The Poker Blueprint: My Review
superfashion, Mar 27 2010
Aaron Davis and Tri Nguyen's "The Poker Blueprint"
The poker scene has been changing over the past few years, and poker literature has followed suit. Of course, there's still "required reading," like the works of Brunson and Sklansky, but recently the shift has been to e-books. As a player who is relatively new to the game, I was very reluctant to get into these books for a few reasons. Firstly, I'd far prefer a physical copy of a book, and secondly, because I just didn't trust the credibility of the authors. Why should I take advice from a guy named SlowHabit over advice from the Godfather of Poker? Moreover, why should I pay $100 or more for a book?
With that said, e-books are the best way to improve your game besides analyzing your play for yourself, and are definitely where the future of poker literature is headed. Most authors are ridiculously knowledgeable of the players of which their target audience is comprised simply because they've been there. It's one thing to read Super/System and get Doyle's take on a subject, but it's a completely different experience when you know that the author of the book you are reading has succeeded in recent years by playing the same stakes you are now playing.
Aaron Davis and Tri Ngyuen (the aforementioned "Slowhabit") have teamed up to bring the SSNL community their book, The Poker Blueprint. The first thing I noticed in this book was that there was some very unconventional advice in the opening pages. In some cases, this advice was wildly hilarious because of the experience I've had with it and the truth it held.
| | If a player has a picture of his baby as his avatar, then he is usually over 30 and is
almost always bad. |
There is a small section dedicated to ideas of this nature, and besides being an enjoyable read, it carried over to the tables. To follow this section, there is an excerpt from an upcoming book by Tri that talks about bankroll management.
The obligatory bankroll management section featured in this book is the first time I've ever seen it recommended that you move up in stakes as quickly as possible. As poker players, we're all used to hearing things like 20, 25, 30 buyins being the standard for when you can move up. Tri's take on this concept, as well as his logic behind it, is very interesting and is definitely something a player should take to heart.
The book also contains an odds chart with percentages of hitting flushes, open-ended straight draws, etc. To me, this was one of the most valuable parts of the book. Aaron actually slapped me in the face by saying:
| | These situations happen all the time in poker...Learn the math now, so that when these situations come up again, you can focus your attention on his hand range instead of the odds you need to make a profitable call. |
I had always thought it would be good for my game to memorize numbers like those presented in the book, but had never actually sat down and written everything out in order to commit them to memory. Aaron has done the hard part for you, and all you have to do is put in some of that good third grade level effort to memorize the chart.
The part on bet sizing was easily the most important part of the book for me. Obviously a poker player is always looking to extract the most value possible from his premium hands, which ideally turns into getting your stack in by the river. Aaron's discussion of bet sizing made the concept of getting it all in by the river very easy, and has consequently made my game more profitable.
While I feel I have discussed the book quite favorably, I beg the reader to not be led to think that the areas of the book I have covered are the limits to which the discussions of the book extend. There is far more information in the book than a review that is reasonable in length can hope to cover, and being priced much lower than a lot of e-books, there is absolutely no reason for a NL10 player to not spend 4 buyins on this book.
I can't guarantee this book will improve your game, but I can honestly say it improved mine and would recommend it to anyone who I feel is of equal, less, or even slightly more skill.
For more information, http://www.dailyvariance.com/ will tell you all you need to know. Thanks for reading and GL at the tables LP!
-Superfash // Jameson Edwards
Progress/The Poker Blueprint
superfashion, Mar 22 2010
After the cooler I wrote about in my last blog, I decided to take some time away from poker to clean my head. I ended up heading back to the same charity game last night and ended up ~$300 in just under 3 hours of nl200, which isn't bad imo. It feels good to profit from a game I know I can crush when I'm playing well. As for online, I'm up ~110 since Tuesday at NL10 in what I'd guess to be about 2500-3000 hands (it's hard to guess because PTR is so bad at tracking profit/hands and I don't currently run a HUD). Maybe it's a mild heater but I feel like I'm playing a lot better after taking some time off...making a lot of calls that I wouldn't normally make and profiting pretty well from them. I feel that playing live has helped my game a lot in the sense that when I'm online I think I'm playing like I have something to prove, whereas live I'm genuinely concerned about the amount of money I have on the table and force myself to play much better. This has really opened my eyes to how I am playing and I am playing far more profitably than ever before. I also attribute some of this success to the application of some ideas from various CardRunners videos as well as Aaron Davis and Tri Nguyen's "The Poker Blueprint."
A few weeks ago I wrote that I'd be reviewing "The Poker Blueprint." I have just finished the book and am cleaning up my notes before writing my review. I hope to cover a lot of the subjects of the book that I felt were very helpful as well as some that were a little bit confusing. With that in mind, I really enjoyed the book and feel like I have gotten more from Aaron and Tri's book than most, if not all, other books that I have read. I hope to have my review posted sometime within the next few days.
Thanks for reading and GL at the tables LP!
bad beat whine post wah wah wah
superfashion, Mar 13 2010
So I'm playing in a charity game, 1/2 NLHE. Table is pretty fishy and I'm up and down a lot over the course of the session. Eventually we move to a different table so it's full ring. After a few hands I pick up pocket 7s UTG+1. I open 4x and get 4 callers, UTG+2, MP, and BB. I'm sitting on 250, UTG+2 has roughly the same, MP has ~100, BB easily covers table. No reads since I had almost just sat down at the table, but it was much more aggressive than the other table.
Flop comes 7s6s3h and I'm all LOL. BB leads into me for 20 and I raise to 60. UTG+2 folds, MP calls, BB shoves. I snap call, MP snap calls. BB shows 54o for the nuts and MP shows 98o for an OESD. Turn KD, river Qd.
This is easily the biggest pot I've ever lost and I'm simply in shock that BB showed up with 54o. I don't think there's anything I can do here but snap call because he's doing the same with 88+, 66, 33, maybe even AXss.
I don't know LP...I just don't know.
GL at the tables.
New Computer
superfashion, Mar 04 2010
I'm starting to put together different ideas for building a new computer to replace my current Macbook pro, hopefully around the middle of May. I'll probably have a handful of posts similar to this regarding how different things apply to multitabling since I have a very low amount of experience with building computers (a few close friends and my cousin are very experienced and are helping me pick components but I'm looking for some feedback from online multitablers as well).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001338
This is the current monitor I'm considering, and I've seen different things from different people around the site. A lot say to go for smaller monitors, like 21.5" for example, but I haven't really seen any reason behind it besides "it's better." Should I be worried about resolution problems or anything like that? What are the benefits to having 2 21.5" monitors as opposed to 2 24" monitors for slightly more money? Thanks for any and all responses in advance.
I also recently posted that I will be reviewing "The Poker Blueprint" by Aaron Davis and Tri Nguyen. I am about 75 pages in and so far it has a lot of solid, helpful information. I'm not going to go too in depth because I want to post a good review after completing the book, but I'm enjoying it so far and have gained a lot of helpful information from it.
Jameson/Superfash
Aaron Davis and Tri Nguyen's "The Poker Blueprint"
superfashion, Mar 03 2010
Aaron has asked me to write a review of his new book, written in collaboration with Tri Nguyen. In the following days I hope to have digested it so that I am able to review it and hopefully inspire some of you to check it out as well. I'm looking forward to this unique opportunity.
More information can be found at http://www.dailyvariance.com/.
GL at the tables LP!
nl5 KK vs shortstack
superfashion, Mar 03 2010
Submitted by : superfashion
PokerStars Game #40594381086: Holdem No Limit ($0.02/$0.05 USD) - 2010/03/03 3:39:27 CT [2010/03/03 4:39:27 ET]
Table Aquarius II 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: superfash ($10.96 in chips)
Seat 2: 3ddyCutz ($11.88 in chips)
Seat 4: la_brujaa ($3.06 in chips)
Seat 5: cinco55 ($5.60 in chips)
Seat 6: labrille ($5.63 in chips)
superfash: posts small blind $0.02
3ddyCutz: posts big blind $0.05
Holecards
Dealt to superfash  
la_brujaa: folds
cinco55: folds
labrille: raises $0.15 to $0.20
superfash: raises $0.45 to $0.65
3ddyCutz: folds
labrille: calls $0.45
Flop (Pot : $1.35)
  
superfash: bets $1
labrille: calls $1
Turn (Pot : $3.35)
superfash: bets $9.31 and is all-in
labrille: folds
Uncalled bet ($9.31) returned to superfash
superfash collected $3.20 from pot
Summary
Total pot $3.35 | Rake $0.15
Board
Seat 1: superfash (small blind) collected ($3.20)
Seat 2: 3ddyCutz (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: la_brujaa folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: cinco55 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: labrille (button) folded on the Turn
I decided to overbet shove the turn because he only had like 60c more than pot. I assume his calling the 3bet puts him on any PP, AK AQ etc, maybe even AJ AT because he's pretty aggro (don't have hud stats). Is this is a manageable turn shove given his stack size or should I be trying to factor in getting his whole stack in on the river by underbetting?
wooo
superfashion, Feb 14 2010
+8 bi at nl10 today, made more than i would have if i had gone to work this morning  poker is fun when you win...cracked aces with jacks once and kings once, aces held up every time...although i did have kings cracked by 87o?
good luck and good night lp ^_^
you have to be shitting me
superfashion, Feb 10 2010
how many times can i go busto to idiots fuck
nl10 how's my line?
superfashion, Feb 09 2010
Submitted by : superfashion
PokerStars Game #39512106982: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10 USD) - 2010/02/09 22:34:01 CT [2010/02/09 23:34:01 ET]
Table Yazhi 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: superfash ($13.65 in chips)
Seat 2: Artlezo ($17.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Steveref ($3 in chips)
Seat 4: Ray.maksa ($13.70 in chips)
Seat 6: tokeweed ($17.55 in chips)
marpok33 will be allowed to play after the button
tokeweed: posts small blind $0.05
superfash: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards
Dealt to superfash 
Artlezo: folds
Steveref: folds
Ray.maksa: raises $0.20 to $0.30
tokeweed: folds
superfash: calls $0.20
Flop (Pot : $0.65)
 
superfash: checks
Ray.maksa: bets $0.50
superfash: calls $0.50
Turn (Pot : $1.65)
superfash: checks
Ray.maksa: bets $1.20
superfash: calls $1.20
River (Pot : $4.05)
superfash: bets $2
Ray.maksa: folds
Uncalled bet ($2) returned to superfash
superfash collected $3.85 from pot
superfash: doesnt show hand
Summary
Total pot $4.05 | Rake $0.20
Board
Seat 1: superfash (big blind) collected ($3.85)
Seat 2: Artlezo folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: Steveref folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Ray.maksa (button) folded on the River
Seat 6: tokeweed (small blind) folded before Flop
don't have any stats but villain seems to be pretty competent, 3betting my button raises and folding to 4bets, 3betting my flop reraises on dry boards. he had bet me off best hand (2s) once before with a flush draw and i figured he had air just by the way he was betting. is this a good way to go busto or is it ok? nl10 is definitely a much better game than nl5...nl5 is so painful and nl10 i actually feel like i'm playing somewhat intellectual opponents.
fuck ftp
superfashion, Feb 09 2010
i've never run so bad in my entire life, holy fuck. flop bottom 2 against top set, AQo turns a flush against AKs, AT spikes 2 tens against KK.
going back to stars, what a joke.
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