Shots for a friend, Gaucho grill and fkn ridic poker players

Yesterday was a great day, didn't go to lectures because I didn't go to sleep the night before, just bummmed about all day and did a load of reading i needed to get done. In the evening I played on my friend's account at .25/.5. He joked about me playing on 5/10-10/20 on his account, i fancied the idea so offered 50% profits and i'll cover all losses [a fkn sick deal for him obv]. I didn't let him down:


I decided with my £500 that i wanted to take my housemates out for dinner. We left pretty much straight away and went to the Gaucho grill in hampstead. This place is awesome, one of my favourite restaurants, best steaks i've ever had [go for the ribeye if you ever go, it's unreal]

This is what it looks like:


We all had a great feed and a few glasses of wine [pretty cultured for this household tbh, beats noodles and eating dinner in a stinking, filthy hold of a kitchen], it was a lot of fun.

I've been looking through this thread today:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=12733477&an=0&page=0&gonew=1#UNREAD

Some of these guys are fucking sick, i was fucking proud of my graph this month but it got shit all over. It's motivated me to put hands in though, the problem isn't my winrate or stakes, it's the amount of time i play for. I really need to put some more hands in, with the eventual aim of a $100k month . If i could do 50k in a month and still get a decent amount of work done, that'd be amazing.[thats a big aim, pretty much 5ptbb at 10/20 to reach $100k, maybe with shots at 25/50 its possible though]

Anyone wanna buy some Ugg Boots?

These things have caused me a whole world of problems this week. I went into an email account of mine yesterday so find several messages from ebay buyers wishing to ask me various details on the ugg boots i was selling there. Nothing too out of the ordinary, except that i'm not selling ugg boots on ebay. Some little bastard has got into my account somehow [through my email possibly or perhaps through a dictionary attack] and listed 6 pairs of ugg boots for sale. Not only did they not gain access to any other accounts but they didnt change the password for my ebay account or email account. Either they're fucking stupid or this is all part of a grander scheme to con me and im the fucking stupid one. All seems to be secure now though.

Because of this, I probably won't get any hands in until the end of the month - my poker account is locked. So here's my final graph for October [still, irritatingly, missing $7.5k at 10/20, so the final total is a shade over $60k]

Best Day Ever:

My first over $20k, i'm pretty stoked:


That also makes my best month ever. PT says $47k, but there's at least $7.5k missing so it's $54.5k at least.

These are my biggest hands from today [the big one posted below is also from today]:


$10/$20 Blinds No Limit Hold'em - *** 10 27 04:10:13 2007
Table Premium Blonde (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 2: Hoooooof ( $11490 )
Seat 4: lureli ( $1950 )
Seat 6: mwt5 ( $1919.22 )
Seat 7: DOCCOD ( $4154.77 )
Hoooooof posts small blind [$10].
lureli posts big blind [$20].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hoooooof [ Js Jc ]
mwt5 folds.
DOCCOD raises [$88].
Hoooooof raises [$280].
lureli folds.
DOCCOD raises [$777].
Hoooooof calls [$575].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, 6d, 9c ]
Hoooooof checks.
DOCCOD bets [$888].
Hoooooof raises [$10625].
DOCCOD calls [$2401.77].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ]
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
** Summary **
Hoooooof shows [ Js Jc ].
DOCCOD shows [ Kd As ].
DOCCOD shows [ Kd As ].
DOCCOD collected [$8325.54].
Hoooooof collected [$7335.23].

Here i figure i'm ahead of a 4betting range, and because we're so deep i've got a few options, i decide to call and get it in on a low flop. Turned out ok [apart from the result] tho i'm really not certain on my play here.


$10/$20 Blinds No Limit Hold'em - *** 10 27 02:40:33 2007
Table Le Hoyo des Dieux (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: fishu55 ( $1186.88 )
Seat 2: Hoooooof ( $2216 )
Seat 6: llms ( $2039 )
Seat 7: DOCCOD ( $4655 )
llms posts small blind [$10].
DOCCOD posts big blind [$20].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hoooooof [ Ad As ]
fishu55 folds.
Hoooooof raises [$80].
llms folds.
DOCCOD raises [$222].
Hoooooof raises [$540].
DOCCOD raises [$4413].
Hoooooof calls [$1596].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, Kd, 10c ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kc ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8h ]
** Summary **
Hoooooof shows [ Ad As ].
DOCCOD shows [ Kh 10h ].
Hoooooof shows [ Ad As ].
DOCCOD shows [ Kh 10h ].
DOCCOD collected [$4438].
DOCCOD collected [$2439].


Standard...........


$10/$20 Blinds No Limit Hold'em - *** 10 27 02:53:07 2007
Table Caonao (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 10: thbzz ( $2389.39 )
Seat 1: stinkyb ( $2403.2 )
Seat 2: Hoooooof ( $2026 )
Seat 6: lexie116 ( $3297.5 )
Seat 8: APAT ( $2286 )
lexie116 posts small blind [$10].
APAT posts big blind [$20].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hoooooof [ 9h 9c ]
thbzz calls [$20].
stinkyb folds.
Hoooooof raises [$100].
lexie116 folds.
APAT folds.
thbzz calls [$80].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 10s, Kc, 5h ]
thbzz checks.
Hoooooof checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9s ]
thbzz bets [$76.03].
Hoooooof raises [$360].
thbzz calls [$283.97].
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
thbzz bets [$538.6].
Hoooooof raises [$1566].
thbzz calls [$1027.4].
** Summary **
thbzz shows [ 10d 10c ].
Hoooooof shows [ 9h 9c ].
Hoooooof shows [ 9h 9c ].
thbzz shows [ 10d 10c ].
thbzz collected [$4078].



$10/$20 Blinds No Limit Hold'em - *** 10 27 05:20:15 2007
Table Cohiba Lanceros (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 10: llms ( $2628 )
Seat 1: mwt5 ( $4252.54 )
Seat 4: MrHugo1 ( $3045.21 )
Seat 6: Hoooooof ( $3153.5 )
Seat 8: SHEAF ( $2557 )
llms posts small blind [$10].
mwt5 posts big blind [$20].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hoooooof [ Ac As ]
MrHugo1 raises [$100].
Hoooooof raises [$380].
SHEAF folds.
llms folds.
mwt5 folds.
MrHugo1 calls [$280].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 6d, 3d ]
MrHugo1 bets [$200].
Hoooooof raises [$750].
MrHugo1 raises [$1100].
Hoooooof raises [$2023.5].
MrHugo1 calls [$1365.21].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
** Summary **
MrHugo1 shows [ Jd Kd ].
Hoooooof shows [ Ac As ].
MrHugo1 shows [ Jd Kd ].
Hoooooof shows [ Ac As ].
Hoooooof collected [$6116.42].
Hoooooof collected [$108.29].


$10/$20 Blinds No Limit Hold'em - *** 10 27 04:01:56 2007
Table Le Hoyo des Dieux (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 2: Hoooooof ( $2223 )
Seat 5: SHEAF ( $2715 )
Seat 7: DOCCOD ( $4537.5 )
Seat 9: mwt5 ( $3974 )
mwt5 posts small blind [$10].
Hoooooof posts big blind [$20].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hoooooof [ As Qc ]
SHEAF folds.
DOCCOD raises [$77].
mwt5 folds.
Hoooooof raises [$260].
DOCCOD calls [$203].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qs, 5s, 7d ]
Hoooooof bets [$420].
DOCCOD raises [$840].
Hoooooof raises [$1523].
DOCCOD calls [$1103].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
** Summary **
Hoooooof shows [ As Qc ].
DOCCOD shows [ Ah 5h ].
DOCCOD shows [ Ah 5h ].
Hoooooof shows [ As Qc ].
Hoooooof collected [$4452].

Radiator

The last few days have been seriously good to me:


This is also missing about $7.5k that i won at 10/20 a couple of days ago too. I'd been breakeven for prob 35k hands before this, so this is such a nice result.

I also played my biggest ever pot today [which was my biggest day ever too]:


$10/$20 Blinds No Limit Hold'em - *** 10 27 04:36:41 2007
Table Premium Blonde (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 2: Hoooooof ( $6354.23 )
Seat 6: mwt5 ( $2096 )
Seat 7: DOCCOD ( $8739.54 )
Hoooooof posts small blind [$10].
mwt5 posts big blind [$20].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hoooooof [ 3d 3h ]
DOCCOD raises [$77].
Hoooooof calls [$67].
mwt5 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, 2s, 7h ]
Hoooooof checks.
DOCCOD bets [$111].
Hoooooof raises [$440].
DOCCOD raises [$798].
Hoooooof raises [$5837.23].
DOCCOD calls [$5368.23].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
** Summary **
Hoooooof shows [ 3d 3h ].
DOCCOD shows [ 7s 9s ].
DOCCOD shows [ 7s 9s ].
Hoooooof shows [ 3d 3h ].
Hoooooof collected [$12724.46].

A pretty sick hand. Pretty surprised he called my shove here tbh, i think my range is basically sets and possibly huge draws.

In other news I hate marketing, i've been working quite hard for my uni degree [which is in marketing for those that don't know] but i'm so disillusioned with the subject as a whole. I don't really agree with a lot of the things that go on under the guise of marketing, and the subject [one that is supposed to be highly dynamic] is taught in such a boring way from turgid old textbooks. I'm def going to carry on though because I haven't got that long left, it's a degree and it's great fun up here.

Sorry Mike............

$3/$6 Blinds No Limit Hold'em - *** 10 16 05:17:55 2007
Table Sancho Panza Coronas (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 5: MrVIP78 ( $623.04 )
Seat 6: Hoooooof ( $2209.15 )
Seat 8: miket007 ( $1447.73 )
miket007 posts small blind [$3].
MrVIP78 posts big blind [$6].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hoooooof [ 8h 10h ]
Hoooooof raises [$24].
miket007 raises [$87].
MrVIP78 folds.
Hoooooof calls [$66].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, As, Js ]
miket007 bets [$84].
Hoooooof calls [$84].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
miket007 bets [$222].
Hoooooof calls [$222].
** Dealing River ** [ Qd ]
miket007 bets [$300].
Hoooooof raises [$1813.15].
miket007 calls [$751.73].
** Summary **
Hoooooof shows [ 8h 10h ].
miket007 shows [ Jd Jc ].
Hoooooof shows [ 8h 10h ].
Hoooooof collected [$2897.46].
Hoooooof collected [$761.42].

I actually felt pretty bad for that one!

My thought process went something like:
Sweet! I've got the button, a straight, flush and a pair draw.
The fucker has reraised. I'll conceal my hand strength by calling. I might raise a flop or float, definitely not folding though.
Hmmmmmmmm A high, I reckon if i float him here, i might be able to fold out QQ or KK if i bet the turn and river. Lets give it a go.
Oh dear, well that didn't work, but at least i've turned the nuts. I'll trap again and call.
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR INNNNNNNNNNNN and SHIP IT.

On consideration, I think my play was pretty horrible on the flop. The rest of the hand seems ok though.

Big [meaningless] milestone

This is the first time i've ever had a PT screenshot of >>> 6 figures on a database. I deposited $3k at the end of May and have made $112,600 profit so there's a hell of a lot of hands missing from somewhere, I don't know why PT is so unreliable for me, but it's pretty annoying.

I'm still pretty proud though:


I'm looking for a new coach at the moment, but it's hard work, the availability of the best ones is just about nil. It's amazing how hard it is to find someone who'll take $350-500 an hour from you to write on AOL.

Dropping down

We've got a lodger staying with us at the moment, he's been here quite a while and it would be getting annoying but he performs football songs in the style of sinatra and traditional russian dances on demand so we put up with him.

Here's a pic of him fwiw:


Anyway, the lodger has been running really badly at poker today and asked me to play on his account while he's out. I'm pretty tired today so it makes sense for me to lose his money rather than my own. Moving down has given me something of an epiphany regarding playing against fish. It's made me realise that i'm still bluffing these morons and i need to play waaay more straightforward against them. The fish at higher levels are slightly trickier than at .12/.25 but it's still the same game and they're still making the same mistakes, i'm employing all kinds of metagame plays when i should just be betting strong and folding weak. I always think i play badly against really big fish [not badly, because that's alomst impossible but definitely sub-optimally] and hopefully playing tighter and more ABC is going to help me.


The last few days have been a bit of a rollercoaster, i'm probably breakeven on the week, i dropped $12k last night just before i was supposed to go out which put me in such a bad mood that i never made it out. I ended up even for the night though, and made some more today so i'm pretty happy.

Played against a huge fish today and had some pretty sick hands against him. This is one of the toughest spots i've been in for a long time


$10/$20 Blinds No Limit Hold'em - *** 10 05 16:20:23 2007
Table Whitbread (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: BigFish ( $4136.4 )
Seat 4: Kesssen ( $5942 )
Seat 5: JLS1979 ( $3145 )
Seat 6: don19 ( $1056 )
Seat 7: ltt187 ( $1910.91 )
Seat 8: Hoooooof ( $7178.63 )
Kesssen posts small blind [$10].
JLS1979 posts big blind [$20].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hoooooof [ 3h 3c ]
don19 raises [$78].
ltt187 folds.
Hoooooof calls [$78].
BigFish calls [$78].
Kesssen folds.
JLS1979 calls [$58].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2c, 3s, 8s ]
JLS1979 checks.
don19 bets [$221].
Hoooooof raises [$680].
BigFish calls [$680].
JLS1979 calls [$680].
don19 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5s ]
JLS1979 bets [$1250].
Hoooooof folds.
BigFish folds.
** Summary **
JLS1979 collected [$3829].

[his s/n isn't bigfish btw]

comments appreciated on this hand, i think the fold is pretty weak but i'm not sure if there's a better option.