new high/low

Just participated in a new biggest pot of my life. Quite exciting realy was hoping to break the $500 mark at some point this def felt like big money.

$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, September 29, 11:15:58 ET 2008
Table Serieta (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Nick5687 ( $78.00 USD )
Seat 2: Mr_rahl ( $277.85 USD )
Seat 3: Car100713 ( $339.82 USD )
Seat 4: Dougie98 ( $104.89 USD )
Seat 5: Cassini ( $53.50 USD )
Seat 6: Margret ( $403.92 USD )
Nick5687 posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
Mr_rahl posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Mr_rahl [ Ad Ac ]
Car100713 calls [$2.00 USD]
Dougie98 calls [$2.00 USD]
Cassini calls [$2.00 USD]
Margret folds
Nick5687 raises [$5.00 USD]
Mr_rahl raises [$16.00 USD]
Car100713 calls [$16.00 USD]
Dougie98 folds
Cassini folds
Nick5687 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, 6c, Qh ]
Mr_rahl bets [$35.00 USD]
Car100713 calls [$35.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
Mr_rahl bets [$70.00 USD]
Car100713 calls [$70.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
Mr_rahl bets [$154.85 USD]
Car100713 calls [$154.85 USD]
Mr_rahl shows [Ad, Ac ]
Car100713 shows [Qd, 6d ]
Car100713 wins $562.70 USD from main pot

the bright side

All my posts have been quite negative of late so time to turn it around. My br is just under $7k atm which means ive broken even for september. Overall summer profits im not sure, on my main site WH ive turned $800 into $4900. As for tournaments ive had realy good results considering how few i have played. Ive also managed to move up from a 50nl player to a 100nl player who is ready to take shots at 200nl which is way above any expectations i had. Ive put in 44k hands in 260 hours my lack of volume clearly holds me back. Summer graph above ^^.

stress

The Bournemouth trip started well had a nice round of golf and a couple of cash games where i only dropped a few buyins. Unfortunately my back window got smashed by a golf ball forcing me to miss the last round of golf instead I had to drive around bournemouth trying to find a place that was going to replace it for me. With little more than the name of a place i got lost easily (sat nav seems so tempting at times like these). I got a call as i was driving from the garage trying to give me directions i took it because i was already in a mess. As i stopped at some lights some twat behind thinks he will give me some abuse for using a phone on the move, he obv saw the state of my car and assumed i was some lunatic boy racer, ironically the only reason i could hear him was that i had no back window.
This nearly sent me over the edge, getting out and venting my frustration on him seemed like a reasonable option at this point. Im not a violent person but i had had about 8h sleep over two days and had driven hundreds of miles only to have to pay £175 out of my overdraft for a new windscreen. Fortunately i didnt and just pulled into a sideroad and calmed down. I nearly gave up here and wanted to drive home back window or no back window.

Finally after another phone call and stopping to ask 3 locals for directions i got there and the job was done. I paid for it and drove back to the golf club hoping to get at least some money as it was in their car park when it happened. The receptionist took a photocopy of the invoice and the manager didnt even come to speak to me. At this point i should have kicked off and demanded to see the manager but the receptionist had been so nice to me throughout the two days even saying that if it was her decision the club wold pay the bill i couldnt face kicking up a stink. Im yet to hear from them but will ring them in a couple of days.

Just to make sure my stress levels stayed in the danger area when i got to the severn bridge toll bit i used the coin bin lane only to find when i got there i only had £5.15 in change and the cost is £5.30 obv here they cant just let you through i had to wait for someone to come along and change a fiver for me all the while holding pple up behind.

Poker wise im realy starting to swing the last few days results have been +320 -350 and +500 along with some recent health problems im not sure i can handle the emotional swings anymore.
On a more positive not my br is at $6800 or so, so not a lot of damage has been done over the last month.
Right qualifying is starting so i wot bother with graphs or hands except for this call down i made against a TAG. With metagame considerations i was very confident he was gona 3 bet me pre here. The guy is a 16 13 regular so i was very happy with my read.

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, September 26, 10:49:38 ET 2008
Table Mushsh (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Mr_rahl ( $287.00 USD )
Seat 2: Bboru7 ( $99.85 USD )
Seat 3: Fjeldstad ( $48.39 USD )
Seat 5: Addict_84 ( $171.21 USD )
Seat 6: Scot09066 ( $72.71 USD )
Mr_rahl posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Bboru7 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Mr_rahl [ Qh Kd ]
Fjeldstad folds
Addict_84 folds
Scot09066 folds
Mr_rahl raises [$3.50 USD]
Bboru7 raises [$11.00 USD]
Mr_rahl calls [$8.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ As, Qd, 5c ]
Mr_rahl checks
Bboru7 bets [$16.00 USD]
Mr_rahl calls [$16.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
Mr_rahl checks
Bboru7 checks
** Dealing River ** [ 3c ]
Mr_rahl checks
Bboru7 bets [$50.00 USD]
Mr_rahl calls [$50.00 USD]
Bboru7 shows [8h, 7h ]
Mr_rahl shows [Qh, Kd ]
Mr_rahl wins $153.00 USD from main pot

time to vent

damm damm damm damm

My new housemates and me just had a draw to see what unlucky twat ended up in the small room. No surprise it was me i run so bad. Now im stuck being 6 4" in a tiny room for the next year shit. I should know by now never to bet against a 1 in 5 shot.

Poker wise i was playing realy well and running well yesterday, until i decided to add a 200nl table to me 3 100nl. Few hands in set over set for the full buyin this wouldnt be so bad if i didnt then play this hand after.

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, September 19, 10:44:40 ET 2008
Table Kondemgu (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: Sheiik ( $41.33 USD )
Seat 2: Donm09011 ( $90.98 USD )
Seat 3: Mr_rahl ( $99.65 USD )
Seat 4: Samtim001 ( $40.00 USD )
Seat 5: Magicfly ( $74.19 USD )
Seat 6: Brya20094 ( $92.11 USD )
Brya20094 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Sheiik posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
Samtim001 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Mr_rahl [ Ah 7s ]
Donm09011 folds
Mr_rahl raises [$4.00 USD]
Samtim001 folds
Magicfly calls [$4.00 USD]
Brya20094 folds
Sheiik folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, 2c, 8s ]
Mr_rahl bets [$7.00 USD]
Magicfly raises [$14.00 USD]
Mr_rahl raises [$88.65 USD]
Magicfly calls [$56.19 USD]
Mr_rahl wins $25.46 USD from main pot
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5d ]
Mr_rahl shows [Ah, 7s ]
Magicfly shows [Js, Jc ]
Magicfly wins $147.88 USD from main pot

Is min raises from passive stations ever not the nuts.

Cant be bothered to count my br atm but its less than last post.

On a more positive note im off to bournemouth tomorrow for a few days for golf and poker im useless at golf and worse at poker so will see how it goes.

progress update

I had a couple of days off playing as i wasnt enjoying loseing but started up again last night easing in with a few cheap tournys. Managed to luckbox my way to another win in a $4 180man which now changes the look of my scope graph (above) from a bad player to a bad player who got lucky :-)

Just finised a cash session where I won (hasnt happened in a long time) $80 but my EV was $360 so still running horribly. My monthly stats are now 7k hands for a $1k loss with a All In EV of $-360. Its getting to the point where poker doesnt seem a worthwhile use of my time anymore.
Despite all this my overall roll isnt that depleted its at $6610 im gona stick with 100nl for now but with how its going i cant see me putting much volume in.

honesty is the only policy

Before diving in had a royal tonight hardly worth writing about but i havent had one since i was playing 2c 5c so what the hell.

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, September 11, 11:16:38 ET 2008
Table Erthaaprcis (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: Mr_rahl ( $189.48 USD )
Seat 2: Nig191112 ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 3: Coamlaja ( $38.00 USD )
Seat 4: Fira01034 ( $19.68 USD )
Seat 5: Ward84 ( $166.00 USD )
Seat 6: Beckham7 ( $50.90 USD )
Coamlaja posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Fira01034 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Mr_rahl [ Ts Ks ]
Ward84 folds
Beckham7 calls [$1.00 USD]
Mr_rahl raises [$4.00 USD]
Coamlaja folds
Fira01034 folds
Beckham7 calls [$3.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qs, Js, 6c ]
Beckham7 checks
Mr_rahl bets [$7.00 USD]
Beckham7 raises [$14.00 USD]
Mr_rahl raises [$178.48 USD]
Beckham7 calls [$32.90 USD]
Mr_rahl wins $138.58 USD from main pot
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
** Dealing River ** [ As ]
Mr_rahl shows [Ts, Ks ]
Beckham7 shows [6s, 7s ]
Mr_rahl wins $100.30 USD from main pot

One of the things i believe is crucial to progressing at poker is being honest with yourself and not deluding yourself that your not winning for whatever reason ( my favourite has to be "when i raise they call me with anything and hit").

The point is my roll is at $6770 atm and looking back that means i havent made anything for about 3 weeks. This month im showing a loss of $600 over 6k hands. HM tells me im running $300 below EV but there was definately some bad play mixed in too. Unfortunately my once 10bb/100 stats for 100nl have now dropped to 6. Ive also put in a couple of hundred hands at 200nl for a minor loss.

Im currently on target to make the $200 monthly bonus on WH which ive wanted to achieve for ages. Unfortunately im finding my other target of 20k hands this month harder to keep up with and its unlikely ill make that.

I might try and go out somewhere tomorrow see if i can regain a positive attitude.

had enough of titan

Have just withdrawn from titan with $100 profit the TAG games and crap bonus made it an easy decision, i also had a problem with the software emailed them with a screen shot but got no reply.

Had a $4 180man session last night with 147, pg and sm1le trying to play as many as poss however i only had $30 left in my account so could only play 7. Fortunately I luckboxed my way to a win which reduces my recent cash loses wooooooo.

Unfortunately i bust the small sum i had built up on party ill prob move my titan money there if they give me a deposit bonus and eventually onto betfair if keys can hook me up.

loseing sucks

Not doing great this month mostly due to bad play i cant seem to give people credit and basically think im being bluffed all the time.

Not included in the graph above is a free $30 i got on party which is now $150 sitting on a 100nl table atm im hoping this becomes a mini roll for me on there as im quite enjoying playing there but cant realy justify moving roll there because of the sub par bonus RB etc.

Went karting yesterday which was realy good and saw the new mummy film which i wouldnt recommend.

OOOO as im writing this i just won this pot so maybe a turning point for the graph.

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, September 08, 07:48:36 ET 2008
Table Strindak (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: Fredr0609 ( $137.38 USD )
Seat 2: Conccol ( $94.50 USD )
Seat 3: Mr_rahl ( $173.44 USD )
Seat 4: Kassie001 ( $168.61 USD )
Seat 5: Spartan79 ( $87.11 USD )
Seat 6: Bobsmiles ( $72.40 USD )
Mr_rahl posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Kassie001 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Mr_rahl [ 8h 4c ]
Spartan79 calls [$1.00 USD]
Bobsmiles calls [$1.00 USD]
Fredr0609 folds
Conccol folds
Mr_rahl calls [$0.50 USD]
Kassie001 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, 6d, 5s ]
Mr_rahl bets [$3.00 USD]
Kassie001 calls [$3.00 USD]
Spartan79 folds
Bobsmiles calls [$3.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]
Mr_rahl bets [$8.00 USD]
Kassie001 raises [$16.00 USD]
Bobsmiles folds
Mr_rahl raises [$39.00 USD]
Kassie001 raises [$148.61 USD]
Mr_rahl calls [$117.61 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Jc ]
Kassie001 shows [4h, 3c ]
Mr_rahl shows [8h, 4c ]
Mr_rahl wins $339.22 USD from main pot

Also had this hand where i dont know what i was doing the villan is a 60 5 regular (i know odd stats but she plays her style ok) and she just lost a fairly big pot.

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, September 08, 07:45:11 ET 2008
Table Kondemgu (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: Sub0inc ( $104.85 USD )
Seat 2: Trigge003 ( $159.10 USD )
Seat 3: Mr_rahl ( $93.52 USD )
Seat 4: Conccol ( $112.03 USD )
Seat 5: Gurl ( $48.85 USD )
Seat 6: Bobsmiles ( $120.33 USD )
Trigge003 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Mr_rahl posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Mr_rahl [ Kc Ac ]
Conccol folds
Gurl calls [$1.00 USD]
Bobsmiles folds
Sub0inc folds
Trigge003 folds
Mr_rahl raises [$3.50 USD]
Gurl calls [$3.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, 6d, 9h ]
Mr_rahl checks
Gurl checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qc ]
Mr_rahl checks
Gurl bets [$5.00 USD]
Mr_rahl calls [$5.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]
Mr_rahl checks
Gurl bets [$15.00 USD]
Mr_rahl calls [$15.00 USD]
Gurl shows [9c, Kh ]
Mr_rahl shows [Kc, Ac ]
Gurl wins $47.03 USD from main pot

September update

Ive been away for the last two days visiting some old friends elsewhere in wales so have only played 1k hands this month, saying that ive dropped about $400 so far this month mostly through bad play so hopefully the break has worked to my favour.

I did pass the $7k mark at one point so have played a couple of 200nl sessions for a loss but the games dont seem that different from 100nl. Keys made a good point to me after reading my last post that setting br targets seems to harm my poker I looked back to my posts when i was trying to play 100nl and he was right i seem to have trouble when getting close to the next level.

My bankroll is around $6800 atm im gona play 100nl primarily but no longer restrict myself to it if there is a good 200nl game going on WH.

This hand is an interesting one the villan is a fish who had made some bad calls so far and had stats of 67 22 over 124 hands.

$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, September 02, 06:37:16 ET 2008
Table Toloa (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Railings1 ( $81.41 USD )
Seat 2: Trigge003 ( $118.02 USD )
Seat 3: Mr_rahl ( $120.75 USD )
Seat 4: Geor91e ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 5: 1bigmac ( $37.46 USD )
Seat 6: Iikzelf ( $91.61 USD )
1bigmac posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Trigge003 posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Mr_rahl [ Ad Ac ]
Mr_rahl raises [$3.00 USD]
1bigmac calls [$2.50 USD]
Trigge003 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, 7h, 8s ]
1bigmac checks
Mr_rahl bets [$5.00 USD]
1bigmac calls [$5.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]
1bigmac checks
Mr_rahl bets [$10.00 USD]
1bigmac calls [$10.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 6h ]
1bigmac bets [$19.46 USD]
Mr_rahl folds
1bigmac wins $19.46 USD from main pot
1bigmac wins $35.15 USD from main pot