Friday, November 30, 2007

Foxwoods!

Nick, Drew and I decided to go again to Foxwoods tonight. I did way better than I did last time and learned some more warning signs, etc to look for. This time I came out up $94. I started out playing 2 / 4 and doubled money to being up $114. Then, since I was holding $224, I decided to give 4 / 8 a whirl. I ended up having a max up of about $164 while I was playing 4/8. But, a combination of 3 - 4 rounds of blinds plus a missed flush dropped me back down to $94. At that point, I was getting very tired and we had already been there for about 4 hours (this went down at 11pm). So, we decided that it was time to leave and I left up about $94. Based on tonight's performance, I think that my greed definitely makes me play a bit longer than I should. I should have really left when I was up $160, but decided that I might win more if I kept playing. But, at that point the table started getting tighter and I started getting tired, which made it harder to keep playing. Thus, it was a good decision for me to leave. Anyways, combined with my $20 from last time, I'm now up to $114 of made money. I'm looking forward to going agian.

Monday, November 5, 2007

Adventures since Foxwoods.


Well, it's been awhile since Foxwoods... but I've decided to start playing online for lower stakes than I could play in a Casino. This way, I figure I can improve my game and when I earn enough money, move up to the next bracket. I'm starting out at 0.04/0.08 and 0.10/0.20 Limit Hold 'Em (basically the type of stakes I would play with friends). Currently, I'm up almost $11. I figure that once I earn $30 this way, I'll move up to the next stake level since I'll be playing on profit. I will most likely invest in an online poker tracker at some point so that I can really improve my game / potentially actually make money. I'll keep you folks updated on my progress. Below I've posted some interesting hands from the night.