Operation: Domination

Greetings! I started playing on-line poker close to two years ago. In that time, I've made a little over $1000 playing low stakes NL HE. However, once I got to the 1K mark, my game fell off dramatically and my leaks began to surface in a big way.

Now, it's time to start fresh. I need a clean slate.

Tonight, I'm going to download "Poker Tracker" and start using it. From what I've read, it is a very helpful tool and I must-have for anyone playing on-line poker seriously.

I've taken some money from my bankroll. I just needed to see some fruits of my labor over the two years I played. Now, I'm left with a little under $600. I think this is a good "reboot" amount.

The plan is to have two bankrolls. I will have $250 to play $10 NL cash games. I will have the other $250 to play $10 PL Omaha cash games. Recently, I've been studying Omaha and I really like it. I want to give it a shot and I think it'll be a nice change of scenery from NL HE. I have enough confidence in my NL HE abilities to start branching out to another game.

My signature has a tracker, so feel free to keep tabs on my progress through low-limit NL HE hell. I would make an Omaha goal tracker, but I can't have two at once. C'est la vie. I will post my results in Omaha as I get into it.

Input is always welcome! Feel free to leave comments on my hands. I can't continue to get better without seeing how I play from the outside.

Wish me luck!

"Operation: Domination" is off and running!

I played for about an hour today. Now, I know that's very short compared to some people in the forums, but sometimes it's all I can squeeze in. I am not a multi-tabler either, so it makes things pretty slow moving. I'm just not comfortable with doing it yet. It's not out of the question, though.

Wow.... I forgot how bad people played at these stakes.... I managed to earn half a buy-in today and I was pretty pleased with that considering I didn't play very long.

This was a nice hand!

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $12.70
Hero: $9.85
MP1: $12.60
MP2: $9.90
MP3: $9.65
CO: $5.75
Button: $5.60
SB: $10.60
BB: $7.60

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is UTG+1 with :6c :6h
UTG folds, Hero calls, 3 folds, CO calls, Button calls, SB folds, BB checks.

Flop: :6d :3d :kc ($0.45, 4 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.45, CO folds, Button raises to $1.8, BB folds, Hero raises to $6.3, Button calls all-in $3.7.
Uncalled bets: $0.8 returned to Hero.

Turn: :6s ($11.45, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $11.45)


River: :7c ($11.45, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $11.45)


Results:
Final pot: $11.45
Hero showed 6c 6h
Button showed Kd 5c

When the person raised me, I smelled blood and went for the kill. I stacked them in the process, which was nice. The quads was a bonus, but not necessary.

This hand was not so good....

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
8 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $9.45
UTG+1: $12.85
MP1: $5.85
MP2: $12.15
Hero: $20.30
Button: $5.60
SB: $10.50
BB: $9.80

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is CO with :th :tc
2 folds, MP1 raises to $0.5, MP2 calls, Hero calls, 3 folds.

Flop: :9d :5h :jd ($1.65, 3 players)
MP1 bets $0.5, MP2 folds, Hero calls.

Turn: :7c ($2.65, 2 players)
MP1 bets $0.5, Hero raises to $4.15, MP1 raises all-in $4.85, Hero calls.

River: :kc ($12.35, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $12.35)


Results:
Final pot: $12.35
MP1 showed Jc Ah
Hero showed Th Tc

The raiser was a 53/8. I knew the raise meant something, but in the hand previous he bluffed it all the way after a PF raise. His smaller bets should have tipped me off, because he never bet when he had nothing. Just called, called, called.... Oh well. It was the worst play I made all session and I had the stack to soak it up. Live and learn....

Bad play aside, I was getting hit by the deck! I got AK two times, AQ two times, KK once, TT two times.... It was almost unreal considering I only played about 75 hands.

Even though I got some good hands, I think I played well also. I look forward to getting back to the tables soon!

Looks like you're off a running.

Good luck with the operation, sounds like you're all set and I'm sure you'll make it to $25NL really soon.

Thanks for the response! So far, so good! Stay tuned, more to come!

OMFG! You know, I haven't had a healthy gut laugh from sitting at the table in a good long while.... $10 NL games are a gold mine! I never realized how bad these people were. I saw some of the worst plays I've ever seen. Which meant.... I profited from it!

I found a juicy table where everyone was playing stacks ranging from $2-$5. So, since I always go in with the max, I stacked two people at the same time with AKo, which was pretty cool.

I'm pretty pleased with how I'm doing so far. I make small mistakes here and there, but I definately feel like I'm playing well. I haven't played many hands, but I'm feeling pretty confident right now.

Well, things have stalled a bit. I could not find a good table for the life of me tonight.... It seemed wherever I went, there were good players there. I just couldn't really get much going. I didn't lose a whole lot, and I broke about even.... Just a little frustrating, but the one thing that can cure an unfavorable table is leaving, so I did just that.

I have some hands from said session posted in another forum. If you want to see them, you can find them here: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...=495806#495806

Played for about an hour today and earned a buy-in! Table was pretty tight, but I got some decent cards at the right time and ended up taking out a few people in the process.

I'll post some of my stats later on because I don't have quite the sample to make any good evaluations just yet.

This hand was fun! However, I would've done the same thing in his spot....

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

CO ($9.75)
Button ($2.45)
Hero ($16.55)
BB ($4.70)
UTG ($3.30)
UTG+1 ($10.50)
MP1 ($7.10)
MP2 ($9.90)
MP3 ($9.15)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif.
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.45, 5 folds, Hero raises to $1.5, 1 fold, UTG+1 calls $1.

Flop: ($3.05) Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, Thttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players)
Hero bets $3, UTG+1 raises to $9.05 (All-In), Hero calls $6.05.

Turn: ($21.15) 3http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($21.15) 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $21.15

Results in white below:
Hero has Ah Ac (three of a kind, aces).
UTG+1 has Td Th (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: Hero wins $21.15.

This one kind of sucked, but I got my money in with the best of it....

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($9.60)
SB ($2.50)
Hero ($25.45)
UTG ($4.55)
UTG+1 ($5.20)
MP1 ($8.60)
MP2 ($3.95)
MP3 ($9.75)
CO ($9)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 7http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif.
UTG calls $0.10, 1 fold, MP1 raises to $0.35, MP2 calls $0.35, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.25, UTG calls $0.25.

Flop: ($1.45) Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, 3http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, Thttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks.

Turn: ($1.45) 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (4 players)
Hero bets $1.45, UTG raises to $4.2 (All-In), MP1 folds, MP2 folds, Hero calls $2.75.

River: ($9.85) 6http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $9.85

Results in white below:
Hero has 7d 9d (straight, jack high).
UTG doesn't show.
Outcome: Hero wins $9.85.

Hmmmmm.... converter messed this one up. I didn't win this hand, UTG pulled the nut flush on the river with Ah2h.