January Review

I obviously jinxed myself in my last post because after saying how great things were going I immediately went on a 15K downswing. Of course I refuse to have a losing month so I grinded yesterday into the early hours of the morning until I was even and then quit. All in all I made $281 in online cash in January - not a great month to start the year by any means but given that it really was only the last week of January that I played online I can’t complain too much. Of course, I also won close to $20K in online tournaments, so that always helps to soften the blow!

I played a pretty funny couple of hands against a fish last night that I thought I’d post here for pure entertainment value. The first actually made me laugh out loud when it happened which is not something I don’t think I’ve ever done before – cheered, yes, fist-pumped, yes, but laughed? I don’t think so!

Party Poker, $5/$10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

SB: $2,976.58
Hero (BB): $1,000
UTG: $1,726
MP: $2,121
CO: $1,000
BTN: $1,269.75

Pre-Flop: 6 4 dealt to Hero (BB)

4 folds, SB calls $5, Hero checks

Flop: ($20) K 7 A (2 Players)

SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($20) 5 (2 Players)

SB bets $10, Hero calls $10

River: ($40) 8 (2 Players)

SB bets $50, Hero raises to $980 and is All-In, SB calls $930

Results: $2,000 Pot ($3 Rake)

SB showed 3 A and LOST (-$1,000 NET)

Hero showed 6 4 and WON $1,997 (+$997 NET)


Party Poker, $5/$10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BTN: $2,175.08
Hero (SB): $1,982
BB: $1,596
UTG: $2,121
MP: $1,000
CO: $1,219.75

Pre-Flop: 4 J dealt to Hero (SB)

3 folds, BTN calls $10, Hero calls $5, BB checks

Flop: ($30) 5 T A (3 Players)

Hero checks, BB checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($30) 7 (3 Players)

Hero bets $30, BB folds, BTN raises to $2,165.08 and is All-In, Hero calls $1,942 and is All-In

River: ($3,974) 7 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $3,974 Pot ($3 Rake)

BTN showed 9 8 and LOST (-$1,982 NET)

Hero showed 4 J and WON $3,971 (+$1,989 NET)

FTOPS XI is around the corner and I’m really looking forward to being able to play my first full FTOPS series. In the past I’ve had uni or exams or no bankroll so hopefully I’ll be able to put up some good results this time around. I’m going to try to play most of the bigger no limit events and want to do well in the 6-Max NLHE $300R in particular.

In other news I’ve decided to upgrade my monitor to a 30” Dell so I’m going to cash out about $2,000 for that. It’s definitely expensive (about $2000 AUD) but I think it’ll definitely be worth it, especially if I can play more tables and earn more money and make it back that way.