Back on track!

Heya,

I promised that I would keep you updated about my game tonight..

After last week, I was hoping to play a little better.. since that last week I made a lot of errors. I started out slowly.. Bought in for 20€, went up to about 70€ and then I lost it all, with this hand: I'm dealt QQ, I raise before the flop, I get a few callers (wich is very normal in our game, hardly anyone folds before the flop). Flop comes J73 with 2 clubs. 2 people check, one raises, and 2 others call his raise.. I don't want the drawers to stay in, so I reraise all-in because the pot was worth it. Everyone folds except the original raiser, who has KJ. So he needs to hit a K or a J, and offcourse, on the river, he hits a K, wich gives him 2pair.

Alright, I rebuy 30€ .. I loose it all on a few small pots. I got a few nice cards, but I never hit anything on the flop.. and Seeing a flop in this game mostly costs around 6€ .. So it's expensive. I rebuy for another 50, I slowly climb my way up to +- 150€ when I get pot comitted into a pot, where I had 2pair .. But got beaten by a flush on the river ..

I only brought 250 this week, so I bought in for the maximum I had left, wich was 150€. Things totally went my way now.. I got great cards, I hit great flops, I was on FIRE! One of the memorable hands was this one: I'm dealt AA. I raise before the flop, everyone calls. Flop comes QQA .. I have the absolute nuts, unless someone holds QQ .. Wich is very unlikely. I check. Someone raises, 2 people call, another reraises, another one re-reraises, I just call, everyone calls. It seems like everyone got a piece of this flop.. Turn comes a blank. I check again, someone raises, 2 people fold, another one reraises, another one calls, I call, and the original raiser calls. River card put a flush on the table.. So the ones who were chasing their flush, hit it now.. What a dream come true for me :) I check again! Someone raises, another one reraises, 2 people call, and now I re-reraise all-in .. 3 people called, one folded .. 2 of them had a Q, the other one had the ace-high flush .. But I beat them all with my aces full. I took down a pot worth 400€.

Things didn't stop me for me.. I was making straights, flushes, sets, .. and 8 hands in a row I got these cards: AA, QQ, AK, AQ, AK, TT, AJ, 44 .. All great cards, and most of the time I hot something. My stack was build up to 900€ .. I was the massive chipleader. I was playing the field, raising pots, stealing pots, really using the chips to my advantage.

Near the end I get involved into this one.. I'm holding 57 of clubs. Flop comes 46Q (with 2 clubs). I check, someone raises, another one reraises, everyone calls.. I deffinatly call also. I have an open-end straightdraw with a flushdraw.. Massive hand. I can't fold that.. Turn comes a blank 9. The original raiser from the flop, raises all-in .. more then 200€. Everyone folds.. I'm left with the hard decision. I've got the chips, I've got an open-end straightdraw and a flushdraw .. I'm sure he has me beat now, but he is not chasing a straight or a flush, so I figure that I have him beat if I hit my hand .. I put him on AQ or something .. I doubted for a little while, but I made the call .. He had AA, so indeed .. I needed a club, a 3 or a 8.. But unfortunatly the river gives a blank, so my stack shrinks a little ..

One more hand is really worth mentioning .. Wauw, what a hand .. Some might think it's crazy play.. But I did it, and everyone at the table congratulate me at the end of the hand, saying that I earned it, that I had balls. Here is what happenend:

I get TT. I raise, 4 people call. Flop comes 367. I raise the pot. Everyone folds except one, who calls my raise.. Turn comes a K. Huge scare card for me offcourse. I bet again, 2 times the pot (60€). He calls, but I noticed a hesitation .. River comes a Q. Another scare card for me, but I figured.. damnit.. I'm already in the pot for a lot of money, he called me with hesitation.. I asked him to count his chips, and I raised him all-in. I see discust in his face.. He thinks I fucked him on the last card .. He put me on KK, so on a set of K's .. I still don't know what he has so he's got me woundering big time.. But I showed no fear.. I stared him down. He only had another 75 in front of him, with 350€ in the pot or something.. and he said: "Bah, I'm sure you got me.. let me think". He shows his cards, while he is still thinking about paying or not, trying to get a reaction out of my face.. and he shows AA.. Pocket Aces, Wauw! I know he's got me beat if he makes the call.. But still, I didn't show fear.. Finaly he layed his hand down, and I showed my TT. And he just said "Wauw, nice hand.. You earned it".

It felt good to steal a pot like that :)

Anyway, we played on .. My luck kinda changed, I didn't get any good cards, I lost some small pots .. In the end, I ended up with 655€ of chips.. I put 250 in, so that's 405€ of profit for me.

I'm happy :)

Conclusion:
Buy-in: 250€
Cashed out: 655€

New Live Bankroll: 620€

I will keep you guys informed about upcoming games :)

Greetz,

Miche

The week after

So, here I am again..

Just got home from a very intense pokergame. I played at my regular place, where i also played last week.. tonight there were 6 players playing the game.

We all started off slowly, with the regular 0,50€/1€ blinds .. each buyed in for 50€. Things started okay.. we won a few small pots, lost a few small ones, after an hour of playing I still had +- 50€ in front of me. 2 other players went broke already, and they rebought for 100€.. I think one of them went broke another time, and bought in for another 100€ .. Anyway, I get dealth QQ, I raise before the flop, and like always I get a few callers (these guys are very hard to get them to fold, before the flop.. even with a 6BB of 8BB raise preflop, most of them still see the flop.. it's weird.) So like i said, I get a few callers.. flop comes 458 rainbow, I think i'm pretty safe, 2 people check to me and I raise the pot .. The guy behind me calls, the 2 checkers fold .. Turn comes a J .. He checks to me, I raise the pot again .. and he moves all-in (for like 10€ more then I raised) .. So that was an easy call. He shows me a 23 .. So he has a possibility for a street, he needs a 6 or an Ace .. I questioned hes play offcourse, and he said "Hey, i was already in it for more then half of my stack, so I figured I should go for all or nothing" .. So there it was, he needs an ace or a six, river comes .. he gets his 6, and my queens are crushed, and I'm left with 5€ in front of me.

So, I rebuy another 50 .. Wich makes me in for 100€ total. A bad run of cards, made me loose it pretty quickly.. I was getting a little annoyed, and got a little emotional .. I really wanted to win my money back, so I bought in for another 100€ .. I figured, if I want to recover my 100€ loss, I should buy-in for at least 100€. I got a few nice cards, and I build up my stack to 200€ .. Wich made me break-even.

Then, I got involved in a weird hand against a player who likes to mix up he's game. Last week, and earlier this evening, he showed his cards when he made some very nice bluffs.. And in this hand (I don't remember the cards exactly so I'm not gonna bother with that) I had second best pair at the river. Suddenly he raises so big at the end, that I thought I had a read on him.. He bet the same ammount, and in the same way, as last week when I saw him make a crazy bluff on a big pot.. I really didn't think he had my 2nd pair beat .. So i re-raised him all-in (he had more chips then me). He made a quick call with 2pair.. i was discusted with my play.. Why didn't I lay it down..

So i'm back to square 1.. I have no chips, and I'm down 200€. I buy-in for another 100€ .. Because there were a few hours left to come, and I was hoping that my luck would change a little and that I would play solid poker.. Things really didn't go my way.. I get dealt a few nice cards.. AKs, AQs, AA .. Each time I either don't hit on the flop, or they get cracked.. for example my AA. Someone raises before the flop, I reraise him, he calls. Flop comes J48 all clubs.. I'm discusted, none of my aces were clubs .. He bets the pot into my face. I don't know where I am at .. So to check that, I reraise him 3 times his bet. He moves all-in .. I'm even more discusted. I already contributed like 75€ in the pot, I need to pay 25€ more to see .. So yeah, I was pot committed, I made the call... And he shows his flush with a K3 of clubs.

Again, back to square one .. 0 chips, down 300€. I'm getting really stressed at this point .. I had 200€ left in my pocket (I brought 500€) .. And i said to myself .. I don't care if I go home with 200€ or 0 .. If i get a chanse to win my money back, so I bought in for another 200€ .. My last cent.

Now it's my time to shine.. I get dealt KQh .. Flop comes Q63 .. I don't really know what happened but there was a pretty decent raise, and everyone called it .. (everyone was in the pot) so there was a very nice pot developing, I think there was more then 100€ in. So i'm sitting there with top pair, second best kicker .. and everyone is in it .. I felt like it was time to make a move, so I moved all-in .. One guy called me with QJ, and another guy called me with AKs who was chasing the flush .. And BOOM! I took it all.. no flush came, and no J came.. I trippled up. I had recoverd all my losses, I was extactic..

It didn't last long. I made 2 terrible plays .. I tried to bluff at 2 pots, against the same guy .. pretty big pots .. and I missed both of them. It looked like the guy had a read on me or something, I totally sniffed out my bluffs that he called me down with a stupid pair (not even toppair).. I really was ashamed of my play, I donated like 400€ to him with those stupid bluffs, so I was back at 200€ ..

The end was near, I thought I would loose 300€ .. I was a little discusted. The last round was announced, when I get KJs .. Everyone was in the pot, with a big preflop raise.. things were going crazy. People callin raises 10x BB with 53offsuit and stuff, just to hope to win a little money.. So, the flop comes J78rainbow .. A guy raises, everyone calls .. And again, I figured .. Damn, I've got toppair, with a K kicker .. and there is a made street possibility if someone has 9T .. I wanted to chase out ot the street drawers, So.. I moved all-in for 200€ in a pot worth 150€ already.. Everyone folds, except one .. He calls me with AA .. Wauw, I didn't see that coming.. He was surprised by my play, because he thought I moved all-in because I had the street .. He was happy, and surprised, to see that I only had KJ .. Very big pot. Very big moment. I need to catch a King or a Jack. If I don't, I loose everything.. 500€. If I do catch it, and suck out, I win 500 .. So I recover all my losses and go home break-even. Turn comes a blank. I start to sweat .. I'm thinking it's over .. the dealer slowly draws the river card. Looks at it. Looks at me, smiles ..... and jams it on the table ... a King ! Yes ! I won ...

The other guy is discusted, offcourse .. I sucked out big on him .. I feel kinda sorry for him, but damn.. I'm happy. I recoverd my 500€ .. Well, actually, it was only 490€ .. So i only lost 10€ that evening, instead of 500€ .. On a suckout :)

So, all those bad beats I have taken in my life .. Live and internet .. They payed off, in the biggest pot of the evening!

Conclusion:
- Buyed in for 500€
- Cashed out 490€
= 10€ loss

New live bankroll: 215€

Next week .. same place, same game... We'll see how it goes. I will keep you informed :)

Miche

After the break

Alright,

So I had a little break because things were not going very well financially.. today my group of people from the 0,50€/1€ homegame asked me if I could come and play, so I did..

Things started bad for me.. I was down 60€ pretty quickly. I bought in for another 65€, and then my luck finally turned.. I doubled up with this hand: I'm deald 89s, i call a small raise preflop and several others also call.. flop comes 999.. a guy bets 10€, 2 callers, I move all-in, and the original better calls me and the rest folds. He shows TT so my 4of-a-kind beats his flush. Nice one!

Things continue to go well, I won a few small pots, and then I get dealt 88. Flop comes 448. The same guy from my big pot earlier bets 20€, I call. Turn comes a J. The guy bets another 20€ and I re-raise him all-in (for another 90€) he calls me with A4 .. So his 3of-a-kind with Ace kicker gets crushed by my fullhouse. Nice one again!

Time goes quickly, I lose a few small pots, win a few small pots, I pretty much stay at the same ammount. The homegame stopped at 3AM and I had about 350€ of chips in front of me. So.. 350-125 = 225€ of profit .. I'm glad.

So.. because I had to use my 200€ live bankroll that was left, a month ago, for personal use because I was a little down, my current live bankroll stands at 225€.

Live bankroll: 225€

I'm okay now, so I'm not touching that, except for Poker! Let's see if I can build something up.. I think the next live-game will be in 2weeks. I'm currently still taking an internet-break.