Swog's Diary

Swog

Hi, i've been around for a few months now. Nearly coming upto a year since i started poker, with my first year of uni recently finished, im hoping to grind the cash tables through summer.

I've not gone with a very creative thread title as of yet (looking for some suggestions), but i hope alot of people can get behind my diary like some of the others on here.

I will be starting at the 5p-10p tables, hoping to move upto 10p-20p with a 5-10 buyin shot at some point.

My goals for June/July will be updated soon, but they will most likely be to play a certain amount of hands/achieve a certain C4Ps threshold and to play each and every hand as well as possible.

I'll kick the thread of with my recorded results since starting at 5p-10p a week ago:

Date	Start	End	Start Bankroll	Finishing Bankroll	Profit	Hands Played
23/05/2012	20:29	21:29	£120.11	£102.18	-£17.93	156
24/05/2012	17:01	17:26	£401.38	£403.28	£1.90	60
24/05/2012	20:47	21:47	£399.98	£418.56	£18.58	112
24/05/2012	22:47	23:55	£418.56	£403.74	-£14.82	194
25/05/2012	01:09	02:03	£403.74	£421.05	£17.31	165
25/05/2012	14:06	15:02	£421.05	£413.38	-£7.67	199
25/05/2012	15:32	16:43	£413.38	£431.45	£18.07	332
25/05/2012	23:21	24:42:00	£436.57	£419.70	-£16.87	301
26/05/2012	01:10	01:46	£419.70	£423.61	£3.91	135
26/05/2012	12:27	13:17	£423.61	£429.87	£6.26	185
28/05/2012	18:31	18:36	£430.87	£430.95	£0.08	6
28/05/2012	19:40	20:42	£430.95	£436.85	£5.90	269
28/05/2012	22:59	23:36	£436.85	£450.16	£13.31	110
29/05/2012	00:19	01:38	£450.16	£455.05	£4.89	322
29/05/2012	23:21	24:39:00	£455.05	£474.93	£19.88	300
30/05/2012	04:25	05:35	£474.93	£456.79	-£18.14	303

It seems ive been running quite golden for the first week at this cash level, so expecting a downswing at some point. However, if i play hands well and study them post session i think variance will see to itself.

Thanks and happy reading.

Swog

My June Target will be to play 10,000 hands at NL10. I will be on holiday from 12th-24th, so i only have 2/3 of the month to achieve this target.

liamboi11

gl in your diary swog one question how your bankroll go from like 102 to 403 ?

simonnatur

Hi,   just seen a few people refer to x,000 hands they've played/will play.  Do you have an accurate record? is this via 3rd party s/ware? or are you estimating?

thanks

percival09

lol a 5 minute session - epic

POKERTREV

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lol a 5 minute session - epic
Posted by percival09

Perhaps the phone rung or dinner had to be served? Stop being so pedantic lol

Swog

bankroll went up from £102 to £400 as i deposited £300 to give me comfortable room to play NL10.

I record my hands played using the hand history section on SKY and using Microsoft Excel to record everything.

Just had a session 4 tabling NL10:

30/05/2012

14:13

15:31

456.79

£443.07

-£13.72

377

Hit a bit of variance this session, but happy with my play in general. Maybe one of the hands was played incorrectly which ive looked over and noticed my mistake. So shouldn't do it again!

Swog

Heres a hand to discuss, not seen villain 3bet and its hard to put him on QQ, KK, AA when he just overshove 3bets pre. Should i be snap calling?         PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceuriah2heep Small blind  £0.05 £0.05 £15.40 baron007 Big blind  £0.10 £0.15 £3.89  Your hole cards J J    Dhav Fold     Swog Raise  £0.40 £0.55 £8.82 seahorse28 Fold     gersguy All-in  £5.91 £6.46 £0.00 uriah2heep Fold     baron007 Fold     Swog     

POKERTREV

In Response to Re: Swog's Diary:

Hi,   just seen a few people refer to x,000 hands they've played/will play.  Do you have an accurate record? is this via 3rd party s/ware? or are you estimating? thanks
Posted by simonnatur

I think if you search "hand history" for Time Started to Time Finished for each session, it wouldn't take much to count them up. 

Swog

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lol a 5 minute session - epic
Posted by percival09

Had some connection isses so i just played the one orbit.

Swog

30/05/2012

16:07

17:01

£443.07

£452.53

£9.46

281

Weird little session. Started of quite slow, got KJ in on flop Jxx to get called by A9 for him to hit his Ace on the turn another hand came along where i had hit the straight with 4 to flush on board by the river and i decided to pay of his 1/3 pot bet to see the A of hearts for the nuts.

Then things turned round on a deepstack where an opponent decided to take a weird line with QQ post flop, by making pot size bets on turn/rvr with the over pair, when there was 4 to straight and a flush out. I tank called the straight for a £26 pot.

Things aren't going as well as a few days ago, but still winning in some marginal spots. Hope my luck continues!

on 1218 C4Ps this month, so that will be a nice £12.18 for the road.

percival09

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In Response to Re: Swog's Diary : Perhaps the phone rung or dinner had to be served? Stop being so pedantic lol
Posted by POKERTREV

Perhaps you should realise I wasn't being pedantic whatsoever and I was merely stating something which made me lol. I obviously presumed s/he had a reason and didn't decide to just go for a sick 5 minute session. Jeez lol

percival09

@swog - both fold or call are ok imo. I'd call and make a note

profman15

Hi Swog

I'll read yours if you read mine....Ha Ha!

I can't see us stepping on each others toes as i don't want to play cash and/or grind. I'm just aiming to learn the 'basics' and improve my game. Those tables would smell me coming(fishy NOT body odour, may i add!).

Did you start to learn last year or have you been playing a while. Your sheet shows no of hands played. Is that on the site or did you just count. I could get a VPIP statistic easily then couldn't i? I see it on programmes and i'd like to know mine. Aggression factor is another one but may be a chore to get. Ideas anyone?

Anyway, all the best mate. Good luck with the grind but i'm going for the fun and financially neutral way...not winning or losing a lot!!

Cheers

Swog

Thanks ill read yours too. What games are you going to be playing?

I first started playing when i turned 18. I turn 19 in 2 weeks so ill have been playing for around about a year.

I recorded number of hands per session by going to 'hand history' and at the bottom it says how many hands where played. Be careful it includes hands where you where sat at the table but was not dealt in (i.e. at end/start of joining tables) so i subtract those from my total.

So far i have played 3807 hands since starting last week. This allows me to identify my bb/100, which i'm hoping over 100,000 hands to be ~5bb/100, maybe 3bb/100 over such a large sample would be decent.

I'm planning on moving upto NL20 in the not so long future, what are peoples opinions on this? Wait till i have a larger hand sample and can be sure that im beating NL10 or move up and if i lose say 3-4 buy-ins at NL20, move back down and grind them back and go again? i'd like to hear peoples opinions on this since i'm eager to move away from the micros where the rake is at 7.5%

Swog

31/05/2012

00:40

02:26

£452.53

£434.03

-£18.50

374

Played a late night session in the early hours. Should i have just shoved pre-flop here?

Balance
wulzo	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£3.44
greenfoot	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£25.11
	Your hole cards	A K
OMahonyO	Fold
Swog	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£12.21
nannyplum	Call		£0.30	£0.75	£15.09
dazza987	Raise		£1.00	£1.75	£8.10
wulzo	Call		£0.95	£2.70	£2.49
greenfoot	Fold
Swog	Raise		£3.50	£6.20	£8.71
nannyplum	Fold
dazza987	Call		£2.80	£9.00	£5.30
wulzo	Fold
Flop
		9 J 6
Swog	All-in		£8.71	£17.71	£0.00
dazza987	All-in		£5.30	£23.01	£0.00
Swog	Unmatched bet		£3.41	£19.60	£3.41
Swog	Show	A K
dazza987	Show	A J
Turn
		J
River
		J
dazza987	Win	Four Jacks	£18.20		£18.20

Also lost out with a straight to a flush, which i have sent in for analysing on the show tonight, so hopefully i can get some advice on that hand tonight.




Heres a question for discussion: can i afford to play in the odd satellite for the main events on some nights? should i play the quaters which are usually ~£2 or can i afford to play the semis at ~£5

BigHawk89

In Response to Re: Swog's Diary:

Thanks ill read yours too. What games are you going to be playing? I first started playing when i turned 18. I turn 19 in 2 weeks so ill have been playing for around about a year. I recorded number of hands per session by going to 'hand history' and at the bottom it says how many hands where played. Be careful it includes hands where you where sat at the table but was not dealt in (i.e. at end/start of joining tables) so i subtract those from my total. So far i have played 3807 hands since starting last week. This allows me to identify my bb/100, which i'm hoping over 100,000 hands to be ~5bb/100, maybe 3bb/100 over such a large sample would be decent. I'm planning on moving upto NL20 in the not so long future, what are peoples opinions on this? Wait till i have a larger hand sample and can be sure that im beating NL10 or move up and if i lose say 3-4 buy-ins at NL20, move back down and grind them back and go again? i'd like to hear peoples opinions on this since i'm eager to move away from the micros where the rake is at 7.5%
Posted by Swog

Seems like you are very organised, wish i kept track of my hands and profits such as you do. I was in your shoes about a year ago starting at NL10, didnt quite have £300 pound to depoist so had to do with £50 lol. I think you should move up when you think your ready 20 buy ins is very comfortable, why dont you have a session or two at NL20 and see how it goes? personally i think its the most profitable level on the site.

Good luck.

jams88

Regarding satillites if you are making good progress at nl10 then you should be able to afford the £2 sats easy. I tend to let myself have a stab at the main through sats if i have been having a winning day and can absorb the loss of entry fee from the profit i have made that day but thats more of a head thing i think in my case than BRM you are rolled for them so play if you tink your tourny game is good

P.S. Played against you briefly this afternoon we had some intresting clashes but never got to showdown so real notes on you yet wp run goodd

Swog

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Regarding satillites if you are making good progress at nl10 then you should be able to afford the £2 sats easy. I tend to let myself have a stab at the main through sats if i have been having a winning day and can absorb the loss of entry fee from the profit i have made that day but thats more of a head thing i think in my case than BRM you are rolled for them so play if you tink your tourny game is good P.S. Played against you briefly this afternoon we had some intresting clashes but never got to showdown so real notes on you yet wp run goodd
Posted by jams88

Yeah might treat myself to say 1/2 satellites a week, a bink in the main would push me up through the levels quicker.

yes, i'm particularly interested in what you had when i 3bet you from the small blind and you 4bet shoved. I'll tell if you tell?

Good Luck, and happy grinding.

Swog

31/05/2012

15:06

16:45

£434.03

£441.56

£7.53

422

Cash for Points: 1300 = £13

Finished my first year of uni officially today, with my last exam being this morning. It went well. Now i can fully concentrate on poker going forward.
This session was a weird one, 3-4tabling NL10 didn't really lose any big pots, but was losing alot of little 10-20bb pots, with the same token i was winning big pots in small doses. 3 pots winning just under a buy-in each.
Another annoyance was having 2 walks in the big blind holding Aces, 2nd time i had a fairly tilted player in the small blind. So was sad to see him fold.
A not so shabby £7.43 profit in all.

Heres a summary of NL10:

Hands	4603
Profit	£19.43
£/100	£0.42
BB/100	4.22
Hours Played	20:29

Question: What would be a rough guidline for a hand sample. In order to analyse if your beating a level?

jams88

In Response to Re: Swog's Diary:

In Response to Re: Swog's Diary : Yeah might treat myself to say 1/2 satellites a week, a bink in the main would push me up through the levels quicker. yes, i'm particularly interested in what you had when i 3bet you from the small blind and you 4bet shoved. I'll tell if you tell? Good Luck, and happy grinding.
Posted by Swog

I think this was when i opened utg im generally only 4bet shoving aa/kk or ak unless i have reads that opnant 3bets out of blinds lighter than that but cba to look through hand history to find this particular hand. Probably 7-2 you should call next time