Over 1k !!!

Yea I´m on a roll again.
It´s a pretty good story as of how I got there:

I Currently work as a fisherman, where I´m away about 2 weeks at the time. We earn pretty good, about 1.5k every trip, so it´s all good, but I can´t play poker out there on the ocean.

I haven´t really played poke in 2 months after my withdrawal. But decided that I wanna play again.

So I got home and I decided to deposit 250$ at pokerstars( my absolute favourite). I start playing these 60$ 45 player turbo multi sng´s and get 3x4 forth places which pay about 309$ each time, so I´m at almost 900$ fast.

I play and fooled around and did loose about 300$, so I´m down to 600$ on my bankroll.

I win a 39$ qual for sunday million and decide to play. The card are cold and I finish about 1500 overall. So I now have 600$ again and decide,that I wanna play the 2/4 game with a full buy inn(400$).

Believe it or not, I win a full buy inn after a few hands, when my flush draw hits and cracks his pair of kings. He did everything right and gave me 1/2 odds, which aren´t nearly as good as I would like, but I have been lucky, so I decide to call him down. I hit a diomond on river, and VOILA! I´m over 1k again, where it really could make a difference. So I am going to stop now.
I´m off to work (2 weeks har labour on a rolling ocean) and when I get back, I´m going to play again.
Bought Harrington on Holdem 1+2, Greensteins book, and some other, so there´s going to be alot of improvements the coming months.

Here is the hand (very poorly played I know, but I won)
*********** # 2 **************
PokerStars Game #11844055491: Hold'em No Limit ($2/$4) - 2007/09/03 - 06:24:06
(ET)
Table 'Chimaera' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Bhudie ($568.95 in chips)
Seat 2: FastEddie267 ($469 in chips)
Seat 3: badbeater ($1228.80 in chips)
Seat 4: ascott67 ($450 in chips)
Seat 5: fiskarinfo ($400 in chips)
Seat 6: lautie ($1184.60 in chips)
badbeater: posts small blind $2
ascott67: posts big blind $4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fiskarinfo [9d Td]
fiskarinfo: raises $8 to $12
lautie: folds
Bhudie: folds
FastEddie267: calls $12
badbeater: folds
ascott67: raises $28 to $40
fiskarinfo: calls $28
FastEddie267: calls $28
*** FLOP *** [2d 4h 3d]
ascott67: bets $108
fiskarinfo: calls $108
FastEddie267: folds
*** TURN *** [2d 4h 3d] [8s]
ascott67: bets $302 and is all-in
fiskarinfo: calls $252 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [2d 4h 3d 8s] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ascott67: shows [Ks Kd] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
fiskarinfo: shows [9d Td] (a flush, Ten high)
fiskarinfo collected $839 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $842 Rake $3
Board [2d 4h 3d 8s 4d]
Seat 1: Bhudie folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: FastEddie267 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: badbeater (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: ascott67 (big blind) showed [Ks Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and
Fours
Seat 5: fiskarinfo showed [9d Td] and won ($839) with a flush, Ten high
Seat 6: lautie folded before Flop (didn't bet)

End of this adventure

Total withdrawals: 780$
I lost 200$on a nl200 table, and I withdrew the last 480$ on my account to ensure a perfect summer holiday :)
So I have actually earned on poker, a whole new experience for me. Sadly thou I can´t play poker anymore with no cash.

To tell you the truth I was actually not enjoying poker and the grinding business ain´t for me.

I plann to deposit 1K$ when i can aford it, and start where I left off, but I´m promise myself not to deposit 50$ and try to rush, it ain´t working, and I have won lots of money from em fishes.
see you at... oh no :)

Withdrawals

Just withdrew 300 bucks, so I have exactly 700$ left and with a prospect of having to withdraw atleast 300 more, things are looking grim for my bankroll, unless I get a job.

Going to grind at the nl50 tables the next days and see if I can make some $ and help my roll survive the onslaught...

see u at the tables

1K$

Reached the goal of 1k!

Very nice, my new goal is 1200$ but I do not think that I can reach it, as I have to withdraw about 500$ to spend on a music festival.

Been playing poker at my friends house and we have been helping each other improve our game (nah just fooling around)

See you at the tables.

Status

God Damn IT!
Must...break...record...

Oh well atleast I´ve got some ftp´s. Gonna take a break, going crazy.

Regrouping

Played a session tonight, don´t think I am finished for the night though.
I have currently clawed about 33$ that is about 2/3 of a buy inn.
I started very weak and made some stupid calls with drawing hands. I think primarily it takes some time for me, to get in to the rhytm of my good poker play. I think I have some sort of mental blocage, and I am having a hard time reaching my goal. Remember it was only 13$ away.
Must...reach...1K... :)
Well things got better as I switched tables and made better table sellection.
Current bankroll: 959$
Current goal: 1000$
Here is a hand:
My notes on villain was, that he raised if I checked behind him on turn, and had done so all the time.

PokerStars Game #10792192555: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/07/06 - 00:34:42 (ET)
Table 'Mabella II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: xgamma ($49.50 in chips)
Seat 2: fiskarinfo ($31 in chips)
Seat 4: Tricap ($55.70 in chips)
Seat 6: fadednick ($42.90 in chips)
xgamma: posts small blind $0.25
fiskarinfo: posts big blind $0.50
WLee20: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fiskarinfo [Td Qs]
Tricap: folds
fadednick: calls $0.50
xgamma: calls $0.25
fiskarinfo: checks
*** FLOP *** [8d Qh 6s]
xgamma: checks
fiskarinfo: bets $1.50
fadednick: calls $1.50
xgamma: folds
*** TURN *** [8d Qh 6s] [Tc]
fiskarinfo: checks
fadednick: bets $2
fiskarinfo: raises $2 to $4
fadednick: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [8d Qh 6s Tc] [5h]
fiskarinfo: bets $10
fadednick: raises $10 to $20
fiskarinfo: raises $5 to $25 and is all-in
fadednick: calls $5
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fiskarinfo: shows [Td Qs] (two pair, Queens and Tens)
fadednick: mucks hand
fiskarinfo collected $60.50 from pot
FER69FER69 joins the table at seat #3
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $62.50 Rake $2
Board [8d Qh 6s Tc 5h]
Seat 1: xgamma (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: fiskarinfo (big blind) showed [Td Qs] and won ($60.50) with two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 4: Tricap folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: fadednick (button) mucked [Qc 5d]

quick update

Just 1 buy inn down :D

Now what Is he thinking? Calling me down?
U either push when I raise on river after coldcalling

PokerStars Game #10776237936: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/07/05 - 01:15:45 (ET)
Table 'Caliban II' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: aidz12 ($50 in chips)
Seat 2: repsaj12 ($76.80 in chips)
Seat 3: joselo69955 ($64.15 in chips)
Seat 4: yimc17 ($54.25 in chips)
Seat 5: howlkal ($48.30 in chips)
Seat 6: fiskarinfo ($70.90 in chips)
joselo69955: posts small blind $0.25
yimc17: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fiskarinfo [9d Kh]
howlkal: folds
fiskarinfo: calls $0.50
aidz12: raises $1.50 to $2
repsaj12: folds
joselo69955: folds
yimc17: folds
fiskarinfo: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [Td 2c 9c]
fiskarinfo: checks
aidz12: bets $3.25
fiskarinfo: calls $3.25
*** TURN *** [Td 2c 9c] [6s]
fiskarinfo: checks
aidz12: bets $7
fiskarinfo: calls $7
*** RIVER *** [Td 2c 9c 6s] [2d]
fiskarinfo: bets $14
aidz12: calls $14
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fiskarinfo: shows [9d Kh] (two pair, Nines and Deuces)
aidz12: mucks hand
fiskarinfo collected $50.65 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $53.25 Rake $2.60
Board [Td 2c 9c 6s 2d]
Seat 1: aidz12 mucked [6c 5c]
Seat 2: repsaj12 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: joselo69955 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: yimc17 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: howlkal folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: fiskarinfo showed [9d Kh] and won ($50.65) with two pair, Nines and Deuces

Christ!

As I feared in the previous posts, It was something of a downswing.
I lost about 3bi in no time, but I have won 1½ back with a overset.
Actual bankroll 880$ damn it, 13$ from my goal. I need to find my power poker again, been playing very weak as my selfesteem has weakened. Oh well, nice to have a roll that can take the swings, I should be back in no time.

Call or fold?

Through the last posts I have written about poker when the tables were treating me good.
Now watch this hand:
PokerStars Game #10775389687: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/07/04 - 23:55:39 (ET)
Table 'Selene II' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: fiskarinfo ($49.45 in chips)
Seat 2: maxyee ($51.60 in chips)
Seat 3: IanBarns ($55.05 in chips)
Seat 4: Thaisssa ($127.70 in chips)
Seat 5: BJLTNYK ($101.45 in chips)
Seat 6: TheJobisVito ($51.55 in chips)
BJLTNYK: posts small blind $0.25
TheJobisVito: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fiskarinfo [Jc Jd]
fiskarinfo: raises $1.50 to $2
maxyee: folds
IanBarns: folds
Thaisssa: folds
BJLTNYK: raises $4.50 to $6.50
TheJobisVito: folds
fiskarinfo: raises $42.95 to $49.45 and is all-in
BJLTNYK: calls $42.95
*** FLOP *** [4h 3s 8s]
*** TURN *** [4h 3s 8s] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [4h 3s 8s Js] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BJLTNYK: shows [Ah As] (a flush, Ace high)
fiskarinfo: shows [Jc Jd] (three of a kind, Jacks)
BJLTNYK collected $96.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $99.40 Rake $3
Board [4h 3s 8s Js 9s]
Seat 1: fiskarinfo showed [Jc Jd] and lost with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 2: maxyee folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: IanBarns folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Thaisssa (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: BJLTNYK (small blind) showed [Ah As] and won ($96.40) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 6: TheJobisVito (big blind) folded before Flop

Well there goes one buy inn.
Hope I´m not going to tilt. Surely this is why there is such a thing called Bankroll.
Playing on two tables, and have about 18 buyinns on 50nl.

Negative variance or just poor play?
Can´t fold JJ, although he did re-raise....

13$ from goal

My god I´m runnng hot at the moment, not through bad beating others, just by playing superb poker.

This hand is a great example I think:
I know he´s going to bet out and I check-raise and bluff him out off the pot just by my read.

PokerStars Game #10773815895: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/07/04 - 21:51:57 (ET)
Table 'Janequeo' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: fiskarinfo ($59.20 in chips)
Seat 2: Lifas ($30.35 in chips)
Seat 3: Mir4culiX ($44.65 in chips)
Seat 4: duganja1 ($46 in chips)
Seat 5: philds3 ($50.75 in chips)
Seat 6: jupiter dave ($56.10 in chips)
fiskarinfo: posts small blind $0.25
Lifas: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fiskarinfo [Ks Qh]
Mir4culiX: folds
duganja1: folds
philds3: raises $1 to $1.50
jupiter dave: folds
fiskarinfo: raises $2 to $3.50
Lifas: folds
philds3: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [Js 4d 4h]
fiskarinfo: checks
philds3: bets $4
fiskarinfo: raises $6 to $10
philds3: folds
fiskarinfo collected $14.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $15.50 Rake $0.75
Board [Js 4d 4h]
Seat 1: fiskarinfo (small blind) collected ($14.75)
Seat 2: Lifas (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Mir4culiX folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: duganja1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: philds3 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: jupiter dave (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Very weak players, the lot.

Current bankroll: 987$
Current Goal: 1000$

Still cruising

My bankroll is at 876$
It probably would have been bigger, if I hadn´t try to qualify to sunday million through sattelites.
Also tried 2x11$ tourneys where I didn´t reach the money :(
It´s weird, I´m actually bored playing at nl50, outplaying em.
So I should reach my goal very soon.
Greetings, see you at the tables.


--------------------------- update
Reached 905$
I will call it a night and stop this session, great session btw.

cruising

Actually I lied (a little :) on the last post.
I had exactly 773$ in my bankroll.
Been spending a bit on some satellites, to try and qualify to poker million on saturday, but I failed.
But the good news is that on nl50 I have been cruising!
Have about 815$
Feel super, finally my big break has arrived.

New Goal

My new goal before withdrawing to spend, is 1000$
Current bankroll: 800$

See you at zhe tables ;D

Bankroll boost

PokerStars Tournament #54395878, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $55.00/$5.00
45 players
Total Prize Pool: $2475.00
Tournament started - 2007/07/02 - 16:52:30 (ET)
Dear fiskarinfo, You finished the tournament in 1st place.A $767.26 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

Christ that is neat, I´m very pleased with my self after this mangificent win.
It was a crapshoot as the speed of the blinds were 5min.
I dedicate this win to Harrington on Holdem (HOH) buy it if u haven´t read it