Undoubtedly the lowest point in my short lived career as a professional gambler came in the fall of 2007. At that point I had blown through 90% of my bankroll in just over a year and was forced to grind out 1/2NL (without having a grossly high risk of ruin). Thanks to a backing deal with 22/7 and some big hours and good fortune I was back to playing 10/20nl (albeit short stacking) with my own money again within a matter of a few months. This is pretty much unheard of without a monster tourney score or wild bankroll management. Since my return to the bigger games, it has been a roller coaster and a half. I've gone in and out of terrible game selection, sloppy bankroll management, and nonexistent tilt control. This evening I was again challenged with a tough decision. At 25/50nl on Poker Stars there was the biggest fish I've seen since sefat53 was going all in every other hand the day party poker died. The last thing I could afford to do right now is blow through 20k gambling with maniacs at big games after a shitty WSOP, but I couldn't live with myself as a gambler to sit idly by and short stack this game...The lr: posts small blind $25
KKBigDawwg69: posts big blind $50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KKBigDawwg69 [Kc Kh]
M00nf1r3: folds
sa.mh3: folds
re.gia8: folds
kt.eu: folds
Po.kenoopy: folds
thoa.den: calls $50
Perfe.Set07: raises $150 to $200
The .l.i.ar: folds
KKBigDawwg69: raises $750 to $950
thorlan.d: calls $900
PeectSet..07: raises $8050 to $9000
KKBigDawwg69: calls $4050 and is all-in
trlad.en: raises $1081 to $10081 and is all-in
Perfe.ctSe7: calls $1081
*** FLOP *** [9h 5c 2d]
*** TURN *** [9h 5c 2d] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [9h 5c 2d 6d] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tho.rden: shows [Qd Qh] (a pair of Queens)
Pfec.tSet07: mucks hand
KKBigDawwg69: shows [Kc Kh] (three of a kind, Kings)
KKBigDawwg69 collected $15022 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Seat 3: Per.fectt07 (button) mucked [2h Td]
8 comments:
It's hand histories like that that make me want to improve as a poker player.
Nice score.
Very nice. I wish i had enough money to play with him.
PS, any new comics in the future? I'm going on withdrawal.
nii iice
This blog is quickly returning to its former glory.
when you were grinding out 1/2NL were you shortstacking or did you start shortstacking when you got up to 10/20? just curious. thanks, gl.
I was playing full stacked at 1/2nl. The lowest I started short stacking was at 2/4nl and honestly I don't think I ever really formulated a solid profitable strategy for short stacking 2/4nl-5/10nl. The games just weren't aggressive enough and I got much better value at 100bb.
thanks a lot for your reply. appreciate it :) one last question if you don't mind answering, what do you (or the average shortstacker) average for bb/100? i'm not asking for any monetary figures but just the bb/100. thanks.
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