Meanwhile, I was up a good $2-300, and finished down $130ish in my session all of 10 minutes after my peak. Easy come, easy go, I guess.

BadBlood's swing is a pretty nice one. 55 BBs in a little over 100 hands. That's solid, bro...

I'm still well into the red, with over 2k hands played now.

Heading off to the company picnic, just sat down for a little session. Only ended up getting in 20 minutes though. +$259 isn't bad. I'll take it.

Who's winning?:D :

(No matter what I do, my screenshots are almost always unreadable when I put them on the site directly.):confused: :confused:

LMAO. I managed to climb my way back up wo only being down about 200 bucks last nite. 4000 hands to go.

I just hit the halfway point, and after yet ANOTHER sick session (this one being primarily one bad beat after another - lots of 5 outers today), I am down nearly a grand again. Sheesh.

I will be very luck to get back to even over the next 2500 hands.

I've been winning 350, losing 350, every other session all week. I've just got one more winning session than losing, leaving me in the 2+bb/100 range at around 2200 hands?

What you lookin' like JD?

Only played 500 hands so far...

LMFAO

I don't know how I do it, but even after 3 days off, I'm having another record setting session here.

After 70 hands played, how does ONE hand won sound? My "Win% if Flop Seen" is 7%. Yes, 7%.

Rock on.

I've got less than 500 hands to go.

Played 1k today, and these were my sick ass swings:

-450 to start, got it up to -150, back to -350, sitting at +250 now.

Sick, sick swings.

Damn.... guess it's time for me to end my hiatus.

Done.

I like my chances.

I'm at 3k hands and -$1200. I like your chances too.

Still hoping to end up in the green.

I played the best poker of my life during that 5k stretch. I think the contest helped me regain (or maybe gain for the first time) some focus. If PokerBoy has it in him to beat me, then, well, he's "PokerBoy." I'll be happy with what I put up though.

I'm not telling my exact total yet through 5k, but over 5300 hands, my winrate is 3.5bb/100. The last 300 hands were nice though.

Well, even if you were only 2 BB/100 for the first 5k hands, that's $1000. There's pretty much no way in hell I can top that, so props to you.

I decided to play some BBJ 6 max at Party tonight.

What a horrible, horrible, horrible idea that was. You see, when I look around the table and the lowest VPIP I see is 44% - yes, 44% - I know I am in trouble.

I keep thinking this sick streak I am on will stop one of these days, but it doesn't. It just gets worse and worse and worse.

Less than 1200 hands to go until I can be done with this ridiculous experiment.

I really have no idea how I killed this game so easily and for so long.

Is your strategy failing you?
Are you sticking to a strict pattern?
Are you using the same pattern in all types of games? (including HU + MTT?)
I have been on a roll a lot recently and I have to give you partial credit from watching the way you play.

Thanks, I think.....

I'm playing like I always play (and no, of course I don't play NL MTTs or HU the same way I play 6 max limit - I can't believe you even asked that question!).

I've tilted off some money, I'm sure, but I honestly think 90% of my recent losses are do to (abnormal?) variance. The cards are being cruel. The idiots are hitting their draws and I'm missing all of mine. I'm also getting a higher than expected amount of second best hands (set over set type stuff, even), and that sort of thing.

It's hard to say though... I would think 5000 hands would be enough for it to somewhat even out, but it certainly hasn't. When I look at some of my Poker Tracker stats though, I can't help but laugh. For example:

In terms of $ per hand, my best hand is QTo. AA is NINTH on the list, far behind the likes of A7s, KQs, etc. Uh huh. KK is even farther down than THAT!

My worst hand is 88, which has cost me $229 so far.

I've been dealt 67o 51 times. 94o, Q7o and Q5o 45+ each. AKs and AQs, you ask? 9 times each. AJs - EIGHT times. Hell, I've had Aces 15 times! I've had AKo 30 times, for comparison sake, and have won a whopping $2.50 per hand with it. Ooooooooooooooooooooooh.

I figured you mix it up depending on which type of game.
Are you mostly playin limit these days?
or mixing in NL?
I have had bad runs with limit, maybe not quite as bad as yours,
but 0-100 hands or so is pretty bad.
I have moved from tight to loose to semi-tight, just
to break out of it.
Most of the time I can get it to work.
I have even tried to modify my games by playing freerolls.
even some stuff like the following, which I think was posted here has one me a bunch of hands:
Bets weak on a draw, strong on a made hand.
Bets the same on the flop and turn when drawing*** caught many doing this
Bets 1/2 the pot when CBing and more when he hits** hit and miss
Bets quickly after the cards come on a bluff and slower when strong.** hard to tell online.

Yeah... none of that really applies to 6 max limit.

And we're not talking 100 hands - were talking 3800 hands.

Yeah that is pretty bad.
Discouraging isn't it.
Playing live Today,
hopefully 40-50 people.
$40 buy in

100 hands of losing is "pretty bad?" Well, I lost $450 last night over 600 hands. And that doesn't even have me worried. 10k hands is nothing. 100 hands is a drop in the ocean.

And the rest of the shit you posted makes no sense.

I think you can take someone's advice for a grain of salt when they mention playing in freerolls in an attempt to improve their game.

I'm getting one thing out of where this thread has gone...

Robber needs Haiku lessons. ;)

My final stats
 

Never got around to posting my final results.

VN Shab. I respect ur game - i dn how u and TP play Limit full time - drives me f'n crazy. I could potentially come very close to ur #'s, but I highly doubt it after my recent very poor run.
I'll get around to completing this soon tho.

Congrats. This will be a clear winner, I supsect.

*sigh* I remember when my numbers used to look like those.

Heres my final results. I got absolutely destroyed. Definitely gonna run with my tail between my legs back to the SNGs.

I've done 3.5k hands and am at +700.
I'm 4 tabling to get these last 1.5k in - we'll see how that goes.

I still have 750ish hands left to play. I'll try to get them in later today, since I won't be able to play most of tomorrow. IF not, I'll finish on Wednesday.

I just transferred Mayhem his $50 back.

Hope you win $600!

crap i forgot all about this again.
i have till the end of tomorrow right ?

Yeah, but take your time. The February thing was just a guideline to give us a target to shoot for. Get it done by the end of the week and it's all good.

thx but ill just 4 table it all tomorrow and get it over with - shabi has it in the bag unless i get insanely lucky anyway.

Thank you. Sorry I couldnt step it up at the end and get my 50 into play.

No worries... doesn't look like my 50 is gonna be in play either. It would be a longshot.

Well, I'm hanging my head in shame here.

It's funny... I was WAY down, and then started making a pretty nice comeback (still negative, but less than $1k). Well, after dropping $1100 in my last 500 hands, I'm actually down over 2 grand through 4800 hands. $2176.71 through 4811 to be exact.

I'm all but busted out of Party, and honestly, with the cards laughing in my face for 4811 hands now, I don't even feel like playing the remaining 189. F Party. F the idiots. And F $5/$10 6 max. How in the world I used to average nearly 3 BB/100 (over like 50k hands), I will never know. Cause for this 5k, I was down 4.5/100. That is just SICK.

Meanwhile, the guy who struggled (like Miss Piggy: Who Moi?) for 50k hands 4 months ago is 3-tabling blindfolded now. Variance.

I know it's variance (Well, 90% variance and 10% me being a tilting donkey)... but it's still annoying as shit.

I hear ya man.

It's hard not to tilt in this game.

Funny story.... so, I had like 40som dollars left. Decided to play NL until I got it over $50 (took like 5 minutes), and then commit the mortal sin of sitting at a 5/10 6 max game with 5, yes 5, BBs.

Worked it up to $166. And then the following three hands happened consecutively:

Hand #1:
5/10 Texas Hold'em Game Table (Limit) - Tue Feb 28 22:54:12 EST 2006
Table Post Oak (Real Money) -- Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: lHeartBoobs ( $250)
Seat 2: ChipKaiser ( $262)
Seat 3: bill78rule ( $133.50)
Seat 4: ih822yrolds ( $296.58)
Seat 5: Rogue623 ( $166)
Seat 6: FARISSIER ( $19.84)
bill78rule posts small blind (2)
ih822yrolds posts big blind (5)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Rogue623 [ Kc, Qc ]
Rogue623 raises (10) to 10
FARISSIER raises (15) to 15
ChipKaiser folds.
bill78rule folds.
ih822yrolds raises (15) to 20
Rogue623 calls (10)
FARISSIER calls (4.84)
FARISSIER is all-In.
Creating Main Pot with $59.52 with FARISSIER
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 6c, 8h, Ts ]
ih822yrolds bets (5)
Rogue623 calls (5) <--I almost raised here. I should have.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 8c ]
ih822yrolds bets (10)
Rogue623 calls (10)
** Dealing River ** : [ 5s ]
ih822yrolds bets (10)
Rogue623 folds.
** Summary **
Main Pot: $59.52 | Side Pot 1: $40.32 | Rake: $2
Board: [ 6c 8h Ts 8c 5s ]

lHeartBoobs balance $250, sits out
ChipKaiser balance $262, didn't bet (folded)
bill78rule balance $131.50, lost $2 (folded)
ih822yrolds balance $291.90, bet $45, collected $40.32, lost -$4.68 [ Kh Qs ] [ a pair of eights -- Kh,Qs,Ts,8h,8c ]
Rogue623 balance $131, lost $35 (folded)
FARISSIER balance $59.52, bet $19.84, collected $59.52, net +$39.68 [ 8d 5d ] [ a full house, Eights full of fives -- 8d,8h,8c,5d,5s ]

nh moron.

Hand #2:
***** Hand History for Game 3643622722 *****
5/10 Texas Hold'em Game Table (Limit) - Tue Feb 28 22:54:50 EST 2006
Table Post Oak (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: lHeartBoobs ( $250)
Seat 2: ChipKaiser ( $262)
Seat 3: bill78rule ( $131.50)
Seat 4: ih822yrolds ( $291.90)
Seat 5: Rogue623 ( $131)
Seat 6: FARISSIER ( $59.52)
ih822yrolds posts small blind (2)
Rogue623 posts big blind (5)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Rogue623 [ Kh, As ]
Rogue623: lol
Rogue623: idiot <--- Usually I'm nice. Not so much tonight.
FARISSIER folds.
ChipKaiser folds.
bill78rule folds.
ih822yrolds raises (8) to 10
Rogue623 raises (10) to 15
ih822yrolds raises (10) to 20
Rogue623 calls (5)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ah, Th, 6h ]
ih822yrolds bets (5)
Rogue623 raises (10) to 10
ih822yrolds calls (5)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Jd ]
ih822yrolds checks.
Rogue623 bets (10)
ih822yrolds calls (10)
** Dealing River ** : [ 9s ]
ih822yrolds checks.
Rogue623 checks.
** Summary **
Main Pot: $78 | Rake: $2
Board: [ Ah Th 6h Jd 9s ]

lHeartBoobs balance $250, sits out
ChipKaiser balance $262, didn't bet (folded)
bill78rule balance $131.50, didn't bet (folded)
ih822yrolds balance $329.90, bet $40, collected $78, net +$38 [ 9c Ad ] [ two pairs, aces and nines -- Ad,Ah,Jd,9c,9s ]
Rogue623 balance $91, lost $40 [ Kh As ] [ a pair of aces -- As,Ah,Kh,Jd,Th ]
FARISSIER balance $59.52, didn't bet (folded)

That's right. He hit his 2 outer on me.

Hand #3:
***** Hand History for Game 3643628825 *****
Rogue623: haaaaaahahaha
5/10 Texas Hold'em Game Table (Limit) - Tue Feb 28 22:55:38 EST 2006
Table Post Oak (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: lHeartBoobs ( $250)
Seat 2: ChipKaiser ( $262)
Seat 3: bill78rule ( $131.50)
Seat 4: ih822yrolds ( $329.90)
Seat 5: Rogue623 ( $91)
Seat 6: FARISSIER ( $59.52)
Rogue623 posts small blind (2)
Rogue623: you rule
FARISSIER posts big blind (5)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Rogue623 [ Qd, Ah ]
ChipKaiser folds.
bill78rule folds.
ih822yrolds raises (10) to 10
Rogue623 raises (13) to 15
FARISSIER calls (10)
ih822yrolds raises (10) to 20
Rogue623 calls (5)
FARISSIER calls (5)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ad, 6d, 4s ]
Rogue623 bets (5)
FARISSIER calls (5)
ih822yrolds raises (10) to 10
Rogue623 raises (10) to 15
FARISSIER calls (10)
ih822yrolds calls (5)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 5c ]
Rogue623 bets (10)
FARISSIER calls (10)
ih822yrolds folds.
** Dealing River ** : [ 5s ]
Rogue623 bets (10)
FARISSIER bets (14.52)
FARISSIER is all-In.
Rogue623 calls (4.52)
Creating Main Pot with $152.04 with FARISSIER
** Summary **
Main Pot: $152.04 | | Rake: $2
Board: [ Ad 6d 4s 5c 5s ]

lHeartBoobs balance $250, sits out
ChipKaiser balance $262, didn't bet (folded)
bill78rule balance $131.50, didn't bet (folded)
ih822yrolds balance $294.90, lost $35 (folded)
Rogue623 balance $31.48, lost $59.52 [ Qd Ah ] [ two pairs, aces and fives -- Ah,Ad,Qd,5c,5s ]
FARISSIER balance $152.04, bet $59.52, collected $152.04, net +$92.52 [ 5h 7s ] [ three of a kind, fives -- Ad,7s,5h,5c,5s ]

I got all in a few hands later and am happy to report I have finally busted out of Party Poker.

That's enough bullshit for me, thanks. After nearly 5000 hands of this crap, I have come to the realization that:
1. Long term, this may be one of the most profitable games on the planet.
2. The card gods hate me and refuse to let me reach said long term.
:mad:

Final stats below (split since the Party upgrade). And yes, I'm keeping my $50 entry fee.

TP what type of player did it rate you as for these 5k or so hands?
(with the default ratings?)
Followup, do you have non-default ratings defined ? What are they ?

I've only messed with the Auto-Rate stuff a little bit, and not for a long time. Just looking at the numbers is usually good enough for me, so I haven't explored it more. I did set up custom rules for 6 max a long time ago though.

I'm pretty sure the rules I'm using are from this thread:


Let's see if I can make it update the ratings... Ok, the batch process is running now.

Damn, this thing is slooooooooooooooow. I wonder if it's doing ALL players for all limits. Hmmm...

Ok, that didn't work out too well. Turns out my imported rules are a bit screwed up. So I'm gonna try to redo this with the "default" rules, even though that won't make any sense, since this was all 6 max play.

Ok, finally done. Based on the default rules, I am "Semi-Loose-Aggressive/Aggressive" which in 6 max, is probably right about where I want to be.

Finally finished - man Limit is Annoying! But all poker is annoying me lately the way im running...

Well i guess these are decent #'s considering its my first 5k hands of limit. - better than i expected i would do.

VN shab - u dominated.

TY.

FWIW, you'd see your winrate improve here if you were stealing blinds a bit more. I'm pretty f'ing liberal with opening raises from the CO or Button. Stealing more would increase your VPIP, which is a bit low. It also puts you into more profitable situations postflop, and your skills are good there.

But very nice run, JD.

Prize money has been transferred to pshabi. Nice work.

Now let us put this ridiculous experiement behind us forever.

I feel like a winner by quitting after 1k hands at -$30. :) :) :)

For the few days I played 5/10 limit, I have to say for a while it was a nice change of pace. But it didn't take long to begin to feel like a grind and become less enjoyable for me.

How about a NL challenge??? ;)

Sick thing is, I really, truly, enjoy the grind!

Don't know why. Guess I'm just sick.

Tempting... but I don't know how many more of these public challenges my roll can take. The poker gods all too often use me for their amusement.

Now that's a good idea.

Just set something up - ppl will join.

Figured you would be in that category.
From my stats at a lower limit(.50/$1) so far I am Loose-Aggressive / Passive, which is where I think I don't want to be, lol.
I also know that I have to raise more when in position to steal(try to) more.