 folds[/i], [color=red]Hero raises to $0.20[/color], [i]2 folds[/i], BTN calls $0.20, SB calls $0.18, [i]1 fold[/i]

[b]Flop:[/b] ($0.65) Q :diamond: K :diamond: 3 :heart: [color=#336633](3 players)[/color]
SB checks, [color=red]Hero bets $0.30[/color], BTN calls $0.30, SB calls $0.30

[b]Turn:[/b] ($1.55) 7 :heart: [color=#336633](3 players)[/color]
SB checks, [color=red]Hero bets $1.20[/color], [color=red]BTN raises to $1.55 all in[/color], SB calls $1.55, Hero calls $0.35

[b]River:[/b] ($6.20) J :spade: [color=#336633](3 players - 1 is all in)[/color]
SB checks, [color=red]Hero bets $2.95 all in[/color], SB calls $2.95

[b]Final Pot:[/b] $12.10
Hero shows J :heart: K :heart: (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
BTN mucks 3 :club: K :club:
SB shows Q :spade: K :spade: (two pair, Kings and Queens)
SB wins $5.51
SB wins $5.79
(Rake: $0.80)

Full Tilt Poker $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players - [url=http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/715008]View hand 715008[/url]
The Official [url=http://www.deucescracked.com/?referrer=converter_dc]DeucesCracked.com[/url] Hand History [url=http://www.thehandconverter.com]Converter[/url]

UTG+1: $7.54
MP1: $13.30
[b]Hero (MP2): $5.17[/b]
CO: $3.64
BTN: $6.94
SB: $5.14
BB: $12.60
[b]UTG: $4.88[/b]

[b]Pre Flop:[/b] ($0.07) Hero is MP2 with Q :heart: Q :spade:
UTG calls $0.05, UTG+1 calls $0.05, [i]1 fold[/i], [color=red]Hero raises to $0.35[/color], [i]4 folds[/i], [color=red]UTG raises to $1.17[/color], [i]1 fold[/i], Hero calls $0.82

[b]Flop:[/b] ($2.46) 5 :club: 2 :diamond: 2 :heart: [color=#336633](2 players)[/color]
[color=red]UTG bets $2.46[/color], [color=red]Hero raises to $4 all in[/color], UTG calls $1.25 all in

[b]Turn:[/b] ($9.88) K :diamond: [color=#336633](2 players - 2 are all in)[/color]

[b]River:[/b] ($9.88) 4 :spade: [color=#336633](2 players - 2 are all in)[/color]

[b]Final Pot:[/b] $9.88
Hero shows Q :heart: Q :spade: (two pair, Queens and Twos)
UTG shows A :spade: K :heart: (two pair, Kings and Twos)
UTG wins $9.23
(Rake: $0.65)


I'm gonna keep chugging along and grind the shit outta 5NL untill I start winning on a regular basis. Otherwise I'm gonna get eaten alive @ 10NL.

More updates to come.

2NL Finished!

Despite the fact that 2NL is mind numbingly boring and the suck outs can be painful, the money is very easy. I promised myself I would play 30k hands then move up to 5NL, because I can't stay at that level any longer. Here is are my stats and graph after 33k hands @ 2NL.

Since 5NL is suppose to be equally easy but there is more money for the taking, I'm gonna grind out 50k hands at this level. I wanna do 50k hands mainly cause I love long sessions. If I can still stick to 16 tables profitably I should be able to do 50k hands in a month or so. Hopefully after 20k hands I can find someone to do a 30k hand challenge against.

HEM is such a cool program, I'm learning new stuff about it all the time. In fact I'm going through TONS of information on specific hands. IE I wasn't sure how profitably I've been playing AK, so I've been able to look at my results with AK based on position, 3bets, 4 bets, flats, etc. It accounts for a HUGE portion of my winnings at 2NL, but I've been losing a lot with it lately on bluffs, one in particular (its AQ but virtually the same thing, since the villain is 95/5)
Full Tilt Poker $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players - View hand 695976
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

CO: $0.97
BTN: $8.50
SB: $2.24
Hero (BB): $3.63
UTG: $7.51
UTG+1: $0.45
UTG+2: $2.00
MP1: $3.13
MP2: $2.01

CO posts a big blind ($0.02)

Pre Flop: ($0.05) Hero is BB with Q A
3 folds, MP1 calls $0.02, 1 fold, CO checks, 1 fold, SB calls $0.01, Hero raises to $0.20, MP1 raises to $0.38, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.18

Flop: ($0.80) 7 T J (2 players)
Hero bets $3.25 all in, MP1 calls $2.75 all in

Turn: ($6.30) T (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($6.30) 3 (2 players - 2 are all in)
villian is 95/5 over 22 hands, im 15/10
AK stats at 2nl




So I will be pouring through all my hand histories and find and fix the leaks that have been costing me alot of money. Lastly I realized that 16 tables aren't too tough and I would like to get more volume in and since I still have $5.55 on stars so I'm gonna grind that out over 3 tables of 2nl, and hopefully get comfortable with 20 tables. Ideally if I can keep adding tables by building my roll on stars I can play the full 24 tables on stars (which would be $64 @2nl) and the full 16 on FTP.
FTP BR=$191
Stars BR=$5.55
Anyways that's enough for today, I start 5NL today so I hope to put in around 8k hands.

Updates will be here soon

MIcrodurrrr challenge

"I am currently building my bankroll up @2NL and had a fun idea for a bet.

This would consist of me and a challenger who is interested playing (30k, 40k, 50K challenger's choice) hands @2NL in 45 days or less (time frame can be negotiated). At the end of that time period whichever player is has made more money will collect from the other player ($50, $75, $100 challenger's choice). If one player fails to complete the agreed amount of hands within 45 days he/she will forfeit and pay the said amount as long as the other player has completed the agreed amount of hands. If both players fail to complete said amount of hands, then whoever is up more at the end of the 45 days will pay the other said amount.

Unfortunately the easiest way to track results would be PTR, but it is somewhat unreliable. I use HEM and can provide accurate results, and would prefer that the challenger can do the same, but these details can be worked out later.

This is purely a fun and friendly bet. I feel it would motivate me to learn the game, and spend more time playing poker at such low stakes. If your interested please feel free to message me or post."
My microdurrrr challenge, hasn't had good results, I'm probably gonna have to move up to 5nl after once I finish my 30k hands @ 2nl, and try again, especially since my winrate is pretty solid.

Everything seems to be going well, I hit a bump when I drank 3 40's and 16 tabled, also running into 5 flopped sets when I have AA, or KK and it all goes in on the flop can get expensive. Also had 3 gut shots caught against me when I had a set, or overpair. I think it had little to do with the booze and mostly running bad. I'm still playing 9bb/1oo so I'm not too upset. My roll is at $140 since I got a nice chunk of rake back today and a good session. Overall I'm happy especially since I've been playing without reads since my HEM was messed up, I've finally fixed it today so I can get back to making reads and posting up hands.

15k more hands at 2nl, lets hope I can hit 250 by then....

Progress

Things are looking good so far. Finally able to handle 16 tables at 2nl with no problems. Play is so bad there I should be able to run my bankroll up pretty high before I move to 5nl. I've given up on PLO for the time being since it's tough to make alot of money since it's so swingy and I tilt easily. My goal is to play 30k hands @ 2nl and if my bankroll is over $250 then I will move up to 5nl. This shouldn't be too difficult since I can easily play 4k hands a day no sweat. Other than a rocky session yesterday, I'm still running @ 11 bb/100 after 11k hands with rake back, I'm sitting on a cool $125. After cashing out all but $25 last week I'm happy with my progress, pretty much all of it is from playing cash which has frequently been a major weak spot in my game.

Cash games have always tilted me like crazy, but a few things I've done to eliminate the tilt is multi table, turn off avatars, turn off chat, take breaks every hour, play no more than 1k hands per session, still trying to stop monitoring my cashier cause that is a HUGE source of tilt, and win. Bad beats don't bother me anymore if I've doubled up on 8 tables and take bad beats on 3 tables. Chris and I had talked about understanding that in ring games, money value is pointless to recognize, rather measure your progress in Big Blinds versus cash value. Another HUGE adjustment I've made to my game is my bet sizing. I've been making sure to squeeze every last penny out of these fish by value betting and bluffing in every spot possible. My cbet is almost %100 since these guys play so badly they are easy and hard to bluff. I'll post a perfect example once I can find the hand history.

Lastly since I need 1. a car, 2. a loud ass sound system, I'm going to move to the $2 180 mans once I build my roll up to $350-400 which shouldn't been too hard if I can keep playing well and not be retarded.

Anyways I have a hand I want to post up soon, once I can find the HH.