Good Run in Action Poker :)

I didn't work today so I had some time to play Action Poker and try to reach 1100 points. I played for just over 2 hours, I usually don't like to play that long without taking a break but there was a lot of bad players and I wanted there money before I left:).

I was expected company so I decided to play just 1 table and at the 10cent 25cent limit. I've lost my bankroll last 2 times I went to 10cent 25cent so I decided to play pretty conservative and see how everybody plays first.

4 handed in I pick up QQ, standard raise and a tried a continuation bet that could look like a steal to entice my opponents to call/raise. I get reraised and we put them all in.

Not too long after I pick up 10s. Raise 4x because someone posted dead 25cent. Looking to take the pot down or perhaps get heads up. I get 3 callers, don't like that. McTwist bets out .75 into a $4 pot, looks like hes on a draw so I raise to $3. Mctwist bets out $2 into a $10 pot. Again, looks like hes drawing and if he has a flush than I can pair the board for a full house or hit the last 10 which is 10 outs or just over 20% of the time.

...I went to the beach and played basketball, such a nice day out. I played another session at Action Poker. I gambled more than I'd like but at least I'm at 828 Action Points, need just 272 points to unlock the $50 bonus. Shouldn't have a problem since I made ~250 points today.

Anyway, here are some hands.

Money Maker

Edit later, going to bed

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Free Poker Tournaments - Freerolls Script

Freerolls script by Poker Freerolls Schedule

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Still Working on Action Poker Bonus

I'm at 575 points, have to make it to 1100 in 4 days. I think I can make it there if I move back up to 10cent 15 cent. I'm at $40, could have been up to $80 but I lost one big hand and got on tilt and bluffed big the next hand to an idiot. Very bad idea.

Right at the end I was 4 tabling and playing too many hands and than I timed out on some hands that really costed me a few $.

I think I got lucky today, hit a lot of my flushes, hit a lot of sets but blew it. Oh well, at least I'm up today.

Anyway, nothing really special to post. I got out played in this hand, I was hoping he had king jack..I don't like my all in bet on the turn..bah..position is king

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Goin' Pro - Chris Ferguson

"Should I quit my job and play professionally?"

"Should I drop out of school and just play poker full time?"

I get these questions all the time and I always give the same answer: "Unequivocally, absolutely not. No way."

Clear enough?

If you want to explore being a professional poker player, you have to start out doing it part time. Spend your off hours thinking about poker and studying the game. Read and play and learn.

Before you even think about quitting your job to play full time, you should be making more money at poker than you are in your current employment. Don't think that one big tournament win provides all the evidence you need that you're ready to play professionally. You should be showing consistent profit over a period of at least six- months. Only at that point should you even entertain the idea of becoming a full-time pro.

Even then, you should be wary about taking such a step. Poker is a great pastime, and playing it casually is a lot of fun when you love the game. But when you become a pro, you have to play poker five or six days a week. In time, playing cards will start to feel a lot like a job. I happen to love every occasion I get to play, but for many people, it can become a grind.

On the tournament circuit, you can play well and still go months - or even years - without a big cash. In ring games, the hours can be brutal. When you're a cash-game pro, you want to be playing when the other players are off their game. This means you should start late, when people are getting tired and gambling a little more than they should. So you might play from 11PM through the morning, and sleep most of the afternoon. Keeping these kinds of hours can be difficult for those who want to maintain a more traditional social life.

Another risk is that you may not play enough. It can take a lot of self-discipline to put in enough hours at the table. With no boss on your tail, you might find it tough to put in the hours that you need at the times that are most profitable.

Before you make drastic changes to your life - before you even ask the questions posed at the start of this article - you should know that poker will work for you. You should have long, profitable periods that serve as evidence of your abilities. You should have put in enough hours to know that you can really enjoy the game, even when it becomes the center of your professional life. You should know that you can endure some long, tough, unlucky stretches.

If you're really sure you’ve got what it takes and poker does become your career, I look forward to meeting you at the table.

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ACtion Poker - Up $7

I'm at $34 on Action Poker. Was down to $20 after losing $9 with ace king vs Aces.

	Okay, ZontarDonk was raising every hand so I raised with my ace king and get rearised and can't really fold ace king in mirco stakes..I don't know, maybe I should have called the reraise.
	ZontarDonk raising again and he makes it there.
	ZontarDonk played a little bit too conservative this hand I think. (Slow playing my kings cause they're so damn aggressive)
	Hit my dream turn one time but lose the pot anyway:( It was limit hold'em by the way.

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Action Poker - I'm up to $27

Well, I went from $7 to $27 in 1 hour. Heres a few hands.

	This one, I picked up ace queen. No value reraising and out of position too. So my choices were all in or call. Some what deep stacks so I call. I hit top pair with top kicker. Pretty scary flop so I just check. Than the raiser goes all in like he wanted us to hit top pair and we'd pay him off if he has kings/aces. I'm not falling for that so I fold. He showed aces, so I was happy. Plus he could easily have gotten a set or have king jack.
	Very next hand I pick up 66. I limp hoping to hit a set and someone raises. Lot of callers so I call too cause so much money in there and getting good implied odds. I'm happy to see all in by the guy who just lost a big pot the hand before. I call only 2 hands that beat me and would be odd of him to over bet the pot with a huge hand. Insta-call for me, no other choice. Anyway, James79 said he had ace 9. I believed him.
	Alright, this hand was the last of the night. You may think I played it bad and you may be right but I liked how I played it. macjac was getting on my nerves too, he was playing a little bit like a donk and out drew me on 3 hands before. One, was I flopped 2 bottom pairs, he had top pair no kicker and got a 6 than another 6 for a better 2 pair. Another hand I hit top pair and he hit bottom and than out drew me getting 2 pair with 2,3. And than another hand he kept betting so small, I knew he was weak so I raised big on river and he called with a total junk like third pair or something.
	Oh well, at least I got this hand on him. I had position and I figured he would have to have a pair to call my reraise and I was only a 2 to 1 dog. Plus I was representing a pair. Plus, I had a back door flush draw and a back door straight draw and most likely a 9 or 10 would be good. I would be drawing pretty much dead if he had jacks but I doubt he would bet pot size on flop with jacks.

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