Last nights post

I played at FT for 3 or 4 hrs last night. I made a meager profit. I played really tight and made very few moves at the pot. I seemed to be card dead most of the session barely staying ahead of the blinds and rake. Nothing of real interest to report. No tricky hands or anything.

On the tourney front - tonight is game 2 of the TPFLII. I have to work for game 3 and won't be able to play so it would be nice to place tonight. I will be happy just not to get knocked out again by the Hammer (72o).

Here's the rules, payouts, and schedule for the Talking Poker Forum League II.

RULES:
1) League consists of 20 events - all Poker Stars Private tourneys. The password for every tourney (unless stated otherwise) is: talkingpoker
2) Each event has a $10+$1 buy in and payouts based on the standard Poker Stars MTT payout schedule.
3) Each player also pays a League entry fee of $10 (payable to TalkingPoker via Poker Stars transfer prior to the first event the player plays in (not necessarily Event #1)).
4) The winner of each league event is awarded points based on their place in the event (see points distribution list below).
5) Overall point leaders at the end on the 20 league events will be awarded portions of the prize pool as described below.
6) TP is adding $100 to the League Prize Pool!!! And the winner also gets some TP.com loot, including a TP.com hat if they don't already have one. Pics can be found here.
7) pshabi is adding the $25 he won from this to the League Prize Pool too!!!

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LEAGUE PAYOUTS:
Based on overall points total from each's players best 10 finishes:

1st - 40% - $xx
2nd - 30% - $xx
3rd - 20% - $xx
4th - 10% - $xx

POINTS DISTRIBUTION FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
--Only your best 10 events (top 10 point totals) count toward your overall points total
--Number of points in play per event will be {Number of Players x 10}
--Number of players receiving points in each event will be determinted as follows:

3-5 players
1st - 75%
2nd - 25%

6-9 Players
1st - 50%
2nd - 30%
3rd - 20%

10-12 Players
1st - 50%
2nd - 25%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%

13-15 Players
1st - 45%
2nd - 25%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%
5th - 5%

16-18 Players
1st - 40%
2nd - 25%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%
5th - 6%
6th - 4%

19+ Players
1st - 35%
2nd - 25%
3rd - 15%
4th - 10%
5th - 6%
6th - 4%
7th - 3%
8th - 2%


SCHEDULE:
Event #1 - Tuesday, 5/2/06
Event #2 - Saturday, 5/6/06
Event #3 - Wednesday, 5/10/06
Event #4 - Sunday, 5/14/06
Event #5 - Thursday, 5/18/06
Event #6 - Sunday, 5/21/06
Event #7 - Wednesday, 5/24/06
Event #8 - Saturday, 5/27/06
Event #9 - Tuesday, 5/30/06
Event #10 - Sunday, 6/4/06
Event #11 - Wednesday, 6/7/06
Event #12 - Saturday, 6/10/06
Event #13 - Thursday, 6/15/06
Event #14 - Sunday, 6/18/06
Event #15 - Wednesday, 6/21/06
Event #16 - Saturday, 6/24/06
Event #17 - Tuesday, 6/27/06
Event #18 - Sunday, 7/2/06
Event #19 - Wednesday, 7/5/06
Event #20 - Saturday, 7/8/06

All games @ 9:30 PM ET

Well pretty uneventful day

I played on FT a little while waiting for my Bro to show. I got smacked for close to $50 on 1 hand. I Had AA sitting at the $50NL. There are 3 limpers before me so I raise it up to 3.50. Get 1 caller. Flop 4A7 rainbow. I check, he checks. 5 on turn. I raise 6.00, he calls. River K. I bet and he raises me allin. I call. He turns over 23suited for the straight. Only cards that beat me here are 23 and 68, which none should have called preflop raise of 7x BB IMO. Killed me. Who would have raised post flop here with a set of Aces, with this seemingly innocent board?

Got on UB (Ultimate Bet) with my Bro and played for 4 hrs or so till 4 in the morn, We 3 tabled $50NL and also played 1 $5 tourney and a $5 SNG. I ended up a little this session. Got 4th in SNG on a bad play by me. Pushed too hard with Ace-Rag. I threw in 1/3 of my stack with A6o guy raises me allin and I call. He turns over JJ and I don't improve, leaving on the bubble. 1 plus my Bro got 3rd, losing to a bad beat of preflop allins QQvsJT. I got stomped in the $5 tourney with an early bow-out.

Online Bankroll
125.42
Total $1930.24

Down about $10 for the day as a whole. Not too bad considering I stuck with the $50 all day where I'm still not real comfortable yet.

Haven't played much so far tonight

I did some 4 tabling on PP $50 tables. Played real tight. Won about $15 bucks in the hr and a half that I played. I was actually pretty card dead. Blinded away money most of the time, but won 2 nice hands to put me up for the session.

I'm supposed to play some with my Bro late tonight after he gets back from the Casino. We will see.

Online Bankroll
+14.82
Total $1955.66

Well that sucked.

I decided to only play $50NL tabs today. I played at FT and was 4 tabling for a good 4 hrs. I won with AA on 2nd hand of the day and doubled my stack. From there it was all downhill. I made a few bad plays at the pot and got caught every time tonight. It was a sad evening for my playing savvy and intuition - or should I say lack there of.

Good Night, I'll give it another try tomorrow.

Online Bankroll
-74.50
Total $1940.84

Just surpassed $2000 - oops, don't let me forget that comma - $2,000.

Won some more on Party Poker(PP)muti-tabling $25NL. Lost a big hand, my KK vs AA. I started whining to myself. Then 20 min later I won it all back on another table, with a scary call I might add, with my own AA vs KK. Pretty weird, it being that close. Emotional rollercoaster baby - the poker high. Anyway night all.

Added thought - I always multi-tab $50NL on Full Tilt but for some reason I don't on PP. I think it is because playing higher stakes clears the bonuses on FT quicker, yet it doesn't matter at all on PP bonuses. I see it as why risk it for no reason, yet I'm still probably losing profits by playing the lower stakes on PP. I say I'm a $50NL player That is what I should play, Right? I'll have to work on that. Confidence issue again. Son-of-a.

It's after midnight and I have to go nighty-night.

Online Bankroll
+55.30
-$11 for TPFL fee
Total $2025.04

I knocked TP out with a bad beat and then...

I went out 11/14. Damn that sucked. I had fun though. First I knocked TP out 77 vs 88. Later, got knocked out by boobielover - my KQ vs 72o. Some would say poetic justice, but not I, not I. 72o, ouch. I made a few plays. Only got caught once. Rob called my A3 bluff, though I don't feel to bad about it because he had a boat. I didn't feel totally out-matched here though, so we'll just have to see how I do next time.

TPFLII bankroll
-11.00 (11/14)
Total -21.00

Damn

I just knocked out that TOPBUCKS40 bonus for $100. And while I was doing it I made $40 6 tabling $25 NL at Party. I'm all siked up and ready for the TPFL tourney tonight. I just deposited $300 more onto Party Under the TOPBUCKS50 but there was no bonus i guess. Damn that sucks.

Online Bankroll
+141.04 ($100 was bonus)
-$10 for TPFL fee
Total $1980.04

I thought it would be easier to track my progress by keeping an ongoing tally at the end of most posts. It will track both my online and cash bankrolls. Also I will track my TPFL earnings or losses, whichever that may be. TPFLII 1st tourney tonight 9:30 sharp – be there.

Online Bankroll
+ 32.63
Total $1848.44

Cash money Bankroll
+ 20.00
Total $674.00

TPF League Bankroll
- 10.00 (entry fee)
Total - $10.00

TPFL

I decided to join the Talking Poker Forum League (TPFL). I don’t have much tournament experience, but I figured that I would give it a shot. If for nothing else, the camaraderie and valuable tourney experience. Plus, I’m sure a lot of hands will be generated and discussed on the forum. Being in the actual hands that are being critiqued, will surely add more depth and understanding to the analyses for me.

Every little bit helps

OK, I finally played a little poker last night after work. I did some multi-tabling on Party, trying to knock out that TopBuck40 $100 bonus. I was playing anywhere from 4 to 6 $25 NL tables at a time. 6 is a little much at times – like when I have more than 1 thought-intensive decision to make at the same time. But for the most part it helps me play tight, though I notice also that I make less plays at the pot when offered. A little give and take. I’ll have to get around to using that Poker Tracker software that I bought and see exactly how many tables are profitable for me. I played around 500 hands and made an average of $6.50 per hundred hands last night playing the $25 tables. I’m not sure if this is average earnings or not.

Online Bankroll
+ 32.63
$1848.44