Alright, need to transfer $500 FTP -> PS. You provide PS, you get FTP money. Trusted users only, I will go first, may need to break it up into 2 transfers. Please help!
PM / reply in comments please. Thx.
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UPDATE: nolan did it with me and was really cool about it.
P.S. last blog post was joke based on the 2 blog posts from other people just ahead of mine, the first being "i can feel christmas", the other "i can't feel christmas", and then I added mine as "i can't feel my balls"
On like a 6 buyin downswing or so, and I feel like shit. Not because I'm losing money, but because I'm losing badly. Jesus fucking christ, never, ever, bluff, Mr. Bigbb33, at 50nl. People call with so much shit, makes it pointless.
I've tried some big river bluffs lately when I thought my opponent was weak: everything they shoved over. Wow. Why do I even try. Whenever I do get it in well, of course, they hit some fucking miracle outer and I
lose anyway.
I tilt really easily vs my bad play. Bad beats are less of a big deal, but jesus does (what I consider) bad play fuck me over. My bad play.
Okay, time to learn something from this:
1. Whenever I have a big hand, play it with the same timings as when I am bluffing in this downswing. I really think timings are v important at 50nl, because retards make reads based on it. Timing down 20 seconds before raising the river with air = insta called by crap. Lesson: time down 20 seconds before raising the river with the nuts and get paid.
2. STOP FUCKING BLUFFING against people who aren't fucking geniuses. This always confuses me. I feel like if I never bluff I'll never get paid, but then everytime I bluff they are shoving it in, ie I shouldn't bluff. I think I'm gonna nit it up hard on turn/river raises as bluffs and see what happens, combined with using really long timings before betting for value. Hopefully this will pay.
3. Stop looking at cashier. Ever.
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I'm gonna make this into a week long challenge, actually. Rules are gonna be pretty basic, nothing stringent.
1. No big turn/river raises as bluffs unless I have a very good reason to do so. Has to be 100% good read to make the bluff.
2. Use my old bluff timings as value bet timings vs bad players. Against people who might pick up on this, do whatever.
3. Don't look at cashier except at end of week.
4. Play hands nigga.
Played one of the worst hands I've ever played just now. I was one tabling too, so now excuses. Just never play with the laptop touchpad, I guess.
Anyway, the hand:
I am playing loose, 30/25 or something. I open UTG with ATo. CO, who is playing 17/14, 3bets me. Folds to me.
Here's what I know.
1. CO is 17/14, that's tight
2. I've played 25-30 hands so far and he's never 3 bet anyone.
3. V few people 3bet light at 50nl. In fact, almost nobody does.
4. He is likely smart enough to know my UTG range is rather tight.
Using all this information, I come to the brilliant conclusion that I should 4bet him, try to steal the pot. Absolutely brilliant deduction.
Anyway, I 4bet his $6 3bet to $16. He thinks for 10-12 seconds, then calls. This should be a warning sign for me, but I'm brilliant, so who gives a fuck.
Flop is 774. Driest possible flop for 4bet hands, at a stake where nobody 4bets. I now decide to cbet $20 into the $32 pot. Why? His range for calling my 3bet is likely QQ+, maybe JJ, and probably AK. There are 16 ways to have AK, 6 to have pocket pairs. If he has QQ+, then he has 18:16 QQ+:AK. If he has JJ+, then it's 24:16, or 4:3.
My cbet has to work about 1/3 of the time to break even. Actually, thinking over the math, the cbet wasn't horrible, as I really think he folds AK there.
Either way I cbet, he shoved for $16 more into what would be a $100 pot if I called, and I folded.
Wow. That's epic bad. Worst preflop play, ever.
If someone wants to comment on the cbet, I'd like it. I actually thought it was horrible right after the hand when I realized my 4bet was horrible, but now that I think about it and hand combinations it actually seems profitable. Is my math wrong? Are you really as likely to get dealt AKs/AKo as you are QQ+?
Looking at some site's, it actually seems if he has JJ+ and AKs/AKo in his range, the AK will be 1/3 of his hand range. Therefore if he folds 100% of the time vs my cbet with AK, it's actually about =ev to do so. Kind of surprising, actually.
Anyway I fucked this hand up preflop massively, wow.
Flame me harshly in the comments to cleanse my soul.
Saving this post cuz it's so damn good. Too bad I have to cashout and can't put it into effect.
On November 24 2007 09:03 [vital]Myth wrote:
didn't read the thread, but you absolutely must move up aggressively and move down conservatively.
whenever you have 25 bi for the next level, move to it. hell, if you don't need to make any cashouts any time soon, you should move up at 20. BUT, if you lose 2 or 3 bi at that level, move back down, simple and plain. do some evaluation of your own play there, and more importantly try to make some serious assessments of how your opponents played there. make these assessments in general terms (e.g. "the game had a lot less preflop aggression than my previous stakes") and in specific terms (e.g. "this regular, ____, likes to do a lot more squeezing than i've ever seen anyone do").
you'll NEVER take serious damage to your bankroll with this approach, and you'll learn as quickly as possible. every time you move up, it's a quick shot and a learning experience, it's not any kind of major change in your poker playing. don't view it as a monumental event for yourself, because you'll be a lot more prone to tilt when you are heavily emotionally invested in your success at the next level.
the first, second, third, etc. time you move up to a certain level, you probably won't hit the ground running. you'll most likely take a shot and fail a few times before catching on to a distinct advantage that you can sustain. but you sure as hell won't learn to beat 2/4 by playing 100k hands at 1/2. you'll learn to beat 2/4 by putting in some hands at 2/4 and doing your best to study the players in that game.
and honestly, you're fairly likely to run well and make some money when you move up anyway. there's no shame in moving back down, even if you are still up at the next level. so if you move to 2/4, go on a heater and win 10 buyins, then lose a few back and realize you actually aren't sure how to beat the game, you can still move back down. just don't get married to a false perception of success and progress. if you move up and run well, then you just ran well and have no reason to prematurely believe that you can sustain a positive winrate at the next level. but if you played well and believe you have an edge, give yourself some credit and ask some players who have had success at that level whether or not your thoughts on the game are correct.
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Not going to play HU for at least 2 months. Book it.
- Don't have enough tilt control
- Lower edge than 6max/9max
- Less skill
Just played a guy who constantly (read: every flop) frontbet 2 into 2.85. Played well but the guy kept hitting his hands and I missed mine. Luckily I stopped before I tilted. Blew 1.6 buyins in the process though.
Submitted by : bigbb33
POKERSTARS GAME #13295086002: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/11/17 - 11:07:53 (ET)
Table 'Rana III' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: 07041968 ($80.40 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero ($50 in chips)
Hero : posts small blind $0.25
07041968: posts big blind $0.50
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero : raises $1 to $1.50
07041968: calls $1
Showdown 07041968: shows (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
Hero : mucks hand
07041968 collected $90.50 from pot
Summary Total pot $91 | Rake $0.50
Board
Seat 1: 07041968 (big blind) showed and won ($90.50) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 2: Hero (button) (small blind) mucked
Put in most of the pot with him drawing to 3 outs. As usual, he hits. Don't think I can fold river - keep in mind he does this flop/turn betting pattern everytime, so you can't read into it. River looks bad but he really has a 7 or AQ or is bluffing, and pot odds dictate a call.
Submitted by : bigbb33
POKERSTARS GAME #13295028803: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/11/17 - 11:04:02 (ET)
Table 'Rana III' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: 07041968 ($50.60 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero ($55 in chips)
07041968: posts small blind $0.25
Hero : posts big blind $0.50
Holecards Dealt to Hero
07041968: raises $1 to $1.50
Hero : calls $1
I want to generate social value by showing that I don't need people, so I made this blog post to pretend to whine at people and become the center of attention.
I'm a member of CR. (but my subscription expired... but I still get service... guess that still counts)
I played on rednines once.
I once won a tournament.
(two pair, Aces and Sevens)
