So this weekend InterPoker finally had their promo weekend. Usually it happens the third weekend of the month but it came (thankfully...?) in the end. It was $30 for 400 raked hands which clears on concurrently with their regular monthly bonus, making the total bonus for the month a 6x bonus ($120 for 720) which is not bad at all. Based on my previous success playing 100NL at Absolute I started playing 100NL at InterPoker (instead of last month when I exclusively played 50NL), also I started the bonus late and only had about a week and a half to clear the 720 raked hands so I was looking for a faster clearing rate at the higher stakes.
Although not a complete disaster, this has probably been my worst bonus clearing yet, not that I have many to compare. I was up slightly at first but then took some horrid beats here and there. Some people deciding to call raises with 48suited and junk of that sort and then a couple big blind specials where I was actually in the BB and either flopped the nuts (on the flop) but someone drew out on me and another where I had a K high flush to someone's Ace high flush. I really think I should get PokerTracker to plug up some leaks as I'm sure there are some. I'm not down big, just barely ahead but its quite a different experience from last month when I cleared this bonus - I was up about $160 not counting the bonus. Then again I played exclusively 50NL and took my time with it. I don't think I really "rushed" through it this time but I guess the larger variance at the higher stakes just got me here and there. Still have about another $20 to clear on Absolute and I'm up almost $200 there from my initial buy-in so I supposed I should be happy. Only about 100 hands to clear at InterPoker and since that should be easy to clear in the next few days after work, I will finish it off on the 50NL tables and see if I can regain some ground. Update once I clear the bonus...
Monday, June 27, 2005
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
Absolute Poker
Going along with my newfound fondness of 100NL I started a new site, Absolute Poker. They have a great bonus if you deposit via Neteller - 50% up to $500. since I was new to the site I decided to hit up the 50NL tables first, this was last weekend and I found it strange that there was only 1 full ring table available at that limit (not to mention that they max out at 9). I got in played, and after about 35% clearance rate (rake has to be 25cents or more so $5 pot) I left and checked out the 100NL tables and haven't looked back. I really enjoy the play on these tables and on top of that I am getting about 70-75% bonus clearance. Absolute is a 10x bonus but they make up for it by releasing the bonus in $10 chunks (so for every 100 raked hands). I really like this sytem as well and the cashier section has updated stats on your points and pending bonus.
The play is perfect for me, people with some skill and a good mix of live players may make this my preferred site. Newsflash: folded my best hand ever today, the nut flush. I limped in late position with Ah2h with 5 of us seeing a QhThKh flop. Needless to say my face lit up. BB checks, a bet to $3, I smooth call, button fold, checker raises to $6, bettor folds and I of course call. This check raise definitely caught my attention. On the turn a 5s fell, check, I bet $5 - I know a really small bet for this pot but I want to keep this guy in for as much as possible - he check raises me to $10! I raise it to $15. The river falls another Jack and he goes all-in for $40-something, putting me all in, I had about $30 left and the pot right now is about $55. I thought about it till time almost expired and folded because I put him on the QJ or KJ for the boat. He had been at my table for a while and was not a bluffer and bet his hands pretty well. I felt he had something strong to check-raise twice in the hand and it was a super hard fold but I belive the right fold. Still can't believe I did it but I would do it again given the circumstances.
But there's more money to be had tomorrow...
The play is perfect for me, people with some skill and a good mix of live players may make this my preferred site. Newsflash: folded my best hand ever today, the nut flush. I limped in late position with Ah2h with 5 of us seeing a QhThKh flop. Needless to say my face lit up. BB checks, a bet to $3, I smooth call, button fold, checker raises to $6, bettor folds and I of course call. This check raise definitely caught my attention. On the turn a 5s fell, check, I bet $5 - I know a really small bet for this pot but I want to keep this guy in for as much as possible - he check raises me to $10! I raise it to $15. The river falls another Jack and he goes all-in for $40-something, putting me all in, I had about $30 left and the pot right now is about $55. I thought about it till time almost expired and folded because I put him on the QJ or KJ for the boat. He had been at my table for a while and was not a bluffer and bet his hands pretty well. I felt he had something strong to check-raise twice in the hand and it was a super hard fold but I belive the right fold. Still can't believe I did it but I would do it again given the circumstances.
But there's more money to be had tomorrow...
100NL monkey off my back
So I completely igonored my last post and have not been keeping up to date on this blog, in fact have been doing a horrible job at it. Well, I've been busy lately with a new job and any free time I have in the evenings I prefer to play poker than write about it. But again, I'll give "good posting habits" a second shot.
So for this month, I have already cleared the PokerPlex bonus ($50 for 300 hands dealt). Seems they went to a raked hands system, to allow players to clear bonus at the new micro-limit tables but a month later reverted so bonus play has to be on at least 1/2 limit or .50/1NL. Last month, I tried to clear the William Hill Poker bonus (another Crypto site - 5pounds for every hour of play at 1/2L or .5/1NL or above) I still did not feel comfortable playing 100NL with all the maniac Euros on the Crytos so I felt this would be a great opportunity to try out 1/2L as it seems this is a popular way to clear bonuses. WHAT A HORRIBLE IDEA. I won't go into details, as it was a while ago anway but I just can't deal with limit play, in fact, I think it's weak and I could be wrong/change my mind but with what little I know now I am never playing limit again. Really made me appreciate NL even more and when I hit up to clear PokerPlex I boldly hit the 100NL tables and for the first time ever playing there, I felt comfortable and at ease with play. I think it was only a matter of time but I'm definitely playing at least 50NL at any site I play but will make more ventures into 100NL.
So for this month, I have already cleared the PokerPlex bonus ($50 for 300 hands dealt). Seems they went to a raked hands system, to allow players to clear bonus at the new micro-limit tables but a month later reverted so bonus play has to be on at least 1/2 limit or .50/1NL. Last month, I tried to clear the William Hill Poker bonus (another Crypto site - 5pounds for every hour of play at 1/2L or .5/1NL or above) I still did not feel comfortable playing 100NL with all the maniac Euros on the Crytos so I felt this would be a great opportunity to try out 1/2L as it seems this is a popular way to clear bonuses. WHAT A HORRIBLE IDEA. I won't go into details, as it was a while ago anway but I just can't deal with limit play, in fact, I think it's weak and I could be wrong/change my mind but with what little I know now I am never playing limit again. Really made me appreciate NL even more and when I hit up to clear PokerPlex I boldly hit the 100NL tables and for the first time ever playing there, I felt comfortable and at ease with play. I think it was only a matter of time but I'm definitely playing at least 50NL at any site I play but will make more ventures into 100NL.
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