Live game..

So I went to the cash-tables in the Holland Casino in Breda.. 2/2 NL.

Early on, I lost 2 big hands.. I remember this hand:
- I have KJs .. On the button. People limp to me, I decide to raise it up.. 4BB. 3 callers.. Flop comes 259 rainbow.. Everyone checks, I check.. Turn 8.. Everyone checks, I check.. River J.. Everyone checks, I bet 24.. One caller, who shows "AA" .. Okay then.. That pot wasn't so bad but it discusted me that the person showed AA..

- I have A5s .. Someone raises small, I call.. few other callers. Flop is 34Q .. with 2 spades (I have suited spades).. Someone bets small, I call.. few others call aswell.. Turn comes a 6.. Someone bets small, I call.. 2 other callers.. River comes 8.. Everyone checks, I try to steal the pot because I smell weakness .. Bet pretty big .. One caller, who shows "AA" AGAIN.. what's up with these slowplayers ??

Further on the evening I get NO hands at all.. I try to see some flops with some mediocre hands, flop nothing.. I get blinded out.. Eventually I get ATs .. I raise, one caller.. Flop comes T52.. I raise, I get reraised.... I tought that he had a T .. or a medium pocket pair.. and that he tought I was raising just to see where I was at, and if my AK or something hit nothing.. So I reraised all-in because I felt I was pretty strong there.. He calls.. and shows "JJ" .. So I lost my stack there completely.. I rebought for 400 .. So I was in 800€. Finally I got a few nice hands, won some nice pots.. ended the evening with 630€ in front of me.. so I ended up loosing 170€.

Live bankroll : 480€

I subscribed for the Summer Classics 200€ rebuy/addon tourney also.. So.. my planning for next week is:

Monday : Holland Casino Breda (Cash games 2/2)
Tuesday : Summer classics 08 in Utrecht (100€ single rebuy/Addon tourney)
Wednesday : Summer Classics 08 in Utrecht (200€ rebuy/addon tourney)
Thursday : Holland Casino Breda (Cash Games 2/2)

We'll see how it goes...

Tried the internet again..

So I was bored and I still had a few hours to kill before tonight's live game.. So I thought I might try the internet tables since I found out that I still had a 65$ bankroll on FullTilt..

Since I find cashgames on the internet extremely boring, I chose to play some SnG's..

First one was a 11$ buy-in turbo FR SnG.. in one of my first hands I got knocked down to the shortstacked because I couldn't laydown my Top pair with medium kicker.. But I got myself back up again and I ended up winning the SnG.. winning 49$ and upping my bankroll to 100$..

I saw a system-message that the 7K guarantee was about to start.. and there were "only" 350 entrants.. with a 25$ buy-in.. first price was 2,5k .. So I took a shot.. My tournament got ended early because of the following hand: I have KTs .. i'm on the button.. everyone folds to me.. I raise to 3BB.. the 2 blinds call. Flop comes T42 rainbow.. someone raises, one calls, I re-raise.. the original raiser calls me, other one folds.. river is a 7.. I make a big bet because that openend a flush-draw .. he re-raises me all-in for like 300 more chips so I had to call and he shows me AT.. I know I should have layed it down but damnit.. :)

Now i'm participating in the Double Shootout sattelite to the 750K guarantee tournament.. It was only 3$ buyin and only 39 entrants so.. That's a nice opportunity to get into the 250$ buy-in tournament with a 750k guarantee :)

** update : I ended in third place on my table.. we were the last remaining table, blinds were getting very high and we ended up pushing it all-in .. all three of us .. I had A8s, the 2 others had QTs and K9o .. so I liked my chances.. but there came a K on the flop.. So he won it all and placed for the final table..

So.. my internet bankroll is back to 65$ .. Next up will be the live game :)

I'm back..

I took a break in Poker for about a year or so.. since I had some other interests and had a few bad beats in my last games (that I forgot to blog.. sigh :)) 

But now I'm back.. more than ever.. Playing live-games every week now. I will start to blog all my games from now on.. and I will quickly inform you about the games that I had last week..

Monday morning after work me and 3 collegues played a little cash game.. I wich I ended up break-even but then won 200€ on "high-card draws" with one of them :)

That's when I said.. okay.. I've got 200€ profit now, I will be using that to play poker and start up a bankroll.. 

Tuesday is never a working day for me, so that will be the day that I hit the Casino in Breda where they have 3 NL poker tables with 2/2 blinds.. So I sat down with 200€.. went up and down, played some nice hands, etc.. eventually I ended up with 600€ of profit.. wich upped my bankroll to 800€.

Few days later I went back to the tables.. but I was on the waiting list to get a seat so I tried my luck with the Caribbean stud poker.. lost 200€ there.. damnit.. then finally sat down at the table, and ended up winning 100€ there after a lots of ups and downs.. wich gives me a total of 100€ loss.. wich downed my bankroll to 700€

Then.. tonight.. The people where I used to play my home games called me up and told me that they were planning a game.. so offcourse I went down.. Sat down with 25€.. won some pots, but then lost it all.. rebought for 25€.. lost it all.. rebought for 50€ (100€ total) and finally started to play some solid poker.. won some nice pots, sucked out a 2 times on a big pot.. god I love it.. I'm dealt QJo .. someone raises, it's folded to me.. I call.. flop comes QJT.. scary board but I hit 2 pair.. I raise, he reraises.. I have to call.. although I was fearing AK.. turn comes a blank.. I check, he raises me all-in.. But he only had like 25€ left in a pot of 130 or so.. So i had to call.. he shows me AK.. but the river comes another Q and I make my fullhouse :)

After that I'm dealt AK.. I raise, one caller.. flop comes 47J.. I raise, he re-raises me all-in .. but the re-raise all-in was only 10€ more in a pot of 90€ so.. offcourse I had to call.. turn comes a T.. river comes a Q.. I make my straight, lol :-) 

So there we are.. I bought in for 100€.. Buid up my stack to 400€.. the end is near, when the following hand happened..

I've got T5s.. Someone makes a small raise, everybody calls, so yeah.. I call to since it was one of the last hands.. flop comes T5Q.. original raiser raises 50€ wich makes the pot 100€.. everyone folds.. I put him on AQ so I re-raise him to 150€.. he calls.. turn comes a 2 but opens possibility for a flush.. he checks.. I bet 100€.. he moves all-in for 160€.. offcourse I call the remaining 60€.. he shows Q9.. even worse then I thought, so I have the best hand.. but then the dealer shows me a 9 on the river, wich gave him a higher 2-pair.. and shrinked my stack to 50€.. so I ended up losing 50€ that night.. instead of winning 300€.. BAH ! So.. my live bankroll is down to 650€

But.. I have to say.. My play really got better.. I'm currently reading "theory & practice" by David Sklansky .. and reading the twoplustwo forums.. and watching lots of poker episodes on pokertube.. and i'm also thinking about subscribing to deucescracked of cardrunners community to improve my game some more.. Also, something very important.. I feel alot more comfortable at the table and the stakes I play because I'm making much more money now with my Job that I did last year.. so I can take a few bad beats.. and I'm not scared to get my money in the pot..

Next up:

Tommorow we are going back to Holland Casino in Breda for a night of 2/2 NL..

Next week I am playing the Summer Classics 2008 in Holland Casino in Utrecht.. it's a tournament with 100€ buy-in.. single rebuy & addon.. and 180 entrants.. 13 first places are in the money..

Live bankroll : 650€ (still have to pay the buyin for the tournament)

Next update is coming tommorow.. :)