$1 to $1000 on Poker Stars

Didn’t play at all last weekend, but the week has started of pretty well.  Doing well in the $6 TSNGs has helped as I’m not running very well recently in the $3 TSNGs.  Played in the PXF monthly subscribers tournament last night, got up to 6k in chips at the 300/600 level and my 10s ran into Kings.  I may start mixing in some $0.5/$1 SHL and razz again, but if things take a quick downturn, I’ll drop back down. 

Recent Summary:

+$22.45 0.25/0.50 SHL

-$19.40 $3 TSNG:  3rd:  3, DNP:  8
+$63.50 $6 TSNG:  1st:  4, 2nd:  1, 3rd:  1, DNP:  5

-$5.50 $5 MTT:  DNP:  1

Overall Summary:

Starting BR: $1.51
Current BR: $259.50

+$39.31 0.01/0.02 NL
+$7.30 0.02/0.04 L
+$39.78 0.02/0.05 NL
+$4.94 0.04/0.08 SHL
+$13.13 0.05/0.10 L
+$6.80 0.10/0.20 L
-$10.83 0.10/0.20 SHL
+$27.93 0.25/0.50 L
+$118.41 0.25/0.50 SHL
-$25.50 0.50/1 Razz
-$33.05 0.50/1 SHL

+$11.70 $1 SNG (25% ROI): 1st: 7 , 2nd: 4 , 3rd: 9 , DNP: 19
-$4.60 $2 HU SNG (-16% ROI): 1st: 6, 2nd: 7
+$88.60 $3 TSNG (13% ROI): 1st: 29, 2nd: 22, 3rd: 26, DNP: 129
-$29.60 $6 TSNG (-6% ROI): 1st: 10, 2nd: 6, 3rd: 9, DNP: 51

+$3.00 $1 18-SNG (23% ROI): 1st: 1, 2nd: 1, 3rd: 1, DNP: 8
+$8.60 $1 45-SNG (33% ROI): 1st: 2, 5th: 1, 6th: 1, DNP: 18
+$5.80 $1 45-TSNG (16% ROI): 2nd: 1, 3rd: 1, 4th: 1, 5th: 4, 6th: 1, DNP: 24
-$6.75 $1.50 18-TSNG (-14% ROI): 1st: 2, 2nd: 2, 4th: 1, DNP: 22

+$3.99 $0.50 MTT (114% ROI): Placed: 4 (+$1.08, +$1.80, +$1.55, +$1.06), DNP: 3
+$0.03 $1 MTT (0% ROI): Placed: 3 (+$2.26, +$10.31, +$2.86), DNP: 14
-$11.00 $5 MTT (-100% ROI): DNP: 2

Well I had a good day yesterday and got my account back up to around $200.  So today’s lunch session I played two $3 TSNGs and two $6 TSNGs.  Things were going well and I pick up my first AA of the session:

PokerStars Game #17446875910: Tournament #88446745, $3.00+$0.40 Hold’em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/05/15 - 12:24:43 (ET)
Table ‘88446745 1′ 10-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 3: lecki2 (4750 in chips)
Seat 4: risbold (8350 in chips)
Seat 9: darkknyt (1900 in chips)
risbold: posts small blind 75
darkknyt: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to darkknyt [Ah Ad]
lecki2: raises 150 to 300
risbold: raises 450 to 750
darkknyt: raises 1150 to 1900 and is all-in
lecki2: calls 1600
risbold: raises 6450 to 8350 and is all-in
lecki2: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jh Qh 2h]
*** TURN *** [Jh Qh 2h] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [Jh Qh 2h Tc] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
risbold: shows [9s Kc] (a straight, Nine to King)
darkknyt: shows [Ah Ad] (a pair of Aces)
darkknyt said, “lol”
risbold collected 5700 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5700 | Rake 0
Board [Jh Qh 2h Tc 7c]
Seat 3: lecki2 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 4: risbold (small blind) showed [9s Kc] and won (5700) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 9: darkknyt (big blind) showed [Ah Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces

Ok, I can handle Aces getting cracked every once in a while.  He’s down to 3 outs after the flop or runner runner, so it’s a little better than losing to an underpair.  Luckily I was already in the money at this point.

Which brings us to AA number 2:

PokerStars Game #17446994139: Tournament #88446770, $3.00+$0.40 Hold’em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/05/15 - 12:31:31 (ET)
Table ‘88446770 1′ 10-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 3: lutzzzzz (975 in chips)
Seat 4: X_SCARBY_X (3600 in chips)
Seat 5: TJY83 (4215 in chips)
Seat 6: im_on_it_cya (1595 in chips)
Seat 7: ShinySideUp (1865 in chips)
Seat 8: darkknyt (2000 in chips)
Seat 10: ManyEyes (750 in chips)
lutzzzzz: posts the ante 25
X_SCARBY_X: posts the ante 25
TJY83: posts the ante 25
im_on_it_cya: posts the ante 25
ShinySideUp: posts the ante 25
darkknyt: posts the ante 25
ManyEyes: posts the ante 25
darkknyt: posts small blind 100
ManyEyes: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to darkknyt [Ad Ah]
lutzzzzz: folds
X_SCARBY_X: folds
TJY83: raises 400 to 600
im_on_it_cya: folds
ShinySideUp: raises 1240 to 1840 and is all-in
darkknyt: raises 135 to 1975 and is all-in
ManyEyes: folds
TJY83: calls 1375
*** FLOP *** [Js 4s Qh]
darkknyt said, “hoooooooold”
*** TURN *** [Js 4s Qh] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [Js 4s Qh 4h] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
darkknyt: shows [Ad Ah] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
TJY83: shows [8h 8s] (a full house, Eights full of Fours)
X_SCARBY_X said, “bye”
TJY83 collected 270 from side pot
ShinySideUp: shows [Tc Td] (two pair, Tens and Fours)
ShinySideUp is sitting out
TJY83 collected 5895 from main pot
im_on_it_cya said, “lol”
ManyEyes said, “hahahaaaaaaaaa”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6165 Main pot 5895. Side pot 270. | Rake 0
Board [Js 4s Qh 4h 8d]
Seat 3: lutzzzzz folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: X_SCARBY_X folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: TJY83 showed [8h 8s] and won (6165) with a full house, Eights full of Fours
Seat 6: im_on_it_cya folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: ShinySideUp (button) showed [Tc Td] and lost with two pair, Tens and Fours
Seat 8: darkknyt (small blind) showed [Ad Ah] and lost with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 10: ManyEyes (big blind) folded before Flop

This one was rather frustrating as once again I have the chance to triple up.  It also hurts a little more being on the money bubble and having the chance to get a nice stack heading into the bubble.  So AA is 0 for 2 so far for the day.

Hands 3 and 4 finally hold and I take down a $6 TSNG.  I thought it was very interesting to have Aces 4 times in the span of 30 minutes and they held up only 2 of 4 times.  Small sample, but interesting none the less.

PokerStars Game #17447044533: Tournament #88446701, $6.00+$0.50 Hold’em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/05/15 - 12:34:34 (ET)
Table ‘88446701 1′ 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: lucker4life (3795 in chips)
Seat 4: ASIAN01 (3940 in chips)
Seat 8: darkknyt (2235 in chips)
Seat 9: zimblon (3530 in chips)
lucker4life: posts the ante 25
ASIAN01: posts the ante 25
darkknyt: posts the ante 25
zimblon: posts the ante 25
ASIAN01: posts small blind 100
darkknyt: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to darkknyt [Ah Ad]
zimblon: folds
lucker4life: folds
ASIAN01: raises 600 to 800
darkknyt: raises 1410 to 2210 and is all-in
ASIAN01: calls 1410
*** FLOP *** [3h 6s 4h]
*** TURN *** [3h 6s 4h] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [3h 6s 4h 7d] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ASIAN01: shows [Ac Jc] (a pair of Sixes)
darkknyt: shows [Ah Ad] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
darkknyt collected 4520 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4520 | Rake 0
Board [3h 6s 4h 7d 6h]
Seat 1: lucker4life (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: ASIAN01 (small blind) showed [Ac Jc] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 8: darkknyt (big blind) showed [Ah Ad] and won (4520) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 9: zimblon folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

PokerStars Game #17447112978: Tournament #88446701, $6.00+$0.50 Hold’em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2008/05/15 - 12:38:42 (ET)
Table ‘88446701 1′ 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 8: darkknyt (7575 in chips)
Seat 9: zimblon (5925 in chips)
darkknyt: posts the ante 25
zimblon: posts the ante 25
darkknyt: posts small blind 200
zimblon: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to darkknyt [Ac Ad]
darkknyt: calls 200
zimblon: raises 800 to 1200
darkknyt: calls 800
*** FLOP *** [Jc 8c 3d]
zimblon: bets 800
darkknyt: raises 800 to 1600
zimblon: raises 3100 to 4700 and is all-in
darkknyt: calls 3100
*** TURN *** [Jc 8c 3d] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 8c 3d Ks] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
zimblon: shows [9h Jh] (a pair of Jacks)
darkknyt: shows [Ac Ad] (a pair of Aces)
darkknyt collected 11850 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11850 | Rake 0
Board [Jc 8c 3d Ks 6c]
Seat 8: darkknyt (button) (small blind) showed [Ac Ad] and won (11850) with a pair of Aces
Seat 9: zimblon (big blind) showed [9h Jh] and lost with a pair of Jacks

Recent Summary:

+$5.05 0.25/0.50 SHL

+$10.00 $3 TSNG:  1st: 1, 3rd: 2, DNP: 2

+$14.00 $6 TSNG:  1st: 1, DNP: 1

Overall Summary:

Starting BR: $1.51

Current BR: $198.45

Well, it’s been quite the roller coaster recently.  Worked my way up to about $230, quickly back down to under $100 and now I’m back up to about $170.  A true example of how quickly positive and negative variance can take a toll.  I plan on waiting a little longer to make the step up in cash games, but I plan on re-incorporating the $6 TSNGs once I get back to $200.  

Recent Summary:

+$27.15 0.25/0.50 SHL

+$49.80 $3 TSNG:  1st:  5, 2nd:  2, 3rd:  2, DNP:  8

Overall Summary:

Starting BR: $1.51
Current BR: $169.40

+$39.31 0.01/0.02 NL
+$7.30 0.02/0.04 L
+$39.78 0.02/0.05 NL
+$4.94 0.04/0.08 SHL
+$13.13 0.05/0.10 L
+$6.80 0.10/0.20 L
-$10.83 0.10/0.20 SHL
+$27.93 0.25/0.50 L
+$90.91 0.25/0.50 SHL
-$25.50 0.50/1 Razz
-$33.05 0.50/1 SHL

+$11.70 $1 SNG (25% ROI): 1st: 7 , 2nd: 4 , 3rd: 9 , DNP: 19
-$4.60 $2 HU SNG (-16% ROI): 1st: 6, 2nd: 7
+$98.00 $3 TSNG (15% ROI): 1st: 28, 2nd: 22, 3rd: 20, DNP: 119
-$107.10 $6 TSNG (-26% ROI): 1st: 5, 2nd: 5, 3rd: 8, DNP: 45

+$3.00 $1 18-SNG (23% ROI): 1st: 1, 2nd: 1, 3rd: 1, DNP: 8
+$8.60 $1 45-SNG (33% ROI): 1st: 2, 5th: 1, 6th: 1, DNP: 18
+$5.80 $1 45-TSNG (16% ROI): 2nd: 1, 3rd: 1, 4th: 1, 5th: 4, 6th: 1, DNP: 24
-$6.75 $1.50 18-TSNG (-14% ROI): 1st: 2, 2nd: 2, 4th: 1, DNP: 22

+$3.99 $0.50 MTT (114% ROI): Placed: 4 (+$1.08, +$1.80, +$1.55, +$1.06), DNP: 3
+$0.03 $1 MTT (0% ROI): Placed: 3 (+$2.26, +$10.31, +$2.86), DNP: 14
-$5.50 $5 MTT (-100% ROI): DNP: 1

I should have seen this coming.  Work my roll up to over $200, get excited about jumping up a level, and get smacked in the face.  Things actually started out pretty well as I won a $6 TSNG and worked my bankroll up to about $225, but that’s when everything went to ****. 

Started playing the $0.50/$1 SHL and Razz tables and quickly lost a buyin in each.  Then the TSNGs started showing some negative variance.  Before I knew it, I was back at $150 again.  I dropped back down to playing the $3 TSNGs and $0.25/$0.50 SHL.  Things continued to go south and now I’m down around $100 again.

Quite a punch to the gut to build things up slowly to over $200 and then have it quickly spiral back to $100.  But this is what this challenge is all about.  Learning the importance of bankroll management, especially how variance can slap you in the face even if you think you’re able to beat a level.  I will now take more care when it comes to limit games, and not move up in level until I have about 250 or 300 big bets. 

Recent summary:

-$10.80 0.25/0.50 SHL

-$25.50 0.5/1 Razz

-$33.05 0.5/1 SHL

-$20.00 $3 TSNG:  1st: 2, 2nd: 5, 3rd: 4, DNP: 24

-$26.20 $6 TSNG:  1st: 1, 2nd:  1, 3rd: 2, Dnp: 10

Overall Summary:

Starting BR: $1.51
Current BR: $92.45

+$39.31 0.01/0.02 NL
+$7.30 0.02/0.04 L
+$39.78 0.02/0.05 NL
+$4.94 0.04/0.08 SHL
+$13.13 0.05/0.10 L
+$6.80 0.10/0.20 L
-$10.83 0.10/0.20 SHL
+$27.93 0.25/0.50 L
+$63.76 0.25/0.50 SHL
-$25.50 0.50/1 Razz
-$33.05 0.50/1 SHL

+$11.70 $1 SNG (25% ROI): 1st: 7 , 2nd: 4 , 3rd: 9 , DNP: 19
-$4.60 $2 HU SNG (-16% ROI): 1st: 6, 2nd: 7
+$48.20 $3 TSNG (8% ROI): 1st: 23, 2nd: 20, 3rd: 18, DNP: 111
-$107.10 $6 TSNG (-26% ROI): 1st: 5, 2nd: 5, 3rd: 8, DNP: 45

+$3.00 $1 18-SNG (23% ROI): 1st: 1, 2nd: 1, 3rd: 1, DNP: 8
+$8.60 $1 45-SNG (33% ROI): 1st: 2, 5th: 1, 6th: 1, DNP: 18
+$5.80 $1 45-TSNG (16% ROI): 2nd: 1, 3rd: 1, 4th: 1, 5th: 4, 6th: 1, DNP: 24
-$6.75 $1.50 18-TSNG (-14% ROI): 1st: 2, 2nd: 2, 4th: 1, DNP: 22

+$3.99 $0.50 MTT (114% ROI): Placed: 4 (+$1.08, +$1.80, +$1.55, +$1.06), DNP: 3
+$0.03 $1 MTT (0% ROI): Placed: 3 (+$2.26, +$10.31, +$2.86), DNP: 14
-$5.50 $5 MTT (-100% ROI): DNP: 1