Friday, November 9, 2007

Cake Challenge Update - Ryan

$146.09
Blow-by-blow

My last session was symbolic for me of the success of the Ferguson method. I took back to back rough beats, including after getting an opponent to call my massive PF all-in when I had aces, but dusted myself off and got back to business, ultimately cashing out up two buyins.

8 comments:

Sushi Cowboy said...

My hats off to Ryan for fading back to back bad beats like that. Maybe it is just that he doesn't have any virtual chip stacks to push over, dunno.

Even when I went with only two 500/1000 tables I found myself getting mentally invested in hands because there isn't enough other table action to distract me.

If this spills over into his live game play, he's going to get less action from Jason trying to tilt him with bad hands and we'll all miss the "show" when a d0nk likes me takes down a pot I shouldn't! Let's just hope we still get to see enough of the "old Ryan" at our tables.

Ryan said...

Apparently my settings to have the spreadsheet viewable by anyone changed without my doing anything, but I have re-opened it, let me know if you can't view it for some reason.

Marshall said...

I can't see the sheet at work, which sucks. How was O8 been treating you overall? Thoughts on risk vs reward?

Marshall said...

Oh and very nice work btw. You have been on a steady uphill trajectory for quite a while now. Keep it up man.

Ryan said...

I'm up $15.87 in 371 hands of O8, for $.043 a hand.

I'm up $77.77 (cool!) in 2056 hands of cash-game hold'em, for $.038 a hand.

Don't know how relevant the numbers are based on the sample size (and I have several hold'em day with no hand count, so the real hand count is higher), but my feeling is as it was before: O8 is a soft, extremely beatable game that requires higher risk for higher gain. If I were as good at O8 as I am at hold'em, it would be way more profitable because the players are that much worse.

jason said...

Nice work Ryan. You and Marsh are crushing me in terms of number of double ups though I am ahead in nominal dollars with my massively altered Ferguson rules.

It gets really interesting when you start playing .25/.50 stakes. The mega donk play of the 5,6 os or whatever calling massive preflop raises ends as do the bluff callers. The tables are beatable, I think, but barely after adjusting for the rake.

I am hoping that at least one of us can work their way up to 4 figures or greater. I have never made it though I have been close.

Was that really you playing 8,4 suited or was I dreaming?

Marshall said...

Jase- I think it was limped to Ry in the BB.

Ryan said...

Thanks for the encouragement, Jason, but don't you dare befoul the name of Chris Ferguson by suggesting that your approach to online bankroll "management" is a "massively altered" version of his system. No system at all is "no system at all," not an altered version of it.

I use a massively altered version of the Charles Schwab investment distribution system: I keep half my money under my mattress, and half I bet on the ponies...

Also, keep in mind I played between .10/.25 and 1/2 online for a couple years, so it's not like you are up in some mystical land Marsh and I have never been to before...we're just taking the long road to it this time...

As for 84s, it's all situational. In that case, I was locked onto my target, who was in every hand and dying to give away his stack. I was a little afraid he'd reraise that UTG minraise with his frequent, random aggression, but took my chances with the button in hand, a generally passive table, and a fish on the line.