Le January
NewbSaibot, Jan 31 2011
Interesting start to the new year. I indulged in a lot of new poker theories after my '10 blowout where I finally gave up professional poker. Now I just play for lulz, which has been working out much better in the tilt department. It basically comes down to a lack of care, which interestingly enough is an ideal poker mindset to be in. If I make it I make it, if I dont I dont. Had a couple of humorous busto challenges trying to run up zero dollar bankrolls, but ended in failure due to poor BRM. So on with the results:
A little messy, but to be expected from an amateur trying to play LAG. Every one of those spikes was a learning moment lol, and I feel I soaked in a lot of good material about what works and what doesnt at the micros. The spikes were self-induced due to adopting a half-stack strategy whereby I'm basically pot committed after any 3bet or flop action, but as time went on I was able to curtail which hands I should plan on committing with before I get there. Eventually some tilt did get to me and I bled like crazy around hand 10k or so I guess. But because I take lots of silly 1 BI shots and shit, the following graph more accurately represents my forward play style at any given limit.
And finally my overall stats. I can live with that. Especially with the adjustments I'll be making. I went back and forth between playing half-stack and full stacked, and at the moment I still prefer half stack or less at micro stakes, just to limit the swings when I get it allin. I noticed when I moved up to NL100 I got ran over trying to play this loose with 50BB's, and before I realized it I was moving back down. I'm pretty sure regs dont give much respect to half stackers and immediately targeted me as a fish. I kept getting 3bet and squeezed without really knowing what to do. Because deeper stack requires a more intelligent level of play, I think sitting full stacked at the higher games will be optimal as it allows me to play more postflop without regs just jamming KQ high or something and making me fold. Since I'm really happy with my non-showdown results I think I can possibly do well in this regard.
My main goal this month is to focus less on the value of my current bankroll and more on just being patient and letting it grow. I get too greedy and want to add a few digits every few days, telling myself I can suffer a 1 BI shot at the next level if it lets me get out of my current one, but it gets pretty annoying having to drop so quickly when you dont immediately run well after moving up.
Fuck thin value
NewbSaibot, Jan 25 2011
Whoever said you should ever value bet thin, especially at micro stakes, needs to suck a fat cock. There is no value in raising anything on the river if you have showdown value... go fuck yourselves midstakes regs.
New rule
NewbSaibot, Jan 17 2011
PC must be powered on and running for 1 hour before any poker sessions begin. My sweet gaming rig has had a defective video card for the last year now, that seems to crash as the system warms up for the first 30 minutes or so. Entire system freezes and I have to reboot to clear it up. If it has sat for a good hour then it runs stably for the rest of the night. Nothing like getting home, opening a table, flopping the nut straight on a 234 board in a 4way raised pot OTB, just to have my pc lock up as I'm typing in my raise amount.
In fact, I've heard of people keeping a laptop on standby as a backup in such crisis as down internet or something. I'll keep my cellphone tethered to that too just in case.
OH YES'S!
NewbSaibot, Jan 13 2011
Wait, I mean OH NOES!
Actually down money since my battle of the bustos with edzwoo, which puts him back in the lead, unless he went bust.. Donkey... .
Use Firefox
NewbSaibot, Jan 12 2011
Him: I got a message saying I needed flash updated, please update it
Me: Does the page load?
Him: Yes
Me: So whats the problem?
Him: Well I thought it probably needed it if it was telling me.
Me: Dont worry about it. Which browser are you using anyway?
Him: Internet Explorer
Me: Use Firefox, you wont get that message as often, if ever. Plus it is superior in a number of other ways. Why are you using Internet Explorer anyway?
Him: I dunno
Me: Ok, well use Firefox.
-My life
Biggest leak
NewbSaibot, Jan 09 2011
So I think I discovered my biggest leak to date, and that is not knowing enough about turn/river play. I've been on a fun little heater at rush again buying in for the minimum 40BB's, only to realize that it has been my greatest strength being able to effectively only play a preflop+flop game, where the money is usually going in at that point if either of us have anything. You would think I'm missing out on some good implied odds situations, but I came to realize that I just dont get AA/KK or multiway draws often enough to make it really matter. In 5k hands I feel like I've only missed 5-10 opportunities to stack someone for 100BB's. But I cant tell you how many times I would have been stacked via suckout/cooler if I was playing 100BB's the whole time. You know the adage, "win a small pot instead of lose a big one". I'm pretty lag running around 32/25 so I tend to pick up lots of small pots and healthily grind my stack up. Once I have a certain amount I dont feel like losing I just quit and reload the table for another 40BB's. This keeps me from getting it allin and losing those 200BB pots.
After playing said 5k hands and winning at around 22BB/100 I decided to go ahead and see what happens if I buy in full again. BOOM, instantly lose like 5 BI's in 5 minutes, in the same fashion that causes me to lose monitors, mostly villains just drawing out on me. I'm sure there is a proper way to play your hand that doesnt always involve getting felted postflop, but I have yet to learn it. This might be why I do OK in SNG's as well, since the majority of your time is spent playing with less than 100BB's. However buying in short has been a great loss limiter, and I'm very rarely missing out on any real value anyway so I'm just gonna keep at it for a pretty long time until I decide it's time to improve my play.
Puke
NewbSaibot, Jan 04 2011
Omg you asshole. I seriously think I just vomited in my mouth a little. I'm 4-tabling away at work thethered to my cellphone, and you fucking barge into my office, asking if I read a stupid fucking email about using the wi-fi hotspot option on your cellphone. Are you fucking kidding me? "Lolz, I just read an article that says you can do this for free on t-mobile, omg you wanna talk about it?!?!" The problem is, I was about to face an allin spot, and knee deep in pots across 2 other tables. 3 tables with probably 200BB's worth of action going down. I keep task manager running so I can terminate the Full Tilt client and be staring at my desktop like "wut".
Fuckin dickheads, quit reading random articles about shit you have no idea of and then coming to chit chat with me to make yourself feel smarter, dont you see I have work to do?
Goddamnit
NewbSaibot, Dec 31 2010
tourneys thats it, it's gotta be tourneys from now on. Just cant play cash. I guess I'm of that "other" type of player that people talk about. Although gotta post some tourney results to know lol.
Whew
NewbSaibot, Dec 29 2010
That was a close one. Just logged into Absolute to check out the MSNL HU scene and saw I had a few bucks on there. Proceeded to lose it all over 200 hands vs an 88/0 drooler who's down $8k at NL100 and below. I was almost going to deposit to play again, before realizing these players are unbeatable. Thank you rakeback for reminding me never to play micros again.
Monitor #3
NewbSaibot, Dec 11 2010
At least I think it's #3, might actually be #4, i've lost count. NL5 rush, announced the 4 outer gutshot villain needed to hit to make his straight vs my set, allin on flop, boom gutshot on the river. Mike tyson punched the screen, wont turn back on. Although it wasnt snap tilt. I had already lost 5 allin's (one-tabling) in under 100 hands so my hands were already shaking at the keyboard. I think losing a stack every 20 hands or every 2 minutes is enough to rattle anyone. Whats worse I was $2 from hitting my bankroll goal and moving up limits. Told myself I wouldnt take any early shots and that I had to hit the $2 mark before I would try.
Anyway time to go borrow one from work. Nice 24" Dell's though, just hope the refresh rate is high enough so there's no ghosting while playing Team Fortress.
Previous Page Next Page |
Contact Users: 717 Active, 1 Logged in - Time: 17:45
,
,
,
,