Okay well here’s a better post, the last one was crap.

I’ve played 4.3k hands of $25NL FR at Stars so far. If you’re interested in numbers (that aren’t important after such a small sample size, but people like them anyway), my VPIP is 20.02 and my PFR% is 9.58. My BB/100 is a 5.25 so far, for an hourly rate of $5.87 (over 19.15 hours).

These past 20 hours have taught me an amazing amount. I’ve learned something after every session I’ve played, and each time I play again, I’m a better player. I haven’t made much money, but I didn’t expect to the first week. It’s nice to be able to look back to hands I played even just two days ago and be like, “Wow I played that so badly … this is how I should have played it” when two days ago, I had no idea how it should have been played.

I plan to play another 20 or so hours of $25NL and then take a look at my numbers again. I’m obviously still making a million mistakes whenever I play, and I’d much rather be making the really bad ones at $25NL rather than $50NL. I hope that I can move up to $50NL by next week though. I will do so when my numbers after 10 to 15k hands are okay.

I need to leave PokerStars and go to a site that gives Rakeback. Just reluctant to leave the Stars interface, I’ve become very fond of it

I really miss playing MTTs and still am kinda sad that I don’t go straight to the tourneys tab whenever I load up Stars. I don’t hate cash though, I am actually starting to like it a lot. Learning something new and not making any money isn’t exactly fun, but it’s a good challenge and it’s satisfying when I learn something that I can put to good use.


3 hands I just felt like posting:


A really bad hand I had a couple days ago, never gonna make this mistake ever again with KQ!

PokerStars Game #6946197690: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/11/08 - 19:26:30 (ET)
Table 'Eugenia IV' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Armd Poker ($32 in chips)
Seat 2: courtiebee ($25.90 in chips)
Seat 3: mikee57 ($17.60 in chips)
Seat 5: Shyzster ($13.75 in chips)
Seat 8: vispila ($68.80 in chips)
Seat 9: DHebert ($25.05 in chips)
courtiebee: posts small blind $0.10
mikee57: posts big blind $0.25
hanhu: sits out
vermine: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to courtiebee [Qh Ks]
Shyzster: folds
vispila: folds
DHebert: folds
Armd Poker: raises $0.50 to $0.75
courtiebee: calls $0.65
mikee57: folds
*** FLOP *** [6h 7c Kc]
courtiebee: checks
Armd Poker: bets $1
courtiebee: raises $2.50 to $3.50
Armd Poker: calls $2.50
*** TURN *** [6h 7c Kc] [3h]
courtiebee: checks
Armd Poker: checks
*** RIVER *** [6h 7c Kc 3h] [7s]
courtiebee: checks
Armd Poker: bets $5.50
courtiebee: calls $5.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Armd Poker: shows [Kd Ac] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
courtiebee: mucks hand


Here’s a nice hand for me. I opted to min raise the turn because I figured it still made the pot big enough for the river and I was 99% sure he had an ace. Maybe good maybe bad?

PokerStars Game #6949877894: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/11/08 - 23:45:23 (ET)
Table 'Kalchas V' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 2: dtheil ($25.90 in chips)
Seat 3: Lucille48 ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 4: vermine ($23.90 in chips)
Seat 5: coop488 ($6.70 in chips)
Seat 6: chisoxfan51 ($10.90 in chips)
Seat 8: courtiebee ($24.40 in chips)
Seat 9: El León ($25.70 in chips)
BobbyButton will be allowed to play after the button
dtheil: posts small blind $0.10
Lucille48: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to courtiebee [8s 8h]
vermine: calls $0.25
coop488: folds
chisoxfan51: folds
courtiebee: raises $1 to $1.25
El León: calls $1.25
dtheil: folds
Lucille48: folds
vermine: folds
*** FLOP *** [6h 6s 8c]
courtiebee: bets $2
El León: calls $2
*** TURN *** [6h 6s 8c] [Ah]
courtiebee: checks
El León: bets $6
courtiebee: raises $6 to $12
El León: raises $10.45 to $22.45 and is all-in
courtiebee: calls $9.15 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [6h 6s 8c Ah] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
courtiebee: shows [8s 8h] (a full house, Eights full of Sixes)
El León: mucks hand
courtiebee collected $46.95 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $49.40 | Rake $2.45
Board [6h 6s 8c Ah 5s]
Seat 2: dtheil (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Lucille48 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: vermine folded before Flop
Seat 5: coop488 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: chisoxfan51 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: courtiebee showed [8s 8h] and won ($46.95) with a full house, Eights full of Sixes
Seat 9: El León (button) mucked [Qs Ac]


This hand made me VERY unhappy with myself for a good half hour. Played every street after the flop wrong, especially the turn. The turn couldn’t have been any worse. For some reason I didn’t look at the stacks at all before I raised, didn’t even realize that the shorty would have only 30 cents behind. The other day Lukie told me that I should be raising the turn enough so that I can easily push the river … yeah didn’t do that.

I learned a lot from this hand though. And I still made a couple bucks, so it could have been worse

PokerStars Game #6962960726: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/11/10 - 00:29:50 (ET)
Table 'Massalia' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: courtiebee ($22.75 in chips)
Seat 2: hymenstealr2 ($8.30 in chips)
Seat 3: brian729 ($14.40 in chips)
Seat 4: skwest5 ($24 in chips)
Seat 5: _island_geo ($37.60 in chips)
Seat 7: skipcun ($33.95 in chips)
Seat 8: abydos ($14.65 in chips)
Seat 9: unknown784 ($4.75 in chips)
unknown784: posts small blind $0.10
courtiebee: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to courtiebee [Ks 8s]
rttyke01 leaves the table
hymenstealr2: calls $0.25
brian729: folds
skwest5: calls $0.25
_island_geo: folds
skipcun: raises $0.25 to $0.50
abydos: calls $0.50
unknown784: calls $0.40
courtiebee: calls $0.25
hymenstealr2: calls $0.25
skwest5: calls $0.25
*** FLOP *** [7s 2s As]
unknown784: bets $0.25
courtiebee: calls $0.25
hymenstealr2: raises $0.75 to $1
skwest5: folds
skipcun: raises $1 to $2
abydos: folds
unknown784: folds
courtiebee: calls $1.75
hymenstealr2: calls $1
*** TURN *** [7s 2s As] [2h]
courtiebee: checks
hymenstealr2: bets $2.25
skipcun: calls $2.25
courtiebee: raises $3.25 to $5.50
hymenstealr2: raises $0.30 to $5.80 and is all-in
skipcun: calls $3.55
courtiebee: calls $0.30
*** RIVER *** [7s 2s As 2h] [Tc]
courtiebee: bets $14.45 and is all-in
skipcun: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
courtiebee: shows [Ks 8s] (a flush, Ace high)
hymenstealr2: mucks hand
courtiebee collected $25.35 from pot


Anyway, thanks to the people who have offered comments in the HHs forum and who have given me advice. This would be way harder without such great people to help me out. I’ll be playing a lot this weekend, I hope it goes okay. I’ll update again soon, thanks for reading.


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