I Don't Want to Move up I like 400

I am killing in NL400 and I just absolutely rock the game. Yes I am running decently well, especially against my coach. He gets into some sick situations vs me, and when he has the nuts, we chop :). Anyway, so far this month I have played 18,755 hands and am up 13.6k. This included a 2.7k tilt session at UB HU 1/2 PL. It was gross. At the beginning it was a bunch of terrible suckouts and bad setups, and then it got to be tilt. Thankfully it was only 1/2, and I did eventually push the x button after my full house was cracked by a higher fullhouse to cap the defeat. However, I am learning a lot and playing 2/4 on autopilot. I am hesitant to move up to 3/6 for unknown reasons. I need to though. Once again I would like to thank my coach for all the help he's given me (jkrantz). He hoped into some 10/20 games the last couple days and looked like he never left them :).

Anyway, the real reason I am posting this entry is because I took a shot at 5/10NL in a couple games tonight and completely owned them. I sat down at one table because one of my fish from NL400 (Also plays NL200) was there with 1700. I demolished him. Here are all the hands that I was involved in at the table. I am pretty sure that I only won a single pot where it wasn't HU vs him:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)



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BB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ ($1874.41)

UTGA ($1000)

MP ($953)

CO ($3014.43)

Button ($3100.21)

SB ($192)



Preflop: Hero is UTG with Qs, Kd. SB posts a blind of $5.

UTGA raises to $45, MP calls $45, 3 folds, BB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ calls $35.



Flop: ($140) Qd, Ts, 2d (3 players)

THE VICTIM checks, UTGA bets $115, MP folds, THE VICTIM folds.



Final Pot: $255



Results in white below:

No showdown. Hero wins $255.

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SB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ ($1829.41)

BB ($1092)

UTG ($908)

MP ($3014.43)

CO ($3100.21)

Button ($187)



Preflop: Hero is BB with Qs, Qd. SB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ posts a blind of $5.

4 folds, SB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ (poster) completes, BB raises to $25, SB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ calls $25.



Flop: ($70) 7c, 6d, 5h (2 players)

THE VICTIM checks, BB bets $60, THE VICTIM calls $60.



Turn: ($190) 3s (2 players)

THE VICTIM bets $100, Hero calls $100.



River: ($390) 5d (2 players)

THE VICTIM checks, BB bets $285, THE VICTIM folds.



Final Pot: $675



Results in white below:

Hero has Qs Qd (two pair, queens and fives).

Outcome: Hero wins $675.

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BB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ ($1589.41)

UTGA ($1302.50)

MP ($1000)

Button ($2999.43)

SB ($3187.21)



Preflop: Hero is UTG with Ah, Qs. SB posts a blind of $5.

UTGA raises to $45, 3 folds, BB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ calls $35.



Flop: ($95) 4c, 8c, 9s (2 players)

THE VICTIM checks, UTGA bets $88, THE VICTIM calls $88.



Turn: ($271) 2h (2 players)

THE VICTIM checks, Hero checks.



River: ($271) Ks (2 players)

THE VICTIM checks, UTGA bets $245, THE VICTIM folds.



Final Pot: $516



Results in white below:

Hero has Ah Qs (high card, ace).

Outcome: Hero wins $516.

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BB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ ($1451.41)

UTGA ($1423.50)

MP ($1000)

Button ($3014.43)

SB ($3187.21)



Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9d, As. SB posts a blind of $5.

UTGA raises to $45, 3 folds, BB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ calls $35.



Flop: ($95) 7h, Ts, 9c (2 players)

THE VICTIM checks, UTGA bets $88, THE VICTIM calls $88.



Turn: ($271) Td (2 players)

THE VICTIM checks, Hero checks.



River: ($271) 3c (2 players)

THE VICTIM bets $150, Hero calls $150.



Final Pot: $571



Results in white below:

THE VICTIM has 7s Js (two pair, tens and sevens).

Hero has 9d As (two pair, tens and nines).

Outcome: Hero wins $571.

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MP =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ ($1167.41)

Button ($1689.50)

SB ($1020)

BB ($3014.43)

UTG ($3182.21)



Preflop: Hero is Button with 5h, Ah. SB posts a blind of $5.

1 fold, MP =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ calls $10, Button raises to $50, 2 folds, MP =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ calls $40.



Flop: ($115) Ks, 8h, 7c (2 players)

THE VICTIM checks, Hero checks.



Turn: ($115) 9h (2 players)

THE VICTIM bets $50, Hero calls $50.



River: ($215) Qh (2 players)

THE VICTIM checks, Button bets $135, THE VICTIM folds.



Final Pot: $350



Results in white below:

Hero has 5h Ah (flush, ace high).

Outcome: Hero wins $350.

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UTG =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ ($1067.41)

MP ($1802.50)

Button ($1015)

SB ($3004.43)

BB ($3182.21)



Preflop: Hero is MP with Ks, Qd. SB posts a blind of $5.

UTG =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ calls $10, MP raises to $50, Button calls $50, 1 fold, BB calls $40, UTG =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ calls $40.



Flop: ($205) Ah, Ad, 3c (4 players)

BB checks, THE VICTIM checks, Hero checks, Button checks.



Turn: ($205) 9s (4 players)

BB checks, THE VICTIM checks, Hero checks, Button checks.



River: ($205) 9d (4 players)

BB checks, THE VICTIM checks, Hero checks, Button checks.



Final Pot: $205



Results in white below:

BB has 6s 6c (two pair, aces and nines).

THE VICTIM has Ts 4s (two pair, aces and nines).

Hero has Ks Qd (two pair, aces and nines).

Button has 5h 5c (two pair, aces and nines).

Outcome: Hero wins $205.

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UTG =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ ($1017.41)

MP ($1955.50)

CO ($965)

Button ($2999.43)

SB ($3132.21)

BB ($800)



Preflop: Hero is MP with 6s, 6c. SB posts a blind of $5.

UTG =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ calls $10, MP raises to $50, 4 folds, UTG =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ calls $40.



Flop: ($115) Kc, 7s, 9s (2 players)

THE VICTIM checks, Hero checks.



Turn: ($115) 3s (2 players)

THE VICTIM checks, Hero checks.



River: ($115) 5h (2 players)

THE VICTIM bets $40, Hero calls $40.



Final Pot: $195



Results in white below:

THE VICTIM has Ac Qd (high card, ace).

Hero has 6s 6c (one pair, sixes).

Outcome: Hero wins $195.

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SB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ ($643.41)

BB ($2020.50)

UTG ($1114)

MP ($3011.43)

CO ($285)

Button ($950.25)



Preflop: Hero is BB with 7h, Td. SB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ posts a blind of $5.

4 folds, SB =#A500AF(THE VICTIM)/ (poster) completes, Hero checks.



Flop: ($20) 7s, 7d, 2h (2 players)

THE VICTIM checks, Hero checks.



Turn: ($20) Kd (2 players)

THE VICTIM bets $10, BB raises to $30, THE VICTIM calls $20.



River: ($80) 6d (2 players)

THE VICTIM checks, BB bets $60, THE VICTIM calls $60.



Final Pot: $200



Results in white below:

THE VICTIM has 4s Kc (two pair, kings and sevens).

Hero has 7h Td (three of a kind, sevens).

Outcome: Hero wins $200.

He shortly busted thereafter. I would up up about 1.1k from that table, but wound up ever more on the other table I had opem (1.22k). A large contributing factor was this hand :).

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UTG ($1855.97)

MP ($1085)

CO ($1194)

Button ($1390.37)

SB ($2631.07)

BB ($1256.94)



Preflop: Hero is CO with Qs, Qc. SB posts a blind of $5.

2 folds, CO raises to $35, 1 fold, SB (poster) calls $30, BB raises to $113, Hero calls $88, SB folds.



Flop: ($281) 2s, Qd, Tc (2 players)

BB bets $199, Hero calls $199.



Turn: ($679) 2c (2 players)

BB calls $934.94 (All-In), Hero calls $872 (All-In).



River: ($2485.94) 2d (2 players, 2 all-in)



Final Pot: $2485.94



Results in white below:

BB has Jc Ac (three of a kind, twos).

Hero has Qs Qc (full house, queens full of twos).

Outcome: Hero wins $2423. BB wins $62.94.

Well, I'm going to bed, as I have a very busy day tomorrow. Good bye.

The Month of June

Sorry about the last of updates. I've been very busy... (playing poker obv).
Anyway, I got a summer job as an athletic trainer at a local facility, and will be resume boosting for the next couple weeks. The trainers are all really cool and I used to train with them so I know them and it's a lot of fun. We go to various local high schools to train teams in different sports. I am training a local HS football team so far, and also a women's field hockey team which is different. Next week I interestingly go back to my old HS and train the football team there. Back to poker.

I started off June ~8 tabling 1/2 NL and making good money on that. However, I took a shot around the 14th or so at 2/4 and mentally malfunctioned. I moved back down to 200 for a while and then moved up to 400 and stopped playing like a little baby. I outplayed a lot of people IMO and did very well. I remember my summer goal was $30k and potentially $35k if I really pushed myself. Well, in June I really pushed myself. I played on average 4 hours a day, and racked up over 75k hands.

For the month of June, I made over $25k! And, rakeback got me over $2000 more. In total, my earnings were nearly $28k. Here is a link to a graph and PT stats of my month.
http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/386/junefullgraph1zn.jpg

I made a lot of money, but the rakeback was huge on the side. Luckily, I can get you rakeback too if you want it. Just e-mail me at mynameizgreg @ gmail.com . I will work with you to get it; it really makes a difference.

My July goals are 75k hands, $30k from poker. My plan is to play 2/4NL for the first 15 days of the month, and then to begin incorporating 3/6 in the latter half. By August, assuming I don't lose everything, I would like to begin playing 3/6 full time.

Lastly, I would like to thank my coach jkrantz because he has been a crux in my development as a poker player. If you possibly are interested in coaching you can contact me with your information and I will pass it on to him. I am not sure if he has time right now but I will certainly check.

That's all for now, and hopefully I'll get an update soon. Good luck at the tables.

Greg