Recent online poker sessions
I manage maybe 5 to 15 hours per week of online poker, depending on the circumstances.
Currently I’m playing $100 NL 6-max and struggling to come to grips with it to be honest. I have a tiny win rate (less than 1PTBB) over 13,000 hands since I started it a couple of months back. Before then I was running pretty consistently at about 9PTBB on full ring $50’s and $100’s. But I really want to crack the 6 max as that is where the action is going to be in the near future I think.
I’m also going to devote some time to Pokerstars $15 Turbo SnG’s. These are good for when I’m a little antsy and I’m running an experiment to see if I can get my ratio of 1st places as high as possible. I play 2 at once.
This week I’ve played more than usual as I’m stuck at home waiting for the baby to come. So I’m more in the groove than I have been recently. This week I’ve played 14 $15 Turbo SnG’s and placed 1st in seven of them (and 3rd in one) for net winnings of $343 in 4-5 hours total.
The 6 max are packed with maniacs and sponges (calling stations who will raise/bet at you if you slow down). The Full Ring is an easier game to read. Swings can be insane in 6 max, but there are more games and more money to be made there in the long run. Not sure how the $25 tables play these days. But the $100 NL 6 max play very much like the maniac-fest that was the Party $25’s 18 months ago.
In 6 max Ring my winnings so far this week (ignoring bonuses) are $161 at 7 PTBB/100 (7.5hrs). I’m due a $90 bonus from pokerstars soon (I’ve cleared all the easier bonuses already). I tend to 2-table the 6max (but I used to 3-table full ring).
My roll started from a $50 deposit at PokerStars at the end of 2008 (since cashed back out). My lifetime winnings stand at +$8,433.16 and my current bankroll (spread across about 12 poker sites) is $4,179.42. I also have about $2,700 in bonuses waiting to be earned (mainly at PS, UB, Absolute and Carbon Poker). So I’m waiting until I make the jump to $200 NL before I go for clearing these.
I will try to post the biggest winning and losing hands of sessions for comments. This might also make me think twice before making stupid plays.
