Can't beat this tourney! - MushyJim

There's a tourney on Titan that I have seen advertised for a few weeks but I have always been busy. It is a $5+$0.50 MTT with a $2,000 garanteed prize pool. This week it only had 52 runner, with the top 30 being paid a minimum of $20. Now that is +EV!

I started off very badly and was kind of trying to hang on for the $20. However, when blinds were big there were about 4 limpers on my BB and i decided to push with A6s. I was called by AQ but luckily sucked out. A few hands later i called a min-raise on my BB with 6d9d. The flop came A69 and i checked to the pre-flop raiser, knowing he would bet. He went all-in, and i called. He showed 10 6 (!) and i took the pot. After that it was pretty plain sailing, and I ended up coming 6th after being caught stealing with 83s by AKs. Oh well, $80 for 2 hours of fun is not bad at all!

Cash Hours = 12
Cash Profit = $93.86

Tournament Hours = 8
Tournament Profit = $172.50

Total bankroll = $316.36 ($83.64 to next target)

March 1st target = $200 - March 1st Bankroll = $316.36 = +$116.36 = REACHED!
April 1st target = $400
May 1st target = $700

Wondering what level to play - MushyJim

I only had half an hour to play after work. Usually when i don't have long to play, I end up playing very impatiently and lose. Therefore i decided to play 5c-10c again just in case. I joined 3 tables and on the very first hand i picked up 76o. There were about 6 limpers and the flop came A66. I checked and someone went all-in for $4. I called and they showed AQ. I took the pot.

On all 3 tables the play seemed to be this bad, and i'm thinking now that it may be more profitable to stay at the 5c-10c game. I'll give it some thought and decide later.

Cash Hours = 12
Cash Profit = $93.86

Tournament Hours = 6
Tournament Profit = $98

Total bankroll = $241.86

March 1st target = $200 - reached!
April 1st target = $400
May 1st target = $700

Good start - MushyJim

Ok i started playing 10c-20c and the max. buy-in is $20 so i only have 10 x the buy-in so i will have to be carefull. I played 2 tables for an hour and had 2 big hands...

Hand 1
4 people limp, the SB completes, and i check on the BB with Q10o. Pot $1.20. The flop is QQ6 rainbow and the SB checks. I bet $1 and only the SB calls. Pot $3.20. The turn is a 3 and the SB checks. I bet $2.50 and the SB calls. Pot $8.20. I am now pretty sure he has a Q. The river is a beautiful 10 and the SB checks again. I have the nuts and bet $5. He cheack-raises me a further $7 and i go all-in (a further $4.20). He calls and shows Q3. I was pretty lucky on the river but i think he played it badly. If i didnt hit the 10 on the river i would've just checked behind him on the river.

Hand 2
It's the last hand before i quit and i am UTG with 7h6h. I raise to $0.70 just to mix it up, and the SB calls. Pot $1.60. The flop is Jc10h2h. SB bets out $0.40 and i raise to $1.50. He calls. Pot $4.60. Turn is 8s. He checks and i take a free card. River is Qh and SB goes all-in for $6. I'm fairly sure i have it won as he wouldn't bet this big on a higher flush. I call and he shows Q10o.

Overall I'm pretty pleased with the start. I can notice a massive difference with the play though. The play is so much tighter and probably harlf the hands just fold round to the SB.

Cash Hours = 11.5
Cash Profit = $78.42

Tournament Hours = 6
Tournament Profit = $98

Total bankroll = $226.42

March 1st target = $200 - reached!
April 1st target = $400
May 1st target = $700

Reached the first target! - MushyJim

I've been away for about a week so haven't had any time to play, but got back yesterday and decided to play my favourite freeroll. 30 places get paid with 1st getting $75 and 18th-30th getting $5. Last night there were 124 runners and I managed to get to heads-up. I recently learnt that the winner also gets a ticket to a semi-final, and if they qualify through this then it's off to a live final with a big prize pool. I have come second once before, and this time i really wanted to win! We started the heads-up pretty even in chips, and he hadn't seemed to adapted to the huge blinds. Therefore I was moving in a lot and managed to build up to a 120k v 60k lead. He pulled a little bit back and then I moved in from the SB with Jh10h. He called with As7h and flopped an Ace. I was down to 40k and then moved in with Kh3h. He called with Ks2c and i thought I was in good position to regain my chip lead. He flopped a 2 though and it was all over.

I won $60 and this put me over the $200 mark. I will therefore be now moving up to the 10c-20c as at Titan you can only buy-in for a maximum of $10 and I therefore have 20 full buy-ins. I've decided that if i drop below $150 then i will move back down to 5c-10c. I will start this tonight and hopefully it will all go well.

Cash Hours = 10.5
Cash Profit = $53.92

Tournament Hours = 6
Tournament Profit = $98

Total bankroll = $201.92

March 1st target = $200 - reached!
April 1st target = $400
May 1st target = $700

Blew It

Well guys, after taking beat after beat after beat after beat after beat, I am back down to $50, thats right $50. I am going to have to start all over again. However I dont know if I can take any more $0.05/$0.10 anymore, for those of you that have been reading CP you have seen the beats I have taken, and those arent even the tip of the iceberg. I have no confidence in my game right now, and cannot stand any more micro limits. I will try my luck with a few low buy-in MTTs as I have been doing well in them lately. Thanks, Orangemen.

MushyJim's 12th Post

I am getting so pissed off. Played for another hour on 4 tables and actually got some premium hands. Doubled up with KK v 10 10 but then i got all-in with QQ on a board of 10-9-3-2 with 3 hearts out. From the betting i knew he didn't have a flush and puthim on A10. He has AdJh. The river was 5h and the stupid idiot won. Then i was inthe SB with AQo. There were 5 limpers and i completed. The BB then bet $1, which he had been doing quite alot when there were lots of limpers on his BB. It was folded to me and i pushed all-in for $6. He called with A10s and hit a runner-runner flush. I then decided to play a STT and i got all-in with KK v AK v 44. The flop was A 2 4 and i was pretty much dead. I am definitely feeling on tilt so i will stop for tonight.

Cash Hours = 10.5
Cash Profit = $53.92

Tournament Hours = 3
Tournament Profit = $38

Total bankroll = $141.92 ($58.08 to next target)

March 1st target = $200
April 1st target = $400
May 1st target = $700

MushyJim's 11th Post

This is getting annoying. I played for another hour at 4 tables and the best hand i had was 10 10. That said i was hitting a few more flops, and even hit a king high straight flush, but it was against 2 short-stacks and i didn't make much. Slow and steady wins the race...

Cash Hours = 9.5
Cash Profit = $53.17

Tournament Hours = 3
Tournament Profit = $38

Total bankroll = $141.17 ($58.83 to next target)

March 1st target = $200
April 1st target = $400
May 1st target = $700

MushyJim's 10th Post

Played on 4 tables for an hour and a half anf didn't pick up a pair over 9's! Not only that, but none f my other hands were hitting flops, so i did ok to make a small profit, very frustrating though.

Cash Hours = 8.5
Cash Profit = $46.99

Tournament Hours = 3
Tournament Profit = $38

Total bankroll = $134.99 ($65.01 to next target)

March 1st target = $200
April 1st target = $400
May 1st target = $700

MushyJim's 9th Post

I get bored of cash games so played a few tournies. Won my first Omaha HL STT (only a $1 entry though) and then played a freeroll and got $5.

Cash Hours = 7
Cash Profit = $44.88

Tournament Hours = 3
Tournament Profit = $38

Total bankroll = $132.88 ($67.12 to next target)

March 1st target = $200
April 1st target = $400
May 1st target = $700

MushyJim's 8th Post

Very bad start when my two pair went against a set and I lost a buy-in. Managed to win it back but not very suucessful, it's slow going at the moment.

Cash Hours = 7
Cash Profit = $44.88

Tournament Hours = 2
Tournament Profit = $30

Total bankroll = $124.88 ($75.12 to next target)

March 1st target = $200
April 1st target = $400
May 1st target = $700

Grinding, Orangemen

Hey guys, finally got back on here to post. Well since my last post I have been sticking to grinding it out at the $0.05/$0.10 tables and have managed to do ok. Havent had much time between school and basketball among other things but still made a profit. Won a few pots and even hooked up with dh098017 and littlekeed from CP for a little action. Even though Keed was being a donk cause he was playing way below his usual limits, he still left with a little profit. As far as my BR, I am at $148.58 from my original $30. Gonna keep grinding it out and probably move up to $0.10/$0.25 when I get up to $200. Wish me luck, and someone please leave a freaking comment!!!! lol

MushyJim's 7th Post

Only played a quick half an hour and only really played two hands. Pushed all-in on a flush draw and luckily hit and tripled up, and then I called an all-in with AKs. All-inner showed KQs and I took it down.

Cash Hours = 6
Cash Profit = $44.28

Tournament Hours = 2
Tournament Profit = $30

Total bankroll = $124.28 ($75.72 to next target)

March 1st target = $200
April 1st target = $400
May 1st target = $700

Mushyjim's 6th Post

Played for an hour and didn't get many hands. My AA lost to KQ but apart from that very uneventful and not very successful.

Cash Hours = 5.5
Cash Profit = $35.01

Tournament Hours = 2
Tournament Profit = $30

Total bankroll = $115.01

MushyJim's 5th Post

Only had half an hour to play today. Caught a few nice hands in that time though. Limped with KQs and flop came KKJ. I bet the pot and the table bully raised me. I didn't think a monster would raise me here, and i thought it was a bluff, especially as he was the tablebully. I went all-in and he folded. I then called a raise from this bully with AJs on the button. Flop came QJx. he checked, i bet, he went all-in and it wasn't much extra so i called. he showed AQ and won the pot.

However, i got the last laugh. He raised when i was in the cut-off and i had KK and flat called. The flop came QJx again and he bet. I pust him all-in and was a bit worried when he called and the turn was a 9 and the river was an A, but he showed KJ and i took the pot. I then got 99 all-in on a flop of 976 (2 hearts) against a pre-flop raiser. he showed AhKh and no heart came and i took the pot.

Although this was quite a successful alf an hour, i was trying to learn Omaha High-Low on another table and lost a few $'s.

Cash Hours = 4.5
Cash Profit = $29.08

Tournament Hours = 2
Tournament Profit = $30

Total bankroll = $109.08

Oranges 2nd post

Hey guys, I havent been on for awhile but hope to now post daily, I am just now picking up where I left off and hope to now post daily. I will update this post as play progresses. Thanks. Well I have been playing for maybe a Half and am up around $5. Im out for the night, but will continue play tommorrow. A lot of it by the way came from my KK. ending now at $78.73

MushyJim's 4th Post

I am carrying out my challenge on Titan poker, partly because I already had $50 in there and partly because I found the cash games very weak. Before tonight I had been playing 6 handed cash games, and thought tonight I would be more patient and play the 10 person cash games and hopefully show more profit. However, when I joined the 10 person table it stated that the maximum buy-in was $5 instead of $10 which is usual at other sites. Therefore, to show any decent profit I decided to multi-table. I have never really multi-tabled before but it worked quite well, and I had 4 games going atonce. It all started well on 2 tables when my AK beat QQ and my AA beat AJ on a J high flop. I managed to getthe stacks on these two tables up to $15 fairly soon.

I was hitting some monsters, with both my QQ and JJ hitting Q high and J high flops respectively. However, I wasn't getting paid on any of these, and my stacks began to dwindle. Then i got AdKd on the BB. UTG limped and a MP player made it $0.40. The button called and I made it $1.60. UTG and the original raiser called, and the button folded.

The flop came 3s6d10d and I bet out about 2/3 the pot. UTG re-raised me all-in and the original raiser called. I felt with the draw to the nut flush I was getting odds and so called. UTG showed QQ and the other player A10. I didnt hit a diamond or a K and I lost my $15. Nevermind, it was still a profitable hour.

Cash Hours = 4
Cash Profit = $21.45

Tournament Hours = 2
Tournament Profit = $30

Bankroll = $101.45

MushyJims 3rd Post

The reason I started this challenge was because I have never been much of a cash game player, and I thought I would test myself to see if I could do it. However, last night I had an urge to play a tournament and with having to stick to my bankroll, I decided to just play a freeroll. I ended up coming 5th for $30. I'm not sure if this is allowed as part of the challenge. Anyway I will play some more cash games shortly and post the results.

Cash Hours = 3
Cash Profit = $7.75

Tournament Hours = 2
Tournament Profit = $30

Bankroll = $87.75

ryansphoto's second post

Yeah so today wasn't the best. Played 4 sit and gos. Got my money in with KK lost to 88. Got my money in with KK again lost to 88 again. Flopped 2 pair and was on the nut flush draw. Bet big and was called down by a gut shot and he hit it. Any another bad beat I cant remember. So basically I lost all 4 on bad beats. So on the bright side I went to Pacific and decided to tilt off $10.

So at Pacific started at $50 yesterday and Im still up to $80.
At Full Tilt I started with $50 and Im down to $30

MushyJim's 2nd post

Ok still not going great. Played for about an hour and started very badly. Early on i had QQ and raised and got 2 callers. Flop 8 8 5. I bet out and someone raised all-in. At these stakes people seem to slowplay everything so i doubted he had an 8, i called and he showed A5. The turn was an A and i was 1 buy-in down. However re-bought and ended the session up.

Hours = 3
Bankroll = $57.75

ryansphoto's first post

I deposited $50 into Pacific for .o5/.10 and $50 into Fulltilt for their $5 sit and gos. Im up about $40 in Pacific after a few hours. $20 of that is a bonus for some reason. I won the first sit and go on full tilt but lost a few some im even there.