39:1 favorite

BTN: 72/29/1.2, went2sd 49%
Button is a standard hyper aggressive moron so I can't fold to his river raise.

0.50/1 Limit Holdem
5 players

Pre-flop: (1.5 SB, 5 players) Hero is SB A T
2 folds, BTN calls, Hero raises, 1 fold, BTN calls

Flop: 8 A 9 (5.0 SB, 2 players)
Hero bets, BTN calls

Turn: Q (3.5 BB, 2 players)
Hero bets, BTN calls

River: 4 (5.5 BB, 2 players)
Hero bets, BTN raises, Hero calls

Final Pot: 9.5 BB
BTN shows: Q 4
Hero shows: A T

I was 39:1 favorite to win on the flop and the only way for him to win this hand was to hit a runner runner, which he obviously did.

I had more than a few sick bad beats yesterday but I managed to finish with a profit of 49 BB over 1.1k hands. Ever since I started that kickback bonus on Ongame network I'm up 101 BB over 1.9k hands, with a win rate of 5.24 BB/100. I can't remember the last time I was running so good on Ongame and I've spent 21% my poker playing time there.

December - goals

Last month I have failed with some of my goals. I've played only 9.5k hands instead of 15k, played only 1.1k hands on 1/2 instead of 4k, I've made only 1 video of me playing 1/2 and I didn't analyze every 1/2 session I've played last month.

The good thing is, I'm in the green again. I have improved my mental control which has resulted in no more than 1 session with me on tilt. I'm value betting river more than before, my postflop game is better, I've stopped berating fish (well, I do throw a "lol" or "nh" once a week) and I have watched several videos from Stox. I must say I'm impressed with the way I have handled that 150 BB downswing in the beginning of the month. I didn't steam to much, I was playing my game and waiting for my luck to turn around. This is not like me at all and I hope I'll improve even further next month and eliminate tilt from my game forever.

Here are my December goals:

1) play at least 15000 hands
1a) play at least 5000 hands at 1/2, 1-2 tabling
1b) play remaining 10000 hands at lower limits, up to 4 tabling
2) work on further improvement of mental control and avoiding tilt
3) work on postflop game
4) watch StoxPoker videos
5) clear a few kickback bonuses
6) make at least 1 video each week playing $1/$2
7) review each $1/$2 session

I'll play on RedStar and Ongame this month. When I finish with Ongame kickback bonus I'll have to find another room to play at, since there's not enough trafic on RedStar, especially at 1/2 6max. At the moment, my only option is moving back to Chili poker where I have a good private deal but I don't like playing on iPoker. I'd much rather play somewhere else but I guess I'm out of options.

Monthly update - november

November was a huge failure, although I made a small profit during the month. I didn't have time to play as much as I would like last 2 weeks and the result is less than 10k played hands. Hopefully, december will be better as my handball season will be over after december 6th so I won't have to go to trainings every day.
1/2:
1113h, +$5, +0.23 BB/100
0.5/1:
6204h, +$45, +0.60 BB/100
0.25/0.5:
2211h, -$28, -2.54 BB/100
Total hands:
9528h

Total: $32
Bonus: $70
Kickback: $120

Current bankroll: $2222 (+$222)

92s

There's no good enough tables on RedStar, so I had to start another kickback bonus. Since I can't download software from iPoker network (it gets blocked by antivirus and I don't want to reinstall it, again), I started one from Ongame network. Here's one interesting hand from my second session:

CO: 78/4/0.5, went2sd 59%
Button: 46/3/1.1
BB: 46/15/3.4

0.50/1 Limit Holdem
4 players

Pre-flop: (1.5 SB, 4 players) Hero is SB 9 2
CO calls, Button calls, Hero calls, BB checks

Flop: 5 4 6 (4.0 SB, 4 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, CO checks, Button checks

Turn: K (2.0 BB, 4 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, CO calls, Button calls, Hero calls

River: A (6.0 BB, 4 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, CO raises, Button folds, Hero calls, BB 3-bets, CO calls, Hero calls

Final Pot: 15.0 BB
Hero shows: 9 2
BB shows: 3 2
CO shows: 6 5

There are 2 bad passive players already in the pot and my hand is suited, so I decided to join them confident I can outplay them postflop. Nice flop, someone has to have something and I already checked the check/fold box. To my surprise no one bets.
Turn, I pick up a flush draw and I'm closing the action getting 5:1, so I'm more than happy to call.
River, after CO raised, I considered folding since he is so passive I was afraid he had a better flush. But, I have 4th nuts and after thinking a few seconds, I decided I'll just call.

I was talking to my friend yesterday and he said that withdrawing most of my bankroll and leaving myself with only $2k was a stupid idea. He thinks I should be playing at least 2/4 6max or at least 3/6 FLHU. Although I know he's right, I'm just not confident enough to move up without proof of being a successfull winning player on my current stakes.

Weekly update 3

1/2:
1065h, -$0, -0.01 BB/100
0.5/1:
5368h, +$21, +0.39 BB/100
0.25/0.5:
2030h, -$11, -1.05 BB/100
Total hands:
8463h

Total: $11
Bonus: $70
Kickback: $120

I didn't play much last week, only 1.2k hands + a couple hundred hands on littlewoods which I can't import in to my PT database. To achieve my goals, I need to play another 6.6k hands, which is achievable in 8d if I could find the desire to play.

I'm finally done with Better poker kickback bonus. That's another $80 in kickback + $20 in signup bonus. I'm also done with Littlewoods, which is worth another $80. It took me 3 days but I finished it with a loss of 25 pounds. The amount of fish and bad play there is simply amazing. I couldn't win a hand whenever I sat down to play so I had to finish this bonus on DoubleOrNothing SNG's. Btw, these SNG's are a goldmine for smart microstakes players building their bankrolls.

Current bankroll: $2201 (+$201)

Weekly update 2

1/2:
1065h, -$0, -0.01 BB/100
0.5/1:
4395h, -$61, -11.38 BB/100
0.25/0.5:
1796h, -$3, -0.28 BB/100
Total hands: 7256

Total: -$59
Bonus: $55

I'm still not happy with my results. My positional stats look ok, win rate is a little low but nothing to worry about. Blind stats are great but the button is disgusting. I really don't know what's the problem. I'm still losing and my wwsf looks really low. I'm down $20 from the button but I've lost $40 with AKo and AQo and another $38 with KQs, KJs and QJs. It doesn't help when your vpip with those hands is 100%, pfr also 100% and your wwsf only 13% (4/30).

I'm also losing with big pairs from the button, KK (3/5), JJ (3/8), TT (3/7).

Current bankroll: $1996 (-$4)

It's suited

Yesterday, I finally had one good session on Better poker. I was running so good I couldn't lose. After 450h I was up 60 BB's but unfortunately I had to quit. This is my favorite hand from this session:

0.5/1 Limit Holdem
6 players

Pre-flop: (1.5 SB, 6 players) Hero is BB 2 7
4 folds, SB raises, Hero calls

Flop: J 7 9 (4.5 SB, 2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls

Turn: 2 (3.2 BB, 2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, Hero calls

River: 2 (10.2 BB, 2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, Hero 4-bets, SB calls

Final Pot: 16.1 BB
Hero shows: 2 7
SB shows: A K