Year in review

Ok, so i know this is the one you've all been waiting for, so here it goes...

I'll start with fulltilt....i hate you!! nah, not really, but i've bascially stopped playing there for the time being. I deposited $400 probably around may and curretnly have about $1000 in there. But seeing as i got a $400 bonus, plus some rakeback...i really played breakeven poker, but ended up up about $600. My year end ROI for multi tables there was a disappointing -12%...not disgusting, but it was at least positive most of the year. I still play the occasional tourny there, so we'll see what they have in store for me for 2008.

Bodog...i hate you lol...again, i don't, but like fulltilt, i've bascially stopped playing there too, however bodog was really good to for a while! I deposited $100 bucks in there around mid 2005...i currently have like 900 in there (i was on a $800 downswing when i pretty much quit bodog). The good thing about bodog is that i withdrew $900 to buy a laptop in august...so no matter how bodgo treats me from here on in, i only deposited $100 bucks in there, and now have a decent laptop! That being said, i'm sure i'll get back to playing there, becuz i did really like the bodog mt's...that is where the bulk of my money was won ( and the bulk of it was lost playing cash games there)

Absolute poker...i don't even know you, and i hate your guts! HAHAHAHAHA

Pokerstars...my new home...well, i deposited $400 about exactly a year ago, and today my bankroll sits just over 6k! I actually have made 1 withdraw and 2 money transfers worth about $350, so that 6k is almost all white meat. I can break down the 6k a little bit. For the year, i won $2287(that's profit) in multi tables with a ROI of 43%. Kind of went on a downswing in december or it would've been higher, but hey, i'm happy. Sng's, which i really didn't even play until around June i won $1925 for 2007. This is what i'm most excited about! I really feel like sng's are going to be a MASSIVE bankroll builder for 2008! The rest (just under 2k) came from cash games...mainly nl hold em until very recently.

All in all, it was a good year, and i'm extremely happy looking back on it. If you would've told me in exactly 1 year after droppping 400 in pokerstars i'd have 6k, i would've thought u were insane...apparently not! I had 1 huge score in multi tables which is pretty much where most of the profit came from, but man did it feel good sitting at that final table!! Sng's are just my bread and butter...sometimes they seem tedious and boring, but when it comes down to it, they build my bankroll...i went from playing the dinky $5 sngs in june, to playing $30 sng's today and ready to dabble in some 50's!! (oh baby!!)

And as i sit here sipping on my protein shake that i'm sure my roommate spit in (HAHAHAHA, yes i did see 2 episodes of chapelles show lastnight in case you couldn't tell) i look forward to 2008. i planned on also putting my goals for 2008 in this post, but i have to get ready for work, so i'll post that either tomorrow or tuesday (can u say a 10k year????)

Thanks for all the support and the few railbirds i had...i'm looking forward to gaining more readers and railbirds in the future

Murph

Variance

Won $240 yesterday...lost $120 today...variance is a &*#%*.

Very quickly, i'm really starting to become more turned off to multi tables. Played in 2 yesterday, in the one i had 88 vs 66 vs 44 all in pre flop (the 44 was the last to call the all in...very nice call sir!)...6 on the river...gg murph. The other one, i had JJ cracked by 77 all in pre flop...it's really starting to get old!!

Ok, next post will be year in review...taking a nap now

Murph

Back to the mainland

Farewell Jamaica!! Had a great time in Jamaica, i won't bother getting into it in the blog, but we sucked out on the forecast seeing as it was 85 and sunny everyday!! Only negative thing was the fact that i got stung by a bee (who gets stung by a bee once u reach the age of 11????)

So my girlfriend was SUPPOSE to fly back home sunday night....so i took her to the airport around 4, and got back home around 430....fired up good ol pokerstars and bought into about 50 bucks in tournies...about an hour and a half or so later, she calls...still at the airport, saying her flight was cancelled, and i need to come get her (DAGGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)...50 bones wasted!!! Thankfully, i had a decent stack in one of them, and by the time i picked her up, and actually got back home, i was still around the chip avg...my g/f is awesome, so she let me play in it when we got home and i ended up cashing...so it wasn't a complete lose, but still a dagger!

So, i've bascially jumped ship on playing hold em cash games...i have found the new goldmine (omaha8 on stars)...i know last post, or maybe 2 posts ago, i said i was gonna play some 1/2...but, i've decieded to play some 2/4 now, and its going pretty well since i've been back...i've found a couple of FISH that ALWAYS seem to be playing, so i usually look for this 2 or 3 guys and try to get at their table...today, the one guy was playing 20/40!!!!!!! AND 1/2!!!!!!!!!!! Very strange!!! i'm holding steady at 2/4, but i may even experiment with some 3/6 if i see this fish there and i'm feeling good!

So, next post i'll do my year in review which i know you've all been waiting for lol...but it looks like December is going to be the 1st month since my g/f moved away that i'm going to have a negative ROI in multi tables...i know, there are still a few days left, but i don't really think i'm gonna be able to play any becuz of work...oh well...it's only a very small ROI and maybe that means a big win in Jan.!!

Ok, that's it for now i guess...pretty lame post for not posting in nearly 2 weeks i know, but hey, what can ya do!

Murph

The ultimate bad beat

Ok, this will probably be my last blog for at least a week...g/f is flying into town tomorrow and we lave for Jamaica Monday morning, so, i'm thinking the following Monday may be the next blog...we'll see.

So you're wondering what the title refrs to? AA vs KK on a AKK72 board????? WRONG!!! How about the forecast in Jamaica next week is rain everyday....pretty sweet!!! I was looking forward to coming back with a MONEY tan, and its suppose to rain everday!! Oh well, i'll just have to hope it turns around...i ven settle on just 3 sunny days!!

So, these past 3 days, i've gone back to playing omaha8...this time though, i'm playing some 1/2 limit. I've realized limit poker...in all its forms...is truly the ultimate grind!! For 3 straight days, i've put in about an hour each day, and won about 20 bucks each day...which is a solid win rate, but the thing about limit poker is, you're never gonna have a 4 buy in day, or anything even clos to it. It's satisfying to book a win solid win rate 3 days in a row, but its frusterting that they wer only 20 bucks each day! I may decided to try out some 2/4, but the play seems so bad at 1/2 that it may b more profitabl to just play 1/2.

I go through phases while i play poker, and right now, i'm totally not feeling texas hold em...i'm running like shit, everytime i pick up a hand, everyone folds, etc etc etc. Thats the beauty of having more then 1 game in your arsenal...when u gt sick of one game, u can just play the other!! I strongly reccommend this to all poker players...branch out a little bit....experiment with some other games!! There is so much more to poker then just nl hold em!! Not only may u find out your actually better at say stud or omaha, but its the perfect cure for running like ass in hold em (which happens to ALL OF US!!)

Ok, gotta jet...wish me luck with my flights (i'm the unluckiest guy EVER when it comes to airports) and pray for warm, sunny weather!!!!!

Murph

ps for some reason, the "E" key is sticking on my laptop, so i'm sure there are 10001 typos in this post (mainly words missing an "E")...so don't think i was drunk while posting this!

Update

Just a quick one...ended up coming in like 110th in the $10 rebuy...don't play in this tourny too much since it can get expensive, but i ended up making about $105 bones for it. Thought there were a few hands that i could've gotten more money out of, but opted to just get paid off instead, although i swear, near the end, EVERY SINGLE TIME i picked up a decent looking hand too push with, i got called, 3 times on the button i had an ace and pushed, and all 3 times, somone in the blind had a bigger ace...i did suck out once though but man, if i at least could've won one of those pots...who knows what could've happened!

Lastly, this is how good i'm running...VERY first hand of the tourny, i pick up 44 in the BB, utg+1 makes it 90, so i call, flop comes 10 7 4...i bet 200 into him (hoping he has an over pair), he INSTANTLY moves in (so i know i played my hand to perfection now) he flips over JJ...running hearts..gg murph...that was one of those really fun tournaments that all the pros talk about

Murph

The "P" key

Hey, its been a little while since i last updated...not much has happened...i've hemmoraged some money in multi tables, came close to a final table the other night, but i've been a losing player since last months 900 score...got a big night ahead of me tonight, so maybe i can go deep (lastnight, i busted out of 3 tournies holding pocket QQ and all 3 times no overs came came on the flop, so i've been getting cold decked big time lately!!) Sng's are still my money maker though! I'm starting to think about playing in a few $50 sngs!! We'll see though, 50 bucks is a pretty big jump from 30...i think once i crack the 2k barrier on sharkscope, i'll play some 50's!

So i went to the mall today for some Christmas shopping...was there for about 2 hours, bought 3 things for myself, and came home HAHAAHA I seriously couldn't find a sinlge ting to buy for ANYBODY!!!! Looks like i may have to go with the online shopping route...

So next week i'll be gone all week...in JAMAICA BABY!!!!! Looking forward to just relaxing and chilling on the beach for a week...i hope they have a good wireless connection there becuz i can't go a week without poker....HAHAHAA yeah right, i'm pretty sure my g/f would break up with me on the spot if i brouhg the laptop, so that means no poker next week!! I'm actually kind of looking forward to the break, i figure i can come back 100% refreashed!!

Quickly, i'm in borders books today, and i'm walking over the the sports/games section looking for any new poker books (yes i'm a loser) and as i'm walking over, this old brother drops the loudest BOMB ever right int he section!!!!!!!!! So, there was no way i was standing in that section now, so i wait about 10 minutes, and go back, and if i didn't know any better, the dude literally took a shit in the section it smelt so bad!!! So, i just left!! It was hilarious, yet at thesame time GROSS!!

Ok, off to the gym...late!

Murph

p.s. the title...the stupid "p" key on computer is like pseudo broken...i have no idea why, but u have to hit it extra hard for it to work..strange

Multi tables blow!

Played 965 multi tables tonight, and cashed in 2...and 1 really doesn't count since it was a horse tourny (which i ended up taking 10th out of like 300). Had my KK cracked twice to bust me in 2 of them...all in pre flop KKvs1010 and KK vs 77. Busted out of another when my AA lost to KQ all in pre flop, and busted near the cash in the $5 rebuy when my AK was no .match for A7 (he raised on the button...i pushed all in from the sb....and this guy called like he had 2 jokers....nope...A7). Anyway, they are becoming increasingly frusterating, and a final table SOMEWHERE would be nice!! I've got another big night planned tomorrow, so we'll see what i can pull out...

Cash games i'm on a major heater lately!! made a SICK overbet when this guy raised pre flop...i called with 66, flop came 245...he checked, i bet 8, he called....turn was a K, he checked, so i checked...river was the 3...he checked...so i bet 40 into the $20 pot...he insta calls with his A...tyty!! He actually had AA and he could not have played them any worse!!! Although, later i did lose my KQ of diamonds to A4 of diamonds for a cool $230 pot....so sick!

I'm not really feeling inspired right now, so that top 10 list is not happening tonight...i will be giving my year end report any day now since its been about a year exactly since i opened my pokerstars account. I have all but stopped playing at bodog and rarely play at fulltilt (i played a cash game on fulltilt the other day...in 45 hands...i ran my kk into aa TWICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) so i couldn't be running any worse on fulltilt...so F it...i'm bascially sticking with stars for now!

My goal is to get the bankroll over 10k...which in all honesty i think i could by the end of the winter, however, i've decided to start withdrawing like $200 each month and use this to help pay back my student loans....i really don't want to cut into the bankroll...but i would feel so much better knowing my poker winnings are going to a good cause, other then just sitting online. I'm a tad worried about the cashout curse since i've never made one on stars, but i've made them on multiple other sites with no effect...so i'm not too worried...plus, its 200 bucks...its not like i'm taking out thousands.

Ok, that's it for now...

Murph