didn't get much play very much poker over the weekend, because I spent most of the day Saturday and Sunday backing up and reformatting the hard drive of my poker computer because of some stupid virus. Sunday afternoon I managed to sneak in about and hour of $.05/.10 Limit Hold'em on PokerStars. I did pretty well, winning $0.71. I was dealt some good cards and hit a few flops. The biggest pot I won was $0.77 after being dealt a pair of kings and made a set on the flop. I checked the flop and waited until the turn to start getting aggressive.
Monday night's session did not go as well. When I started playing the table was full with 9 other players, but soon several players left and most of the rest of the session was short-handed. I really did not play very well after the flop for most of the session. After playing almost 200 hands, I finally decided to quit after making the ace high flush on the turn and having it cracked by a full house on the river. I was dealt Q3 of clubs in the BB and checked after two players and the SB called. The flop was TcKcKh and I raised after the SB bet. The turn was the ace of clubs and I bet after the SB checked. The SB and one other played called my turn bet and an ace fell on the river along with my hopes of taking down a pretty big pot. I bet again after the SB checked and then called showing K6 of spades. I know now that I should have just checked the river instead of betting, but after the SB checked the river I thought there might have been some chance I still had the best hand. Overall I ended up losing $1.01 Monday night.
played entirely too many hands on Tuesday night. When I logged on to PokerStars and found a $0.05/0.10 Limit table, I did not intend to play as long as I did. I was dealt almost 350 hands during the nearly four hour session. Most of the session was played short-handed (not more than six players at the table).
When I first took a seat the table there were nine other players and I did not do very well. I played several hands poorly and lost almost $2.00 during the first 70 hands. Soon people started to leave the table and I found myself playing short-handed. I was getting some nice starting hands and I began winning pots. Several of the hands I won while we were short-handed never even went to showdown. After playing about 120 hands, I was up $0.81. But I kept playing and eventually left the table down $0.84.
The last couple of times I have found myself playing short-handed, I felt very comfortable. Which is kind of weird. Before, the thought of playing at a table with only 3 or 4 other players was not appealing to me. I didn't think I would be able win any money, but I did much better than I expected. I will have to play some more to find out if I can continue to do well or if I was getting a great deal of help from the cards I was dealt.
Wednesday I decided to try out the $0.50/$1.00 6-max limit tables on Party Poker. I wasn't as comfortable as I was Tuesday night. I am sure alot of it had to do with being worried about going broke. I will wait until I have built up the bankroll enough before I try that again. I lost $22.00 over 117 hands.
his game is really has me frustrated. I have been playing for several months and have not really made any significant progress. It sure would be nice if I could do better than break even. I played just over 50 hands last Wednesday and lost $1.76. Friday evening I managed to win several pots and leave with $0.99. Last night I played a couple of hours and lost $1.44. I know I need to stop calling down with hands where I am pretty sure I am beat. Last night I called preflop with KTo and had top pair on the flop. An ace fell on the turn and instead of abandoning my hand when my opponent starting getting aggressive, I held on and had to see the ace in his hand. I really need to work on my play post flop if I expect to make this bankroll grow.
aturday I played over 100 hands of $0.05/0.10 Limit Hold'em and lost six cents. Things started off going nicely. I was up over $1.20 very early in the session, but I missed several flops with hands like AJs. Soon I found myself up only $0.20. Then about halfway through the session I called from the SB with K3s and won a $1.40 when two kings came down on the flop. Then things turned south again I missed some flops and made a couple of bad decisions.
Sunday evening went about the same as Saturday. About 60 hands in I had won several hands and was up over $1.20, then I began to miss the flops I did see and left with only $0.12 in winning. The biggest pot I won was $1.05 when I flopped two pair from the SB with A8s.
Tuesday I played almost 80 hands and managed to finish $0.69 ahead after winning three hands at the end of the session. I won $1.20 after capping the flop with AKo and flopping two pair. Then I was dealt AKo again two hands later and won the $0.37 pot on the flop of K47. On the next hand I was dealt AQo and won a $0.27 pot on a flop of 99x.
I have been watching several hands and trying to identify which players are the loosest and selecting seats to the left of them.
only came away with eleven cents when I played Wednesday night. I think part of the problem was my seat selection. There was a pretty tight player sitting to my right. I will have to be more picky about where I choose to sit at the table instead of just sitting in the first empty seat. I think I played pretty well for the most part. My results might have been better if I had not folded an open ended straight draw on the turn. Of course one of my outs came on the river and I would have split a $2.00 pot. I wasn't sure I had the correct odds to call the three bet when it came to me on the turn.
aturday I played a couple of sessions of $.05/.10 Limit on PokerStars and did very poorly. I played poorly after the flop and showed down too many hands that I felt were beaten. I also hand a string of terrible luck that helped to do me in. Near the end of my session I lost $1.20 on four consective hands. I was dealt AQo and lost to AKo. Then on the next hand I was dealt TT and had to fold after and ace came on the flop. I was dealt TT again and lost to KK. On the fourth hand raised with 99 and folded on the flop after another ace was dealt out. I just could not catch a break on Saturday and lost almost $4.00.
Sunday morning I played about 200 hands and did much better. I ended up walking away with $1.57. The biggest pot I won was with a pair of aces. I reraised after UTG raised and then called after he capped. The final board was QK857 and I just called his bets on each street because I was worried that he had flopped a set. He was holding AK. I really misplayed my hand here and I might have been able to win a bigger pot if I had been more aggressive. I should have at least reraised the flop to get a better idea of his hand.
Monday night I played about 120 hands and won $2.26. I was down $1.00 when several players left the table. While we were shorthanded I managed to win several pots and get back to even. I think most of the pots I won that night were when we were playing shorthanded. I was getting some pretty good cards during those periods. I have been very reluctant to play much shorthanded, but I might have to spend a little more time playing that way.
didn't get much play very much poker over the weekend, because I spent most of the day Saturday and Sunday backing up and reformatting the hard drive of my poker computer because of some stupid virus. Sunday afternoon I managed to sneak in about and hour of $.05/.10 Limit Hold'em on PokerStars. I did pretty well, winning $0.71. I was dealt some good cards and hit a few flops. The biggest pot I won was $0.77 after being dealt a pair of kings and made a set on the flop. I checked the flop and waited until the turn to start getting aggressive.
