Birthday Downswing

Well.. another year older, and another year wiser I hope.. :) 

taking note, do not play on birthdays or holidays, you will be crushed.. well nothing much to say, going to enjoy a nice day with my gf, movie, dinner, and so on.. and try and relax a little bit, got my aces cracked pf all-in twice again, by crazy hands like 96o .. yeah go figure.. 

I think I'll take a small break for a few days on poker and just relax and enjoy the holidays, and maybe only play the MTT's I'm subscribed for..

new year resolutions will be coming soon :)

Ryu

Tilt

God I'm so tilted.. first some stupid fish raped me HU , by just flopping the straight with 86o in a 3 betted pot vs my pocket tens and shipped a whopping almost 1.3k pot or something with it.. and then when I'm in another huge pot where I hit my trips and I check raise the guy, suddenly the electricity from the whole building just died on me.. which left me with a disconnection, and ofcourse loss of another considerable amount of money gone.. sigh sigh.. maybe I shouldn't play much anymore until the new year.. perhaps it's a sign :p

Ryu

Merry Christmas!

gah.. thought it would be a good day, since it's christmas and people would be donating some monies to be, alas, it's me the big christmas donator, and I just donked off 3K on NL1k to some random players.. just isn't my day I guess, lost like 7 flips in a row preflop, and some really cooler hands

anyways, nothing much to update, I  promised myself to take it easy and calm down a bit on the tables, and just play enough to maintain my level and have a more social life.

meet up with some really cool guys over here in Bangkok, and if it wasn't for the food poisoning, I would have been happy, but I guess, holidays are the downswing period for me lol :)

going to have a nice christmas dinner with my gf's at her family house, and try to relax and enjoy the holidays period and hopefully cash in a bit meanwhile..

well the 100k GD and the extra 100K GD is coming up on FTP, so I hope, I'm gonna get some part of the pie from that, and if not, there's always cash games right ;)

hohohoho, from Ryu :)

more donkaments

yeah.. I finally did it.. my first medium MTT win

18.000$ Guaranteed Rebuy 1R+1A

shipped almost 6000$

so happy with it, because I have been so frustrated with not cashing lately and also that I played really super in that MTT and dominated the field throughout the whole tournament

off to bed now though :D

Happy Holidays! :)

Ryu

Donkaments

Feeling a bit lazy at the moment, not too many fishy and active cash tables online lately, so I decided to play some donkaments, most of them pretty smallish ones, just to waste my time, got deep in the 10+1$ knockout , and ended 8th position there, where I should have won the whole think imo.. and then another 21th position on the 10+1$ - 4K guaranteed..

all things are pretty going as much as planned, my flight is probably going to be confirmed and scheduled on the correct date, which is 10/12 .. so normally if things go well, I'll be playing in Thailand for a while..

excited stuff coming up, like the bloggers tournament on Stars, and the 100K christmas tournament on FTP on the tourney department, while trying to grind something meanwhile on the cash tables

Ryu

Political issues..

So when I just planned, booked and paid all my flight tickets and stuff for Thailand.. then suddenly the PAD comes and blocks down the airport, and today they even also blocked down the second airport in Thailand, the one used for domestic flights also.. sigh, what a bad timing. 

Belgian goverment has advised NOT to travel to Thailand for the moment.. but well, I booked and paid everything already, and I really don't want to spend a cold winter over here, that's for sure!

So I really hope things will clear up soon and everything will work out...

I also received my new laptop, and finished installing all the important stuff on it like pokertracker and my poker clients lol :) and I must say I'm quite happy with it, it's light to carry and finally I can put it in my notebook backpack (my last one was too big for the backpack, I had to use a hand carry bag all the time) and I can bring it along wherever I want now.

I also made a withdraw of half my roll, because I know I won't be playing much in Thailand anyways, just enough to keep up with my expenses and fool around a bit I guess lol. They were pretty fast, it took me only 2 days to receive the shipment. Poker is going pretty ok, I'm not playing as hardcore as the first week of the month, but I must say I'm playing a lot more stable and getting less variance. Hopefully I will ship a few more K's and who knows.. maybe another withdrawal before departure to Asia ;)

peace out

Ryu

Welcome to the grind!

I've been grinding for the whole month, bank project is mainly suspended due to the bad economic circumstances.. sigh, how bad can a person feel when you work on something a year and then hear that it will get suspended because of the economic recession.. I can say, pretty bad!

However, it gave me a full time grinding job again, and I've been playing NL400 mainly and also a lot of NL1000 lately (well 45K hands already for this month) and it's going pretty well, only thing is that I'm getting a lot of bad beats that are killing my winrate.. losing AA vs KK and KK vs QQ stuff, pretty much rough beats, and I've noticed that top pair or set vs draws, the draws always hits, so maybe I shouldn't shove on the flop :p just kidding ofcourse.. but well, it's starting to get ridiculous sometimes, the amount of hits I see from other players.. but well, we're still up for a pretty decent amount, so I'm not complaining (too) much.

Just ordered myself a new laptop, because, how awesome my current one is (it has a 20.1" screen), it's just too big to carry around, and since I'm just a small asian guy, it's definitely not very handy to travel around the globe, or just go to a friend's place to grind/show off :p

so, the new one will be 'just' 18.4" screen, but a lot thinner, and less weight :) and has all the latest specs, so I can run whatever I want..

Further on, I've decided to move back to Thailand for at least 3 months, and grind and enjoy a warm 'winter' over there, and use it a bit like a hub to travel around asia again. Meeting new poker players should give me more incentive to grind and also a more relaxing life.. also less boring one I hope.. but for the last weeks before departure, it's going to be hardcore grinding only! and I hope to ship up a few more K's so I can take it easy in the forthcoming period.

peace out 

Ryu

APPT Macau 2008 report

Hi,

I must be a master in long delayed reports lol.. well, I must say the Macau trip wasn't a very big success, every tourney I joined and played, I busted out.. not doing anything wrong actually, I think I made the correct decision every time on the key point.. but the cards just didn't want to run my way.

On the other hand, I had lots of fun going out and playing together with my friends who joined me for this trip. I guess Macau is really only a nice place for us poker players, must be strange for other people.. but well, I tried to make the best of it, and didn't focus too much on playing poker since, I wasn't alone, and I think everyone enjoyed themselves, although we spend a shit crazy amount of money.

Also spend and meet up with the singapore poker playing crew, and went out with them and did some clubbing, while meeting up with other poker pro's and even some big names showed up at the cash tables.

Finally also got the chance to visit the Venetian, and walked around there a bit, really nice to visit and see how much money that must have been invested in there.

Anyways, I surely had some memorable moments and lots of fun... only wish I ran a bit better in tourneys than I'm doing right now, but it's all good.. my cash games is and will probably always stay my forte, and I'm not running very bad at the moment, so I won't complain.

Next year I'm thinking about doing a WPT main event.. really want to do that just once in my life, but well a 10.000$ buy-in isn't that cheap :) but I think I'm going to do it next year.

Ryu

Ready

I made my comeback yesterday at the tables and shipped 1500$ .. I feel ready and I feel it's time to peak in Macau. I haven't played for 2 weeks so I'm really mentally fully refreshed.

Packing my stuff as we are speaking right now.. time to own it up soon!

Wish me luck.. one time! :)

Ryu

funny fishes

Just received this today from a friend of mine.. soooo funny:

this is the hand: http://weaktight.com/330052

AnaxAces: omfg
escie: lol
AnaxAces: didnt see it
AnaxAces: my girlfhingriend asked my somet
escie: ow I send you the money back then
AnaxAces: lol u do?
escie: sure
AnaxAces: would be awesome
escie: np
escie: gimme ur details Ill wire you 50$
AnaxAces: details
escie: yeah I cannot send you mùùoney without knowing ur account details
AnaxAces: cant u send to AnaxAces?
AnaxAces: or moneybookersacc?
escie: ill send to anax aces
escie: hold on a sec
escie: did you get it?
AnaxAces: great, never met such a gentleman
AnaxAces: no
escie: hm
AnaxAces: dont see it
escie: lemme check with suport
AnaxAces: maybe they first check it?
escie: mayb you should email them and explain the problem
AnaxAces: could u try again?
AnaxAces: i observe the br
escie: you still havent recieved it?!
AnaxAces: no
AnaxAces: ok now i have it
AnaxAces: u cant send me money when im at the same table
escie: you should ask support what the problem is...
escie: something along the lines of
escie: "I didnt see that the board paired up (got distracted by gf)and went allin with a flush"
escie: "Given the surcomstances my opponent agreed to senbd me back my money, but the transfer doesnt get through"
AnaxAces: do u have email?
escie: click the online suppoort button
AnaxAces: on the way....
escie: what did support say?
AnaxAces: against the rules
AnaxAces: i have paypal and moneybookersacc
AnaxAces: damn
AnaxAces: much 4 me
AnaxAces: escie?
AnaxAces: u knew i would not get it, didnt u?
escie: it appears they dont accept sklansky dollars
AnaxAces: paypal?
AnaxAces: hm?

pwnd.. ><))));>

Ryu

Playday 14

dropped another 400$ sigh... how?

AA vs JJ , j on the river TWICE

that's how I'm running this month..

sigh, gonna take a break for a few days I think, I just quit playing after my AA got cracked by JJ, so I played maybe like 400 hands or so only

Ryu

Playday 13

Hands: 2000 Hands
Limit: NL400
Tables: 5
Net Result: -1000$
Month Result so far: -250$

I had these crazy guys tilting me so bad..

one guy limps , I get AJ and raise pf, and then J hits on the flop and then he checks to me.. I bet, he calls, another rag card, no flush, no overcards, nothing, he checks again, I bet, he calls.. and then on the river (another rag) he POTS me putting 200$ out of nothing in it.. basically if I call, I'm either winning a stack or losing one. I can't figure the guy out, he's been playing asstight all session, superpassive.. so I fold, but it happened the same situation 3 times! with 3 different guys, exactly same situation.. I ended up folding 3 times, losing almost 500$ by being a wimpy weak-tight player that I am.. sigh.. it tilted me sooooo bad.. maybe I should have called? but then again, I probably made the correct fold.. but still, it sucks!

Ryu

Playday 12 (evening)

Hands: 2000 hands
Played hands so far: 23000 hands
Limit: NL200
Tables: 7
Net Result: -500$
Month Result so far: +750$

gaaaaah.. I call today gutshot day, that other dudes hits.. it's sooooo insane, everytime I'm like 90% or more ahead and I get killed.. just sick sick sick again sigh.. good thing I had a good winning session yesterday though, this is just mentally so heavy on me..

hopefully Belgium is going to do better tomorrow :) against New-Zealand.. wish them a gutshot goal :p

Hand #1590011496000974: Seville (6-Max) 11496
Seat 1: elkc*** (136.80 in chips)
Seat 2: bars*** (240.20 in chips)
Seat 3: ROCK*** (199.25 in chips)
Seat 4: chef*** (58.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Poke*** (200.00 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (357.85 in chips)
elkc***: posts small blind $1
bars***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Ac Ah ]
ROCK***: calls
chef***: folds
Poke***: calls
ChickeDinner: raises to $11
elkc***: folds
bars***: folds
ROCK***: calls
Poke***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ Td 6d Qh ]
ROCK***: checks
Poke***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $24
ROCK***: raises to $48
Poke***: calls
ChickeDinner: calls
# # # TURN # # # [ 8h ]
ROCK***: bets $90
Poke***: calls
ChickeDinner: raises to $180
ROCK***: is all in 50.2500
Poke***: is all in 51.0000
ChickeDinner: returns uncalled bet $39
ROCK***: shows Kd 9h
Poke***: shows 5d Ad
ChickeDinner: shows Ac Ah
&&& RIVER &&& [ 7h ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner wins $1.50 with Pair of Aces
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ROCK*** wins $597.75 with Straight, Ten high


Hand #1590011488001989: Seville (6-Max) 11488
Seat 2: Frip*** (197.00 in chips)
Seat 3: djel*** (203.30 in chips)
Seat 4: whym*** (116.35 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (236.80 in chips)
whym***: posts small blind $1
ChickeDinner: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Qh Qd ]
Frip***: folds
djel***: raises to $8
whym***: calls
ChickeDinner: raises to $30
djel***: calls
whym***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 2s 4h 6d ]
whym***: is all in 86.3500
ChickeDinner: is all in 206.8000
djel***: folds
ChickeDinner: returns uncalled bet $120.45
whym***: shows 9d 9h
ChickeDinner: shows Qh Qd
# # # TURN # # # [ 9s ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ As ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
whym*** wins $260.70 with Three of a Kind, Nines


Hand #1590011752000977: Seville (6-Max) 11752
Seat 1: Krut*** (242.35 in chips)
Seat 7: jsdj*** (75.00 in chips)
Seat 8: jona*** (123.70 in chips)
Seat 9: baht*** (219.25 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (346.55 in chips)
Krut***: posts small blind $1
jsdj***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Ks Kd ]
jona***: raises to $8
baht***: folds
ChickeDinner: raises to $25
Krut***: calls
jsdj***: folds
jona***: folds
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ Kc Js 3h ]
Krut***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $34
Krut***: calls
# # # TURN # # # [ Qs ]
Krut***: checks
ChickeDinner: is all in 287.5500
Krut***: is all in 183.3500
ChickeDinner: returns uncalled bet $104.20
ChickeDinner: shows Ks Kd
Krut***: shows Ac Ts
&&& RIVER &&& [ 2h ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Krut*** wins $492.70 with Straight, Ace high

Ryu

Playday 11 (evening)

Hands: 2000 hands
Total Hands so far: 20066 hands
Limit: NL200
Tables: 7
Net Result: +1500$
Month Result so far: +1250$

oooh.. my AA held up, they shipped it to me and kept shipping it.. it was wonderful :)


Hand #1589011420001210: Seville (6-Max) 11420
Seat 1: Pock*** (181.75 in chips)
Seat 2: MoNe*** (63.40 in chips)
Seat 3: Felt*** (144.92 in chips)
Seat 8: Feni*** (200.00 in chips)
Seat 9: bill*** (229.36 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (199.00 in chips)
bill***: posts small blind $1
ChickeDinner: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ 7s 7c ]
Pock***: folds
MoNe***: raises to $7
Felt***: folds
Feni***: folds
bill***: folds
ChickeDinner: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 7d 2c 8d ]
ChickeDinner: checks
MoNe***: checks
# # # TURN # # # [ 3c ]
ChickeDinner: bets $15
MoNe***: calls
&&& RIVER &&& [ 4h ]
ChickeDinner: bets $45
MoNe***: is all in 41.40
ChickeDinner: returns uncalled bet $3.60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner: shows [ 7s 7c ] (Three of a Kind, Sevens )
MoNe***: shows [ 5c Ac ] (Straight, Five high)
MoNe*** wins $124.80 with Straight, Five high

LOL great call from him on the turn sir.. keep drawing at that gutshot! :)

Hand #1589011420001251: Seville (6-Max) 11420
Seat 1: Pock*** (79.95 in chips)
Seat 2: ggsi*** (168.20 in chips)
Seat 3: Felt*** (203.82 in chips)
Seat 8: Feni*** (198.00 in chips)
Seat 9: bill*** (244.11 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (200.00 in chips)
Feni***: posts small blind $1
bill***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Qs Qd ]
ChickeDinner: raises to $7
Pock***: calls
ggsi***: folds
Felt***: folds
Feni***: calls
bill***: folds
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 9s Kc Qh ]
Feni***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $14
Pock***: calls
Feni***: folds
# # # TURN # # # [ 6c ]
ChickeDinner: is all in 179.0000
Pock***: is all in 58.9500
ChickeDinner: returns uncalled bet $120.05
Pock***: shows Jh As
ChickeDinner: shows Qs Qd
&&& RIVER &&& [ Qc ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner wins $165.90 with Four of a Kind, Queens

no no, gutshot draws don't work out in the long run :p


Hand #1589011420001264: Seville (6-Max) 11420
Seat 1: BESU*** (201.00 in chips)
Seat 2: ggsi*** (204.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Felt*** (203.82 in chips)
Seat 8: Feni*** (158.00 in chips)
Seat 9: bill*** (222.11 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (328.60 in chips)
ChickeDinner: posts small blind $1
BESU***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Qh Ah ]
ggsi***: folds
Felt***: folds
Feni***: folds
bill***: folds
ChickeDinner: raises to $6
BESU***: raises to $16
ChickeDinner: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ Ad 8h Jc ]
ChickeDinner: checks
BESU***: checks
# # # TURN # # # [ Ac ]
ChickeDinner: bets $16
BESU***: calls
&&& RIVER &&& [ 5h ]
ChickeDinner: bets $32
BESU***: calls
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner: shows [ Qh Ah ] (Three of a Kind, Aces )
BESU***: mucks
ChickeDinner wins $125 with Three of a Kind, Aces
BESU***: mucks [ Kc, Kd ] (TwoPair)

you should be able to muck your KK :p


Hand #1589011576000487: Seville (6-Max) 11576
Seat 1: Sean*** (296.65 in chips)
Seat 2: Agas*** (322.20 in chips)
Seat 7: ggsi*** (584.30 in chips)
Seat 8: THER*** (166.00 in chips)
Seat 9: Felt*** (131.40 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (198.00 in chips)
ChickeDinner: posts small blind $1
Sean***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ As Ac ]
Agas***: raises to $7
ggsi***: folds
THER***: folds
Felt***: folds
ChickeDinner: raises to $21
Sean***: folds
Agas***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 2c 9d 3c ]
ChickeDinner: bets $30
Agas***: is all in 301.2000
ChickeDinner: is all in 147.0000
Agas***: returns uncalled bet $124.20
ChickeDinner: shows As Ac
Agas***: shows 9c 8c
# # # TURN # # # [ 4h ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ 4d ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner wins $395 with Two Pairs, Aces and Fours


Hand #1589011530000514: Seville (6-Max) 11530
Seat 1: djel*** (353.10 in chips)
Seat 3: kaye*** (123.50 in chips)
Seat 8: Equi*** (23.70 in chips)
Seat 9: Agas*** (335.55 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (183.00 in chips)
djel***: posts small blind $1
kaye***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Kc Kd ]
Equi***: is all in 23.7000
Agas***: folds
ChickeDinner: is all in 183.0000
djel***: folds
kaye***: folds
ChickeDinner: returns uncalled bet $159.30
Equi***: shows Ac Qd
ChickeDinner: shows Kc Kd
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ Qh Th 4d ]
# # # TURN # # # [ 4h ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ Qs ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Equi*** wins $48.40 with Full House, Queens full of Fours


Hand #1589011488001028: Seville (6-Max) 11488
Seat 1: bdid*** (142.85 in chips)
Seat 2: Lee*** (260.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Mult*** (401.70 in chips)
Seat 4: Agas*** (150.00 in chips)
Seat 9: Pipe*** (453.10 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (272.70 in chips)
Mult***: posts small blind $1
Agas***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Kh Kc ]
Pipe***: calls
ChickeDinner: raises to $9
bdid***: folds
Lee***: folds
Mult***: folds
Agas***: calls
Pipe***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 3d 5h 2h ]
Agas***: checks
Pipe***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $18
Agas***: raises to $58
Pipe***: folds
ChickeDinner: is all in 245.7000
Agas***: is all in 83.0000
ChickeDinner: returns uncalled bet $122.70
Agas***: shows Qh Th
ChickeDinner: shows Kh Kc
# # # TURN # # # [ 4c ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ Js ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner wins $307 with Pair of Kings

yes, keep flush drawing all in, that will definitely give you profit in long run.. NOT :p

Hand #1589011488001038: Seville (6-Max) 11488
Seat 1: bdid*** (135.25 in chips)
Seat 2: Lee*** (266.60 in chips)
Seat 3: Mult*** (389.60 in chips)
Seat 4: Agas*** (196.00 in chips)
Seat 9: Pipe*** (461.10 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (423.70 in chips)
bdid***: posts small blind $1
Lee***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Qs Qd ]
Mult***: folds
Agas***: folds
Pipe***: folds
ChickeDinner: raises to $7
bdid***: folds
Lee***: raises to $23
ChickeDinner: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 7c Ac Qh ]
Lee***: bets $32
ChickeDinner: calls
# # # TURN # # # [ 5h ]
Lee***: bets $64
ChickeDinner: is all in 368.7000
Lee***: is all in 147.6000
ChickeDinner: returns uncalled bet $157.10
Lee***: shows Kh Ad
ChickeDinner: shows Qs Qd
&&& RIVER &&& [ As ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner wins $531.20 with Full House, Queens full of Aces

Hand #1589011577000989: Seville (6-Max) 11577
Seat 1: Lee*** (452.65 in chips)
Seat 3: alma*** (200.91 in chips)
Seat 7: Fkin*** (36.80 in chips)
Seat 8: Agas*** (234.60 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (518.27 in chips)
Lee***: posts small blind $1
alma***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ 9s 8s ]
Fkin***: folds
Agas***: folds
ChickeDinner: raises to $7
Lee***: folds
alma***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 9c 2c 8h ]
alma***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $10
alma***: calls
# # # TURN # # # [ Js ]
alma***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $20
alma***: raises to $40
ChickeDinner: calls
&&& RIVER &&& [ 9h ]
alma***: bets $57.50
ChickeDinner: is all in 461.2700
alma***: is all in 86.4100
ChickeDinner: returns uncalled bet $317.36
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner: shows [ 9s 8s ] (Full House, Nines full of Eights )
alma***: mucks
ChickeDinner wins $400.82 with Full House, Nines full of Eights
alma***: mucks [ Jc, Ac ] (TwoPair)

Hand #1589011475001783: Seville (6-Max) 11475
Seat 1: alma*** (141.05 in chips)
Seat 2: the2*** (199.00 in chips)
Seat 3: chef*** (140.20 in chips)
Seat 4: yank*** (108.00 in chips)
Seat 9: Agas*** (677.55 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (189.65 in chips)
chef***: posts small blind $1
yank***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ 4c 4d ]
Agas***: folds
ChickeDinner: raises to $7
alma***: folds
the2***: folds
chef***: folds
yank***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ Kc Ah 4s ]
yank***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $10
yank***: calls
# # # TURN # # # [ 3s ]
yank***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $27
yank***: calls
&&& RIVER &&& [ 2h ]
yank***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $64
yank***: is all in 64.0000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner: shows [ 4c 4d ] (Three of a Kind, Fours )
yank***: mucks
ChickeDinner wins $214 with Three of a Kind, Fours
yank***: mucks [ Tc, Ac ] (Pair)

Ryu

Playday 11 (afternoon)

aaah.. so bored.. only 1 table available so I only could play a very few amount of hands.. but well I did went up +200$ , so that makes my current monthly amount at -250$ -_-v
hope that we'll wipe that away tonight and we can finally make that step towards profit

Hand #1589011420000866: Seville (6-Max) 11420
Seat 1: Ogou*** (309.55 in chips)
Seat 2: fla2*** (195.30 in chips)
Seat 7: raka*** (93.05 in chips)
Seat 8: sirt*** (208.10 in chips)
Seat 9: tony*** (218.46 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (262.40 in chips)
ChickeDinner: posts small blind $1
Ogou***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ 4c 5d ]
fla2***: calls
raka***: folds
sirt***: folds
tony***: folds
ChickeDinner: calls
Ogou***: checks
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 4d Kh 4h ]
ChickeDinner: checks
Ogou***: bets $6
fla2***: calls
ChickeDinner: calls
# # # TURN # # # [ 8c ]
ChickeDinner: checks
Ogou***: checks
fla2***: bets $24
ChickeDinner: calls
Ogou***: calls
&&& RIVER &&& [ 9h ]
ChickeDinner: checks
Ogou***: checks
fla2***: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fla2***: shows [ Ac As ] (Two Pairs, Aces and Fours )
ChickeDinner: shows [ 4c 5d ] (Three of a Kind, Fours )
Ogou***: mucks
ChickeDinner wins $93 with Three of a Kind, Fours
Ogou***: mucks [ Kc, 5c ] (TwoPair)

I thought with that river, I was doomed, and I played it so slow because the guy behind me flat called, so I figure my kicker wouldn't be good enough.. but well, it worked out for me :)

Ryu

Playday 10 (evening)

Hands: 1500 hands
Total Hands so far: 20831 hands
Limit: NL200
Tables: 6
Net Result: +700$
Month Result so far: -450$

So I finally start winning again -_-v it feels so much better.. I somehow (maybe because I was running so bad last couple of days) play less hands, so I dropped to like 5th place in the rake race, which is only 400$ left on top of my rakeback (which currently is 850$), so basically I'm up for this moment.. but well, as you might know, I don't really count my rakeback or bonuses to the total. So the goal is still set on 10K.. and I'm going for it! :) feel so much better now, I think the sklansky bucks are finally turning into real bucks now.. and I hope it stays ofcourse.

on a sidenote Belgium won against China 2-0 , yay! :)

Hand #1588011450001086: Seville (6-Max) 11450
Seat 1: Magi*** (324.80 in chips)
Seat 2: alma*** (212.30 in chips)
Seat 4: Pock*** (216.35 in chips)
Seat 5: AZNS*** (377.60 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (277.35 in chips)
alma***: posts small blind $1
Pock***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Qh Qc ]
AZNS***: folds
ChickeDinner: raises to $7
Magi***: folds
alma***: folds
Pock***: raises to $24
ChickeDinner: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 7c Ad Qd ]
Pock***: bets $25
ChickeDinner: raises to $75
Pock***: is all in 167.3500
ChickeDinner: calls
Pock***: shows Ac Qs
ChickeDinner: shows Qh Qc
# # # TURN # # # [ Kc ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ Tc ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner wins $431.70 with Three of a Kind, Queens

Ryu

Playday 9 (night)

Hands: 2000 hands
Hands so far: 18719 hands
Limit: NL200
Tables: 6
Net Result: +600$
Month Result so far: -1150$

woooooooh.. it's crazy but I finally had a winning session again haha... my aces held up!! it's crazy :D I got bored after watching tv, so I decided to play anyways.. and the tables were pretty good.. but well, most important of all, have I told you that my aces held up???!! :D

Ryu

Playday 9

Haven't played much today.. just made a video recording for NL20 upon request from some friends who wanted me to do a video on microlimits. Since I'm running so awful this month, I thought it would be a nice break and a good way to rebuild some confidence... everything went fine, and it's so funny how bad players are on microlimits, and somehow they have less luck hahaha. But I'm up now 45$ or something.. wOOt wOOt :D

and tomorrow Belgium is playing against China in the olympic football game.. gooooo Belgium! hopefully they don't get an ass referee (again)

Ryu

Playday 8 (evening)

Hands: 1500 hands
Total Hands so far: 16687 hands
Limit: NL200
Tables: 7
Net Result: -500$
Month Result so for: -1750$

what can I do? what can I say? I'm just running like a big train wreck.. cold decked all the way :(:(

Hand #1586011478000902: Seville (6-Max) 11478
Seat 1: lilo*** (553.24 in chips)
Seat 2: bokc*** (156.15 in chips)
Seat 7: yell*** (225.20 in chips)
Seat 8: Sean*** (203.00 in chips)
Seat 9: IMED*** (308.20 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (289.25 in chips)
IMED***: posts small blind $1
ChickeDinner: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Qd Qh ]
lilo***: folds
bokc***: folds
yell***: raises to $7
Sean***: folds
IMED***: raises to $25
ChickeDinner: calls
yell***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 7c 3h 3c ]
IMED***: bets $55
ChickeDinner: calls
yell***: folds
# # # TURN # # # [ Ks ]
IMED***: checks
ChickeDinner: checks
&&& RIVER &&& [ Qc ]
IMED***: bets $162
ChickeDinner: is all in 209.2500
IMED***: calls
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner: shows [ Qd Qh ] (Full House, Queens full of Threes )
IMED***: shows [ Kh Kd ] (Full House, Kings full of Threes )
IMED*** wins $600.50 with Full House, Kings full of Threes


Hand #1586011450001635: Seville (6-Max) 11450
Seat 1: yell*** (582.91 in chips)
Seat 2: part*** (120.45 in chips)
Seat 3: Blon*** (313.45 in chips)
Seat 8: Game*** (102.15 in chips)
Seat 9: IMED*** (203.85 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (192.85 in chips)
ChickeDinner: posts small blind $1
yell***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Ah Ad ]
part***: raises to $7
Blon***: folds
Game***: folds
IMED***: calls
ChickeDinner: raises to $28
yell***: folds
part***: calls
IMED***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 9c Qs 4d ]
ChickeDinner: checks
part***: checks
IMED***: checks
# # # TURN # # # [ 5h ]
ChickeDinner: bets $43
part***: folds
IMED***: calls
&&& RIVER &&& [ 9s ]
ChickeDinner: bets $86
IMED***: is all in 132.8500
ChickeDinner: is all in 35.8500
IMED***: returns uncalled bet $11
*** SHOW DOWN ***
IMED***: shows [ 8d 9d ] (Three of a Kind, Nines )
ChickeDinner: mucks
IMED*** wins $412.70 with Three of a Kind, Nines
ChickeDinner: mucks [ Ah, Ad ] (TwoPair)


Hand #1586011420000871: Seville (6-Max) 11420
Seat 1: BenJ*** (228.40 in chips)
Seat 2: Sean*** (261.00 in chips)
Seat 3: hitm*** (194.00 in chips)
Seat 4: EatT*** (193.20 in chips)
Seat 9: yell*** (346.86 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (556.85 in chips)
ChickeDinner: posts small blind $1
BenJ***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ 5d 4d ]
Sean***: folds
hitm***: folds
EatT***: folds
yell***: folds
ChickeDinner: raises to $6
BenJ***: raises to $15
ChickeDinner: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ Td 8s 5c ]
ChickeDinner: checks
BenJ***: checks
# # # TURN # # # [ 4h ]
ChickeDinner: bets $20
BenJ***: calls
&&& RIVER &&& [ 4c ]
ChickeDinner: bets $70
BenJ***: is all in 193.4000
ChickeDinner: calls
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BenJ***: shows [ 8c 8h ] (Full House, Eights full of Fours )
ChickeDinner: mucks
BenJ*** wins $453.80 with Full House, Eights full of Fours
ChickeDinner: mucks [ 5d, 4d ] (FullHouse)


Ryu

Playday 8 (morning)

Hands: 1500 hands
Total Hands so far: 15765 hands
Limit: NL200
Tables: 7
Net Result: -300$
Month Result so far: -1250$

I got cold decked... nothing I could do, really..

Hand #1586011475000735: Seville (6-Max) 11475
Seat 1: Alex*** (540.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Jonn*** (222.20 in chips)
Seat 3: full*** (159.15 in chips)
Seat 8: Pock*** (213.25 in chips)
Seat 9: pooj*** (340.30 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (190.00 in chips)
full***: posts small blind $1
Pock***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Ah Ac ]
pooj***: raises to $7
ChickeDinner: raises to $22
Alex***: folds
Jonn***: raises to $60
full***: folds
Pock***: folds
pooj***: folds
ChickeDinner: is all in 168.0000
Jonn***: calls
Jonn***: shows Kh Kd
ChickeDinner: shows Ah Ac
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 3d Ks 5h ]
# # # TURN # # # [ Ts ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ Qh ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jonn*** wins $387 with Three of a Kind, Kings


Hand #1586011578000656: Seville (6-Max) 11578
Seat 5: Smed*** (88.60 in chips)
Seat 6: THER*** (252.95 in chips)
Seat 7: Fair*** (520.55 in chips)
Seat 8: heyc*** (204.00 in chips)
Seat 9: Buck*** (182.30 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (196.00 in chips)
Smed***: posts small blind $1
THER***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ 9d Td ]
Fair***: folds
heyc***: folds
Buck***: folds
ChickeDinner: raises to $7
Smed***: calls
THER***: folds
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 6d 4d 7d ]
Smed***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $8
Smed***: calls
# # # TURN # # # [ Kc ]
Smed***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $16
Smed***: raises to $46
ChickeDinner: raises to $154
Smed***: is all in 27.6000
ChickeDinner: returns uncalled bet $80.40
ChickeDinner: shows 9d Td
Smed***: shows Qd Kd
&&& RIVER &&& [ Ac ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Smed*** wins $176.20 with Flush, King high


Hand #1586011578000689: Seville (6-Max) 11578
Seat 4: whym*** (42.75 in chips)
Seat 5: Smed*** (155.80 in chips)
Seat 7: orba*** (209.40 in chips)
Seat 8: heyc*** (185.10 in chips)
Seat 9: Buck*** (181.00 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (234.80 in chips)
Buck***: posts small blind $1
ChickeDinner: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Ac 2h ]
whym***: calls
Smed***: calls
orba***: folds
heyc***: folds
Buck***: folds
ChickeDinner: checks
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 2d 2s Jh ]
ChickeDinner: checks
whym***: checks
Smed***: checks
# # # TURN # # # [ Td ]
ChickeDinner: bets $3.50
whym***: calls
Smed***: raises to $11
ChickeDinner: calls
whym***: calls
&&& RIVER &&& [ 4s ]
ChickeDinner: bets $20
whym***: is all in 29.7500
Smed***: folds
ChickeDinner: calls
*** SHOW DOWN ***
whym***: shows [ Jc Js ] (Full House, Jacks full of Deuces )
ChickeDinner: mucks
whym*** wins $96.50 with Full House, Jacks full of Deuces
ChickeDinner: mucks [ Ac, 2h ] (ThreeOfAKind)

Ryu

Playday 7 (evening)

Hands: 1500 hands
Total hands so far: 14500 hands
Limit: NL200
Tables: 5
Net Result: +250$
Month Result so far: -950$

I got my aces cracked once again due to runner runner, or else it would have been more.. but well, as long as it is going up, I'm happy :) Also been playing really well again, not extremely good, but more tricky, giving more chances to opponents to hang themselves instead of me pushing it always.

Ryu

Playday 7 (afternoon)

Hands: 2000 hands
Hands so far: 13038 hands
Limit: NL200
Tables: 6
Net Result: +300
Month Result so far: -1200$

Well, I think I played pretty tight/solid, nothing really hit, nothing really went extreme bad. I opted for a slow and tight play to get back to my game and get over my bad run from 2 days ago. Good news is that I'm currently second in the cakepoker rake race, which gives me 975$ reward on top of my rakeback... but well, don't know if I'm going to manage to keep that spot (first spot is 1200$ by the way).

Ryu

Playday 6

The gods pause for a moment :)
need to take a day off to return to my normal zen state of mind..
I think I tilted yesterday due to some bad news also. I received an invoice that I had to pay 16000$ for electricity & gas (no kidding).. and it's real, so I guess I was playing already with a bad mental state of mind which only made it worse after the first few beats, and then it went the wrong way. So ofcourse don't play when you don't feel good, trust me, it only gets worse at the tables. I'll be back tomorrow though :)

Ryu

Playday 5

Ok I'm on supertilt now.. just hit nothing dropped -2.3K$ .. just insane, hit nothing and the guys hit it all.. siggggghhhhhh.... aaaaaaaaaaaaargh I hate poker so much sometimes

currently -1500$ net result for this month grmbl

Hand #1583011492001426: Amsterdam (6-max) 11492
Seat 1: Jigg*** (789.00 in chips)
Seat 3: Magi*** (362.90 in chips)
Seat 4: slim*** (74.70 in chips)
Seat 5: HitO*** (396.00 in chips)
Seat 6: donq*** (400.00 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (400.00 in chips)
HitO***: posts small blind $2
donq***: posts big blind $4
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Kc Kd ]
ChickeDinner: raises to $14
Jigg***: folds
Magi***: folds
slim***: raises to $44
HitO***: folds
donq***: folds
ChickeDinner: is all in 386.0000
slim***: is all in 30.7000
ChickeDinner: returns uncalled bet $325.30
slim***: shows Qc Ac
ChickeDinner: shows Kc Kd
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ Th Ts 6c ]
# # # TURN # # # [ 2d ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ Ah ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
slim*** wins $152.40 with Two Pairs, Aces and Tens

Hand #1583011492001466: Amsterdam (6-max) 11492
Seat 3: Magi*** (309.50 in chips)
Seat 4: itak*** (145.30 in chips)
Seat 5: HitO*** (420.00 in chips)
Seat 6: donq*** (424.00 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (446.00 in chips)
HitO***: posts small blind $2
donq***: posts big blind $4
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Ac Qd ]
ChickeDinner: raises to $14
Magi***: folds
itak***: folds
HitO***: calls
donq***: folds
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ Jc 2s Qc ]
HitO***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $20
HitO***: calls
# # # TURN # # # [ 7d ]
HitO***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $40
HitO***: calls
&&& RIVER &&& [ Kh ]
HitO***: checks
ChickeDinner: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner: shows [ Ac Qd ] (Pair of Queens )
HitO***: shows [ Ks Qs ] (Two Pairs, Kings and Queens )
HitO*** wins $150 with Two Pairs, Kings and Queens


Hand #1583011515001837: Amsterdam (6-max) 11515
Seat 1: theM*** (438.00 in chips)
Seat 2: Clin*** (410.30 in chips)
Seat 4: donq*** (410.00 in chips)
Seat 5: Lamo*** (1146.80 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (394.00 in chips)
Lamo***: posts small blind $2
ChickeDinner: posts big blind $4
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Ac Td ]
theM***: folds
Clin***: folds
donq***: raises to $14
Lamo***: folds
ChickeDinner: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 8h 7c Th ]
ChickeDinner: checks
donq***: bets $24
ChickeDinner: calls
# # # TURN # # # [ Ad ]
ChickeDinner: checks
donq***: bets $55
ChickeDinner: raises to $110
donq***: is all in 317.0000
ChickeDinner: is all in 246.0000
donq***: returns uncalled bet $16
donq***: shows 8c 8d
ChickeDinner: shows Ac Td
&&& RIVER &&& [ 5h ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
donq*** wins $788 with Three of a Kind, Eights

Hand #1583011515001869: Amsterdam (6-max) 11515
Seat 1: theM*** (448.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Clin*** (466.30 in chips)
Seat 3: *Cha*** (396.00 in chips)
Seat 4: donq*** (906.40 in chips)
Seat 5: Lamo*** (1112.70 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (392.00 in chips)
theM***: posts small blind $2
Clin***: posts big blind $4
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Ad As ]
*Cha***: folds
donq***: folds
Lamo***: folds
ChickeDinner: raises to $14
theM***: folds
Clin***: raises to $40
ChickeDinner: raises to $108
Clin***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 2h 8c Kh ]
Clin***: checks
ChickeDinner: checks
# # # TURN # # # [ Js ]
Clin***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $109
Clin***: raises to $218
ChickeDinner: is all in 175.0000
Clin***: calls
ChickeDinner: shows Ad As
Clin***: shows Jd Jc
&&& RIVER &&& [ 5h ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Clin*** wins $783 with Three of a Kind, Jacks

Ryu

Playday 4 (evening)

Hands: 1500 hands
Total Hands so far: 9496 hands
Limit: NL200
Tables: 7
Net Result: +500$
Month Result so far: +800$

nothing really special to mention, had a normal session, and things are starting to brighten up finally I guess...

Hand #1582011530001882: Seville (6-Max) 11530
Seat 6: dann*** (139.35 in chips)
Seat 7: Imwe*** (189.85 in chips)
Seat 8: alma*** (375.75 in chips)
Seat 9: Frod*** (124.60 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (390.50 in chips)
Frod***: posts small blind $1
ChickeDinner: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ 6h 6d ]
dann***: folds
Imwe***: folds
alma***: folds
Frod***: calls
ChickeDinner: checks
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ Ts 2s 6c ]
Frod***: bets $4
ChickeDinner: raises to $12
Frod***: raises to $36
ChickeDinner: raises to $100
Frod***: is all in 86.6000
ChickeDinner: calls
Frod***: shows Th Ks
ChickeDinner: shows 6h 6d
# # # TURN # # # [ 5c ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ 9h ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner wins $247.20 with Three of a Kind, Sixes

don't get how he can shove with that.. but hey.. I'm not complaining ;)

Ryu

Playday 4 (morning)

Hands: 1000 hands
Total Hands so far: 8665 hands
Limit: NL400
Tables: 4
Net Result : +100$
Month Result so far: +300$

I started playing so well, grinding it up, player superpoker, see some hands below, but then.. the magic pot 1800$ loss.. it left me dizzy for a while, but managed to crawl back to a little bit of profit. I think that says that I have a lot of control about myself at the moment, and that I do have confidence in my play.

Hand #1582011657000617: Amsterdam (6-max) 11657
Seat 5: RAKE*** (406.00 in chips)
Seat 6: ghan*** (400.00 in chips)
Seat 7: MrFr*** (487.00 in chips)
Seat 8: Aame*** (963.90 in chips)
Seat 9: s2k*** (303.40 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (400.00 in chips)
ChickeDinner: posts small blind $2
RAKE***: posts big blind $4
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ 5h 8h ]
ghan***: folds
MrFr***: folds
Aame***: folds
s2k***: calls
ChickeDinner: calls
RAKE***: checks
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 8d 8s 5s ]
ChickeDinner: checks
RAKE***: bets $8
s2k***: folds
ChickeDinner: calls
# # # TURN # # # [ 6s ]
ChickeDinner: bets $14
RAKE***: raises to $50
ChickeDinner: raises to $105
RAKE***: is all in 344.0000
ChickeDinner: is all in 283.0000
RAKE***: returns uncalled bet $6
ChickeDinner: shows 5h 8h
RAKE***: shows As 2s
&&& RIVER &&& [ 2d ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner wins $801 with Full House, Eights full of Fives

I guess he couldn't let go of his nutflush :D

Hand #1582011492000942: Amsterdam (6-max) 11492
Seat 1: s2k*** (155.90 in chips)
Seat 2: ghan*** (394.00 in chips)
Seat 3: MrFr*** (828.85 in chips)
Seat 8: Aame*** (552.80 in chips)
Seat 9: theM*** (400.00 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (523.10 in chips)
ghan***: posts small blind $2
MrFr***: posts big blind $4
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ 7d 6d ]
Aame***: folds
ChickeDinner: raises to $14
s2k***: folds
ghan***: folds
MrFr***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ Jc 4h 5d ]
MrFr***: checks
ChickeDinner: checks
# # # TURN # # # [ 8h ]
MrFr***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $30
MrFr***: calls
&&& RIVER &&& [ 8d ]
MrFr***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $66
MrFr***: calls
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner: shows [ 7d 6d ] (Straight, Eight high)
MrFr***: mucks
ChickeDinner wins $220 with Straight, Eight high
MrFr***: mucks [ Tc, Jh ] (TwoPair)

Raise suited connector in position, evil check on flop, hard bet on turn, value bet on river, nicely played imo :)

Hand #1582011657000660: Amsterdam (6-max) 11657
Seat 5: Slob*** (631.80 in chips)
Seat 6: ghan*** (476.50 in chips)
Seat 7: MrFr*** (412.00 in chips)
Seat 8: Aame*** (977.90 in chips)
Seat 9: s2k*** (363.30 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (862.00 in chips)
ghan***: posts small blind $2
MrFr***: posts big blind $4
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Ad Ah ]
Aame***: raises to $14
s2k***: folds
ChickeDinner: raises to $44
Slob***: folds
ghan***: folds
MrFr***: folds
Aame***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 7d 7c 5d ]
Aame***: bets $48
ChickeDinner: raises to $122
Aame***: is all in 885.9000
ChickeDinner: is all in 696.0000
Aame***: returns uncalled bet $115.90
Aame***: shows 5s 5h
ChickeDinner: shows Ad Ah
# # # TURN # # # [ 4h ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ 3d ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Aame*** wins $1,727 with Full House, Fives full of Sevens

Critical pot.. he was losing 3 pots in a row to me in all tables (he was also seated at 4 tables) and then I knew he was a bit steamy, and his play was very loose, so I thought he would make a stand with QQ or AKs or something like that.. never put him on 55 :(

Ryu

Playday 3 (afternoon)

Hands: 1850 hands
Tables: 6
Total Hands so far: 6021 hands
Limit: NL200
Net Result: +650$
Month Result so far: +200$

what's the difference of yesterday, well, I tightened up my pf range a bit, folding more AJ and 3-betted a little bit more to compensate my agressive urges :) that way, they fold a bit more and I get more action with big pocket pairs.. and well, today my AA's didn't get cracked

Hand #1581011450001030: Seville (6-Max) 11450
Seat 2: aguh*** (227.30 in chips)
Seat 3: AZNS*** (300.75 in chips)
Seat 8: Brut*** (395.25 in chips)
Seat 9: Quee*** (125.45 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (207.05 in chips)
Brut***: posts small blind $1
Quee***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ As Ad ]
ChickeDinner: raises to $7
aguh***: folds
AZNS***: folds
Brut***: folds
Quee***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 2c 8c 5c ]
Quee***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $10
Quee***: raises to $45
ChickeDinner: is all in 190.0500
Quee***: is all in 73.4500
ChickeDinner: returns uncalled bet $81.60
Quee***: shows 8d 7c
ChickeDinner: shows As Ad
# # # TURN # # # [ Qs ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ 5s ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner wins $249.90 with Two Pairs, Aces and Fives

Hand #1581011475001426: Seville (6-Max) 11475
Seat 1: reel*** (281.95 in chips)
Seat 2: Ging*** (203.00 in chips)
Seat 3: AZNS*** (262.85 in chips)
Seat 8: matt*** (184.45 in chips)
Seat 9: gone*** (235.30 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (193.65 in chips)
reel***: posts small blind $1
Ging***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Ad Ac ]
AZNS***: folds
matt***: raises to $7
ChickeDinner: raises to $22
reel***: folds
Ging***: folds
matt***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ As 9d Jh ]
matt***: checks
ChickeDinner: bets $25
matt***: is all in 162.4500
ChickeDinner: calls
matt***: shows 9c Jc
ChickeDinner: shows Ad Ac
# # # TURN # # # [ 3c ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ 4s ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChickeDinner wins $369.90 with Three of a Kind, Aces

Ryu

Playday 2

Hands: 2000 hands
Limit: NL200
Tables: 5
Net Result: -500$

I think I got cold decked so much it's crazy, don't think I really misplayed a lot of hands, but I got felted a few times with KK and hands like below:

Hand #1580011465000895: Seville (6-Max) 11465
Seat 1: Ging*** (398.70 in chips)
Seat 2: dann*** (141.25 in chips)
Seat 7: Sean*** (224.75 in chips)
Seat 8: UKno*** (200.00 in chips)
Seat 9: yell*** (202.00 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (196.70 in chips)
ChickeDinner: posts small blind $1
Ging***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ 3d 3c ]
dann***: calls
Sean***: raises to $9
UKno***: folds
yell***: folds
ChickeDinner: calls
Ging***: folds
dann***: folds
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 3s 2d 6h ]
ChickeDinner: checks
Sean***: bets $14
ChickeDinner: calls
# # # TURN # # # [ Qh ]
ChickeDinner: checks
Sean***: bets $29
ChickeDinner: raises to $75
Sean***: is all in 172.7500
ChickeDinner: is all in 98.7000
Sean***: returns uncalled bet $28.05
ChickeDinner: shows 3d 3c
Sean***: shows 6s 6c
&&& RIVER &&& [ 9h ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sean*** wins $394.40 with Three of a Kind, Sixes

So netto month result is currently -450$ , not the best start of the month.. but well, one good thing is, it can only get better..

Ryu

Playday 1 (evening)

Hands: 1750 hands
Limit: N200
Tables: 7 and then 6
Net Result: 0$


Played so horribly bad, nothing hit, and so I ended break even -_-'

so Day one ended at a massive 50$ profit! Hopefully tomorrow is going to be a better day -_-' because it's not a very good start haha

Ryu

Playday 1 (afternoon)

Hands played : 481 hands
Limit : NL200
Tables : 1 or 2 (no tables during afternoon hours :p)
Result : +50$ !!

fun hands :) (*note I'm ChickeDinner)

Hand #1579011420000517: Seville (6-Max) 11420
Seat 1: Jers*** (165.75 in chips)
Seat 2: ezmu*** (315.65 in chips)
Seat 3: byth*** (275.60 in chips)
Seat 8: ruud*** (102.80 in chips)
Seat 9: Big*** (289.60 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (198.30 in chips)
Jers***: posts small blind $1
ezmu***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Ks Qs ]
byth***: folds
ruud***: raises to $4
Big***: calls
ChickeDinner: calls
Jers***: folds
ezmu***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ Qd 4d 6d ]
ezmu***: checks
ruud***: bets $17
Big***: folds
ChickeDinner: calls
ezmu***: folds
# # # TURN # # # [ Jh ]
ruud***: bets $2
ChickeDinner: calls
&&& RIVER &&& [ Jc ]
ruud***: is all in 79.8000
ChickeDinner: calls
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ruud***: shows [ 3c Ad ] (Pair of Jacks )
ChickeDinner: shows [ Ks Qs ] (Two Pairs, Queens and Jacks )
ChickeDinner wins $211.60 with Two Pairs, Queens and Jacks

I think his weak bet on the turn gave this away, hard bet on the flop, soft on the turn, I had him drawing to his 4th diamond with an Ad for sure.. so, hence the call on the river

Hand #1579011486001317: Seville (6-Max) 11486
Seat 1: Seno*** (120.00 in chips)
Seat 7: Obey*** (350.10 in chips)
Seat 8: DaBa*** (48.60 in chips)
Seat 9: bask*** (181.00 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (301.25 in chips)
Obey***: posts small blind $1
DaBa***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ Jd Ad ]
bask***: folds
ChickeDinner: calls
Obey***: folds
DaBa***: checks
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 2d 6d 9d ]
DaBa***: checks
ChickeDinner: checks
# # # TURN # # # [ 2c ]
DaBa***: bets $2
ChickeDinner: raises to $11
DaBa***: is all in 44.6000
ChickeDinner: calls
ChickeDinner: shows Jd Ad
DaBa***: shows 9s Td
&&& RIVER &&& [ 2h ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DaBa*** wins $96.20 with Full House, Deuces full of Nines

maybe I shouldn't slowroll my nuts haha :)

Hand #1579011486001235: Seville (6-Max) 11486
Seat 1: Even*** (182.00 in chips)
Seat 2: Seno*** (102.50 in chips)
Seat 3: drag*** (136.35 in chips)
Seat 4: ma4o*** (50.45 in chips)
Seat 5: Ogou*** (396.35 in chips)
Seat 10: ChickeDinner (415.15 in chips)
Seno***: posts small blind $1
drag***: posts big blind $2
Dealt to ChickeDinner [ 9d 8d ]
ma4o***: calls
Ogou***: folds
ChickeDinner: calls
Even***: folds
Seno***: folds
drag***: checks
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 8h 9h 5d ]
drag***: bets $2
ma4o***: is all in 48.4500
ChickeDinner: calls
drag***: folds
ma4o***: shows Qd 9s
ChickeDinner: shows 9d 8d
# # # TURN # # # [ Jh ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ Qs ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ma4o*** wins $102.90 with Two Pairs, Queens and Nines

as you can see, I'm a very lucky guy :)

Tonight is going to be more action, more tables, and hopefully more money

Ryu

Self Imposed Challenge

Since everyone is doing it, and it's getting more and more popular, I'm going to do a self-imposed challenge also for myself this month. I'm leaving on the 31 of August to Asia to Macau as stated before, so there won't be any playing on that last day (and probably also last few days) ofcourse, but I'm going to try and grind up 10K$ on medium limit cash games, playing only NL200 or NL400 and giving up daily updates about it, and throwing in some critical hands. So hope you will enjoy this ride with em as well. Wish me luck :) Last 3 days on the previous month I was having a bit of a downswing, so I hope this won't continue.

Ryu

APPT Macau

Got my flight tickets and I'm ready and set to go, I'm pretty excited due to the fact that this time I'm going with one of my best friends from Belgium and for sure I'll be meeting a lot of friends in Macau as well. The schedule looks very sweet, too bad I won't make it in time for the Team Pokerstars Bounty event. Here's the schedule for the moment:

Sun 31-Aug 12:30 Team Pokerstars Bounty Event^ $5,000
Sun 31-Aug 14:00 No Limit Holdem Red Dragon Day 2
Sun 31-Aug 15:30 Mega Satellite Main Event Phase 2 $2,700
Sun 31-Aug 16:00 Ladies Event ^ $1,000
Sun 31-Aug 21:00 APPT Macau Welcome Party

Mon 1-Sep 11:00 Press Conference
Mon 1-Sep 13:30 Main Event^ Day 1 Flight 1 $25,000
Mon 1-Sep 15:30 No Limit Holdem $4,000
Mon 1-Sep 17:00 Turbo Satellite to High Roller Mega $1,650
Mon 1-Sep 20:00 Mega Satellite to High Roller Event $15,500

Tue 2-Sep 13:30 Main Event Day 1 Flight 2 $25,000
Tue 2-Sep 15:30 No Limit Holdem $4,000
Tue 2-Sep 17:00 Turbo Satellite to High Roller Mega $1,650
Tue 2-Sep 20:00 Mega Satellite to High Roller Event $15,500

Wed 3-Sep 13:30 Main Event Day 1 Flight 3 $25,000
Wed 3-Sep 15:30 No Limit Holdem $4,000
Wed 3-Sep 17:00 Turbo Satellite to High Roller Mega $1,650
Wed 3-Sep 20:00 Mega Satellite to High Roller Event $15,500

Thu 4-Sep 13:30 Main Event Day 2
Thu 4-Sep 15:30 No Limit Holdem Teams Event^ $5,000
Thu 4-Sep 17:00 Turbo Satellite to High Roller Mega $1,650
Thu 4-Sep 20:00 Media Event
Thu 4-Sep 20:00 Mega Satellite to High Roller Event $15,500

Fri 5-Sep 13:30 Main Event Day 3
Fri 5-Sep 15:30 Mega Satellite to APPT Seoul $3,500
Fri 5-Sep 17:00 No Limit Holdem $1,000
Fri 5-Sep 20:00 No Limit Holdem 6-Handed^ (2 day if required) $10,000

Sat 6-Sep 13:30 Main Event Final Table
Sat 6-Sep 15:30 No Limit Holdem Deep Stack $1,000
Sat 6-Sep 18:00 Mega Satellite to High Roller Event $15,500
Sat 6-Sep 20:00 No Limit Holdem - 200k Guarantee - 1 re-entry allowed $2,500

Sun 7-Sep 13:30 High Rollers Event^ Day 1 $150,000
Sun 7-Sep 15:30 No Limit Holdem $500
Sun 7-Sep 17:00 Mega Satellite to APPT Seoul $3,500

Mon 8-Sep 13:30 High Rollers Event Day 2
Mon 8-Sep 15:30 No Limit Holdem $1,000
Mon 8-Sep 20:00 No Limit Holdem $4,000

Tue 9-Sep 13:30 High Rollers Event Final Table
Tue 9-Sep 15:30 No Limit Holdem $1,000

I will probably only be staying there until the 6th of sep, and try to catch a few tourneys besides my cash games and then I'll be travelling on to Bangkok for some holidays :)

Ryu

live cash games in Belgium

Howdy,

yesterday, I went to the casino in Oostende, and there were 2 tables running in cash games. First time for me that I played there, so it was a quite intresting experience. blinds were 2€/4€ - min buy-in 100€ max buy-in 500€

instead of rake, they charge every player 15€/hour for playing, which is quite hard, but well, I don't know if it's better then the 10% rake the casino's usually charges -_-'

anyways, I bought in for 500€ and was sitting pretty next to the dealer, which is my favorite position, and the only keyhand I played was when I was dealt AhAs, and the flop goes 2c3c5s , I raised pf 20€ and I got two callers behind me. I bet 40€ on the flop, one caller, one fold. Turn goes Ad. I shoved all in and the guy calls, river 7s. He turns over AKo and I rake in the pot with my set. There was another hand that was mentionable though. I had AT on the button and raised 16€ pf and got 2 callers. flop goes T23 , I bet 25€ on the flop, call, and the guy raised to 75€ .. wow on that board, what can he have? I'm thinking and I fold. turn goes 5. check, bet from that guy and the other guy calls 100€. river 7. the guy bets 150€. other guy calls and turns over 64 straight and the original reraiser shows 33. Good fold Ryu :p

anyways, I ended up a little bit after an hour, about 100€ while my other friend went up about 300€, so it was all by all a nice session for that one hour we played. I had fun, and I'm looking forward to playing some live cash again in Macau next month :)

Ryu

lord oh lord

Hi :)

it's been such a while, and actually I have quite a few stories to tell, since my last blog post.. so I guess I'll start out with my trip to Macau. I went there with a friend from Singapore (Jason) and to be honest it was superfun :)

Macau has 3 venues now where you can play almost 24/24 live NL holdem poker. Two casino's have live card tables, and one is where you sort of sit behind a computer and see your hole cards on the screen, it's like playing online basically, but you can wave to your friend across the table lol :)

Anyways, I started some 10$/20$ at the Grand Lisboa casino and I managed to be amazed about the play. First of all you have to know that it's totally limping heaven.. and if you decide to raise a hand, be assured that definitely 5 or so will call your raise.. so I needed some time to adjust myself to the play. Also my friend said in chinese to the players at the table that I was some rich japanese kid who didn't know how to play poker and that they should be gentle with me. haha.. funny! :) Although I think by saying that they called me even more preflop :)

I managed to grind it up to about 3700$ (buy-in was 2000$ max) and then the keyhand came, one guy raised preflop, a caller between me and him, I 3-betted him with my AA and then he 4-bets me and I shoved all in preflop. He had KK and spikes an K immediately on the flop. It was my welcome to Macau bad beat I guess for the day -_-' . I tried to cool myself a bit, because I worked hard to grind it up and then lose it all in one hand where I had what I wanted.. but that's poker. I rebuyed immediately and at the end of the night, I somehow managed to get about 4500$, which made my day, since I still ended with some profit.. but how sweet would it have been if my aces would have held :p

Second day, I decided to move it up a little notch and played at the 25$/50$ table, there was only was 1 table, so I sat down with 5000$ (max buy-in) and checked out the competition. On my left side there were some americans who knew what they were doing and played pretty solid and some korean guy that was a terrible luckbox fish on the right side and also some tight/solid swedes in the middle. I played an awesome hand, where I had Qs7h and the flop goes Qd2d4h. I bet out, and the two americans called, and the korean guy. The turn came a 6d. so obviously the flush was there. I decided to check, the first american bet out, the second one called, and the korean folded. I looked at my hole cards again.. and slowly called. The river came a Td. I checked, and the first american betted again and the second one called. I slowly looked at my hole cards, putting on some act. Everyone on the table was looking.. I took my time and looked again and then reraised the pot size. The swede was already saying.. 'oh really???' 'flush for sure' Good comments, that helped :) so the first american was thinking and his fellow friend looked at him, no man he has it for sure... and they both mucked their hand, both had baby flush cards. Proudly I flipped over my top pair bluff cards and everybody on the table was laughing :)

I also hit a full house on that table, but then I was afraid of a higher full on the river, so I played it badly, so scared.. but I ended up almost doubling my buy in after that session.

The next day we decided to go to the newly opened pokerstars pokerroom in the Grand Waldo. The rake was almost half of what the lisboa was taking! It was awesome.. but the max buy in was only 1000$ on 10/20 so that kind of sucked. I ended up on a huge fish table, with a girl, some holland guy and two guys that could have been in an asian maffia movie. The game was super, they were playing all very bad and I ended up with a 4.5K stack in about 2 hours. I played a tournament 1000$ buy in donkament and ended on 6th position... which is the bubbleboy spot :D

After that I played some 20$/40$ at the Waldo and sitting on a shark table with two pro's. I somehow managed to get called 'fish' by them (I agreed) and won like half a buy in. So all in all good days and great fun in Macau.

I'm definitely going to be back, and hopefully be able to hit something big at the APPT Macau and if not, try to grind some side cashgames again for sure. Lately I've been totally back in the grind and making some good money on the tables, so I'm definitely not complaining. I also started making some videos from my play and shared it with my friends as some form of 'test', and it's quite fun to see and hear yourself play, I don't think I'll share it online though. Anyways, I'll better try to keep my blog more up to date, so I'll try to post more stuff and more hands in the near future.

Ryu

back to the grind

I've been running back and forth from Asia to Europe, and I had some people asking me how I was able to play on Party Poker in Thailand, well.. the secret revealed, just use a VPN to get an european IP address and you can play perfectly from anywhere in the world, as long as you are legally able to play on the site ofcourse. You can get very cheap one for already $36 a year on http://www.vpnhoster.com , pretty easy to setup, just login on the VPN before you do anything.

Anyways, I'm back at grinding online since my long break from poker. I've been mainly working on my bank project since they assigned me as their project leader.. so no poker for a while. But with the new APPT season coming up soon, I'm back at post. Normally the first stop will be Manila (Philippines), so hopefully we'll be doing some damage there :)

I've been also active as a poker coach more and more lately, a lot of players seem to be intrested in learning more and finally understanding that poker is a skill game in the long run and that there is money to be made.

oh, and I hope you have seen the new SilverRakeBack design.. must say it's a big improvement since last time :)

may the river be with you
GP UP!
GP.Dragon

Back in Europe

Hi guys,

Been a while since I've updated, been so busy with other sideprojects and not actually playing much online poker, so I decided to take a short break from it all for some time. I'm currently back in Belgium, and I must say it's sooooo cold, it's amazing how you get used to nice sunny weather so fast :p Well since it's so cold, there's pretty nothing much else to do then to play poker, so I've started to run it up again the last couple of days on both ChiliPoker and Partypoker. And so far everything is going normal, I've decided to move down to NL200 a bit before going back up to my normal limits again, why? just because I feel like it I guess, I'm trying some new strategies and I think it's always to advisable to try it on lower limits first :) But for the moment things are ging the right direction so I'm not complaining much. I'm getting a lot of bad beats on Chili still though, but all in all, I'm going up, so I guess things will work out in the longer run.

The plan is now to grind it up for the whole month, and go to some european poker events before going back to Asia. Hopefully I'll manage to keep my sanity over here, because to be honest, it's already getting boring after a week over here.. peace and quiet and perfect internet connection. It sounds very good, but it's very boring too :p anyways, it DOES do my poker well, I must admit that haha :)

anyways.. going to post some more hands later, so you can see the beats I've been getting on Chili :) gosh.. you have to love those 2-outers!

GP UP!
GP.Dragon

Going crazy!

The title says it all I think.. wow.. been running sooooo bad the last couple of days, and it seems like there's no improvement :( all my aces get cracked and I keep running against oversets or quads with my sets :( this is going to be very tough month on my winrate average lol. Anyways, I thought the rake race was going to be only for one skin, but it seems that the rake race is for the whole iPoker network, and there are some really hardcore crazy guys playing.. so, no way that I'm even going to be in the top 200. That being said, I think I should take a few days off from poker, I need to catch a break I think. I'm sad, because I still need 23K points to make it up to the next VIP level, which is certainly possible if I play a few hours every day until the end of the month, but if I keep running this bad, it's not worth it at all.

Meanwhile I've got this cold/fever that I just seem not to be able to get rid off. I just keep coughing and my throat hurts. I don't know what the problem is, I'm taking medication, but it doesn't seem to help. Some of my friends told me, it might be the toxic air over here.. but I think I should have adapted by now right? But well, I'm only staying here until mid February, after that I'm returning to Europe. Stable internet.. gosh.. it's going to feel so strange not to disconnect lol ;)

One of my friends did pretty well, and cashed in on the Aussies millions (40.000$), so I would like to congratulate him (eventhough he's dissapointed not to make the superbig money), congrats Matt! :)

and here's a one outer that I hit.. sometimes lady luck does shine upon me, I just hope by posting this, she will be with me again ;)

GAME #804200637: Texas Hold'em NL $1.00/$2.00 2008-01-18 10:00:46
Table Melrose
Seat 3: VicenteValencia ($285.52 in chips)
Seat 5: HERO ($199.90 in chips)
Seat 6: jib64 ($135.80 in chips)
DEALER
Seat 8: SnowmanT ($187.87 in chips)
Seat 10: Wendy22 ($110.85 in chips)
SnowmanT: Post SB $1.00
Wendy22: Post BB $2.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HERO [C3 H3]
Dealt to SnowmanT [SJ CJ]
VicenteValencia: Raise $7.00
HERO: Call $7.00
jib64: Fold
SnowmanT: Raise $18.00
Wendy22: Fold
VicenteValencia: Call $12.00
HERO: Call $12.00
*** FLOP *** [SK D3 HJ]
SnowmanT: Check
VicenteValencia: Check
HERO: Bet $45.00
SnowmanT: Call $45.00
VicenteValencia: Fold
*** TURN *** [S10]
SnowmanT: Check
HERO: Bet $135.90
SnowmanT: Allin $123.87
*** RIVER *** [S3]
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $405.77
Rake $3.00
HERO: wins $405.77

GP UP!
GP.Dragon

Fresh Air

Hi guys,

the new year started pretty horrible at the poker tables, I went into a -4000$ downswing on NL400 and gone down another 3000$ at NL600 which made that -7000$ in a few days :( didn't play that bad to be honest, a lot of serious bad beats, 5 in a row on NL400 where I lost with 90% or higher, anyhow, we're almost back to break even now, so I'm happy with that, only thing is that we haven't made any money at all and the month is already 1/3 passed, which is not good :) but there is some good news though, ChiliPoker (iPoker network) is starting a rake race starting on the 14th of January and ending on the 31st of January and they are giving away 100.000$ in total, so I think I'll be grinding a lot to make a top 10 position (at least) on that and give myself a nice bonus for this month. If there are still people interested in playing on iPoker network, feel free to mail SilverRakeBack for a good signup bonus offer!

after the bad beats and downswing I just decided to move out of Bangkok for a few days with my friends, heading to the beach at Pattaya.. well not that much beach to be honest, it's pretty small, but I always love having a coconut at the beach and sitting on my ass :)
We had lots of fun at the beach and ended up in some sleazy hotel surrounded by gay go-go bars.. wtf?! yes! gay go-go bars.. sigh.. Thailand is a pretty crazy country lol. But before I get flamed by gay people, I have nothing against it, it's just there are so many gay people in Thailand, I think it's strange, no other country has that many compacted on one area I think? or maybe I'm wrong :)

anyhow, it's going to be a heavy grinding month, and I don't think I'll do something else besides concentrating on grinding much! no more holidays, time to get serious, so wish me luck :)

GP UP!
GP.Dragon

Welcome to 2008

hi guys,

today I took a break from all the partying and going out.. gosh been partying a little bit too much (is that possible? yep :p). So I thought, why not start a little session to celebrate the new year, and it started off really bad.. overplayed my TT so badly and ran against KK, so I was down like 800$ but then suddenly I was focused and in the end I ended with 300$ profit or something on 600 hands. I'm happy with it, because I didn't play too well imo but as an excuse I haven't played for over a week so I needed to warm up and get back into my tight modus again :)
Anyways.. I moved up VIP level on iPoker this month, and I'm planning to reach my 100.000 points for the highest VIP level 6 this month, so I'm gonna move off Pokerstars for a month and concentrate my play on iPoker mostly. I've also started datamining NL600 and NL1000 tables on iPoker, just waiting to ship my stars bankroll on iPoker to have enough to multitable on those limits.

Enough poker rant? how was the partying? well.. everything was a big blur, so many things happened (good and bad), but I guess the most important thing is that I had some good times and have learned some important lessons for the near future. What about new year resolutions? well here are my goals for this year:

- try to reach about 100K$ for this year on the poker cash tables
- try to hit something big at a big live tourney
- try to complete my asian marketing project
- live happily in my own way

GP UP!
GP.Dragon