I made the executive decision to somewhat say "f*ck" to bankroll management. I have 225 on PS b/c of that sick tilt fest last week, I'm still gonna play NL25 because I'm 100% willing to redeposit and b/c NL10 is a waste of time and effort. The pots in NL25 can get really big, like this one.

PokerStars Game #8922941097: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/03/15 - 23:04:01 (ET)
Table 'Carolina III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: astrodg ($35.80 in chips)
Seat 2: cesarshero ($34 in chips)
Seat 3: bosshog74063 ($37.15 in chips)
Seat 4: Tigertilt ($44.20 in chips)
Seat 5: wg slick ($8.60 in chips)
Seat 6: Audi A4 1.8t ($19.65 in chips)
Audi A4 1.8t: posts small blind $0.10
astrodg: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to astrodg [8s Qs]
cesarshero: folds
bosshog74063: folds
Tigertilt: raises $0.50 to $0.75
Audi A4 1.8t said, "haunting me"
wg slick: calls $0.75
Audi A4 1.8t: folds
astrodg: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [Js 9h Ts]
astrodg: checks...

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Some more 6-max lately, it's clearly more fun. I'm actually up money the past 2 days, but still down like $85 this month at cash games.

Here are reasons why I suck.....

POKERSTARS GAME #8868884559: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/03/12 - 16:11:55 (ET)
Table 'Mertona' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Sepottaja ($25.25 in chips)
Seat 2: Mebronny ($14.75 in chips)
Seat 3: nicky2789 ($41.25 in chips)
Seat 4: MLRTS ($39.40 in chips)
Seat 5: Villeroi ($40.05 in chips)
Seat 6: astrodg ($24.65 in chips)
Mebronny: posts small blind $0.10
nicky2789: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to astrodg [As Th]
MLRTS: folds
MLRTS leaves the table
Villeroi: folds
astrodg: raises $1 to $1.25
Sepottaja: folds
Mebronny: folds
nicky2789: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Kc 9h 8c]
nicky2789: checks
astrodg: checks
*** TURN *** [Kc 9h 8c] [Td]
nicky2789: bets $1.50
astrodg: calls $1.50
*** RIVER *** [Kc 9h 8c Td] [5d]
nicky2789: bets $3
astrodg: calls $3 ...

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PokerStars Game #8771736850: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/03/06 - 17:42:41 (ET)
Table 'Scutum II' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: DOCCAMP ($15 in chips)
Seat 2: webster023 ($14.40 in chips)
Seat 3: d666diablo ($33.55 in chips)
Seat 4: astrodg ($28.50 in chips)
Seat 5: pierre_le ($23.35 in chips)
Seat 6: RKC in OKC ($20.20 in chips)
Seat 7: charlietuuna ($25.80 in chips)
Seat 8: cmw739 ($19 in chips)
Seat 9: Monopoly Cat ($4 in chips)
d666diablo: posts small blind $0.10
astrodg: posts big blind $0.25
RKC in OKC: posts small & big blinds $0.35
DOCCAMP: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to astrodg [Ac Ad]
pierre_le: folds
RKC in OKC: checks
charlietuuna: folds
cmw739: folds
Monopoly Cat: calls $0.25
DOCCAMP: checks
webster023: calls $0.25
d666diablo: folds
astrodg: raises $1.75 to $2
RKC in OKC: folds
Monopoly Cat: calls $1.75
DOCCAMP: folds
webster023: calls $1.75
*** FLOP *** [6c 5d 3s]
astrodg: bets $2
Monopoly...

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I'm gonna edit more hands in to this later and perhaps more, but right now it's just hands that I wanna talk about later. But got to play more right now b/c I'm down +100 today. @#*$&$# Variance, and sucking.

How'd I play this hand wrong?

POKERSTARS GAME #8759811168: TOURNAMENT #44578416, $10+$1 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL II (15/30) - 2007/03/05 - 22:29:07 (ET)
Table '44578416 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: LeWeatherman (2240 in chips)
Seat 2: TMOD23 (1620 in chips)
Seat 3: KirbySJr (1440 in chips)
Seat 4: VanHooz8541 (1390 in chips)
Seat 5: astrodg (1410 in chips)
Seat 6: aesposi3 (1480 in chips)
Seat 7: BigLebowzkee (520 in chips)
Seat 8: Chief Cote (1470 in chips)
Seat 9: Punjabi918 (1930 in chips)
VanHooz8541: posts small blind 15
astrodg: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to astrodg [As Jd]
aesposi3: calls 30
BigLebowzkee: calls 30
Chief Cote: folds
Punjabi918: folds
LeWeatherman: calls 30
TMOD23: calls 30
KirbySJr: folds ...

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I like single table tournaments. It's a new fasination of mine but they are a lot more engrossing than cash games. You can probably make more money in less time in a cash game, but I like the fact that SGNs are a complete tournament in less than an hour. The fact that you are cometing for a prize pool brings out my competitive nature more so than I have in NL cash. In cash games each hand blends into one another.

I'm playing the $6.50 turbo level. Turbos are crazy, I will admit, but the speed is one thing I like them for, you can play many tournaments in a short amount of time and donkeys go all-in early and bust. Luck is a big factor, but correct playing over the long term will give you better winrate theoretically. So it's about quantity, not quality... or something like that ;)

In the past 3 or so days I've played 61 tournaments with a 27% ROI and I'm up $110.00

I've decided that my $485 bankroll on pokerstars can handle some $11 SNGs as well. I think moving from turbo to...

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