Monday, November 29, 2010

Goals for December 2011

I had a great November, and im ready to have another solid month in December.

I need about 150k vpps in december to reach my 1.75 mil goal and get a 10k bonus.  This will not be easy at all as i usually dont reach 150k in a month.

I won an EPT Prague package recently for about 7k euros from a 20k fpp qualifier put on by pokerstars with one seat added.  I was initially going to play but now im not sure because the avg temp is 10 degrees F there and I'm not sure how fun the nightlife will be when its so cold.  I usually like to experience the city I'm traveling (not just poker) so i might try to go to a different and warmer event.  Still waiting to hear back from pokerstars about whether or not I can get T$ or roll the package over.

Overally I had a sick november which included my NAPT LA score.

In December I plan to put in a lot more volume in at mid stakes (230-570).  Everyone has similar VPP goals so i think I will have to play through more regs this month.  I dont mind playing regs at these levels besides a few because I feel I have an edge.  There are some regs that I will never play so i will have to share the lobbies and try to put in a lot of volume which includes waiting time for lobbies.

Im also going to play some sunday mtts again (sigh) and try to bink something huge. Hate MTTs!

Hope to put together a 30k month in December in pure profit.

Congrats to OLD TIME GIN for winning the Sunday 500 for 91k!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

NAPT LA

Havent updated the blog in a while due to being out in LA and playing live a lot.  Overall its been a great trip, and its been cool meeting other husng regs.

I arrived on the 9th and met up with Mad-shoe-ter at commerce and we stayed there and just chilled/went to dinner for a few nights before the 5k HU event.

I walked into the BIKE casino convention center and was blown away by the feild.  There were literally 2 soft spots in the whole tournament.  I ended up drawing Altrum Atlus first round, a sick live and online player.  I ended up beating him 2-0, ran really good.  I ended up playing a guy who didnt reveal his sn but said he played hu cash mostly on FTP the next round.  He was pretty good as well, but i got through it with another 2-0 win and before i knew it i was on the money bubble.  I walked over to the board and tried to scout who i was playing next.  The winner of luckychewy and livb. (LOL)  Luckychewy ended up winning and we got our matches underway.  He pretty much owned me the first match and found myself down 0-1 pretty quickly.  The next match i was down to half my stack, and got very lucky on a 1075 sss board, his AA (no spade) vs my 10J (no spade), board came running spades and i eventually was able to go 1-1.  The next match was very back and fourth.  He was a sick player and 4b me a ton and was generally very aggressive.  I ended up getting in A7 vs his A4 and holding and was in the top 8.  I played BMWCOUPE the next day to try to get into the final 4.  He was god moding me for a while and went up 1-0 in the first 10 mins.  Again i found myself shortstacked in the next match and managed to double and then dominate the next 2 matches.  I played a guy i met the day before to get into the finals.  Chanze4u or something, he was a cool kid, and we made a deal to get the loser 38k guaranteed.  I went up 1-0 vs him, but he came back to beat me 2-1.  I made a critical mistake shipping 2's in pf and getting snapped off by 5s bc he was super aggro, and i ended up busting out for 3rd place when i turned a straight while he turned a flush.

It was a nice run, and i got 3rd for 38.1k

I then played the main and lost day 1, got in 56 on a 789 board vs 10 J.  Nothing like getting it in dead in a 5k main.

Ive also been crushing online lately, besides losing a lot last night while drunk in the 1k cap games.  I honestly dont want to play that until i have a 500k roll because although its soft, the variance is so high.

Ive been staying/hanging out with jayluf/chainsawdonk/jaws washington (ftp lol) and we've been having a great time and partying a lot.  Chainsaw chopped the 1k hu napt la side event which was pretty awesome for his first live hu mtt

We also had dinner with gomukyaself and deldar182 a few nights ago, was a lot of fun and cool to meet nosebleed players

Shout out to fishenzon, what a beast, lame for not coming or buying action in my 5k hu though!

More updates coming

Monday, November 8, 2010

mini MTT score + results

Sunday was pretty sucessful for me MTT wise.  I got 5th in the 109 mtt at 1pm for a 10k score, and got really deep in the $55 DNG but lost a huge flip for chiplead late.  I also got 13th in the $215 hyper turbo (lol run better).  Overall it wasnt a bad day for MTTs

However heads up was a different story...

I started the day off losing a few 570s and some 1ks to random players.  I then lost a few 1ks to 'stevesbets' who probably runs better than anyone i know on stars (mbn team ps pro).  I also lost 4k in 25-50 hu cash to a guy named ME67890 (or smth) so it was a rocky start to the day. After i binked off the mtt, i immediatly lost two 1ks to 'zisimo07' who is also v lucky and one of the biggest scumbags on the site.  He steals blinds in cash games and immediately sits out, and talks a lot of nonsense all the time.  Luckily i bounced back later in the night vs some random players and ended up 6-1 in 1ks after that point.

I'm off to NAPT LA tomorrow and plan to play the $5k heads up event as well as the 5k main event.  I emailed pokerstars and they said i could buy directly into the main through my pokerstars account which helps a lot because i hate paying cash at these places.  I will probably sell a bit of action to both events to lower variance.  I also plan to play the 1100 HU event and maybe a few other side events while im out there.

I plan to stay/ meet up with mad-shoe-ter, jayluf and chainsawdonk, and maybe fishenzon while im out there.  Should be a good time, and I know of online pros will be out there so it will be interesting to meet some of the faces behind the names.  I will be staying at the commerce hotel so let me know if you are around.

GL all

Pistons87

Friday, November 5, 2010

upswings and vpp goals

The past couple days have been super swingy, (as usual at higher stakes) but i've managed to find some mega fish and has lead to my first decent size upswing in a long time.

Ive also racked up tons of vpps, currently at 1,496,000, only 4k to go to reach 1.5 million and a 10k bonus!

I'm going to play a bit more before I go out tonight and try to reach this milestone.  Although friday night is one of the best nights for fish at high stakes, I don't want to sacrifice my social life.  Gonna hit some bars tonight so should be fun, hopefully you dont see me online at 3 a.m because it wont be good news when im hammered.

Im heading out to NAPT LA on tuesday and plan to play some 1k mtts and the 5k and 1200 heads up events that they have.  I got 4th in a very small live donkament a few months ago (6k score lol), but i feel confident in my live play. I played the wsop 10k HU and borgata 2k HU so i have some experience in that feild.  Hopefully I can play like trader0811 (who got 2nd in the wsop HU for 500k).


Heres some fun hands from the past 24 hours...


PokerStars Game #52216177220: Tournament #328443835, $1100+$30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2010/11/05 13:29:04 ET
Table '328443835 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Venoxero (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: pistons87 (1500 in chips)
Venoxero: posts small blind 10
pistons87: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pistons87 [Jh Js]
Venoxero: raises 20 to 40
pistons87: raises 80 to 120
Venoxero: calls 80
*** FLOP *** [5s 8s 7c]
pistons87: bets 1380 and is all-in
Venoxero: calls 1380 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [5s 8s 7c] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [5s 8s 7c 6s] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pistons87: shows [Jh Js] (a flush, Jack high)
Venoxero: shows [6d 3c] (a pair of Sixes)
pistons87 collected 3000 from pot
Venoxero finished the tournament in 2nd place
pistons87 wins the tournament and receives $2200.00 - congratulations!
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3000 | Rake 0
Board [5s 8s 7c 6s 2s]
Seat 1: Venoxero (button) (small blind) showed [6d 3c] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: pistons87 (big blind) showed [Jh Js] and won (3000) with a flush, Jack high


PokerStars Game #52198413241: Tournament #328319612, $550+$20 USD Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2010/11/05 3:17:18 ET
Table '328319612 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: korz9999 (1050 in chips)
Seat 2: pistons87 (1950 in chips)
pistons87: posts small blind 10
korz9999: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pistons87 [3c 5c]
pistons87: raises 20 to 40
korz9999: calls 20
*** FLOP *** [5h 4h 4c]
korz9999: checks
pistons87: bets 40
korz9999: calls 40
*** TURN *** [5h 4h 4c] [2h]
korz9999: checks
pistons87: checks
*** RIVER *** [5h 4h 4c 2h] [5d]
korz9999: bets 100
pistons87: raises 1400 to 1500
korz9999: calls 870 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (530) returned to pistons87
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pistons87: shows [3c 5c] (a full house, Fives full of Fours)
korz9999: shows [9s Ks] (two pair, Fives and Fours)
pistons87 collected 2100 from pot
korz9999 finished the tournament in 2nd place
pistons87 wins the tournament and receives $1100.00 - congratulations!
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2100 | Rake 0
Board [5h 4h 4c 2h 5d]
Seat 1: korz9999 (big blind) showed [9s Ks] and lost with two pair, Fives and Fours
Seat 2: pistons87 (button) (small blind) showed [3c 5c] and won (2100) with a full house, Fives full of Fours

PokerStars Game #52198381901: Tournament #328319612, $550+$20 USD Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2010/11/05 3:15:23 ET
Table '328319612 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: korz9999 (1730 in chips)
Seat 2: pistons87 (1270 in chips)
korz9999: posts small blind 10
pistons87: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pistons87 [Qd Qs]
korz9999: raises 20 to 40
pistons87: raises 1230 to 1270 and is all-in
korz9999: calls 1230
*** FLOP *** [As Td 5s]
*** TURN *** [As Td 5s] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [As Td 5s Jc] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pistons87: shows [Qd Qs] (a pair of Queens)
korz9999: shows [9d Tc] (a pair of Tens)
pistons87 collected 2540 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2540 | Rake 0
Board [As Td 5s Jc 7c]
Seat 1: korz9999 (button) (small blind) showed [9d Tc] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 2: pistons87 (big blind) showed [Qd Qs] and won (2540) with a pair of Queens


in b4 downswing...gl all

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

progress

Last few days have been really swingy for me, been playing some higher stakes when big fish are online.

Played a guy named BROKLEHSKER (or something along those lines) at 2k non turbos.  While i dont normally play non turbos, I felt this guy was  v. exploitable so worth taking a shot.  Unfortunatly, got in aces vs kings pre flop and got 2 outed. Standard but cruel.  Got run over the next matches with no cards.  Against these opponents who call everything, its hard to win if you cant make pairs.

I did have some success however vs a player named PQuest.  Most passive player ive ever played, literally folded down to 300 chips every match.  Went 2-0 vs him.

At the end of the night i open sat a 2k because there were a lot of fish on.  I ended up getting sat by HU legend M@D@M@D@NE who has crushed me in the past.  I ended up winning and was particularly proud of my line on this hand.

PokerStars Game #52097579143: Tournament #327646144, $2200+$50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2010/11/03 4:24:45 ET
Table '327646144 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: M@d@M@d@D@ne (1645 in chips)
Seat 2: pistons87 (1355 in chips)
pistons87: posts small blind 15
M@d@M@d@D@ne: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pistons87 [Kc Kd]
pistons87: raises 30 to 60
M@d@M@d@D@ne: raises 120 to 180
pistons87: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [6s 7h 4s]
M@d@M@d@D@ne: checks
pistons87: bets 180
M@d@M@d@D@ne: calls 180
*** TURN *** [6s 7h 4s] [7d]
M@d@M@d@D@ne: checks
pistons87: bets 400
M@d@M@d@D@ne: raises 885 to 1285 and is all-in
pistons87: calls 595 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (290) returned to M@d@M@d@D@ne
*** RIVER *** [6s 7h 4s 7d] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
M@d@M@d@D@ne: shows [6c Ad] (two pair, Sevens and Sixes)
pistons87: shows [Kc Kd] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
pistons87 collected 2710 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2710 | Rake 0
Board [6s 7h 4s 7d 2c]
Seat 1: M@d@M@d@D@ne (big blind) showed [6c Ad] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Sixes
Seat 2: pistons87 (button) (small blind) showed [Kc Kd] and won (2710) with two pair, Kings and Sevens

He is a sick player and i was happy to get out with a W and a snap decline.

Shout out to:

$30 reg howgood2good, almost at the 50's bud keep working

MBN to be Bandano- if i ran like this guy id be a mirrionaire

Fishenzon- :D congrats on a sick month


1,476,000 Vpps, will be looking to get 24k vpps so i can unlock a 10k bonus by tuesday nov 9th, when i leave for NAPT LA.  I should also accumulate another 250k fpps which will give me a grand total of an 18k bonus when i hit 1.5 mil

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

First Post- Everyones doing it

Inspired by all the recent Heads Up SNG regs who decided to create blogs,  I am also creating one to track my progress/thoughts/goals for the rest of the year, and more importantly in 2011.

Currently I play mainly 345-1130 HUsng turbos on pokerstars. I am supernova elite and currently have 1.464 million vpps.

I have made most of my money this year in rakeback (aka the stars VIP system).

A breif backround:

Graduated from the University of Georgia, Econ/Fina May 2009

I am originally a HU cash player

Started Playing HUsngs in January 2010 at the $115 level

Had a ton of success at mid-stakes (115-570) all year, not so much at high stakes (5k) hence my profit being mostly rakeback

Trying to get back into the "grind mentality"

Treezer is my hero...

Thats all for now, will make my next post about results/goals for november
Go Dawgs