Friday, August 5, 2011

Vomit Free Since 2003

Poker so far in August has been good over the very small amount of hands I've put in. Since I haven't posted a hand in forever here's one from today that while completely standard/uninteresting, does illustrate why you don't want to blow a fish off air:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed)
BB ($80)
UTG ($198)
UTG+1 ($275.60)
MP1 ($183)
MP2 ($200)
CO ($203)
Hero (Button) ($200)
SB ($200)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A♥, K♥
2 folds, MP1 bets $7, 2 folds, Hero raises to $24, 2 folds, MP1 calls $17

Flop: ($51) K♠, 5♠, 4♣ (2 players)
MP1 bets $25, Hero calls $25

Turn: ($101) 3♦ (2 players)
MP1 bets $45, Hero calls $45

River: ($191) 4♠ (2 players)
MP1 bets $89 (All-In), Hero calls $89

Total pot: $369 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had A♥, K♥ (two pair, Kings and fours).
MP1 had J♣, Q♦ (one pair, fours).
Outcome: Hero won $366

Got to maximize against the old no pair no draw.

My August volume so far has sucked because I've been sick. It's the first time I've been under the weather in over a year, and this morning I had the unfortunate experience of vomiting for the first time in ages. The post title may be off, the last time could well have been on 2005 or 2006, but regardless it's been a hell of a long time. Hopefully I can go another 5+ years without the feeling of partially digested orange juice and granola bar using my nose as an overflow valve.

The market crash of the past week has been a discouraging turn of events for my retirement portfolio, but since I imagine I won't be touching those funds for 10-30+ years, no big deal. The silver lining has been that the US dollar made up ~4%+ on the CDN dollar, which is big for me every time I withdraw. Hopefully it can pick up another 5-10 cents over the next few months.

2 comments:

pirko said...

Hi ronfar!Can you please help me with some stuff.I was wondering if you have stop loss for the sessions or day like 3-4 buyins?And how long do your session last,cause it seems to me i always end up losing more buyins when i try to make up these lost buyins and puting in like 3-4hours sessions.gl

Ronfar3 said...

I don't use any stop loss. I've had several days stuck 10+ BIs, but also many where I've been down 10+ BIs and recovered to break even or better, so I don't think using one would help me any personally.

Back in the days of my 2009 SNE chase I would play sessions of 6-10 hours relatively frequently. These days, I rarely play sessions longer than ~5 hours, though occasionally on a Friday or Saturday I might still bust out an 8 hour marathon.