Staking pays off!!

I have been only getting a couple of hours a day in sleep since I have been playing a lot of poker lately! I finally slept in today and had a total sleep of 14 hours! Wow! So since I missed the buses that go up to the Indian Reservation Casino, I drove down to the local card room and played my favorite 4-8 Omaha Hi/Low game. I know its a bit above my BR requirements, but I gave it the ok today since it was my only option for the night and my variance in the game is relatively low. I ended up picking up $104 in an hour and called it a night.





When I got back home, I discovered that both of my horses for my stakes had completed their tournaments. The first horse finished my $20 stake with only $11.40 left losing $8.60. The second horse finished with a BR of $89 and returned me $62.78 for a total profit of $42.68. Yipee!! So, I made a total of $34.38 on the deal and very happy!





Full Tilt Starting Balance - $214.34



$20 Staking - 1 Horse 10 $2.25 SNG's and 1 $3.30 MTT KO 90 players - 60/40 backers cut



This horse did not give very good details and seemed not to care to much about the stake. He played very fast and only posted details when he was completed with the whole thing. He got 1 1st place and 2 3rd places in the $2.25 SNG and finished out of the money in the $3.30 KO MTT for a total loss of $8.60.



$20 Staking - 1 Horse 10 $2.25 SNG's and 1 $3.30 KO 90 players - 60/40 backers cut



This horse gave very good detail all the way through and after the 10 sNGs he was losing $2.40. He finished with 1 1st place finish and 3 3rd place finishes in the SNG's. He played the $3.30 KO MTT the next day and knocked out 6 players and finished 1st and took down $75. Yippee! Even when the player was losing, I liked him since his details indicated he was just getting a bit unlucky. Will use again!



The wins from the stake took my BR to over $260 and now allows me to play $10 SNG's!! Yes!



$11 Horse FL SNG - 9 players



I never got anything going at all. In the 2nd round of the limit holdem round I get pocket 10's in which I push all the way with a low board and get rivered when a 7 comes to give the guy a straight. I finished out of the money



$11 Omaha Hi/Low PL SNG - 9 players



Another tourney that never really got started for me...however, with 4 players left I was able to double up twice on a very aggressive chip leader in which I became the chip leader. I lasted to the final 2 with a slight chip lead, however a hand where we both had nut low and he had the high with a high card damaged me and I could never recover. I finished 2nd with a $27 prize.



$3.30 NL Holdem KO MTT - 345 players



I could not get anything going here as well yet was able to last towards the end but eventually had to make a move with 23 hearts with a "M" of about 1 1/2 and finished 49th and out of the money. I did manage to knock out one person for a $.50 return.



$11.50 Omaha Hi/Low PL SNG - Heads Up



The game started off bad as I registered and forgot about it for awhile and started talking on the phone. I go back to the computer and the game already started and I only had 1200 of my 1500 chips left. I then started playing and it was a tough hard fighting game. I was able to make a comeback by being super aggressive. I then had my guy on the ropes 4 times but he would catch the card that kept him alive. Finally on the 5th time I got'em and finished 1st with a $22 prize.



$12 Omaha Hi/Low PL SNG - 9 players



On the third hand of the game I flopped a King high straight with two pairs. A player bets into me and I raise the pot, he raises all in and I call. Turns out he has the straight, a flush draw, and trip Jacks. So my only out to beat him for the whole pot was a King. The turn comes a blank, but he river comes a heart and his flush wins and I finish 9th and out of the money.



$5.50 NL Holdem MTT - 166 players



Talk about a tourney that could never get anything going...I never got cards and tried little moves that were always being challenged. I lasted as long as I could when I finally got rivered and finished 69th and out of the money.



$12 Omaha Hi/Low PL SNG - 9 players



Tourney started slow and I built a little stack. However, with four players remaining one player dominated and took out everyone leaving just me and him. He had about a 8 to 1 chip lead and I never could catch him. I finished 2nd with a $27.90 prize.



$12 Holdem NL SNG - 9 players



This tourney started on a great track for me as I read an all-in bluff correctly and doubled up quick. I pretty much went card dead after that and my moves were not very successful. With four players left, I attacked the short stack with KQ and he called with JJ. Jack on the flop and now I was the short stack. A few hands later I get eliminated 4th and out of the money. Very disappointing!!



$3.30 NL Holdem MTT KO - 90 players



Another tourney where nothing got started and nothing ever did. I finished 36th as I almost got blinded out. I finally made a move with Q9 at the end to die to Ace high.

$.10/$.25 Omaha Hi/Low PL Cash Game - $12 buy-in

I got creamed as I went all-in with a 2nd nut low draw, nut flush draw and open ended straight draw and got a blank to lose to a pair of 2's!. I buy-in another $12 and leave after a few more rounds losing a total of $10.89 for the session. Bad start on new level of cash game!

$12 Omaha Hi/Low PL SNG Matrix - 9 players

Playing my favorite game and my favorite structure (matrix) I was able to finish 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st and take 2nd in the Matrix total points. I take a $25.74 prize.

$3.30 NL Holdem MTT - 334 players

I get around to where its 90 players where I just doubled up to have about 7,000 chips which is about average at the time. Then in the blind I have 3-6 clubs and everyone folds and I call. The big blind raises a minimum raise and I look at his 3400 in chips and call. The flop comes A47 with two clubs. I check and he bets the pot then I go all-in and he calls. I miss and lose a big hand. I never was able to recover and finish 38th. The tourney pays top 36! Oh no!! The swing hand could have been avoided and I could have hung around maybe to place but oh well. I went for big chips and the win.

$.10/$.25 Omaha Hi/Low Cash Game - $12 buy-in

I didn't really hit any hands. However, I made two decent plays on players that I knew were on low draws. So on the turn I bet half the pot to establish a high (which I did not have) and I hoped for no low. When a high card game I bet half the pot again and took the pot down. I cashed out $20.59 for a $8.59 profit.

$11.50 Omaha Hi/Low SNG PL - Heads Up

On the very first hand I make a full house and my guy calls two big pot bets and folds on the river to leave him only 670 of the 1500 starting chips. I then raise him to death and he folds majority of his hands til finally I take him down and finish 1st with a $22 prize.

Full Tilt Ending Balance - $286.46