I've finally done it and started my first official website, http://www.morgantownpoker.com/. It is basically somewhere for the locals here to get together and find games both live and online. It isn't finished yet but it really wasn't as hard as I expected. I already new some HTML and CSS but other than that I'm clueless. Now I need to do the hard part and get it seen by some search engines. I'm pretty excited about it more because I play a lot of poker online but hardly ever can find a good home game to go to. I know that there are a lot of good poker players in Morgantown but I don't know many. Hopefully this will help me meet some fellow players and get a couple regular games going. I'm also going to be setting up some private tournaments online.
Since I've been working on the site so much this week I really haven't had much time to play. I made a small deposit and played the Sunday Hundred Grand on PokerStars and played horribly. I don't know what was wrong with me but I was really ashamed of my performance. I didn't do too bad in the few ring games that I played but I think that I'm down a little overall. I've been mixing it up a little and not been playing just ABC poker. I still need to work on my technique a little but I'm pretty confident. I'm loving it because when I show a bluff or play 8-6 suited at the stakes that I play most of the table are seriously thinking that I'm a donk and really pay me off when I hit a big hand.
I would like to write more today because for some reason I feel like rambling but I have to get off of here and do some work. Feel free to check out my site and let me know what you think. Like I said, I'm new to this some and input would probably help me out.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Mixed Results Lately
I've been getting mixed results lately. I've place "In The Money" in every private tournament and a couple private freerolls that I've played. Bad thing is that I've been doing horrible in open MTT's, SnG's and Ring Games. I think it has to do with my state of mind in private games because i'm playing with people that I know and talk to on a regular basis. I think there's more of an urgency to win, so I can do a little brag.
Speaking of brags, Railbirds updated their February Freeroll Rankings on the 18th and guess who is holding the #1 spot....not me. I'm currently 5th in the rankings which is great because I didn't get much of a chance to play in them last week. I've also been accepted into the Dragon Clan on Railbirds which is helping my drive to win. Since I've been a member of the Dragons I've played in 2 private tournament. I came in 3rd in the RB in Atlantic City tournament and won the Dragon Clan Meet and Greet.
Since I've been planning on depositing again I've also decided to throw Bankroll Management out the window and been playing a lot of 0.05/0.10 NLHE ring games. I've been losing at them but I think it's just been because I've been playing pretty passively at the 0.01/0.02 level and I need to be more aggressive at this level. I hope I just need to fine tune my strategy to start winning. I'm updating my Status Post again so you can see how my 0.01/0.02 strategy has been holding up.
Speaking of brags, Railbirds updated their February Freeroll Rankings on the 18th and guess who is holding the #1 spot....not me. I'm currently 5th in the rankings which is great because I didn't get much of a chance to play in them last week. I've also been accepted into the Dragon Clan on Railbirds which is helping my drive to win. Since I've been a member of the Dragons I've played in 2 private tournament. I came in 3rd in the RB in Atlantic City tournament and won the Dragon Clan Meet and Greet.
Since I've been planning on depositing again I've also decided to throw Bankroll Management out the window and been playing a lot of 0.05/0.10 NLHE ring games. I've been losing at them but I think it's just been because I've been playing pretty passively at the 0.01/0.02 level and I need to be more aggressive at this level. I hope I just need to fine tune my strategy to start winning. I'm updating my Status Post again so you can see how my 0.01/0.02 strategy has been holding up.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Just A Little Update
Well my back is feeling better but sitting in a computer chair playing poker still hasn't been feeling too good. I've played here and there and I'm up $8.71 on the 1c/2c 6-max tables since my last update. I'm currently ranked 17th this month in the Railbirds Ranking Freerolls. I've tried to make most of these and been finishing pretty well. I have 3 cashes this month (48th, 16th, and 64th) in 9 games.
As much as I would like to be one of these guys that turned $10 into $10,000 I think I'm going to have to make a deposit soon. These penny tables are killing me. It is nice to see 50-60BB/100 hands in the stats but I know that means I'm only making about $1 for each hour of good playing. Also, like I said before, I would like to start playing the Sunday Hundred Grand on a regular basis. I'm goingto try to scrounge some cash together and maybe hit the bigger games. There's nothing worse than being on a winning streak and not having any money.
As much as I would like to be one of these guys that turned $10 into $10,000 I think I'm going to have to make a deposit soon. These penny tables are killing me. It is nice to see 50-60BB/100 hands in the stats but I know that means I'm only making about $1 for each hour of good playing. Also, like I said before, I would like to start playing the Sunday Hundred Grand on a regular basis. I'm goingto try to scrounge some cash together and maybe hit the bigger games. There's nothing worse than being on a winning streak and not having any money.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Taking it easy for a week
Between throwing my back out and being broke I took it easy last week. I did play a couple Railbirds ranking freerolls. I took 30th in a Stud Hi and 38th in a NLHE. I finished the month ranked 320th which isn't bad considering that I missed over half of them and half of the games that I did play didn't have my full concentration. I'm going to try to give it more effort in Feburary and hopefully get into the top 100.
In other news, I've been offered a small stake ($10) for ring games. I'm going to be playing 0.01/0.02 NLHE 6-Max tables. This will help me get my 'poker fix' and maybe get a little bankroll started until I can get a deposit in. I played about an hour and a hlf yesterday and made about $3. I've giving it a go again as I'm writing this. I'm also going to update my overall stats in my first post.
Also, my girlfriend won us a trip to Vegas in some contest they had at school. I think it covers airfare, 4 nights somewhere and some spending cash. She's wanting to go during spring break but I'm wanting to go the end of June to meet up with some friends from Beat the Donk poker forums. Either way we're going to have a hard time finding a baby sitter. I think that when we get out tax return back I might take a little to the tables up in Wheeling to get a little live practice.
In other news, I've been offered a small stake ($10) for ring games. I'm going to be playing 0.01/0.02 NLHE 6-Max tables. This will help me get my 'poker fix' and maybe get a little bankroll started until I can get a deposit in. I played about an hour and a hlf yesterday and made about $3. I've giving it a go again as I'm writing this. I'm also going to update my overall stats in my first post.
Also, my girlfriend won us a trip to Vegas in some contest they had at school. I think it covers airfare, 4 nights somewhere and some spending cash. She's wanting to go during spring break but I'm wanting to go the end of June to meet up with some friends from Beat the Donk poker forums. Either way we're going to have a hard time finding a baby sitter. I think that when we get out tax return back I might take a little to the tables up in Wheeling to get a little live practice.
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