Statistics for supernova125.blogspot.co.uk/

supernova125.blogspot.co.uk/ saw its biggest month ever in October 2012. This was mainly driven by certain American searches on the WSOP main event leading to this site:

Hopefully one day I can get over the 10k pages views barrier and make that consistently.

The biggest day ever also happened last month and looked like this with 729 page views:

Determined, Disciplined, Driven and Destroying

The top winning players never seem too have long losing streaks. I mean everyone has a bad stretch but the top dogs get back to winning ways pretty quick.

I talked about going back to basics after this bad spell I am in has now lasted 4 months. If I am being brutally honest I have tilted off a little and I want to be super solid from now on.

I believe, only 2 days in to my new regime that I have already found the formula. Firstly, obviously no tilt... done, I'm finished with that crap.

Secondly I spent some time analysing my game and found about 5 spots where I could change things up. I had a few small leaks that I thought could be plugged. I have for the last 2 days made these changes and they seem to be paying dividends. Over the course of a single hand there is no huge difference but over the course of a months worth of play this could be quite meaty.

I won't go into detail as I don't want to give too much away to villains who read this but if you look at the results so far you can see a pattern emerging. If I don't tilt, get normal luck at the tables and stick to my changes and 'A Game' then I will have turned the corner.....

I would love to make more strategy posts but am a bit vary about too much of my thought process being out there for villains to exploit.

Maybe its time to scrap that and start discussing the moves....

Watch this space.

October 2012 Review

4 months with more outgoings than $$$ coming in is tough to deal with.

You need to have back up funds for times like these and I'm glad I do.

I feel like a good piss up today or tomorrow or both to take the edge away.

I've got my back up against a wall and I'm gonna have go back to basics this month to get back to winning ways.

I do have a plan (future post)

The final numbers for October are as follows:

187,481 Hands Played

19,766 VPPs

-$1,038 (Cash Game Losses)

+$1,600 (FPP Cash Bonus)

+$600 (BOOM Player Bonuses)

+$13 (Volume Pool Winnings)

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+$1,175 (Total Month)

The Ytd numbers are as follows:

1,218,700 Hands Played

163,284 VPPs

+$3,648 - Jan

+$3,213 - Feb

+$2,023 - Mar

+$2,072 - Apr

+$3,642 - May

+$5,120 - Jun

-$699 - Jul

+$664 - Aug

+$268 - Sep
+$1,175 - Oct

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+$21,125 (Total YTD) 

GL in Movember..!!

Winding Down - Wind Down for October

The month was looking good at close to $2.5k profit with bonus. Then I managed to spew off over a grand to some nonsense plays over 2 days.

I took a few beats and lost a few flips at NL100 then I lost my head. Over the 7yrs I have been playing poker my tilt control has generally been excellent but in the last couple of years I have the occasional spew session.

This is obviously terrible and has a huge impact on your month's figures.

I will be back on track tomorrow. I know what to as I have done it before. No more spew sessions..!!

I am winding down since it is the last day of the month. I will play at lower levels and just enjoy it. Already stacked 3 people at NL25 and NL10 last 20mins :)

Laterz....

Down and Out - Almost

Every time I move up I have an immediate bad time of it. I just made the jump back to mixing in NL100 tables 2 days ago and then yesterday this happens:

I got a cash bonus and only cashed half so I could move up and build my roll. Now with this day the other half of that bonus is gone and my roll is on the tight side again.

Stupid Card Game...!!

Welcome Back To NL100

A nice welcome back to NL100.

I was playing ZOOM and the promo was still on so I was limping a few different hands to balance my range as you have to limp the BOOM promo hand

Poker Stars, $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 9 Players

BTN: $48.50 (48.5 bb)
SB: $50 (50 bb)
BB: $377.40 (377.4 bb)
UTG+1: $100 (100 bb)
Hero (UTG+2): $297.06 (297.1 bb)
MP1: $246.49 (246.5 bb)
MP2: $115.50 (115.5 bb)
MP3: $100 (100 bb)
CO: $162 (162 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with A A
UTG+1 folds, Hero calls $1, MP1 raises to $4, 6 folds, Hero raises to $16, MP1 calls $12

Flop: ($33.50) A J 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $19.83, MP1 calls $19.83

Turn: ($73.16) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $47, Hero raises to $261.23 and is all-in, MP1 calls $163.66 and is all-in

River: ($494.48) 9 (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results: $494.48 pot ($2.80 rake)
Final Board: A J 8 5 9
Hero showed A A and won $491.68 ($245.19 net)
MP1 mucked J J and lost (-$246.49 net)

Was my turn jam a mistake? Should I have played it different? Maybe cbet the turn or crai smaller? Its the biggest pot I have been in for a while so maybe I had a rush of blood on the turn card.

Sitemeter.com Review

Anyone who has a Blog or website is probably interested in how many people are actually reading it, if any....

For well over year now I have been using sitemeter.com to keep an eye on my visitors at supernova125.blogspot.com. For anyone who is interested in how many hits I get you can click my sitemeter page button which is located at the bottom left of the Blog:

Although I only subscribe to the free version of sitemeter there is also a premium one available. I'm not sure what extra you can for your cash but I will go through some of the free pages which are excellent.

The main summary page is the one I look at first. It details some of the daily stats and looks like this:

I then like to take a look at who is on the site 'right now' when I am on and this page looks like this:

You can drill down further into the details of your visitors:

One of my favourite pages is the monthly visitors/ pageviews bar chart:

All in all I am very happy with the service and stats I get from these guys considering that I don't pay anything for it. I can highly recommend them to anyone who wants to know a little bit more about their readers.

There are many more pages available but I won't go through all of those. You will have to explore yourself. Laters....

Fishy 4bets

I don't advocate calling 4bets with 97s but occasionally its fun..!!

Top 10 Countries / Travel Destinations for 2013

The Lonely Planet 'Best in Travel 2013' guide has just been released on their website and it is interesting reading. They list what they think will be the best places to go to in 2013.

Here is the list:

1. Sri Lanka 

The country of my ancestors. My folks were born here and it is now really on the map after the positive developments over the last few years.

Almost 4yrs after the end of the 30 year civil the country has really opened up. New developments in infrastructure and hotel complex's are really starting to attract tourists.

The climate is awesome at around 28C all year round with some amazing beaches.

Prices are very reasonable to get to SL and also while you are in the country.

Being a Buddhist nation the culture and atmosphere is very friendly and welcoming.

There are numerous excursions to be had like safari, jungle treks, mountain climbing, shopping, temple visits with a good night life with many bars and casinos to visit.

Sri Lanka is one of the planet's best value destinations.

2. Montenegro 

If you are into biking and hiking then Montenegro is an emerging travel destination.

There are lots of nice beaches to see along the Riviera.

Like Sri Lanka they have also had lots of new infrastructure and developments in recent times.

Places of note include the Bay of Kotor.

3. South Korea 

While you have the bright lights and the big city in South Korea the country is developing as a real outdoor recreation destination.

There is a lot of golfing, hiking and fishing to be done.

It is forecast to really burst into the world scene in the coming years as it hosts a series of various sporting events.

4. Ecuador 

5. Slovakia 

6. Solomon Islands

7. Iceland 

8. Turkey 

9. Dominican Republic 

10. Madagascar 

Full Tilt Poker - Important Account Update

I received this email yesterday:

Dear Rosh,

Full Tilt Poker will re-launch under new ownership on November 6th, 2012.

The Rational Group, which owns and operates PokerStars, acquired assets of Full Tilt Poker in August 2012 and appointed new senior management to re-open and operate the site as a separate brand to PokerStars, providing the online poker community with another high-quality poker platform.

Following re-launch, you will have complete access to your account - including your full balance - and you can once again play on the innovative online poker platform that made Full Tilt Poker home to serious online poker players.

This means you'll soon be able to return to the Full Tilt Poker games and tournaments that you've known and loved for years, secure in the knowledge that your experience is now backed by the same account security and game integrity that millions of PokerStars players have trusted for more than 10 years.

Full Tilt Poker now operates under a license in Isle of Man, which is among the most trusted and rigorous e-gaming regulatory jurisdictions in the world. The Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission maintains vigilant standards for e-gaming, particularly the safeguarding of player funds. Information on these standards can be found here.

Since August, we've been carefully reviewing all Full Tilt player accounts in preparation for re-opening. In the coming weeks we will be completing the restoration of all non-US player accounts including yours, in preparation for re-launch day.

What this will mean for you:

• normal access to your Full Tilt Poker player account with your current password
• renewed access to all Full Tilt Poker real and play-money games
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We thank you for your patience during this time. We will update you further as re-launch day approaches. For more information please see our Full Tilt Poker account FAQ.

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