15 000 Hands !!

Ok so here we are at the end of August . Its been a week since my last post but i have had lots of life stuff going on and wanted to get to 15000 hands hence the delay i also wanted to get to $800 but this is close enough got a bit obsessive .

And after approximately 1 YEAR i have finally sold one of my chip shops . Praise the lord !!

Sorry but i could not get the paint programme to work a second time for the exact figures so this will have to do

15068 hands 1116 $100nl 13842 $50nl +$416 $100nl + $312 $50nl + S72 HU
V$PIP 19.47 PFR 14.17

Thats all good , but check out my button play !!









And so we go on , results wise i think things have gone pretty well , although there are still areas where i can improve massively , and I'm not completely happy with the path i took to the month end results ( could have done with out the bad start !! ) .When i look at the goals i set for August i have pretty much achieved what i wanted to . The power of Goal setting i do believe

I am amazed at the difference playing in position has made to my figures
i mean check out my button play !! I was obviously aware of position when studying other peoples pos stats , but when you see it on your own , that's when it hits home .

The number of hands that i have played is also pretty cool . If you take into account that i work from 9 - 4 in an office and then go and run my chip shop that hopefully will be sold next week . That's a goal achieved !!

Another important factor in my improvement in this game , is the continued support of all the other bloggers in this developing group . I must say i was a little sceptical early in July as to the effectiveness of this , and this combined with selling my chip shop and a severe bout of overconfidence led to the disaster that was July .However i have learned my lesson the hard way .

One of my September goals will be to improve my ability to decide where to get action as opposed to winning the pot . A point that has been helpfully made on some of my hands recently . This will be combined with the improvement of my player range reading which is needed in order to achieve the first goal .

I am pretty sure that the range issue will be a fundamental area in my overall improvement in September . I am also going to incorporate this in my use of floating which is an area i need to work on

Anyway here are the result for the month of August in no particular order and a great big thank you to all who have posted on my hands and all who have maybe just read them .

Graham

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Believe it or not i have been struggling over the past few days . I have been trying to push a little to hard after good starts and then slowly become frustrated . Whilst this is not a good thing at least i have been aware of it . I could fel myself going on tilt when i hit trip 2s and then on a 10 2 Q flop there were runner runner Qs and the guy went all in !!

Absolutley loving the new skin on Absolute . had to adjust the hud which was a bit tricky but hey ho

I ll try and get some comments posted but it seems no one has blogged too much recently
probably me included

Anyway tonights results

NL 1 59 hands +$11.8 $VPIP 13.56 PFR 3.39 Card Dead Honest !!
Nl 50 290 hands +$24.9 $VPIP 20.92 PFR 14.14

I di find absolute quite laggy on the 25 / 50 to be honest maybe that swhy i was a little looser than usual

August to date

11,536 hands +$482.46 V$PIP 18.94 PFR 14.3 af 5.25 2.19 3.05 3.84




Just the one hand that i wanted some comments on please


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1403648

August Update

Ok here are some stats for the month of August so far

I really didnt feel up to playing much Sunday , but as is always the way i
spent a little time messing around on the computer and ended up trying a bit of heads up . Couple of hit and runs netted me about $40 dollars , im not sure i lke hit and runs !

I opened an account on absolute as ive heard there rakeback and reloads are good.

Also watched the Bystmar $50 100 4 table video.

I have managed to improve my V$PIP and PFR which i think are ok at the moment









Just the one hand here . Initialy i thought it was a cooler , bit after a short instant message , it was pointed out that maybe i could have played it a little differently and that also the river bet , could have meant a whole raft of things .

I think i just got carried away and stopped thinking after the turn as i thought i
had the best hand and that it was unbeatable . Important to study the board at every point i feel .


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1390063

Nearly reached my August total for hands played , but ill continue at the same pace and see where it takes me . I will revise them slightly and maybe add another goal

I think i may drop down to 2 tables for a couple of sessions in order to concentrate on hand reading and putting villains on ranges

Anyone got any good tips here ?


Good Luck All

Hers a question for all the 50 / 100 nl ers

Is this a standard sort of bluff... not my all in... but the guys re raise of my c bet
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1382652

And wtf is this all about ?... F me man i only re-raised you... ! I mean should i be looking to get it all in with AKs
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1382659

Anyway after a mad sweat session with DWarrior... where i managed to get myself on the end of several sticky situations last night and overall lost 2 and a half buy ins i thought tonight would be a little different... but after losing over 2 buyins somehow in a couple of hundred hands i decided to 1 table 50 100 nl with a modicum of success .
ABOVE

So refreshed i decide to play 1000 hands tonight , back on the 25 50 nl and managed to win 3 buyins... ill post some of the hands on the BB hand page to view

I know its time for bed when i cant see the 3 clubs on the board and go all in with my straight . F me and i have a coloured deck !!!

Any way tonight 983 hands +$157.3 V$PIP 20.14 PFR 15.46 a little higher than usual the eraly session was pretty poor

August 8757 +$293.8 2.90bb/100 V$PIP 18.28 PFR 14.76 flop AF 5.37

Graphs and stuff later !!

Good Night !!

Ok another session over . Tried 5 tabling . Just a little difficult to keep turning my head . Played another 350 hands for +$24.5 ao that makes tonight s total
589 +$121 V$PIP 17.15 PFR 14.74

Aug 7297 +$274.4 V$PIP 18.18 PFR 14.68

Short Winning Session

Just a pretty short session early in the evening 169 hands +$97.5
Its always nice to get off to a good start .
I was running hot and it would have been more but for the short stacks !!

Dam those short stacks

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1374176

Session Over !!

Ok somone help !! I cant get the graphs to appear at the bottom of the page !!

So here we go






Right so i finished tonights session on a wicked hand which is my first big bb hand
check it out

The 2nd session didnt start off too well . Just finished watching DodgyKens video and decide to put the short stack all in. In future i try and do that a little earlier.
Like before hes hit his straight !!

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1371574

Then a tricky spot with JJ and after my experience the other night I thought i was behind. Was this a good fold ?

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1371580

This was pretty weak i think . Should i have C bet the flop . I just thought my 4s were weak . Is this marginal ?

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1371592

I went into the tank a little here !! Hated the flop...thought trips all over...
But this is a must bet situation...i closed my eyes...drew back the curtain...lol...f me !!

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1371603

so after tonights session 737 hands +$87.80 V$PIP 17.07 PFR 14.63

It feels like ive been away for weeks !!

Well i went away on Sunday to a Big Fat Greek Wedding ( They are the best Weddings )
I know my wifes greek !! and to be honest with the routine i had gotten into , it now feels like ive been away for weeks !! It really does !!

Last night i played about 400 hands but got into a real pickle with this one , i think i was a little tired as well , but thats a poor excuse . The only thing i was pleased with is that i didnt stack off

Re raised the jj and he called C bet and he min raised.... I should have folded there
i was way behind...then when this small bet came i was convinced he was on a flush draw so i reraised hoping he would fold...then his all came and id realised that i should have folded when he min raise my c bet...thats the only good thing imo !!but corrections and opinions are always welcome !!

www.pokerhand.org/?1371082


Just wondered what people though of this hand i would not normally call with this hand but there was a shortish stack involved...i also think that these sort of connectors play well in multiway pots...i got priced in on the draw...and the rest is history
what do you think

www.pokerhand.org/?1371058

Another poorly played hand i think...i mean i was playing for the flush...had the straight draw as well...however when it hit i started to worry...blocking bet did not work !! But is this an easy fold !!

www.pokerhand.org/?1371072

Anyway off for a break and then maybe another session !!

Blogging

Man i go away for one day . Just one day !! and already things are changing
i have bloggers left , right and centre bringing up new blogs with their big hands etc etc ...

This more than anything goes to show how important these blogs are .

So if you read and leave comments or just read .

Thanks very Much

ps do i start a new blog completely and then link it in ? How ?

also i want to do the profile thing ! How ?

sorry for being a little thick here

Greeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Have some of this !!



and this is looking better except for the sb but its green !!!






Kings making a comeback....but i thought i played it well....nice ace

www.pokerhand.org/?1359445

So tonight session went well $ wise . I am now in the green . However there were a few tricky situations that i got into . Rob Racing words ( i hope ) about a few situations during the session making all the difference ring very true i feel.

Any way tonight 625 hands $90.75 no excursions into the 50 100 tonight !!

These were the hands i feel i want comments on

www.pokerhand.org/?1359480

So i raised with the 3s . Obviously i must make a continuation bet . Im sure this would be expected although by checking i could perhaps show weakness on this flop

I get the call and then make a pot sized bet . The thing is can i get any more money here ? I am pretty sure that people would not worry about the odds for the flush here at these stakes ? or maybe i m wrong please correct me ?

www.pokerhand.org/?1359502

Again on this hand i raise . I have been raising this guy all the time and im pretty sure hes expecting it so i dont .

The spade comes on the turn and so i make a value bet to increase the pot .
I hit the flush and then i am struggling with what to do . I am thinking i want to get a call so my bet should not be to big , but obvioulsy not too small .

I am also thinking there is an outside chance he has pocket 8s and slowplayed them on the turn

I suppose what i am wanting here is a way of being able to put this guy on that hand as i feel i could have bet more if i had known . Thats obvious i know... but do you know what i mean ? if i could have put him on chasing a flush too i may have stacked him off ?long i know !!

Finally my last hand

www.pokerhand.org/?1359540

My worry here... is that i am looking to make a good fold or find out where i am

So i make the raise .... he re raises hes 28/14/3 i think a while . my thinking goes like this....i want to know where i am with the queens....if i call the re raise and the flop is not good or has an ace ill have to make a cbet on a crappy flop or fold....so how can i find out where i am now....my answer was to re raise as shown

now his all in im am pretty sure tells me exactly where i am.... i think

But is my thought process ok should i have been thinkg about finding out where i was
or should i have called and seen a flop ?

Pissed Off Actually

May as well have one of these !!





So near and yet so far . Well not quite . Couldnt quite do it !! Maybe tommorow !!

But the AA and KK situ really pisses me off . Hey Ho




M

Nearly There

Tonights first session was interesting to say the least
ended the 25 /50 sesison about $40 up had a few interesting hands
couple of donks stacked off against me

www.pokerhand.org/?1356407
www.pokerhand.org/?1356411

Then i ran into a tricky hand . really tried to make some sense of the min raise
had a quick chat with dodgyken afterwards . still unsure myself and timed out

www.pokerhand.org/?1356380

This hand was a little more straightforward in that i wanted to know how to get the most out of him , but im not sure i played this right ?

www.pokerhand.org/?1356387



Anyway , as per usual , or not actually , i thought i would give the 50/100 a little go . I mean there are only so many bad beats one can run into arent there ?

www.pokerhand.org/?1356374

So in disbelief , i played this hand on tilt WTF

www.pokerhand.org/?1356367

After that i didnt want to risk too much , so i did this ! Crazy lazy was 45/25 and had been raising at any opportunity , mainly in position though . Obviously i re raised , and then this . I dont know what people think but i just felt i was behind

www.pokerhand.org/?1356399

So after all that 334 hands +$99 im only $8 dollars away form augusts starting position . The only thing is do i try and win it back tonight ??

Wait and See !!

LMFAO

Well at least i managed to stop after that last KK hand
Just have to put it down to variance
Probably shouldnt have called the river bet .

Anyway tonight will be my last 2 sessions for a couple days
So hopefully i can get somewhere near break even

An if i get 4 bet with KK !!!! i am folding !!!!

I would be interested to know what other peoples results are with AA and KK ?

See you at the tables

Fucking KK

Fucking KK about my 15th hand on 50 / 100nl

www.pokerhand.org/?1352465

What the fucking fuck !!

Fucking KK

oh so i went and played 50 /100 nl as you do when youre titlting 2nd hand is KK
how much do you think i won Fuck All !!!!!!!!!!!!

Fucking KK

tonight session 346 hands lost $60.10

another pretty average session until the last hand when i though i could make it up
with KK but hey you guessed it versus AA All in lost my $50 thats knocked the shit out of me So far KK has cost me $126.5 the 15 times i had it And AA the 15 times ive had that guess how much ive won ? $26.45 For Fucks Sake

Ok so far this evening ive managed 562 hands 4 tabling . Thats approx 2 50min sessions
managed to eek out another $12 in this session although it would have been more if whilst selecting table i donked off $18 to some jerk going all in every hand .

Went in with AK and he called me with Q8 obviously the 8 came on the river . But hey ho

My poker tracker crashed as well whilst playing as i think im up a little bit more on the cashier screen

Here are my stats so far




Anyway just the one hand where i thought i could have got more ! I just didnt want him completing his flush draw cheaply if he had one .

The other question was should i be playing this hand ? I know its marginal but i am trying to play more in position

www.pokerhand.org/?1348613

UTG V$PIP 0%

lol this made me laugh . I have been trying to get my utg figures down and although i did not do this intentionally my utg V$PIP was zero . Going to check the hands but just looked at fruity pros new vid and utg he was a nit .

Any way tonights first session was 306 hands for a profit of $48.75 things were going quite slow until i hit trip 5s and then a short stack decide to to call when i put him all in with ak on an ak 6 board . He was holding A8 ????!!!

A vSpip of 17.41 and pfr of 14.24 so i am quite pleased so far . Just a few hands but i will list them later mainly to do with folding

Not Really Much Progress

Well , last nights session was pretty uneventful for some reason
played 520 hands and lost $7.30 . Still thats probably the way it goes .

Managed to resist the temptation of some river calls so that was good
and my utg and mp position stats were much lower ,although i was still completing the small blind too much

My AA 4 times and KK 2 times managed to win a massive $5.80 and $3.00
so far this month out of the 3286 hands i have had AA 11 times for $23.4
and KK 13 times for -$79.85 Thats not right im sure ?

So my results for August thus far are 3286 hands -$71.70 on a positive note though my $VPIP and PFR are running at 17.68% and 14.18% and as one of my goals is too reduce my $VPIP so i am quite happy with that . Will concentrate more on my postional play over the next few days if possible

To be honest it looks like August is not going to be the breakthrough month i wanted it to be . But hey , still a long way to go !!

A Winning Session And i hate coolers !! again !! or were they ?

Well first session tonight and i played 396 hands , more than usual for a session but i was feeling good , and then bad , and then good again .

At first i thought this was a cooler , but was it ? I mean he went all in , but could you put him on AA ? there was no way he had any other trips ? Should i have seen this ?

www.pokerhand.org/?1341025

This hand i tried to limit the losses , after his min raise i thought about going over the top again but then thought he may have the j But should i have called ?

www.pokerhand.org/?1341040

A bad beat , but should i have really called ?

www.pokerhand.org/?1341032

I wanted to know if these were played ok or if i want to improve do i need to play these better here. Be gentle with the comments please ! Actually what the fuck !!
if its shit then tell me !!

But at least it was a winning session + $2.80 FFS

Not So Mad

Still a little tough to find the tables so ive called it a night . Started to call a couple of times when i knew i was losing thats a sure sign to stop and so i did . Also ive not had much sleep since thursday and its begining to tell

Ok 2nd session i managed to win another $31 dollars it would have been more but for some poor calls . But here are a couple of laydowns not sure if they should have been
Hope i played these ok

Hand 1.. 1st villain was 34 / 3 and was called by 2nd villain 13 / 8 me ? OOP

www.pokerhand.org/?1337738

Hand 2.. No figures on the villain but he was short stacked and could only see getting it all in at some stage here

www.pokerhand.org/?1337743

August so far hands 2389 $-63.15 V$PIP 18.46 PFR 14.82 Sort of pleased with both my recovery from the start of the week and also my discipline .... 4 lots of 2 sessions then reviews and posts . Cool.... however rest assured i wont be getting carried away

See You At The Tables !!

Sunday Night Madness

FFS my first session didnt start off so well . Trying to get a 25/50nl table is virtually impossible , and then when you do its the same old story . My 70 / 7 table turns into a unbeliveble 10 /10 !!!! anyway enough of the moaning .

As im am trying to play 4 table 300 hand 45 - 60 min sessions with a review maybe you can understand that after 150 hands i was a little upset in that i hadnt even managed to get a decent table . Just chopping and changing . Man is dodgykens advice important on table selection worth adhering too !

Anyway after 277 ended up $11.65 up . Only one hand i need advice on or should i say am asking advice on which i have listed . It came immdeiately after i was dealt AA and had re raised a raiser and a caller . The caller being on the button after the AA hand

I called the raise and then bet the flop . Suggestions please . I really did not know what to do , Should i have just played this with a standard raise and then a cbet?


www.pokerhand.org/?1337338

Testing

Well im not sure how i got this here but its here , ill soon sort it

Anyone fancy commenting on my position figures ? I know its a really small sample

2nd session Grinding it out

Ok the 2nd session tonight went ok . I try to play 2 sessions a night 4 tabling approx 300 hands each time over 45 - 60 mins .I then review the session and then a post. Its 2 in the morning here for me so its late . Anyway

Hand 1 - raised with AKo and then there was a reraise to $4.5 3 x my raise . I jst did not like it so i folded Villain was 15/12

Hand 2 was pocket queens i made the raise got re raised and so i re raised him (is that a 4 bet or 3 bet ?) anyway a cbet won the hand after he called

hand 1 www.pokerhand.org/?1334519
hand 2 www.pokerhand.org/?1334527

so the combined 2 session result was played 622 won $67.4 V4pip 18.01 pfr 13.02

August so far 1926 hands -$106.15 $vpip 18.74 pfr 15.26

Just a few comments ... i certainly find it a little easier with this vpip . i tend not to find myself in so many tricky situations and it makes playing in position easier too , as im finding myself tossing away marginal hands

Also if anyone knows how to export the pt reports ont blogs please help

A Winning Session And i hate coolers !!

For some reason pokerhad org is not working so im gonna post a couple from the pt hand history

hand 1 trip 5s - did i play this all right , always get kinda dissapointed when i dont win loads with trips


Seat 1: bbyndsnwshs ($44.30)
Seat 2: grahamwhite ($50)
Seat 3: jcrib4 ($21.25)
Seat 4: EMOOO ($79.85)
Seat 5: iluvfree ($50.50)
Seat 6: Merbau ($16.05), is sitting out
EMOOO posts the small blind of $0.25
iluvfree posts the big blind of $0.50
5 seconds left to act
grahamwhite posts $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grahamwhite [5s 5c]
bbyndsnwshs raises to $1
grahamwhite calls $0.50
jcrib4 folds
EMOOO calls $0.75
iluvfree calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [Tc 5d 7d]
EMOOO checks
iluvfree checks
bbyndsnwshs has 15 seconds left to act
bbyndsnwshs bets $2
grahamwhite has 15 seconds left to act
grahamwhite raises to $6
EMOOO folds
iluvfree folds
bbyndsnwshs folds
Uncalled bet of $4 returned to grahamwhite
grahamwhite mucks
grahamwhite wins the pot ($7.60)


hand 2 - is this a correct fold

Seat 1: ZeRo115 ($82)
Seat 2: nemesis08 ($95.15)
Seat 3: Vedocorban ($50)
Seat 4: nineball8 ($9)
Seat 5: Amateurs ($75.20)
Seat 6: grahamwhite ($83.95)
nineball8 posts the small blind of $0.25
Amateurs posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grahamwhite [6c 6d]
grahamwhite raises to $1.75
ZeRo115 folds
nemesis08 folds
Vedocorban folds
nineball8 raises to $9, and is all in
Amateurs folds
grahamwhite has 15 seconds left to act
grahamwhite folds
Uncalled bet of $7.25 returned to nineball8
nineball8 mucks
nineball8 wins the pot ($4)

ok tonight session number 1 was a winning one at last played 295 hands won $42 although i had one cooler AA lost to JJ when he hit trips that cost me $24

So far in my 1500 hands AA has lost -$13.40 and KK has lost -$94.35 lol

1st session Coolers

I m pretty sure this guy had AA i just knew it ! should i have folded my KK ?

www.pokerhand.org/?1331394

And im pretty sure i played this just fine !!

www.pokerhand.org/?1331385

A fancy play . Too fancy !!

www.pokerhand.org/?1332403

man these hurt

Anyway , after the 1st session last night i ended up $130 dollars down . Pretty dissapointed to be honest but on the whole i thought i did ok apart from the hands
above .

It got me thinking though . Is it worth maybe staying out of big pots early in a session in order toget a good start . Its really difficult to get back in the grind after a big hit , it knocks your confidence and sometimes alters your playing style , especially when you know you have got to grind it out just to get back to where you start ? Comments please

So the 2nd session went better and manage to win just over a buyin and a half on my 4 tables ending down $60 dollars for the evening

The question i need answering her re this session is that i managed to build a $140 stack on one table . In tourney play i am quite good at using this stack . But how do you do so in cash games . Anyone know of any articles ?

So last night 605 hands - $60.25

August to date Hands 1304 $vpip 19.10 pfr 16.33 Af 5.21 $-173.55

Ok its doesnt look to good so far but honestly i dont think i have played too badly
I can put these losses down to approx 10 hands which i need to cut out

Need some help in posting the pokertracker reports

OMG And i actually thought i was getting better

Ok Here are my losing hands from last night . I had to post the all as i need to know if these are big leaks . I dont understand how i can feel i am playing weel yet lose so much . I know there is a ridiculous number of hands here but i would really apppreciate some comments on the 3 bets if at all possible ! I mean have i got them all wrong ?

Hand1
Just a cooler !!

Seat 1: dstevensou19 ($39.05)
Seat 2: pain23 ($178.35)
Seat 3: drunk_onion ($115.45)
Seat 4: kKIRKHAMMETTt ($14.35)
Seat 5: grahamwhite ($55.15)
Seat 6: kkalashian ($23.15)
grahamwhite posts the small blind of $0.25
kkalashian posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grahamwhite [5d 5s]
dstevensou19 folds
pain23 folds
drunk_onion folds
kKIRKHAMMETTt has 15 seconds left to act
kKIRKHAMMETTt calls $0.50
grahamwhite raises to $2
kkalashian calls $1.50
kKIRKHAMMETTt calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [Qs 5h 7h]
grahamwhite checks
kkalashian bets $21.15, and is all in
kKIRKHAMMETTt folds
grahamwhite calls $21.15
kkalashian shows [Qd 9h]
kKIRKHAMMETTt is sitting out
grahamwhite shows [5d 5s]
*** TURN *** [Qs 5h 7h] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 5h 7h 4h] [Jh]
kkalashian shows a flush, Jack high
grahamwhite shows three of a kind, Fives
kkalashian wins the pot ($45.90) with a flush, Jack high

Hand 2 – Looking back im not so sure I should be re raising with 88 but his figures were 20 / 10 maybe a little to low for the pfr
However once I had made the re raise was I right to make the cBet and correct in folding

Seat 1: schemr ($33.35)
Seat 2: YankeeRomeo7 ($136.05)
Seat 3: tuosevink ($52.35)
Seat 4: ThePHC ($48.40)
Seat 5: grahamwhite ($71.65)
Seat 6: GamblingBrother ($37.65)
grahamwhite posts the small blind of $0.25
GamblingBrother posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grahamwhite [8h 8s]
schemr calls $0.50
YankeeRomeo7 calls $0.50
tuosevink folds
ThePHC raises to $2.75
grahamwhite has 15 seconds left to act
grahamwhite raises to $8.50
GamblingBrother folds
schemr folds
YankeeRomeo7 folds
ThePHC calls $5.75
*** FLOP *** [2d Td 9c]
grahamwhite bets $14
ThePHC calls $14
*** TURN *** [2d Td 9c] [4h]
grahamwhite checks
ThePHC bets $25.90, and is all in
grahamwhite folds
Uncalled bet of $25.90 returned to ThePHC
ThePHC mucks
ThePHC wins the pot ($44.20)


Hand 3 Now this guys figures were definitely ok to re raise He was about 17 / 14
The thing is should I have made the cbet into this flop . What else could I do
I hate it when there is a rag flop like this and you know that if you check the turn he is going to fire on the river


Seat 1: Samoyed111 ($70.10)
Seat 2: YankeeRomeo7 ($140.85)
Seat 3: grahamwhite ($58.55)
Seat 4: bluemonstr22 ($44.50)
Seat 5: agpoker96 ($50)
Seat 6: zerosum79 ($91)
YankeeRomeo7 posts the small blind of $0.25
grahamwhite posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grahamwhite [Ks Ah]
bluemonstr22 folds
zerosum79 folds
Samoyed111 raises to $1.75
YankeeRomeo7 folds
grahamwhite has 15 seconds left to act
grahamwhite raises to $5.50
Samoyed111 calls $3.75
*** FLOP *** [5h 9d 3s]
grahamwhite bets $9.50
Samoyed111 calls $9.50
*** TURN *** [5h 9d 3s] [9c]
grahamwhite checks
Samoyed111 bets $30.25
grahamwhite folds
Uncalled bet of $30.25 returned to Samoyed111
Samoyed111 mucks
Samoyed111 wins the pot ($28.75)

Hand 4 - thiis guy had been like play 50/14 and had a massive stack
Probably should have not double barreled

Seat 1: schemr ($27.05)
Seat 2: YankeeRomeo7 ($145.05)
Seat 3: Vieille Peau ($10.40)
Seat 4: ThePHC ($66.90)
Seat 5: grahamwhite ($47.90)
Seat 6: GamblingBrother ($31.05)
grahamwhite posts the small blind of $0.25
GamblingBrother posts the big blind of $0.50
5 seconds left to act
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grahamwhite [Ts Td]
schemr folds
YankeeRomeo7 calls $0.50
ThePHC folds
grahamwhite raises to $2
GamblingBrother folds
YankeeRomeo7 calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [2s 7d Jd]
grahamwhite bets $4.50
YankeeRomeo7 calls $4.50
*** TURN *** [2s 7d Jd] [Js]
grahamwhite has 15 seconds left to act
grahamwhite bets $8.50
YankeeRomeo7 raises to $138.55, and is all in
grahamwhite folds
Uncalled bet of $130.05 returned to YankeeRomeo7
YankeeRomeo7 mucks
YankeeRomeo7 wins the pot ($29)

Hand 5 - here we go again another 3 bet with a small pp , Although im sure that when it comes to 3 betting its more to do with the player and position and not so much the cards . I think that I am overbetting my cbets on the 3 bets

Atlas King posts the small blind of $0.25
WhetSpot posts the big blind of $0.50
the button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grahamwhite [7s 7c]
jselling calls $0.50
grahamwhite raises to $2.25
TheNutters calls $2.25
dentalfrank calls $2.25
Atlas King folds
WhetSpot calls $1.75
jselling calls $1.75
*** FLOP *** [3s 5s Jd]
WhetSpot checks
jselling checks
grahamwhite checks
TheNutters checks
dentalfrank bets $2.50
WhetSpot has 15 seconds left to act
WhetSpot folds
jselling folds
grahamwhite raises to $11.50
TheNutters folds
dentalfrank calls $9
*** TURN *** [3s 5s Jd] [6h]
grahamwhite checks
dentalfrank bets $9
grahamwhite adds $20.30
grahamwhite folds
Uncalled bet of $9 returned to dentalfrank
dentalfrank mucks
dentalfrank wins the pot ($32.80)

Hand 6 – I played this pretty weakly I think tried to play a raise and a cbet against this player looks like I should have double barrelled and folded to his river bet

Seat 1: grahamwhite ($54.70)
Seat 2: DuggleBogey ($41.20)
Seat 3: ab1x ($102.50)
Seat 4: Heartachee ($50)
Seat 5: tash78 ($22)
Seat 6: zerosum79 ($59.05)
DuggleBogey posts the small blind of $0.25
ab1x posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grahamwhite [Jd Th]
tash78 folds
zerosum79 folds
grahamwhite raises to $1.75
DuggleBogey calls $1.50
ab1x has 15 seconds left to act
ab1x folds
*** FLOP *** [9d Qc Ts]
DuggleBogey checks
grahamwhite has 15 seconds left to act
grahamwhite bets $4
DuggleBogey calls $4
*** TURN *** [9d Qc Ts] [Jh]
DuggleBogey checks
grahamwhite checks
*** RIVER *** [9d Qc Ts Jh] [Ah]
DuggleBogey has 15 seconds left to act
DuggleBogey bets $7
grahamwhite has 15 seconds left to act
grahamwhite calls $7
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DuggleBogey shows [9c Ac] two pair, Aces and Nines
grahamwhite mucks
DuggleBogey wins the pot ($24.70) with two pair, Aces and Nines

Hand 7 - yipes another 3 bet - I don’t think there was anything wrong with this 3 bet . I should have spotted this guys stack here though . I mean he only has one bet So that maybe where th problems was
All in

Seat 1: INGELTROD ($41)
Seat 2: kauch12 ($50.85)
Seat 3: MelloAceCV ($12.65)
Seat 4: Colonel Mustard ($50)
Seat 5: grahamwhite ($50.55)
Seat 6: schemr ($161.45)
grahamwhite posts the small blind of $0.25
schemr posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grahamwhite [Kh Qc]
INGELTROD folds
kauch12 folds
MelloAceCV raises to $1.75
grahamwhite has 15 seconds left to act
grahamwhite raises to $5.75
schemr folds
MelloAceCV raises to $12.65, and is all in
grahamwhite calls $6.90
MelloAceCV shows [7d 7c]
grahamwhite shows [Kh Qc]
*** FLOP *** [8s 5h Jc]
*** TURN *** [8s 5h Jc] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [8s 5h Jc 7h] [Tc]
MelloAceCV shows three of a kind, Sevens
grahamwhite shows King Queen high
MelloAceCV wins the pot ($24.55) with three of a kind, Sevens

Well my night seems to have been pretty much like this all night
Although i did tilt for a short while

www.pokerhand.org/?1327891

i had to laugh he was 50 / 8 / 1 and posted the coment " that was lucky

So after this depressing session i decided to blog my goals for August

2500 hands per week 10000 for the month of August

Play in position more frequently

Reduce my $vpip to less than 20% with an increased pfr if possible
I am currently 24 / 16

Make more notes on players . I didnt realize that once you have made them on FT
you just have to hover over the villains icon and they show up F Me thats thick

Finally im gonna stop donking off chips to large turn or river bets when i have not got the goods

Oh and a few more Sweat sessions

Tonights results 607 hands -$113

My First Sweat Session

Wow , just had my first sweat session with Dodgyken . Man he was running hot so there
were not too many sticky points to talk about as a result

However what i want to stress is how easy it was . On the voip and away .
I was sort of worried a little about it . But once you get the logmein downloaded and sorted

It is easy . Believe me its easier than writing the blogs !!

Learning The Hard Way

Did nt manage to play on Sunday night , I got back late from my chip shop and was just feeling really tired , so i managed to get away from the screen for a proper sleep

Monday night I lost a buyin early on when i got all in with 89s on the button on a 8 7 10 J 5 board only for the cut off to show Q9 the thing is he called my raise and then he called my c bet and then i just had to go all in. After that its hard work getting back to where you started .

Still i experimented a little with the 3 betting and i think i got the hang of it well just a little anyway . The guy on my right raised 3 times in a row when i was on the button the first time i had nothing but then JJ and AA what else could i do but re raise , he then proceeded to warn me about it lol . I did not feel i could justify doing it again too soon .

Tuesday night again i struggled early on and lost a buyin when i raised with K10o on the button the utg+1 called he then called my flop bet my turn bet and my river bet on a KJ847 I couldn't seem to get him to fold and was all in on the river only for him to show K7. Cold have saved some money here . Still again worked on the 3 betting with a little more success beginning to understand it .

Spent most of this morning reading the blogs in particular noledges blog
I need to get to this level ! no i will get to this level !!

Whilst i am not always posting on the blog i am most certainly reading others and trying to comment . Once i find a Hot spot for my laptop ill do my comments at lunchtimes giving me more time to play in the evenings

The blogs are a great way of learning , they really are , i have already got articles on 3 betting , table selectin and table aggression . Whats also pretty cool is you can also add to other blogs who probably dont know you exist and they respond

So although July has not been very productive on the $ side . In fact pretty unproductive .It most certainly has been on the learning / understanding side

So see you at the tables