I am having so much fun playing the WSOP poker app on my smart phone. The opponents are computer controlled wackjobs, but it's fun! It's so much fun, in fact, that it hasn't bothered me that I haven't played much real poker online in a while.
I do need to get back in it, though. I'm going to be on vacation soon, so maybe I can get some games in then.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Bankroll Fixins
Unexpectedly, Full Tilt ended up paying out the Take 2 bonus in full into my account! They also ended up converting my $T (tournament credits) into cash. After all of this, my BR at Full Tilt is currently $361.22. Now I have to make some changes to my spreadsheet.
I've made some decisions on how to account for all of these changes. First off, I'm counting the Take 2 payouts as profit, similar to rake payments and such. After all, I did spend that time in order to earn the Take 2 bonus; the profit from the bonus was factored in to my decision to play. I have also decided to siphon off a tiny amount while balancing everything - $11.22 to be exact, which will leave me with $350 even.
Now here's the complicated part - I only have $100 in my Cake account at the moment, due to the fact that my funds at Full Tilt are still "inaccessible." I also didn't have the cash to put all of my money into Cake at once. To be honest, I'm not sure I want to... not sure if the money will ever make it out of Full Tilt, and if Full Tilt frees itself up to US players I will certainly be going back. Anyways...
In order to account for my activity on Cake already, I will pull $100 off of the (theoretical) Full Tilt bankroll to "pay myself back" for the loan I took to start the Cake account. That will leave me $250 to deposit into Cake, which will bring my bankroll to $347.97.
Make sense?
Basically, it's going to look like I made $50 profit out of nowhere. And I kinda did with the Take 2 bonus, but it won't show up on my True Player Profit. That's why I make the two sections on my spreadsheet - to see how much profit I've made, and to see how much profit I've made by playing only.
I know, I know.... tl;dr. But I just needed to get this all out, so I wouldn't be accused of doctoring the books.
Okay then! On with our lives, shall we? :)
EDIT: After all of that, I realized that I built the spreadsheet in order to keep my "misc profits" out of my regular profits. So the above post was mostly pointless, except to explain why my BR jumped from ~$300 to ~$350. I'm still using my total BR for game limit selection. So there.
I've made some decisions on how to account for all of these changes. First off, I'm counting the Take 2 payouts as profit, similar to rake payments and such. After all, I did spend that time in order to earn the Take 2 bonus; the profit from the bonus was factored in to my decision to play. I have also decided to siphon off a tiny amount while balancing everything - $11.22 to be exact, which will leave me with $350 even.
Now here's the complicated part - I only have $100 in my Cake account at the moment, due to the fact that my funds at Full Tilt are still "inaccessible." I also didn't have the cash to put all of my money into Cake at once. To be honest, I'm not sure I want to... not sure if the money will ever make it out of Full Tilt, and if Full Tilt frees itself up to US players I will certainly be going back. Anyways...
In order to account for my activity on Cake already, I will pull $100 off of the (theoretical) Full Tilt bankroll to "pay myself back" for the loan I took to start the Cake account. That will leave me $250 to deposit into Cake, which will bring my bankroll to $347.97.
Make sense?
Basically, it's going to look like I made $50 profit out of nowhere. And I kinda did with the Take 2 bonus, but it won't show up on my True Player Profit. That's why I make the two sections on my spreadsheet - to see how much profit I've made, and to see how much profit I've made by playing only.
I know, I know.... tl;dr. But I just needed to get this all out, so I wouldn't be accused of doctoring the books.
Okay then! On with our lives, shall we? :)
EDIT: After all of that, I realized that I built the spreadsheet in order to keep my "misc profits" out of my regular profits. So the above post was mostly pointless, except to explain why my BR jumped from ~$300 to ~$350. I'm still using my total BR for game limit selection. So there.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Irritated
The Cake Poker cash games are annoying to me. After playing cash in Rush Poker on Full Tilt for so long, everything seems slow in comparison. However, CP's games seem to run even slower than a normal ring game at Tilt. Maybe it's my netbook not possessing the processing speed or whatever, but playing during my meal breaks at work is irritating me a little bit.
Last night, I spent my meal break playing at two 4nl cash tables. I found myself getting bored and making plays I wouldn't normally make just for the sake of having something to do. I ended up -1/4 BI... no big deal, but obviously a product of my boredom.
To make sure I keep the fun in poker, I will most likely allow myself to get into some play money games while at work. I will save the real money games for when I have time at home to play. I'll be sticking with the SNGs (which hold my attention much better than the slow cash games), or maybe the cash games will run better on my home computer. Either way, I'm trying to cut down on my restlessness and have some fun!
Last night, I spent my meal break playing at two 4nl cash tables. I found myself getting bored and making plays I wouldn't normally make just for the sake of having something to do. I ended up -1/4 BI... no big deal, but obviously a product of my boredom.
To make sure I keep the fun in poker, I will most likely allow myself to get into some play money games while at work. I will save the real money games for when I have time at home to play. I'll be sticking with the SNGs (which hold my attention much better than the slow cash games), or maybe the cash games will run better on my home computer. Either way, I'm trying to cut down on my restlessness and have some fun!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
More Different Than I Thought
The tournaments at Cake are going to take some getting used to. First of all, not all types of tournaments are available at all buyins. The regular speed SnG's are available at $1 and $4 buyins, but everything in between are turbos or bounty tournamnets. I tried a $2.50 turbo SnG, but I really don't like the turbo setting. The blinds go up fast and antes kick in quick; I only got to play 2 or 3 hands before I was in shove-or-fold mode. I would prefer to play a super-turbo and be in that mode from the beginning!
I think I will stick to the smaller buyin regular tournaments for now, as well as cash games (I can't imagine how the cash games will be much different than Full Tilt's). My BR will grow slower, but I'm more interested in being comfortable and having fun than "making money." I'm not a professional, after all. Mixing in some MTT's will give me a chance to make some BR jumps as well. Those 30-man SnG's look interesting...
I think I will stick to the smaller buyin regular tournaments for now, as well as cash games (I can't imagine how the cash games will be much different than Full Tilt's). My BR will grow slower, but I'm more interested in being comfortable and having fun than "making money." I'm not a professional, after all. Mixing in some MTT's will give me a chance to make some BR jumps as well. Those 30-man SnG's look interesting...
Monday, May 23, 2011
Small Adjustments
Cake Poker will take some getting used to. Not only is the look different, but some of the game features are slightly changed. 5nl is actually 4nl there (I adjusted my "playing at" limits to reflect this), and the SnG's have different amounts of players (single tables have 10 players as opposed to 9, small MTT SnG's have 30 instead of 45).
These are small changes - I should be able to adjust to them quickly. I still think that Full Tilt is much better, and I would probably go back there in a second if FT should open up to US players again.
I still haven't started playing yet, but I plan on playing either tonight or tomorrow.
These are small changes - I should be able to adjust to them quickly. I still think that Full Tilt is much better, and I would probably go back there in a second if FT should open up to US players again.
I still haven't started playing yet, but I plan on playing either tonight or tomorrow.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Not Quite a Piece of Cake
Well, I tried my hardest to sign up at Carbon Poker, but the website was having issues. So, instead, I signed up at another Merge skin site - RPM Poker. Got my new account, everything finally works, I go to make my deposit and get my rakeback account...
Sorry, Merge gaming cannot accept deposits from residents in your state.
WTF?!?!?!?
It was hard enough finding a site to accept money from U.S. players, now I have to worry about specific states?
So that idea went out the window, and I wandered over to Cake Poker. Cake accepted my deposit and my rakeback account is set up, so I guess Cake will be my temporary home until Full Tilt gets back in business for U.S. players. I'm looking to get started playing again soon... I miss it!!!
Sorry, Merge gaming cannot accept deposits from residents in your state.
WTF?!?!?!?
It was hard enough finding a site to accept money from U.S. players, now I have to worry about specific states?
So that idea went out the window, and I wandered over to Cake Poker. Cake accepted my deposit and my rakeback account is set up, so I guess Cake will be my temporary home until Full Tilt gets back in business for U.S. players. I'm looking to get started playing again soon... I miss it!!!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Deadline 5/31
Well, looks like my decision has been made for me, in a way. I've been toying around with playing at Carbon Poker, and I like the way the site plays. I'm comfortable with the interface, and - although it's still not as nice as Full Tilt - I can definitely get used to it over time. So I think I'm going to move my money there and play at Carbon Poker for the time being (until Full Tilt gets its stuff straightened out).
However...
If I want to get rakeback at Carbon Poker - which, of course, I do - I need to make a deposit NOW. Carbon Poker is no longer offering rakeback to new player deposits after May 31, probably due to the influx of U.S. players flocking to the site. So the plan is to withdraw my funds from Full Tilt, hope that it gets into my bank account in time, and deposit it at Carbon. Even if it doesn't ge from Full Tilt to my bank in time, I have a big enough cushion to "loan" myself the money until the withdraw gets processed.
I just hope I can make the deposit. I've heard people having issues with depositing, but other people have had no problems. I guess I will find out soon enough!
However...
If I want to get rakeback at Carbon Poker - which, of course, I do - I need to make a deposit NOW. Carbon Poker is no longer offering rakeback to new player deposits after May 31, probably due to the influx of U.S. players flocking to the site. So the plan is to withdraw my funds from Full Tilt, hope that it gets into my bank account in time, and deposit it at Carbon. Even if it doesn't ge from Full Tilt to my bank in time, I have a big enough cushion to "loan" myself the money until the withdraw gets processed.
I just hope I can make the deposit. I've heard people having issues with depositing, but other people have had no problems. I guess I will find out soon enough!
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