Very nice day :)

I just had an incredible day at the poker tables. Started off playing some sng's,did ok in a few of them, and actually cashed all but 2 or 3 that I played, then won about 5 buyins at 10nl. I cant figure out how to post a picture on here, when I do I'll be able to start posting graphs :)

Plans are staying the same for now, grind sng's with some cash thrown in. If I can continue the kind of success I had at cash games today though it might turn around, who knows? Anyways, +$80 on the day, not moving up anytime soon though, I plan on staying at 10nl and $5 and $6 sng's until at least the end of the month. Until next time...


-Inscore77

January so far

January, I must say, has been good so far. Monday night(well Tuesday morning) I got my first final table of the year in a 4 max PLO8 donkament. I finished 3rd for $130ish. In mtt's, thats the only thing that has really gone right, as I have hardly even been able to get itm, and even with that cash, I'm still probably just breaking even on the mtt side of things. Sng's however are going beautifully. I've profitted somewhere around $100 on the month so far, mostly just grinding stt's, on the $5 and $10 level. So far on the month I am +$140, so January has been treating me good :)

On another note, my Hold'em Manger trial was about to expire in a couple days, so I took some of my mtt winnings from the plo8 game and decided to finally buy the low stakes version. I got that one because I didnt want to(nor did I really have the money to) take another $25 out of my Stars account for stakes that I wont even be playing right now. The low stakes covers up to 50nl and $22 tournaments, so I'll be good for a while, but when the time comes I'm definately going to drop the extra $25 and get the pro version. Well, thats it for now, more coming soon!


-Inscore77

Quick update

Not a lot going on for me right now, just trying to grind out some sng's and maybe get enough for a few decent FTOPS satties. Grinding has been going well, my roll has doubled the past few days just grinding $5 stt's and 18 player sng's. No big tourney cashes yet, but havent really had time to sit down for any. Anyways, thats whats going on with me, more updates to come :)


-Inscore77

2008 in review, 2009 awaits

2008 in review

A little early for this post I know, but since I'm pretty much done for 2008, I'll go ahead and make it. 2008 was a break even year for me, but all in all I'm not too upset(also not very happy). I feel where I stand in my game today is far superior to where I was at the beginning of the year. A big part of this (truthful, not just a plug for the site) is CardsChat. Hours upon days of reading, chatting, analyzing(didnt do my fair share, more on this later), studying, railing, arguing, and all together having fun while improving my game got me a pretty good distance this year.

Tournament wise, I feel I greatly improved my game this year, and it is going to me my main focus point in 2009. Off the top of my head, I had ~15 final tables of 180 players or more(not nearly enough imo) and 4 wins. My favorite tournament runs this year are not my biggest cashes, but made for the best memories. One being the Sunday 200k where I finished top 100 I think(not sure, but somewhere very deep). Just getting that far in a field of 23k is an accomplishment in itself. Sure I would have liked to win, but I had a great time playing the tourney to that point. The other tourney was a recent one I took down on Full Tilt. I started the final table with one of the higher chip stacks, but a suckout left me with less than a single big blind. I have no clue how it happened, I guess just my will to win, but I came all the way back for the win.

In sit 'n' goes, I was a winner. Not a huge sum, but I profitted, and thats all that matters. I didnt get the kind of volume that I wished for, but thats ok, next year I will. I never did get a win on the Stars sng leaderboard, but that will be another goal.

Cash games. Well, what can I say, I suck. I might have pulled a very very very slight profit, but I know while taking shots at 10nl I was losing so bad my head was spinning and I was ready to rip my eyes out. This will be yet another focal point of 09.

The year as a whole, like I said earlier, I'm not upset, but I'm not happy either. I feel if I had more discipline than I do I would have a rather large bankroll at the time of this post. I have shitty bankroll management, and I need to get the fuck over it. On a lighter note, I did cash out more money than I deposited($120 total deposited, $1.5k withdrawn) so this I find a success.

Goals for 2009

New year on the way, and I am excited. This will be a breakout year for me, I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure it is. I feel that after 2008 I have a fair grasp on the game of poker, now its time to use it! I have a few(well, alot) of goals I would like to share with you all:

1.Bankroll Management-Like I said, this I feel is the only thing that held me back in 2008. I am a shitty brm player, and often find myself playing outrageous limits with a small bankroll. I feel if I had kept grinding, I would have had much more success(obv). Idk what kind of percentages of my roll I will set for certain games yet, but I'll be sure to update when I figure it out

2.Study, Study, and Study-I feel I have a good grasp on tournament poker right now, but by doing tons of studying I feel I can raise my game up several levels. I feel I only have small leaks in my game as of right now, once I find and fix them, watch out!

As for cash, LEARN THE GAME!!! It is very profitable, as shown by some of the CC regs. I do not feel I spent enough of 2008 trying to make a success out of this game, 09 I will definately make it a point to read hh's, comment on them, watch videos, post my own videos and hh's, and all around start crushing the game :)

I also want to make myself more of a presence in the HA(hand analysis) forums at CC. I feel I have a lot of tourney info I could share, but I feel there is much much more I could learn, the same goes for cash games. I have not done my fair share of this, and I will make it a point to do so in 2009

3. Cash games- I just stated my intentions to study, so I'm not going over that again. My goal for the year is to play 150k hands at the cash tables(I 6-8 table 6 max). I'm going to start my grind at 10nl, and hopefully end the year at 100nl. Another goal for cash games, STUDY MY ASS OFF!

4. Blogging-Ok ok, I know I let this blog completely die more than once, I'm going to work to fix this problems. At the minimum, I will be posting in this blog once a week, hopefully more. It shall die no more!

5. SNG leaderboard-This one has been a monkey on my back. I can never seem to crack the top 10, let alone get first place. In 2009, I want to have at least 3 wins, regardless of level

6. Sunday major tournaments-Another monkey on my back. If you know me and chat with me regularly, you know this has been eating me alive. I want to play in these on a regular basis so bad, this is going to be the year it happens. Weather it be by satty or just buying in directly, I'm going to be playing these a lot in 2009.

7. WCOOP/FTOPS- Prob not going to be buying into any directly, but definately want to satty into a few of the events! Some of the ones I would like to play are the NLHE's(obv), Limit Hold'em, HORSE, and Stud. Big cashes and big names in these, what a thrill it would/will be!

8. Tournaments and Sng's- My bread and butter. My favorite games :) I cant wait to see what 2009 has in store for me, but I'm feeling good about it! I'm going to make it a point find my leaks and correct them early in the year. By doing this I will maxamize my profit for the year :) Across all tourney types(mtt's, stt's, and sng's) I hope to play somewhere around 3k tourneys on the year, while making a solid ROI%. As stated above, I also hope to play in the Sunday majors and the WCOOP and FTOPS. I hope to have around 40 final tables, and obv some wins!

Those are my goals for the new year, I hope you can all tell I'm excited about it! Until next time!


-Inscore77

Well I have shitty brm.

Well, since my last post I started playing buy ins that were wayyyy too large for my roll. It obv didnt go well, because I'm typing this right now lol. I still have a roll though, and am going to start working on brm again. Maybe this time I learned my lesson :(


-Inscore77

Final table bubble, HORSE ring, and UGA vs Bama

So yesterday I decided to play a $16.50 HORSE with some fellow CC'ers, and I bubbled the final table :( I was absolutely killing the tourney before around 12 players left. I was chip leader from about 37 players left until 12. Then I started getting bad cards, making bad reads, and getting bad beats. I ended up getting sucked out on in O/8 to hit the rail. $45 for my efforts, but a second final table on the day would have been sweet :)

I have began to play HORSE ring games as well. I have played these before, but never really seriously. As of right now, variance is on my side. I hope it stays this way, because the game is REALLY soft and easy to beat. I'll keep you all updated on my progress in this, I'm hoping to turn it into a full time thing if it goes well.

As for UGA vs Bama, I think Bama wanting to cancel because of gas prices tells it all. UGA dominates in this one, 35-14 to go 5-0 on the year. The blackout is always awesome too!


-Inscore77

Another final table

This one didnt last very long though. I was the short stack the entire time, and managed a 7th place finish for $101. Not bad for $2 investment or 5 hours work. All in all, I'm disappointed in my finish. I pushed a marginal hand in the end when I could have came back. O well I guess, there will be other tourneys for me to final table and win. This gives my roll a boost it needs though, so I can start playing bigger games :)

-Inscore77

God, it has been forever

Ya, I'm still alive lol. Idk why I started not updating again, but I'm back, hopefully for good. This whole time I've still been playing poker, and actually getting some deep finishes and good cashes. A couple notable ones are going deep in the Sunday 200k, finished 198th for $217. Played a great game, but had the shittiest luck ever. I had 7 2 outers catch on me, no joke, among several other beats I managed to come back from. I then placed in the final 2 tables of 5 mtt's, only to fall short of the final table.

Two weeks ago on Sunday was however the turn around. I finished 7th in a 6 max tourney early in the day (grrrrr). I then played a few 18 player sng's and won a couple. By the time 1am rolled around, I had registered for the $3 3k guarantee. For the most part of the first 2 hours, I was short stacked, just trying to survive until the money. After the money bubble busted, I exploded, becoming chip leader for the majority of the tourney after it. After about 4 and a half hours, I was on the final 2 tables again. I was talking to a few friends on CardsChat, and I told them, "I will not bust before this final table." I was sick of coming up short, but this tourney ended my drought. I final tabled it, and owned the final table until we were 3 handed. It was not a matter of skill that killed me, I was light years ahead of both of the guys. It was plain luck. I had 66 on the button with about 700k chips. I raise to 60k (blinds 10/20k), sb calls bb folds. Flop comes 6 3 Q. Sb bets 100k, I raise to 315k, he calls. Turn brings antoher Q, which was also the third club on the board. I was confident he had either a set or a flush at this point, so after he checked I made a large bet and he pushed over the top and I insta call. He flips QJ for the set, and rivers a J. I was pissed, and only left with 20k chips, and was out a few hands later. 3rd place for $421 and only $3 invested is a good deal though, although I should have won :(

As for my bankroll now, it's almost time for me and my girlfriends 2 year anniversary, so I'm going to have to make a cashout. I'm probably going to leave myself with about $50 or so, which will be plenty of money for me to grind up the limits with. PokerStars Carribbean Adventure is coming up as well, so I'll definately be playing satties to it. Well thats about all I have to give updates on, sorry for not taking care of this thing :(

-Inscore77

It's been a while since my last post, but I have a new goal!

Ok, so my last run with a bankroll did not go well. I was playing with $100 like I still had the $1k+ roll I had a few months ago. Needless to say, it didnt work out. I was not able to make the transistion from big roll to small roll, which is fine. I learned from it. A mistake I wont make again

So, onto my goal. I have a $3 roll right now, from winnings I made in the HU tourney off a stake. My goal is to turn that $3 into a sizeable roll. I fooled myself into thinking I could play cash games on my last run, so this time we'll go with what I'm good at, sng's and mtt's. I'm gonna play some cash games, but only to get my roll boosted up to where I can begin tourney play. No exact goals for my bankroll, because I want it to continue growing past any goal I can set. Well, thats it, thanks for reading my rant


-Inscore77

Finally I'm back

I finally restarted my bankroll today! I'm starting out with $100 and will be grinding $5nl, probably starting out with 8 tables and building up from there. I hope I can turn the profit that several of my fellow CC members have, as they do say cash is the most profitable game. I guess we will soon see lol. Well thats all for now, just letting everybody know Inscore is back!


-Inscore77

Good things to come on Thursday?

As most of you know, my deposit got delayed until this Thursday, so I've just been playin mostly CC games and a few real money games I was staked for. Tonight in the CC freeroll, I was completlely owning until I made a beautiful read/call and got pissed on for doing so. The next hand I got sucked out on again and elminated. The good thing is I finished 24th, which is one of my deepest finishes since my 2nd place in a $4 180 player. So I hope, well know, more will be coming in my next run at poker after I deposit. When or where, I have no idea. The simple fact is that they are coming. It's only a matter of time before I'm updating about them!


-Inscore77

Almost deposit time :)

Well, I havent been playing serious poker for 2 or 3 weeks now, and it is now almost time for my deposit. I'm going to be starting out with $100. I hope I can grind the money up as I did last time, and continue the trend into a much higher bankroll. It will be between Friday and Monday, cant hardly wait!


-Inscore77

My break so far

It's been going fairly well I guess. I've played a couple CC freerolls, some play money with Enty, and a single $1 mtt my friend Neil wanted me to play in. I'm happy that I've been able to stay away from playing a large amount of poker for the most part. All the games I have played really meant nothing to me except for fun, so I dont think they hurt anything.

I'm looking to re-deposit sometime in the next 2-4 weeks, so I'll be back to 20 tabling as soon as I can deposit. I'm going to put $150 on my account when I do, and start grinding $5NL, and play a few cheap mtt's here and there. Like I said before, sng's(except for a 180 player from time to time) are not going to be involved in my game anymore. I have found(like everybody told me before, but I chose not to listen) that cash games are where the profit is. I'm hoping I can build a nice bankroll with them, and hopefully go pro(far fetched I know) in the next 1 and a half to 2 years. Well I'm out of here, I need to get back to my day job lol


-Inscore77

I'm through for a while

I'm not going to be playing poker for a while, except for a couple CC freerolls here and there. I am officially on my break. I cashed out all the money I had remaining in my account and am going to buy some games for my PS3, which I have been wanting to do for a while now.

The main reason I am taking a break is because I just started a new job, and I need some time to get settled into it. Right now, there is just no room for poker. I'll definately be coming back, and I WILL win more mtt's and hopefully make enough to consider playing poker for a living. Yes, I said it, I have hopes of becoming a pro. I know my stats are ugly as of now, but it will take time to turn them around. Well, thats all for now, until we meet again!


-Inscore77

Running like God

The title of this entry cant explain it any better. Since yesterday, I'm up close to $40, by just playing $2nl and a little $5nl on 20 tables. I also won this total amount in maybe 3-4 hours. I'm hoping it's not just a heater that I'm on, and I'm just really good at full ring, but chances are heater lol. Either way, I'll definately take it for such a short amount of time at the lowest stakes on Stars.

I also decided to not go through with my break, as I do not have a lot to do for the time being. I'm still waiting to start my new job, so I'll be taking my break after I get it. So until then, I'll be grinding full ring games on 20 tables just hoping to continue this good run I am on :)


-Inscore77

Working on my cash game

Lately I've found myself multi-tabling full ring cash games. I'm running 12-16 tables at a given time. Since I dont have a large roll right now, I'm only playing $2nl, buying in for $3, which gives me plenty of money to play this many tables. I am hoping to move up the limits to higher stakes cash games, but I do need a lot of practice. This morning I played around a 30 minute session on 16 tables and was up over $12, so I think I can make something here. I'm done with sng's for a while, they have become too much of a pain to me(except the 180 player sng's)

I'm also going to be taking about a week off from poker, because I need a break and am getting a new job so I'll need to get settled into my new schedule. While I'm on my break, I'll be studying cash games on CardsChat, reading hand histories, and all in all just getting a general feel for the game. A lot of the members at CC have moved to ring full time, and make quite a bit of money off it, so I'm hoping to do the same, moving from the bottom to the top!


-Inscore77

Another rebuy

I actually ran pretty deep in this one though. After the rebuy/addon period I had a 16k stack, which put me in the top 200 for the hour. Second hour was fairly blan, adding only 5k more to my stack to be at 21k. After the second break is when things really picked up for me. I moved from 21k to over 80k at one point. I would like to go into detail of some of the hands I played, but the biggest was probably me having AK and hitting the A against a person with JT who had hit nothing...ya stupid play by him I know lol. Anyways that took me to around 60k, and I ground the rest of the stack. I wish things would have kept going this good for me after the next break, as I went completely card dead, and I wasnt even able to complete a successul steal in posistion. I dwindled down to around 55k-60k(dont remember exactly), which at the time it happened I was pretty well behind average. I caught AQs in the BB, raised to 15k and got one caller. Flop brought my A, and since the pot was so large compared to my stack, I decided to push. Villian called with 33, and a set :( My tourney was over. I finished 262 and got paid $31 and some change for my efforts, so not a complete loss

Moving on to other things, I will not be playing the Sunday 100k, either rebuy, or any other tourney until around 12am as I will be out doing things for most of the day. I also probably will not be playing the rebuy again for a few days, just because I've played it for three days in a row and want a break from it. Well thats it for now, be sure to check back


-Inscore77

What a bad day

I'm not sure of the exact number of tournaments and sng's I played, but what I am sure of is that I cashed none of them. I havent had a day like this in a while. It seems like nothing was working for me, no matter what I did. I even chip lead one sng from about 16 people left til the bubble. Guess who was the bubble boy? Yeah, me. I hope to get things turned around for next weeks tourneys, I'm going for two divisions on the sng leaderboard and I want a couple more deep runs in mtt's. Well, thats enough whining for now, I'm out


-Inscore77

Good couple days

Havent been blogging lately, but honestly, I havent had a lot to write about. I cashed out another $200, so I'm working with around a $200 roll for the time being. I've been cashing several tourneys the past couple days as well. I've cashed 4 NLHE tourneys, and a HORSE tourney. I finished deep in 3/5 cashes, but still looking for another final table. The way I've been playing the past couple days, I am expecting to make one very soon!

I will be keeping this blog more up to date(hopefully lol) from here on. I feel like the very few of you that do read this blog have been cheated, and I'm going to begin making more entries again.


-Inscore77

Man how I missed the micros....not

God, I forgot how TERRIBLE the play is at these limits. I've been sucked out on so many times already by hands that shouldnt have even been played. K8 beating my KK, J3 beating QQ, so on and so forth. It's been a bad expierience so far, the only thing that makes me happy about it is my PS3 comes in tomorrow :D

I'll eventually get back in the groove of the micro stakes, and grind back up, but man it sucks being back here