Supernova Elite Pursuit 2010 – July 18, 2010

July 18, 2010

Just started a 4 hour session.  It went bad.  I started off just dying.  Kept getting allin on the river with 2nd nuts against 30%vpip types and what not, I only really felt bad about a few of the hands but the next thing I knew I hit refresh and I was down about $400 ev and $800 cash.  Kept playing for another 2.5 hours to finish off the 4 hour session.  At end I was -$470 in EV  and -$1270 in cash. ..

This brings my month total to -$2690 in cash and +$1.75 in EV.

Sad that over the last 2 days my ev dipped about $1,000 but also sad than my cash is falling faster.
I'm surprised that I'm running this bad when I thought having bigger stacks and being allin much less often would lead to less deviations from EV.

The good news I guess is that I'm still a few hundred up in EV since I started fullstacking over a month ago, but lately I've been having more bad days, time for a session review and see if I pick up on any boneheaded moves I guess.

MellowYellow @ Low Limit Poker Forum

Supernova Elite Pursuit 2010 – July 7, 2010

July 7, 2010

Well I did it... 500,000 vpps!

Of course it came with some sad news, my last 3 hour session was very bad.

I could NOT stop running into sets or KK vs AA type stuff..  And the worst part was it was ALWAYS against people unknown to me so I wouldnt give them respect... Such a bad finish.

My last session I lost about $700 and $600 EV (The ev is what upset me the most)

So I finished the day -1050 or so in cash and +$400 in EV.  MUCh lower in both than I had hoped.
The funny thing is if the sessions were in different order I'd probably be happier.  I finished the day with +400 ev which is 1.49bb/100 which is SUPERB!! but I still feel like I'm terrible at poker lol... what a twat.

Just sucks when u just drop that many buyins and feel like your getting creamed every hand.

Oh well..  time for a beer to celebrate..

Half way

MellowYellow @ Low Limit Poker Forum

Supernova Elite Pursuit – July 2, 2010

July 2, 2010

Another great session.
Played for 3 hours, within about 20 minutes I was down about $250EV and down $480 cash.  I was really tired probably started a little early but realized I was once again trying to force it not being patient.
After the end of my 3 hours, my EV was up $760 and my cash up $520.  Great turn around
My biggest pot is also my biggest pot to date I believe, I was actually talking to a friend on Skype AND my wife was talking to me so I was a little distracted, I don't even REMEMBER playing the flop OR turn, and when the river came down I didn't even know what had happened, I assumed I had raised Pf, Cbet the flop and then checked the turn, later I saw what had happened... Sometimes being distracted DOES pay off
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP1 ($33)
MP2 ($40)
MP3 ($35)
CO ($35.75)
Button ($36.35)
SB ($192.50)
MellowYellow (BB) ($189.95)
UTG ($206.90)
UTG+1 ($73)
Preflop: MellowYellow is BB with ,
UTG calls $2, 5 folds, Button calls $2, SB calls $1, MellowYellow checks
Flop: ($8) , , (4 players)
SB checks, MellowYellow checks, UTG bets $4, 2 folds, MellowYellow calls $4
Turn: ($16) (2 players)
MellowYellow checks, UTG bets $2, MellowYellow calls $2
River: ($20) (2 players)
MellowYellow bets $11.50, UTG raises to $36, MellowYellow raises to $83.50, UTG raises to $198.90 (All-In),
MellowYellow says "Oh Shiiit!!"
I double check to make sure I DO have a boat and there isn't a double paired board like AA558 and I'm being an idiot, (I’m playing 24 tables maybe I'm missing something)  There isn't.  Damn... seems like slow played AA... But what am I going to do at this point, I have to pay him off... I look up and see his VP$IP is 64% and Suddenly make a very confident call.
MellowYellow calls $98.45 (All-In)
Total pot: $383.90 | Rake: $3
Main pot: $383.90 between MellowYellow and UTG, won by MellowYellow
Results:
MellowYellow had 8, 8 (full house, eights over fives).
UTG had 7, K (flush, Ace high).
Outcome: MellowYellow won $380.90
  Gotta love it.  Back on a 2 session winning streak...  Come on baby keep it up

MellowYellow @ Low Limit Poker Forum

Supernova Elite Pursuit 2010 – June 25, 2010

June 25, 2010

Well tomorrow I take my REAL vacation and the tail end of the 'somewhat' vacation.

My step-son has been here for 2 weeks now and so my hours have really suffered, I only got in something like 24 hours in each week at best, there was just too much going on between watching him and taking him out to do fun summer stuff.

So I'll probably wake up and try to get about 4 hours in before leaving, and hopefully another 6 hours or so when I'm down in California.  I'm guessing I can get a total of 5,000 vpps between tomorrow and a little play on vacation so when I come back I will be only 3 days away from 500,000 vpps.

So of course I SHOULD have had 500k by the end of this month, I'm not too worried about being a little behind as I've said many times.

I really have been playing most 30 - 34 hours/week for the vast majority of weeks and still would get more than I needed per week, so if I just buckle down and get some good weeks in it will be no problem, and although I do have some stuff coming up in July and August once the summer fades in Sept and October I really plan on buckling down and trying to get to where I'm practically done by the time December hits.
Anyway I've continued going for full stacking (50bbs) and today was a great one.

I ended up the day up over $1,000 and up about 600ev as well.    My last 2 hour session alone was +$900 and 650ev it was crazy i just kept steadily winning the whole time my graph just kept slowly climbing up no real big jumps up or down.

Also my red line actually climbed a bit over the last 3 hours of my 5.5 hour day, I am guessing it's a result of being in a lot more larger pots that don't go to showdown like I would when short stacking.  If so maybe it does make a bit more sense to me how your red line is cruising so well Tony, though mine is not anything like yours.

Anyway hopefully I will keep working and thinking about things and improving, I am trying to get the short stack mentalities out of my head like jamming with any kind of top pair type hands or over pairs and thinking I HAVE to see showdowns cuz I have decent hands.  And really more than ever I'm now paying attention to who I'm in the pot with as certain regs just will not continue without monster hands.  I still have to get better at that but I think I'm on the path.

I was hoping for some advice on hiring coaches or where to look, but who knows maybe that won’t happen after all.  I reached out to 2 people and never heard back so maybe I'll juts keep grinding away for now, though I do think it's a great idea and could be immensely beneficial, especially around the blinds and with hands like TT or AK facing an open raise or a raise of my own pf open.

Anyway hope everyone has a good finish to their month and starts out July in the green.

MellowYellow @ Low Limit Poker Forum