Thursday, July 24, 2008

50% complete!

Last night was the 2nd tournament of the Pocket Fives OT Poker League.  It was a $10 buy-in, Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) tournament.  I went into it with low expectations because I’m not very good at PLO, but at the same time many people aren’t.  I ran pretty well and actually took the thing down for $130.  I’m currently in 4th place on the leaderboard which I’m guessing would get me a $215 buy-in into the WCOOP.  There are many tournaments to go, so 4th isn’t a guarantee.  This Sunday’s tournament is Stud 8b, a game where I think I excel.  So I hope to have another good showing. 

Once I hit $400 I started mixing in the $15+$1 TSNGs, and so far this hasn’t worked out.  I’m going to keep mixing them in at a slow rate and I know that the variance will come back around.  I started out very slow on the $6+$0.50s also, and that came around.  With a bankroll over $500, I can finally play the $5 donkaments and maybe make a huge score to finally end this thing.  I’m very happy with my progress as of late, so I’m going to tread carefully as to not set myself back a ways.

Recent Summary:

+$12.55 0.05/0.10 NL
-$12.00 0.5/1 HORSE
+$26.15 0.5/1 SHL

+$111.90 $6 TSNG:  1st:  6, 2nd:  4, 3rd:  2, DNP:  9
-$64.00 $15 TSNG:  DNP:  4

+$119.00 $10 MTT

-$6 P5s OT League pool

Overall Summary:

Starting BR: $1.51
Current BR: $332.53 (520.13)

+$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
+$6.95 0.05/0.10 NL
-$38.45 0.05/0.10 PLO
+$6.80 0.10/0.20 L
-$10.83 0.10/0.20 SHL
+$27.93 0.25/0.50 L
+$9.80 0.25/0.50 Razz
+$115.66 0.25/0.50 SHL
-$12.00 0.5/1 HORSE
-$77.40 0.50/1 Razz
-$21.15 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
+$73.00 $3 TSNG (7% ROI): 1st: 37, 2nd: 32, 3rd: 36, DNP: 185
+$207.80 $6 TSNG (16% ROI): 1st: 32, 2nd: 20, 3rd: 26, DNP: 116
-$49.50 $7 WSOP Step 1 (-94% ROI): 4th: 2, DNP: 5
-$64.00 $15 TSNG (0% ROI): DNP: 4

+$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
+$138.08 $2 180-TSNG (202% ROI): 1st: 1, 3rd: 1, 6th: 1, 8th: 4, DNP: 24

+$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
+$119.00 $10 MTT (1082% ROI): Placed: 1 (+$119.00)
-$22.00 $20 MTT (-100% ROI): DNP: 1

-$6 P5s OT League pool

Posted by Darkknyt at 19:47:21 | Permalink | Comments (1) »

Thursday, July 17, 2008

30% Complete!

Placed 3rd in a $2 180 man which helped boost my bankroll up to around $300 and have won a few $6 TSNGs over the last couple days.  I’m joining the P5’s OT WCOOP league to try to qualify for the upcoming WCOOP on Stars.  Here is a link to a description of the league:

http://www.pocketfives.com/poker-forums/13/_2A002A00_First-Annual-OT-WCOOP-League-Information_2A002A00_-3080113

Join if you want, we’re always looking for some good competition.  I wanted to join as a VIP in order to compete for the extras, but luckily for my bankroll I’m only going to be able to play like 8 of the tournaments so it would be a waste to fork up the money for all of the tournaments. 

Recent Summary:

+$8.85 0.25/0.50 Razz

-$8.00 $3 TSNG:  2nd:  1, DNP:  4
+$42.80 $6 TSNG:  1st:  5, 2nd:  1, 3rd:  2, DNP:  12

+$38.44 $2 180-TSNG:  3rd:  1, DNP:  1

Overall Summary:


Starting BR: $1.51
Current BR: $332.53

+$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
-$5.60 0.05/0.10 NL
-$38.45 0.05/0.10 PLO
+$6.80 0.10/0.20 L
-$10.83 0.10/0.20 SHL
+$27.93 0.25/0.50 L
+$9.80 0.25/0.50 Razz
+$115.66 0.25/0.50 SHL
-$77.40 0.50/1 Razz
-$47.30 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
+$73.00 $3 TSNG (7% ROI): 1st: 37, 2nd: 32, 3rd: 36, DNP: 185
+$95.90 $6 TSNG (9% ROI): 1st: 26, 2nd: 16, 3rd: 24, DNP: 107
-$49.50 $7 WSOP Step 1 (-94% ROI): 4th: 2, DNP: 5

+$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
+$138.08 $2 180-TSNG (202% ROI): 1st: 1, 3rd: 1, 6th: 1, 8th: 4, DNP: 24

+$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
-$22.00 $20 MTT (-100% ROI): DNP: 1

Posted by Darkknyt at 19:17:03 | Permalink | Comments (1) »

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

A Step in the right direction

So I finally won my first $2 180-man TSNG last night.  There are a lot of variance in these (as to be expected), and finally had my hands hold up.  1st was worth $112 and 2nd was worth $78.  The other guy wanted to chop for $90 a piece, but I knew that I could outplay him.  Luckily there were no bad beats heads up. 

I also got the bug recently to try some Pot Limit Omaha.  I think that this will be short lived as I didn’t fare too well and it’s very frustrating to have the nuts on the flop, the turn, only to be drawn out on the river when you’re pot betting every street.  Hopefully things continue to be on the up and up as I’ve been in this range for quite some time now and am really looking forward to advancing.

Recent Summary:

+$4.40 0.05/0.10 NL
-$38.45 0.05/0.10 PLO
+$0.65 0.25/0.50 Razz (I’m glad Stars has this level now)
-$12.75 0.25/0.50 SHL

-$7.60 $3 TSNG:  1st:  2, 2nd:  1, 3rd:  3, DNP:  13
+$28.80 $6 TSNG:  1st:  3, 2nd:  2, 3rd:  3, DNP:  10

+$84.36 $2 180-TSNG:  1st:  1, 8th:  1, DNP:  13

Overall Summary:

Starting BR: $1.51
Current BR: $250.44

+$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
-$5.60 0.05/0.10 NL
-$38.45 0.05/0.10 PLO
+$6.80 0.10/0.20 L
-$10.83 0.10/0.20 SHL
+$27.93 0.25/0.50 L
+$0.65 0.25/0.50 Razz
+$115.66 0.25/0.50 SHL
-$77.40 0.50/1 Razz
-$47.30 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
+$81.00 $3 TSNG (8% ROI): 1st: 37, 2nd: 31, 3rd: 36, DNP: 181
+$53.10 $6 TSNG (5% ROI): 1st: 21, 2nd: 15, 3rd: 22, DNP: 95
-$49.50 $7 WSOP Step 1 (-94% ROI): 4th: 2, DNP: 5

+$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
+$99.64 $2 180-TSNG (156% ROI): 1st: 1, 6th: 1, 8th: 4, DNP: 23

+$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
-$22.00 $20 MTT (-100% ROI): DNP: 1

Posted by Darkknyt at 20:14:29 | Permalink | Comments (1) »