| Archive for Tagpoker Forum A friendly place for winning poker players to share their strategy to making money playing poker. |
| Brokerstar |
2012 challenge Turning $450 into a PorscheNew Challenge - 2012Ok so I'm going to do something bigger than I have in my previous challenges. I'm going to turn the remaining $450 that I have left at Betonline and run it up as high as I can playing HUSNG's, heads up cash and some 6 max and short handed cash games. HUSNG's I'm going to make videos of my play at each stake level, right up to the highest stakes available for you guys to have something new to watch and keep me focused. I've played a few $30 games already with my $450 and so far they still seem beatable, even in 2012  lol
What Porsche will I buy? I will spend the entire bankroll that I build on a porsche so if I play low volume and/ or badly then it may look like this: 
If I do Ok then maybe something like this: 
If I run hotter than Usain Bolt on roids then who knows? 
Updates I'll be updating with all of my major milestones in this thread or though I'll likely be updating Twitter everyday as it's super quick and easy and I'll also let people know on there when I'll be playing. You can follow me on Twitter by searching for Tagpoker. To sum up By Christmas I will have bought a Porsche with my bankroll and will post a bunch of pics with me likely abusing it round a track ha ha. For those of you that have jobs and play poker for fun, I firmly believe you should reward yourself with your poker winnings or else is all the stress worth it? Watching me play If you want to rail me or get involved in the worlds most fishy site then you can download the software from this page: Betonline Poker review I hope you guys enjoy this challenge and I'll get some HU vids up soon. Broker |
||||
| BetMagicMoney |
Any chance you'll play on any other site apart from betonline??
best of luck buddy, i call shotgun 
|
||||
| sandman369 |
This is ridiculous and the dream of a madman...
So if anyone can do it, you can! GL bro |
||||
| cdm |
i *love* these challenges broker.
run good! |
||||
| Pin-Up-Poker |
Best of luck man! Look forward to seeing the end result. | ||||
| Borg7 |
epiccc, shoot for porsche 911 turbo s imo | ||||
| Zipps |
a sweet hank moody porsche would be also nice. good luck broker. | ||||
| Brokerstar |
In an ideal world I'd love a classic, late 1960's or very early 1970's 911 in mint condition.
Something like this would be retro cool!!! 
|
||||
| kierkegaard1 |
how much are they? | ||||
| Brokerstar |
About £50k I'd say. |
||||
| ChrisB |
If anyone can do it, its you sir
Best of luck |
||||
| Brokerstar |
It's helping that so far today I have won seven $30 HUSNG's in a row lol.
Although not too difficult with players limp/ folding with 5 blinds left, genius!!! 
|
||||
| two2go |
Cool, but I would definitely look into maintenance and repair before buying. I've heard older Porsches own you lol. Parts costs can be pretty outrageous. |
||||
| Brokerstar |
Well let's get the challenge done first and I'll take it from there. Although to be fair I'm only ever happy with high maintenance, expensive pleasures, just ask my ex girlfriend!! lol
On a brighter note, Plus $210 at the $30 games so far today, boom!! 
Will play some more games later. |
||||
| jus222 |
First of congrats on the $10000 challenge ,its brilliant for poker in general to see things like this ,has it been in the press?
And best of luck to you getting a nice porshe you deserve it ,how much heads up cash do you think you will be playing on your new challenge ,will you be doing video,s of it ,and also does tagpoker have any heads up cash video,s. gl at the tables jus p.s i hope you run like god |
||||
| Brokerstar |
I've written to the Farnham Herold, Camberley News and Poker Player Magazine about it so hopefully one of them gets on the case? I'll be playing an equal mix of all games I imagine but I will make an effort to play every stake level on the site at HUSNG's. I think there may be one or two HU cash vids although not being my main game, I never made many. Welcome to the site too mate. Broker |
||||
| Brokerstar |
Update One
Ok I've mainly been playing $30 HUSNG's with a few $50 games thrown in tonight and I've been running fairly good so far I guess. I'm very close to being back at the four figure mark from the $450 that I had left on the site and will be playing some higher stake games over the next few days. I know through following me on Twitter (tagpoker) that some of you have railed some pretty weird games and I hope you're enjoying them. I clearly update twitter more often so to keep up to date, just follow me on there. Cashier 
Feel free to rail or join me at Betonline |
||||
| U Cook Socks |
How long are you waiting for HUSNG games on that site?
Good luck by the way, also. |
||||
| hifishys |
U doing 10% brm again? 
|
||||
| Brokerstar |
Varies really. Sometimes 30 minutes, other times 30 seconds. |
||||
| Brokerstar |
Haven't been really. Played nearly only $30 games and a couple of $50's. Will play more $50 - $100 games in the next few days. Follow me on Twitter to know when I'm going to sit and play. Broker |
||||
| U Cook Socks |
30 minutes, wtf do you do in all that time! (Don't answer that )
|
||||
| Brokerstar |
Contemplate the color of the Porsche???
|
||||
| BetMagicMoney |
obv
|
||||
| blsmur |
great challenge but I like old Jaguars
why do you want a volkswagen ? good luck with it, I know you will do well you have poker well worked out |
||||
| Brokerstar |
As cool as some old Jags are, I've always just had a thing for 911's, speesters and the Porsche Spyder (car that killed James Dean). I've always liked them and yet for some reason, never bought one. So this seemed like a good chance to kill two birds with one stone
|
||||
| YATHINNK |
One of the best established, reliable and diverse car manufacturers in Europe and the world? |
||||
| blsmur |
Yes I know was just giving shit i have had a couple of VW s in my time and I have know a man that owned a one of those porches when it was new but never been keen on porsche probably because i have never had much money in my life |
||||
| Brokerstar |
Four Figures & My First Porsche
Ok so once again my roll is at the four figure mark after only a few days of play and I can now buy a Porsche with my bankroll. 
As excited as I am at the prospect, I've decided to keep grinding and hold out for something with a little more of a wow factor. Current Bankroll 
If any of you want to rail my games then I'll be playing as always at Betonline . Run good guys. Broker |
||||
| cdm |
WHO'S THE MAN?????
THIS GUY^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
||||
| hchazari |
I was wondering if I deposit at bet online. How do I withdraw any winnings if I am a U.S player | ||||
| Brokerstar |
I think there are several options but if I was you, I'd ask their live support directly which you can find within the software. | ||||
| Wannawin |
twitter just said your account had been suspended?
@tagpoker ?? |
||||
| Brokerstar |
Yes I know, I've sent them an email to sort it out.
I was 'marketing' too aggressively lol |
||||
| Wannawin |
probably someone told them you couldn't beat the 2's HU - oh sorry wrong thread | ||||
| tmle09 |
gl on ur challenge!
i got a few questions foru: do they have turbo husng on betonline? also, are there a lot of reg-lines? do they have unlimited lobbies? im thinking about moving there |
||||
| Brokerstar |
I don't think they have turbos, no. Are there many regs? I guess there are a few, nothing worth worrying about. The biggest ball ache is waiting half an hour for a game I guess. I'm going to have to play a load of cash too to get a nice car at this rate lol Check the lobby about for yourself: Betonline . |
||||
| blsmur |
do you really think these guys are so much worse than any other site or is it just you get such good results because you play so well ? | ||||
| icemanv6 |
I've played there HUSNGs. I never saw hardly any regular player sitting them and that's from the 10s up. There were 1 or 2 who'd see me sitting and hit me for a buyin then piss off and they were not even that good just a nit. I used too sit 2 lobbies on there at a time always got a game pretty quick then.
Basically zero reg lines on there except maybe 1or2 at the 30/40s. Players didn't seem horribly bad but easy enough. |
||||
| Brokerstar |
Fair, I haven't played any games really lower than the $30's to take any notice but I can't imagine the games would be that tough either.
|
||||
| icemanv6 |
Yea id of thought most of the really bad players would hit the cash tables too be honest. Opponents from my experience were no worse or better than that I faced on FTP .
Site traffic seems too be constantly growing also and the fact the lobbies are practically regless makes it an attractive place too play as long as you arent one for whining about software! Have too say they improved that a bit already. Only downside for me was the cost of withdrawing too neteller then I had too pay a fee from there too my bank account which really put me off. Broker have you even come across any regs at the 50s or above? I honestly only saw one person sitting a 100 game once in my time on there! |
||||
| Brokerstar |
Nothing too crazy but I have seen a couple of regs (my staked players lol) but other than that there are only a couple of players that seemed to sit a lot. |
||||
| welshdentist |
gogogogogogogogogo.......
nice work mate
|
||||
| BetMagicMoney |
i thought twitter was for marketing :S | ||||
| hchazari |
I just started playing at BetOnline and made a deposit of $50 and I was wondering what tables should I be sitting on 6 max .10/.25 ?? and work my way up? | ||||
| Brokerstar |
With a $50 roll I'd be playing much lower stakes than NL25 as you're only giving yourself 2 buy ins! Somewhere between 20 - 30 buy ins would be a better fit so something like NL2 (1c/2c blinds) in my opinion. Best of luck. Broker |
||||
| ProblemOfficer |
I am so proud of you
p.s. possibly made me gamble again 
|
||||
| Brokerstar |
$2,000 Milestone
Ok so as many of you know from either watching games or following me on Twitter that I have mainly been playing HUSNG's (mixture of $30 and $50 games) but over the last couple of days I have once again been playing the cash games (mostly NL100). Current Porsche I can afford 
Current Bankroll 
Want to stay up to date with when I'm playing? If you want to know when I'm in the think of it, running good, running bad or just playing drunk then be sure to follow me on Twitter as I update that nearly every day (sometimes 10 times a day ha ha) with my poker goings on. Follow Me On Twitter Here If you would like to join me at Betonline then read all about how to join the site here. I hope you all run good and see you at the tables. Brokerstar |
||||
| jus222 |
Nice going ,but please scrap this twitter malarky (i don,t use it ,took me 3 years to learn to open internet explorer lol) Any chance i can have your phone number and if i think your not updating often enough (ie every 24 hrs) i can just ring you ?
Keep up the great work its inspiring to see the clinical way you can build a bankroll. gl at the tables jus |
||||
| Brokerstar |
Those of you that have been railing my play or following Twitter know that I've been playing a mix of HSUNG's (bwteen $50-$100 games), HU cash NL50 and NL100, 6 max (NL100 & NL200) and full ring (NL200 only). I'm at just under $4000 so will be shot taking some NL400 games soon but mainly playing NL200 and $100/$200 HUSNG's.
I haven't been updating this anywhere near as much as I have been making Twitter posts of my play but here is a typical comedy moment from the mid stakes cash games and the reason that this is the site I enjoy playing on the most!!
It's just the same as play money poker but for real cash at Betonline Poker BetOnline Poker Game #984550361: Hold'em No Limit ($1/2) - 2012/03/05 00:33:39 GMT Standard Time Table 'Passenger 57' 6-Max, Seat #6 is the button Seat 4: apark89 (193.28 in chips) Seat 5: Brokerstar (311.70 in chips) Seat 7: capitat4 (200.00 in chips) - Small Blind Seat 6: sorourke (141.22 in chips) - The button Seat 8: Fistervet (104.56 in chips) - Big Blind capitat4: posts small blind 1.00 Fistervet: posts big blind 2.00 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Brokerstar [Ah As] apark89: calls 2.00 Brokerstar: raises 12.00 to 12.00 sorourke: folds capitat4: folds Fistervet: folds apark89: calls 10.00 *** FLOP *** [9h 5h 10s] apark89: bets 13.50 Brokerstar: raises 37.00 to 37.00 apark89: calls 23.50 *** TURN *** [9h 5h 10s][6d] apark89: bets 49.00 Brokerstar: raises 262.70 to 262.70 and is all in apark89: calls 95.28 Uncalled bet (118.42) returned to Brokerstar Ka$hIsKing joins the table at seat #9 *** SHOW DOWN *** Brokerstar shows Ah As apark89 shows 8s Js *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 386.56 | Rake 3.00 Board [9h 5h 10s 6d Jd] Seat 4: apark89 showed [8s Js] but did not win Seat 5: Brokerstar showed [Ah As] and won (386.56) Seat 7: capitat4 folded before Flop Seat 6: sorourke folded before Flop Seat 8: Fistervet folded before Flop Feel free to come and join me or rail me when I play. I have a full review of the site with details on how to get involved on this page. Run good guys. |
||||
| ReignMillions |
I was wondering how this challenge was going. BTW, wanting a porshe is always a sure sign of a mid-life crisis ...
|
||||
| Brokerstar |
Then I've been in a mid life crisis since I was 11 years old!! lol
|
||||
| Brokerstar |
Mid Day Grinding
Couple of memorable moments so far in todays grind session! One was comedy fun and the other made me want to punch myself in the face!!! 
So I have been playing $100 HUSNG's and very short handed NL200 cash (4 handed). All in all it hasn't been a bad day but I should certainly be up a few more hundred!! Firstly the comedy hand thus far: Ok the notes and stats I had on this guy were that he c bet 92% and fired lots of turns. He's also quite prone to over value top pair/ no kicker type hands. I saw him check a lot of hands back on the river, both bluffs and medium value hands. So this short my hand is super strong and I think check calling twice just allowed me to get max value from his bluffing range but then I want to build the pot, charge draws, and give him a chance to get stuck in a big pot if he does have some kind of hand. BetOnline Poker Game #985838483: Hold'em No Limit ($1/2) - 2012/03/07 17:16:17 GMT Standard Time Table 'Snatch' 4-Max, Seat #9 is the button Seat 9: zaho10 (1089.32 in chips) - The button Seat 6: slasher711 (370.68 in chips) - Small Blind Seat 7: Brokerstar (233.03 in chips) - Big Blind Seat 8: snaprack (189.00 in chips) slasher711: posts small blind 1.00 Brokerstar: posts big blind 2.00 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Brokerstar [7c 7h] snaprack: raises 6.00 to 6.00 zaho10: folds slasher711: folds Brokerstar: calls 4.00 *** FLOP *** [Js 7s Kd] Brokerstar: checks snaprack: bets 9.00 Brokerstar: calls 9.00 *** TURN *** [Js 7s Kd][5d] Brokerstar: checks snaprack: bets 21.00 Brokerstar: raises 66.00 to 66.00 snaprack: raises 153.00 to 174.00 and is all in Brokerstar: calls 108.00 *** SHOW DOWN *** snaprack shows Qd Qc Brokerstar shows 7c 7h *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 376.00 | Rake 3.00 Board [Js 7s Kd 5d 6s] Seat 9: zaho10 folded before Flop Seat 6: slasher711 folded before Flop Seat 7: Brokerstar showed [7c 7h] and won (376.00) Seat 8: snaprack showed [Qd Qc] but did not win Moment to make me puke!!! This guy was the main reason for me even being at the table. I killed him heads up then he stopped playing me so I snap sit him whatever games he's in. Cut a long story short, top pair is the nuts no matter how deep he is and before I could fire the turn, I disconnected and timed out!!!!!   
*** FLOP *** [As Kd 4h] slasher711: checks Brokerstar: bets 30.00 slasher711: calls 30.00 *** TURN *** [As Kd 4h][Js] slasher711: checks *** SHOW DOWN *** Brokerstar shows Kh Ad slasher711 shows Ac 7c
*** SUMMARY *** Total pot 95.00 | Rake 3.00 Board [As Kd 4h Js Ah] Seat 9: zaho10 folded before Flop Seat 6: slasher711 showed [Ac 7c] but did not win Seat 7: Brokerstar showed [Kh Ad] and won (95.00) Time for a break, my heads fried and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at all tilted!! |
||||
| lemonfresh |
First hand, awesome
Second hand, urgh, disconnecting, what a horrible feeling...
|
||||
| cdm |
most brah's have to dip into their trust funds or work their way up the corporate ladder and engage in embezzlement to be able to have the G's required to afford a porsche....
brokerstar sits a few HUSNGs, get's in a few hours or cash, withdraws and frisbees his black mastercard at the jabroni working in the local porsche dealership and says 'gimme a red one.' BALLER what a life!!!!!!!!!!! |
||||
| Brokerstar |
$6000 (ish) and my first Boxster in sight!!!
Well this week has been by far the best week I've had in poker for a while. I've been playing a whole mix of games and many of you have been railing me in both HUSNG's and cash games. I'm playing mostly $100 and $200 HUSNG's and NL200 and NL400 cash games. I've only been playing a few tables but playing them for long hours and this is working out really well for me. I single table the HUSNG's whilst generally having two good cash games going on in the background and this is the perfect amount for me to focus on. Porsche I can afford Having looked through the autotrader online I have managed to find my first Porsche Boxster for the money I have (How cheap are they now??) Here is a pic of the little gem!! 
Current Bankroll 
Upcoming Events I'm going to be making some dual commentary Hyper Turbo videos with the latest Hyper grinder in the forum which should be exciting then I have a couple of recorded games that I'll be doing a voice over after that so plenty to talk about after I hope. As always I hope you all run hotter than the sun! Brokerstar |
||||
| blsmur |
your looking good Dom , how long until you give in and buy one ? | ||||
| Brokerstar |
Thanks man, I don't know, not yet, I'd want something a bit newer and faster than this old thing but it's all steps in the right direction
|
||||
| Brokerstar |
The one that got away!!!
I think Alex was a bit tilted after this hand (Alex is Pokeher10). We happened to both be sat in a few of the same games tonight and this table was breaking but the guy left was such a spew whale that had a 3 bet % of 40 and would call it off with most suited cards for 100bb so neither of us left clearly lol. The guy left shortly after this hand
BetOnline Poker Game #987017296: Hold'em No Limit ($2/4) - 2012/03/10 01:36:12 GMT Standard Time Table 'Gran Torino' 6-Max, Seat #8 is the button Seat 9: pokeher10 (862.04 in chips) - Small Blind Seat 7: tyrod18 (406.45 in chips) - Big Blind Seat 8: Brokerstar (407.00 in chips) - The button pokeher10: posts small blind 2.00 tyrod18: posts big blind 4.00 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Brokerstar [Jd 9d] Brokerstar: raises 12.00 to 12.00 pokeher10: calls 10.00 tyrod18: raises 48.00 to 52.00 milandjemo joins the table at seat #6 Brokerstar: folds pokeher10: raises 850.04 to 862.04 and is all in tyrod18: calls 354.45 Uncalled bet (455.59) returned to pokeher10 *** SHOW DOWN *** pokeher10 shows 10s Ah tyrod18 shows 7c Ac *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 821.90 | Rake 3.00 Board [7h 5h 8d Kd Qc] Seat 9: pokeher10 showed [10s Ah] but did not win Seat 7: tyrod18 showed [7c Ac] and won (821.90) Seat 8: Brokerstar folded before Flop |
||||
| kolonel |
To see that hand play out gives you that sick feeling in the guts......... | ||||
| Kingmunkey |
Brokers holding out for one of these bad boys
$158,000 to go ! 611bhp 0-60 in 3.4 sec top speed 205mph sick sick car
|
||||
| Brokerstar |
Small update:
Many of you have been following my play through Twitter and a good bunch have been railing my games. I've had some crazy ups and downs this week but all in all it's going well. My roll is up to $7723 and I have decided to withdraw any amount over $10,000. I don't think I'm comfortable leaving a huge roll on such a small site and games nearly never run higher than NL1000 anyway so no need to have a silly amount of cash on there. Been playing NL200, NL400 cash and $100 & $200 HUSNG's mainly (although Alex has been hogging the $200 lobby for the most part and I'm not too fussed as action is almost dead there apart from Zedans antics). I can't wait to be playing the 5/10 games regularly and that will be the highest stakes I have played 'full time' and should be exciting. Although some of Alex's sessions have made me nearly throw up there and the truth is that there are much more regs to battle it out with now. So just to keep you all posted for those that haven't been following my daily Tweets. If you want to stay up to date, hour by hour then feel free to follow me on Twitter. Run good guys. Brokerstar |
||||
| BetMagicMoney |
seems good man, glad its going well
|
||||
| Brokerstar |
I posted this also in BBV but may as well keep this up to date too.
I don't normally like to cry about running bad but I'm in awe of just how shit things are going right now. I ran so bad at NL400 that I dropped back to NL200 after a whole day playing and even there it was more of the same brutalization and I got eaten alive by fish!!!!!!!!!! Bankroll is back down to $5510
For those of you that play at the site, be sure to add naut21 & Alexonamor to your buddy lists!!!!! Whales!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Brokerstar [Ah As] hatecandie: raises 8.00 to 8.00 Shamiball: folds kay kay: folds Brokerstar: raises 27.00 to 28.00 KingTong: folds hatecandie: calls 20.00 *** FLOP *** [5h 9h 5s] Brokerstar: bets 40.00 hatecandie: raises 152.00 to 152.00 and is all in Brokerstar: calls 112.00 *** SHOW DOWN *** hatecandie shows Ad 9c Brokerstar shows Ah As *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 359.00 | Rake 3.00 Board [5h 9h 5s 2s 9s] Seat 9: Shamiball folded before Flop Seat 8: hatecandie showed [Ad 9c] and won (359.00) Seat 7: KingTong folded before Flop Seat 6: Brokerstar showed [Ah As] but did not win Seat 4: kay kay folded before Flop Seat 5: allstarsrd collected (0.00) *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Brokerstar [Ks Kh] dumb_Luck has left the table naut21: folds Alexonamor: raises 6.00 to 6.00 dacombes joins the table at seat #8 Brokerstar: raises 18.00 to 18.00 clearly: folds roly_3208: folds Alexonamor: calls 12.00 *** FLOP *** [2s 9d 8s] Alexonamor: checks Brokerstar: bets 30.00 Alexonamor: calls 30.00 *** TURN *** [2s 9d 8s][8h] Alexonamor: checks Brokerstar: bets 76.00 Alexonamor: calls 59.70 Uncalled bet (16.30) returned to Brokerstar *** SHOW DOWN *** Brokerstar shows Ks Kh Alexonamor shows Qc 8c *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 215.40 | Rake 3.00 Board [2s 9d 8s 8h 3d] Seat 9: roly_3208 folded before Flop Seat 7: clearly folded before Flop Seat 5: Alexonamor showed [Qc 8c] and won (215.40) Seat 4: naut21 folded before Flop Seat 6: Brokerstar showed [Ks Kh] but did not win *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Brokerstar [Jd Jh] Alexonamor: raises 6.00 to 6.00 Brokerstar: raises 18.00 to 18.00 clearly: folds dacombes: folds roly_3208: folds naut21: calls 16.00 Alexonamor: calls 12.00 *** FLOP *** [8h 5h 6h] naut21: checks Alexonamor: bets 55.00 Brokerstar: raises 275.83 to 275.83 and is all in naut21: folds Alexonamor: calls 94.65 Uncalled bet (126.1 returned to Brokerstar
*** SHOW DOWN *** Brokerstar shows Jd Jh Alexonamor shows 9d Ah *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 351.30 | Rake 3.00 Board [8h 5h 6h 5s 2h] Seat 9: roly_3208 folded before Flop Seat 7: clearly folded before Flop Seat 5: Alexonamor showed [9d Ah] and won (351.30) Seat 4: naut21 folded on the Flop Seat 6: Brokerstar showed [Jd Jh] but did not win Seat 8: dacombes folded before Flop *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Brokerstar [9s 9d] naut21: calls 2.00 Alexonamor: folds Brokerstar: raises 8.00 to 8.00 clearly: folds j.o.30/30: folds joe-shmoe: folds naut21: calls 6.00 *** FLOP *** [8d 6s 5d] naut21: bets 9.50 Brokerstar: raises 28.50 to 28.50 naut21: calls 19.00 *** TURN *** [8d 6s 5d][7h] naut21: checks Brokerstar: bets 45.00 naut21: calls 45.00 *** RIVER *** [8d 6s 5d 7h][9h] naut21: bets 30.25 Brokerstar: calls 30.25 *** SHOW DOWN *** Brokerstar shows 9s 9d naut21 shows 7d Qd *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 223.50 | Rake 3.00 Board [8d 6s 5d 7h 9h] Seat 7: clearly folded before Flop Seat 5: Alexonamor folded before Flop Seat 4: naut21 showed [7d Qd] and won (111.75) Seat 6: Brokerstar showed [9s 9d] and won (111.75) Seat 8: j.o.30/30 folded before Flop Seat 9: joe-shmoe folded before Flop To Sum Up There are a load more hands just like this but I just can't be bothered to wade through all the HH files to try and find them. Running bad is shit, it happens to all of us but you have to just remember that all of this will come back in a huge upswing!!
Moral of the story? Even though I may be losing right now, I'm happy to have players this god awful sat at my tables and long may it last!!!! For those of you that haven't, just check the lobby out at Betonline Poker Room Run good guys Broker |
||||
| Brokerstar |
Swinging is not as cool as some may think
I haven't updated this in a while and here's why. For the last month I think I've been in the darkest downswing that I have ever known whilst playing poker. It's been beyond brutal and I have been systematically hit by all forms of variance at once. Running into the top of ranges, coolers, being out drawn harder than Doc Hollywood's rivals, not connecting, just you name it and it's happened. NL400 has chewed me up and spat me out but this has nothing to do with the players that I'm facing at all. I've been a constant donator to players with 90% VPIP's and then they in turn redistribute my bankroll to everyone else. My roll has been smashed down to about $3300 now and I'm hitting up the $100 HUSNG's again. I can't even face sitting another 6 max game for a while. I have such high hopes for the Porsche challenge and should of probably dropped back down in stakes a long time ago. If I was playing for a living then I would not of been playing NL400 in the first place with only 7k in my roll. I did drop back to NL200 at just under 5.5k and then as I said, just got destroyed down to where I'm at now. When I say destroyed it's mainly situations like this: BetOnline Poker Game #999966554: Hold'em No Limit ($1/2) - 2012/04/06 12:51:31 GMT Daylight Time Table 'Fast Five' 6-Max, Seat #5 is the button Seat 8: Goldball31 (549.71 in chips) Seat 7: iMac83 (453.39 in chips) - Big Blind Seat 9: Brokerstar (210.87 in chips) Seat 5: droopy305 (77.40 in chips) - The button Seat 6: supastah (365.42 in chips) - Small Blind Seat 4: manianarvi (174.50 in chips) supastah: posts small blind 1.00 iMac83: posts big blind 2.00 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Brokerstar [Kh Kd] Goldball31: folds Brokerstar: raises 9.00 to 9.00 manianarvi: calls 9.00 droopy305: folds supastah: folds iMac83: raises 19.00 to 21.00 Brokerstar: raises 41.00 to 50.00 manianarvi: folds iMac83: calls 29.00 *** FLOP *** [2c 3c 5s] iMac83: bets 27.50 Brokerstar: raises 160.87 to 160.87 and is all in iMac83: calls 133.37 *** SHOW DOWN *** Brokerstar shows Kh Kd iMac83 shows Qc Kc *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 428.74 | Rake 3.00 Board [2c 3c 5s 10c 10s] Seat 8: Goldball31 folded before Flop Seat 7: iMac83 showed [Qc Kc] and won (428.74) Seat 9: Brokerstar showed [Kh Kd] but did not win Seat 5: droopy305 folded before Flop Seat 6: supastah folded before Flop Seat 4: manianarvi folded before Flop The guy was such a whale yet still managed to take 4 buyins off of me this morning 
This is clearly an update/ mini rant. This time last month I was certain that I'd be playing NL1000 by now not $100 HUSNG's. It's not always plain sailing in the poker game......... Ahhh poker, you fickle bitch 
|
||||
| Brokerstar |
I'm also going to be playing in every guaranteed tournament at Betonline this month.
Here is the schedule: Guaranteed Date $20,000 April 29th $10,000 April 15th $5000 April 22nd $5000 April 8th $4000 April 8th $4000 April 22nd $3000 April 29th $3000 April 15th $2000 April 6th -40 $2000 April 9th $1000 April 7th $1000 April 10th Total profit so far -$40 I bust out of the $2k event last night in 22nd place after 2 re buys and an add on. Shoved A9 in late position with 9bb left and ran into AQ in the blinds. On Pokerstars I've bought action in all of these players and events: Player Schedule Giffordonian - Easter Sunday MTT's drkamikaze1 - Drkamikaze1 weeklies MattyDaCobra - MattyDaCobra's 7-8 April 2012 P-halt - Saturday MTT Action Giffordonian - 2012 Poker Stars SCOOP-H Omaha 8 events. Fingers crossed they run good too (well I say too, I just they run good full stop lol) |
||||
| Reseal |
Never good man In the end I became thoroughly apathetic and found myself forever saying "There's only so much I can do!!!".
I was astonished at how you and Alex were both somehow managing to avoid it with only 3 losing days a month while I was living in poker's allegorical hell back then, enduring such BS from it all! The chances of such brutal downswings when you've got a decent winrate are pretty slim, so this certainly raises some questions in my mind regarding BOL.
Ringer of what I was reporting !
I'm obv cautious of making any claims that it's rigged cos it's widely considered crazy talk.... but imo the site is incompetently ran at best, and frankly criminally fraudulent at worst. Consider yourself lucky that you're not relying on the results as an income! Chin up though, with such specialist whales everywhere let's pray it won't be long before you start upswinging again The one great thing about this site is that the utter morons never actually seem to improve on their mistakes, so with the amount of reads you've developed they're surely gonna be paying major dividends sooner or later!
GL |
||||
| Brokerstar |
Yes mate, I was only talking to Alex yesterday saying that I get what you were saying now.
Alex is still banging out over $20,000 a month so I'm not sure that it's rigged but I've certainly had my my fair share of run bad. 70+% VPIP looks like the way to crush at the moment (judging by the guys that have stripped back my bankroll)
My plan is to drop down and regrind. Despite the clear faults with the site, the players are still the softest in the world by a country mile and I'd just feel dirty letting them keep hold of their cash. |
||||
| ReignMillions |
just take it on the chin and think of it rationally. the calling station does get lucky some nights and thats just the way it is. you seem to just be bumping into them all. nothing anyone says wont be what you already know, so just build your roll up again and youll get that porsche | ||||
| blsmur |
Hi there Dominic , reading this makes me feel better "SORRY" I didnt mean to be mean . it is just when i was loosing with these types of hands and i was doing it so often it made me question everything i did in poker, probably just because i didnt understand why it could happen so often. So seeing it happen to you and to loose over half your bankroll helps me realize that playing well is not a guarantee to make money while playing poker . it would be easy for anyone to go through one of these down swings when they first start playing ,and not understand why all the instruction and advice is not working . I cant say I was playing great but for quite some time i did seem to end up on the worst end of the stick. I hope your bad run turns around for now and you are able to make some serious money to get the Porsche you deserve Good Luck! Ron |
||||
| U Cook Socks |
There is a difference between hitting the nasty side of variance, and being a losing player.
You will smash it up again soon Dom, and you know it. I expect to see a pic of one of those 150k porches on your drive come christmas ! |